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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 184'. 



Pack, D.D., was dean, any information which 

 will enable me to complete the pedigree between 

 Simon Pack and the above-named Thomas will 

 be thankfully received. James Graves. 



Kilkenny. 



Haveringemere. — Gervase of Tilbury, in the 

 4th book of his Otia Imperialia, sect. 88., men- 

 tions a certain pond or mere lying near the con- 

 fines of Wales, and named Haveringemere, of 

 which the peculiarity is, that if a person passing 

 over it in a boat utters, in a loud voice, certain 

 opprobrious words, a commotion arises in the 

 waters and sinks the boat. The words, as printed 

 in the edition of Leibnitz (Leibnitii Scriptores 

 JBrunsvicenses, tom. i. p. 990.), are " Prout have- 

 ringemere aut allethophe cunthej'ere ;" which he 

 explains to mean, " Phrut tibi, mare, et omnibus 

 qui te transfretant." He adds with great simpli- 

 city : " Et satis mirandum, quod aquse hujus modi 

 concipiunt imigaationes." It is plaiii that we 

 ought to read, "Phrut Haveringemere, and alle 

 thai that on thee fere" (i. c. ferry). Phrut ov prut 

 is a word of contempt, of which Mr. Halliwell 

 gives an instance, *. v. Prut, from an Harleian MS. : 

 " And sey th prut for thy cursing prest." Is any- 

 thing known of this mere at the present day, and 

 is there any remnant of this old superstition ? 

 Gervase wrote his book anno 1211. C. W. G. 



Old Pictures of the Spanish Armada. — At Bed- 

 dington Hall, famous for its fine banqueting-hall, 

 in which Queen Elizabeth feasted, I have heard 

 that there used to be one or more pictures of the 

 ■Spanish Armada, presented by Elizabeth herself to 

 the family resident there. Can any reader of 

 "N. & Q." inform me whether these pictures (if 

 more than one) are still in existence : if so, where 

 .they are, and whether they are to be seen? A 

 large gilt lock, also presented by Queen Elizabeth, 

 still remains on one of the doors of the said ban- 

 .queting-hall. J. S. A. 



Old Broad Street. 



Sell Inscription. — The following Inscription oc- 

 curs on two bells formerly belonging to St. Sejjul- 

 chre's Church, Cambridge. I should be glad of 

 an explanation : 



*' [de] 4) [PVRI] SANTI EDMONDVS STEFANVS XOMMI 

 ME FECIT [wl] 1576." 



C.W. G. 



Loseleri%is Villerius, 8j-c. — I wish to know who 

 was Loselerius Villerius, who edited an edition of 

 the Greek Testament, with the Vulgate and Beza's 

 Latin version (I think) in parallel columns. This 

 edition seems to have been successful, as I have a 

 copy of the third edition. The title-page of my 

 copy is missing, but the dedication to Henry Earl 

 of Huntingdon is dated " London, vi cal. Nov. 

 1573." Any information about Loselerius would 



be acceptable. I should also be glad to know 

 whether the edition is considered at all valuable. 



Whilst upon this subject, let me ask whether 

 there is any list of editions of the Bible that can be 

 looked upon as in any Avay complete ? I have had 

 occasion to refer to the Duke of Sussex's catalogue, 

 but have there been unable to find all that I re- 

 quired. There is, for instance, in a friend's pos- 

 session, a Bible which his family traditions main- 

 tain to be of great rarity. I find it catalogued 

 nowhere, and should be glad to know if it is really 

 so great a curiosity. It is a fine folio, profusely 

 illustrated. I subjoin a copy of the title-page : 



" The Holy Bible, containing the Old and New- 

 Testaments, &C.5 with most profitable Annotations on 

 all the hard Places, and other Things of great Import- 

 ance ; which Notes have never before been set forth 

 with this new Translation, but are now placed in due 

 order, with great Care and Industry. A Amsterdam, 

 printed for Stephen Swart, at the Crowned Bible, on 

 the West Side of the Exchange. 1679." 



S. A. S. 



Bridgewater. 



The Vinegar Plant. — Is It indigenous or im- 

 ported ? Some botanists and savans who have 

 examined the subject take the former view. I 

 should be inclined to take the latter, for the fol- 

 lowing among other reasons: — First, because it is 

 known that many specimens of it have been so in- 

 troduced from various quarters. Secondly, be- 

 cause in all the attempts to produce it that I have 

 heard of, Including some experiments made by 

 myself. In no Instance has a specimen been pro- 

 cured by means of any of the moulds that are of 

 spontaneous growth in this country, which has 

 entirely resembled the vinegar plant, or which has 

 been so efficient in the production of vinegar. 

 Thirdly, because In tropical and warm climates 

 abnormal variations of vegetable productions are 

 much more likely to originate, and to become 

 naturalised, than in this country. If imporfed, 

 perhaps some of your correspondents could say 

 where it was originally brought from. Fbitz. 



Westminster Parishes. — Wliat are the names of 

 the respective parishes in the city of Westminster 

 in 1630; how far back do their records extend; 

 and what charge would be made for a search in 

 them ? I wish to trace a family whose ancestor 

 was born in that city, but in what parish I am 

 ignorant. Were any churches in Westminster, as 

 distinguished from London, destroyed in the Great 

 Fire ? Y. S. M. 



Dublin. 



Harley Family. — Can any reader of your in- 

 valuable miscellany give an account of Thomas 

 Harley, citizen of London, who died In the year 

 1670, aetat. fifty-six ? The Thomas Harley referred 

 to possessed good estate in the county of Leicester, 



