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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 199- 



Julius Caesar to Sir ^Y. More, -which may be in- 

 teresting to some of your readers : 



" After my hartie commendac'ons, &c. Whereas in 

 tymes past the bearer hereof hath had out of the Parke 

 of Farnham, belonging to the Bishopricke of Winches- 

 ter, certaine wliite clay for the making of grene potts 

 usually drunk in by the gentlemen of the Temple, and 

 nowe understandinge of some restraint thereof, and that 

 you (amongst others) are authorized there in divers re- 

 spects during the vacancye of the said Bishopricke; 

 ray request, therefore, unto you is, and the rather for 

 that I am a member of the said house, that you would 

 in favo' of us all p'mytt the bearer hereof to digge and 

 Carrie away so muche of the said claye as by him shalbe 

 thought sufficient for the furnishinge of the said house 

 •w"" grene potts aforesaid, paying as he hath heretofore 

 for the same. In accomplishment whereof myself with 

 the whole societie shall acknowledge o'selves much be- 

 holden unto you, and shalbe readie to requite you at 

 all times hereafter w"" the like pleasure. And so I bid 

 you moste heartilie farewel. 



" Inner Temple, this xix"" of August, 1591. 

 " To the right worshipful Sir Wm More, Knight, 

 geve these." 



This letter is printed iu the Losely Manuscripts, 

 p. 311. B. 



Bristol. 



Quarles and Pascal. — In Quarles' Emblems, 

 book i. Emblem vx., there is a passage : 



" The world's a seeming paradise, but her own 



And man's tormentor ; 

 Appearing fixed, yet but a rolling stone 



Without a tenter ; 

 It is a vast circumference where none 



Can find a centre." 



And Pascal, in one of his Pensees, says : 



" Le monde est une sphere infinie, dont le centre est 

 partout, la circonfcrence nulle part." 



Here we have two propositions, which, whether 

 taken separately, or opposed to each other, would 

 seem to contain nothing but paradox or contradic- 

 tion. And yet I believe they are but different 

 modes of expressing the same thing. 



Heney H. Breen. 



St. Lxicia. 



Offer to intending Editors. — I had hoped that 

 some one would accept Me. Crossley's offer of 

 Ware's MS. notes for a new edition of Foxes and 

 Firebrands. I myself will with pleasure contri- 

 bute a copy of the book to print from (assuming 

 that it will be properly executed), and also of his 

 much rarer Coursing of the Romish Fox, which 

 should form part of the volume. 



If any one is disposed to edit the works of Dr. 

 John Rogers, the sub-dean of Wells, I will, with 

 the same pleasure, supply his Address to the 

 Quakers, of which I possess Mr. Brand's copy, 

 which he has twice marked as extra rare ; arid 



Rodd, from whom I purchased it, had never seen- 

 another copy. The entire works might be com- 

 prised in two volumes octavo. 



It is to be regretted that Mr. FHntoff hns not 

 yet published Wallis's Se7-mon.i on the Trinity, tO' 

 accompany his excellent edition of Wallis's Letters,, 

 1840. Would it not be possible to obtain so many 

 names as would defray the expense of printing? 



s. z. z. s. 



Head-dress. — The enormous head-dresses worn 

 in the time of Charles I. gave rise to the follow- 

 ing lines : 



*' Hoc magis est instar tecti quam tegminis ; hoc non 

 Ornare est ; hoc est asdificare caput." 



Clebicus (D.y. 



i^tttar ^uertc^. 



Fox-hunting. — Can any of your correspondents- 

 inform me, when the great national sport of fox- 

 hunting first came into vogue ? 



Gervase Markham, whose work on sports, called 

 Country Contentments, or the Hvshandman's Reci-e- 

 ations, was published in 1654, gives due honour to- 

 stag-hunting, which he describes as " the most 

 princely and royall chase of all chases." Speaking 

 of hare-hunting, he says, " It is every honest man's 

 and good man's chase, and which is indeed the- 

 freest, readiest, and most enduring pastime ;" but 

 he classes the hunting of the fox and tlie badger 

 together, and he describes them as " Chases of a 

 great deal lesse use or cunning than any of the 

 former, because they are of a much hotter scent,, 

 and as being intituled stinking scents, and not 

 sweet scents." 



Although he does admit that this chase may b& 

 profitable and pleasant for the time, insomuch aa 

 there are not so many defaults, but a continuing 

 sport ; he concludes, " I will not stand much upon 

 them, because they are not so much desired as the 

 rest." R. W. R 



Bi'odcric Anglaise. — Being a j'oung lady whose- 

 love for the fine arts is properly modified by a. 

 reverence for antiquity, I am desirous to know 

 whether the present fashionable occupation of tha 

 " Broderie Anglaise," being undoubtedly a revival^ 

 is however traceable (as is alleged) to so remote a 

 period as the days of Elizabeth ? Saeau Anna.. 



" The Convent,^'' an Elegy. — Among the works- 

 ascribed to the Abbe Francois Arnaud, a member 

 of the French Academy, who died in 1784, there 

 is one entitled, Le Convent, Elegie truduite de 

 V Anglais. What is the English poem here alluded' 

 to ? Heney H. Beeen. 



St. Lucia. 



Memorial of Neicton. — The subscription now 

 in progress for raising a statue to Sir Isaac Newtoa 



