Aug. 27. 



1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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mentioned in Te Water's History of the Reformed 

 Church and University in Ghent. On July 21, 

 1583, a student made known his wish to propose 

 himself as candidate for the ministry ; and on 

 August 4 appeared Peter Lambert, student of 

 the University of Ghent, before the consistory, 

 requesting the brethren to grant him the twenty- 

 five guilders which had been promised ; because, 

 on account of the troubled state of the country, 

 he wished to flee to England, on which request 

 was decided : " Since a well-known and pious 

 brother, who is compelled to flee, is in need of 

 help, let the deacons and pensionary of the town 

 be addressed thereon." Very probably, therefore, 

 Jie also took refuge in England. Can any one give 

 me farther information ? — From the Navorscher. 



J. H. Van Dale. 



" Sad are the rose leaves" 8)'C. — Can you or 

 Any of your correspondents tell me whence come 

 the following lines ? — 



" Sad are tlie rose leaves which betoken 

 That there the dead lie buried low ; 

 But sadder, when the heart is broken, 

 Are smiles upon the lips of woe." 



They are quoted from memory from the album of 

 a lady friend. Iseldunensis. 



Wanted, the original habitat of the following 

 Sentences : 



1. " Ministerium circa, non magisterium supra, 

 Scriptures." 



2. " Virtus rectorem ducemque desiderat, vitia 

 sine magistro discuntur." 



3. " In nccessariis unitas, in non-necessariis 

 iibertas, in omnibus charitas." 



4. " Exiguum est ad legem bonum esse." Wet- 

 stein assigns this last to Seneca, Epist. 17.; but 

 there is some error. It very likely is in Seneca. 



5. "Verbum audimus, motum sentlmus, praj- 

 sentiam credimus, modum nescimus." Durandus 

 is the author. 



6. " En rem indignam ! nos qui jam tot annos 

 sumus doctores S. Theologian, denuo cogimur adire 

 ludos literai'ios." Spoken by the adversaries of 

 Erasmus. 



What is the earliest authority for the story of 

 St. John and his partridge ? 



Will Mr. Bolton Coknet be kind enough to 

 explain the occasion of Porson's notable speech 

 recorded on the last page of his Curiosities Illus- 

 trated ? 



His sagacity was not at fault in suspecting a 

 French origin for D'Israeli's story, p. 89. See 

 Bassompiere, in Retrospective Revieiv, xiii. 346. 



s. z. z. s. 



Tea-7narhs. — Accident threw In my way lately a 

 -catalogue of a large sale of teas in Mincing Lane ; 

 ^nd my attention was drawn to certain marks 



against the several lots, which appeared to Indi- 

 cate particular qualities, but to me, as uninitiated, 

 perfectly incomprehensible. In this dilemma I 

 asked one of our principal brokers the meaning of 

 all this, and I was informed that teas are sampled 

 and tasted by the brokers, and divided In the 

 main Into seven classes, distinguished as follows : 



Can any of your correspondents tell us when 

 this classification was first introduced, or the ori- 

 gin of the first two characters ? Can they be 

 Chinese, and the names given from some fancied 

 resemblance to the gallows, or the letter T turned 

 sideways ? My friend the broker, though a very 

 Intelligent man, could give me no information 

 whatever on these points. W. T. 



42. Lowndes Square. 



William the Conqueror'' s Surname. — Had Wil- 

 liam a surname ? If so, what was it ? By sur- 

 name I mean such as is transmitted from father to 

 son, not the epithets he used to bestow on himself 

 in documents, as " I, William the Bastard," " I, 

 William the Conqueror," &c. Tee Bee. 



Old Saying. — 



" Merry be the first 

 And merry be the last, 

 And merry be the first of August." 



Having frequently heard this old saying, I take 

 the liberty of asking, through your much valued 

 paper. If any of your readers are able to tell me 

 Its origin ? Edm. L. Bagshawe, 



Bath Literary Institution. 



To pluck a Crow with One. — It Is a common 

 expression in all ranks, I believe, of this country, 

 to speak of " plucking a crow " with such a one ; 

 meaning, to call him to account for some delin- 

 quency. Can any of your correspondents Inform 

 me of the origin of the phrase ? W. W. 



" WelVs a fret." — When, after a short pause In 

 conversation, any one utters the Interjection, 

 " Well ! " it Is a very common practice In Not- 

 tingham to say : 



" . . . . . . and iveWs a fret. 



He that dies for love will not be hang'd for debt." 



I have asked a great number of persons for an 

 explanation, but they all use the phrase without 

 any meaning. Can you, or any of your readers, 

 tell me If it have any ; or if it be only nonsensical 

 docsrel ? Devonieksis. 



