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atom. These are so similar to the Greek mar- 

 garitas, and the margarita of the sister language 

 (Latin), that we may be excused believing they 

 have a common origin ; more especially as we find 

 the first syllable (at least ?) in almost all the cog- 

 nate Indo-Germanic or Indo-European languages : 

 Latin, mare ; Celt,, mor; Gothic, marei; Sax., meere 

 or 7nere; Old Germ., meri; Slavon., more and 

 morze; Swed., mar; Iceland, mar; Esthon., merri; 

 Lett., marrios. 



Among modern languages, we have, — Span., 

 margarita ; Ital., margarita and maugherita ; Fr., 

 marguerite, but used only in the proverb, " II ne 

 faut pas Jeter les marguerites devant les pour- 

 ceaux." Johnson, Webster, and Halliwell give 

 margarite as an English word. Probably all de- 

 rived from the Latin. 



At the same time, although not occurring (as 

 far as I am aware) in either Greek or Latin, the 

 word pearl is found in some shape in most of the 

 same Indo-Germanic languages : thus, Ital. and 

 Span,, perla; Low. Lat., perla; French, perle; 

 'Eng., pearl; Dan., paarl ; Swed., perla or parla; 

 Bohem., perle ; Ang.-Sax., pearl and pcerl ; Low. 

 Sax., berel. "Webster says the word pearl may be 

 radically the same as beryl. In the Celtic we i^d, 

 Irish, pearla, and Welsh perlyn. 



The Germans derive pearl from leer, a berry, 

 making thus herle or beerlein ; as in Latin bacca 

 also means a pearl. 



Some of your correspondents can, no doubt, in- 

 form us whether any analogous words to pearl and 

 mirgarita exist in the Sanscrit ? A. C. M. 



Exeter. 



Sermons by Parliamentary Chaplains (Vol. vii., 

 p. 34.). — On the day of Thanksgiving, 19th July, 

 1648, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick was ordered to preach 

 before the House, and his sermon to be printed. 

 Where can a copy of it be seen ? Joseph Kix. 



St. Neot's. 



Etymological Traces of the Social Position of 

 our Ancestors (Vol. vii., pp. 13, 14.). — Your cor- 

 respondent may find the passage to which he 

 wishes to refer again, in one of the back volumes 

 of Dickens's Household Words, in an article with 

 the title of " History in Words." 



Another correspondent, in the succeeding page 

 of the same Number, will obtain the information 

 he requires by consulting Dunlop's History of 

 Fiction. W. L. N. 



Tuebeuf (Vol. vil, p.207.).— J. E. J. will find 

 Tubceuf IS a town in France, in the department 

 of Mayenne. On May 9, 1194, Richard L sailed 

 from England on his expedition against Philip II. 

 of France; and he was accompanied by Master 

 Eustace, Dean of Salisbury, for the purpose of his 

 conducting such business of the (Jreat Seal as 



might be necessary while the king remained 

 abroad. The Doncaster Charter appears to have 

 been sealed on the 22nd of the same month of 

 May, and I shall feel obliged if J. E. J. will give 

 me a copy of Eustace's title, and the date and 

 place, as they appear on the document. The ad- 

 dition to his name in other charters is " tunc ge- 

 rentis vices cancellarii." He himself became 

 Chancellor and Bishop of Ely on the death of 

 Longchamp. Edward Foss. 



Street-End House, near Canterbury. 



" Goe, soule, the bodies guest" (Vol. vii,, p. 175.). 

 — Your correspondent is mistaken in thinking 

 that his " additions " are a new discovery. Both 

 stanzas were printed, with slight variations from 

 this copy, by Sir H. Nicolas, at the end of his 

 edition of Davison's Poetical Bhapsody, 1826, 

 pp. 413 — 415. ; and both are mentioned by Mr. 

 Hannah, when he says (p. 103.) : 



" In E (the mark by which Mr. H. designates that 

 copy in Nicolas), one stanza is interpolated after line 

 36, and a second at the end." 



_ As I entirely agree with Sir H. Nicolas that the 

 lines in question are " a wanton interpolation," I 

 think Mr. Hannah was perfectly justified in con- 

 tenting himself with this acknowledgment of their 

 existence. R. 



Bells versus Storms (Vol. vi., p. 508.). — While 

 returning my acknowledgments to your corre- 

 spondents the Rev. H. T. Ellacombe and W. S. G., 

 I would briefly refer to the subject again, which 

 may be of interest to some of your readers. 



Dr. Fuller says : 



" That bells are no effectual charm against lightning. 

 The frequent firing of abbey churches by lightning 

 confuteth the proud motto commonly written on the 

 bells in their steeples, wherein each intitled itself to a 

 six-fold efficacy. 



« Men's death I tell, by doleful knell. 

 Lightning and thunder, I break asunder, 

 On Sabbath all, to church I call, 

 The sleepy head, I raise from bed. 

 The winds so fierce, I do disperse, 

 Men's cruel rage, I do assuage.' " 



" It has anciently been reported," observes Lord 

 Bacon, "and is still received, that extreme applauses 

 and shouting of people assembled in multitudes, have 

 so rarefied and broken the air, that birds flying over 

 have fallen down, the air not being able to support 

 them ; and it is believed by some that great ringing of 

 bells in populous cities hath chased away thunder, and 

 also dissipated pestilent air. All which may be also 

 from the concussion of the air, and not from the sound," 



w.w. 



Malta. 



The following note in connexion with the bap- 

 tism of bells may be interesting, as it shows the 

 manner of working at that time. 



