Aug. 20. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Adolplius. 1291. (Nassau.) 



Albert I. 1298. (Austi-ia.) Fugam victoria neseit. 



Henry VII. 130S. (Luxemburg.) Calicem vitce 



dedisti mihi in mortem.^ 

 Louis IV. 1314. (Bavaria.) 

 Charles IV. 1347. (Bohemia.) 

 AVenceslaus. 1378. (Bohemia.) 

 Eobert. (Count Palatine.) 1400. Misericordia 



non causam, sed foi-tunam spectat. 

 Siglsmund. 1411. (Luxemburg.) Mala ultro ad- 



sunt. 

 Albert II. 1438. (f Austria, House of Ilapsburgh.) 



Amicus optima vitce possessio. 

 Frederick III. 1440. Austria! imperare orhi uni- 



verso. 

 Maximilian I. 1493. Tene mensuram, et respice 



finem. 

 Charles V. 1519. Plus ultra. 

 Ferdinand I. 1558. Fiat justitia, et pereat mundus. 

 Maximilian II. 1564. Deus providebit. ' 

 llodolph II. 1576. Fulget Casaris astriim. 

 Matthew. 1612. Concordi lumine major. 

 Ferdinand II. 1619. Legitime certantibus. 

 Ferdinand III. 1637. Pietate etjustitid. 

 Leopold I. 1657. Consilio et industriu. 

 Joseph I. 1705. Amore et timore. 

 Charles VI. 1711. Constantid et fortitudine. 

 Charles VIL 1742. 



Francis I. 1745. Pro Deo et imperio. 

 Joseph II. 1765. Virtute et exemplo. 

 Leopold 11. 1790. Opes regum, corda subditorum. 

 Francis II. 1792. Lege etjide. 



I have added, by way of rendering the catalogue 

 more complete, the name of the particular family 

 of German princes, for which each emperor was 

 selected. A glance at these names furnishes a 

 remarkable illustration of an observation of Sis- 

 mondi : 



" 'i'hat tlie great evil of an elective monarchy, is the 

 continual struggle on the part of the rulers to make it 

 hereditary." 



It is scarcely necessary to remind your readers, 

 that the integrity of Charlemagne's empire was 

 preserved until the deposition of Chai'les the Fat ; 

 that France and Germany did not become sepa- 

 rate until after that event ; and that Conrad was, 

 therefore, the first of the German sovereigns, as 

 he was certainly the first elected by the confede- 

 rate princes. Joshua G. Fitch. 



* At the death of Henry, Frederick the son of 

 Albert disputed Louis's election, alleging that he had 

 a majoiiiy of genuine votes. He assumed the motto, 

 Beatd morte nihil heatius. 



•J" All the succeeding princes were of this family. 



POEMS BY MISS EELAV.iX. 



If the accompanying songs have not been 

 printed before, they may perhaps be worth pre- 

 serving. They were written and set to music by 

 a highly accomplished lady, the daughter of Ed- 

 ward Hussey Delaval, Esq., the last of his name 

 and race, sometime Fellow of Pembroke College, 

 Cambridge ; the cotemporary of Gray and Mason, 

 and well known for his literary and scientific at- 

 tainments : 



" Where the murm'ring streams meander. 



Where the sportive zephyrs play, 

 Whilst in sylvan shades I wander, 



Softly steal the hours away. 

 I nor splendor crave nor treasure, 



Calmer joys my bosom knows ; 

 Smiling days of rural pleasure. 



Peaceful nights of soft repose." 



Oh Music, if thou hast a charmj 



That may the sense of pain disarm. 



Be all thy tender tones address'd 



To soothe to peace my Anna's breast. 



And bid the magic of thy strain 



To still the throb of wakeful pain ; 



That, rapt in the delightful measure. 



Sweet hope again may whisper pleasure, 



And seem the notes of spring to hear, 



Prelusive to a happier year. 



And if thy magic can restore, 



The shade of days that smile no more. 



And softer, sweeter colors give 



To scenes that in remembrance live. 



Be to her pensive heart a friend ; 



And wliilst the tender shadows blend. 



Recall, ere the brief trace be lost, 



Each moment that she priz'd the most." 



E. H. A. 



The Rights of Women. — Single women, who 

 were freeholders, voted in the State of New Jersey 

 as late as the year 1800. In a newspaper of that 

 date is a complimentary editoi-ial to the female 

 voters for having unanimously supported Mr. 

 John Adams (the defeated candidate) for Presi- 

 dent of the United States, in opposition to Mr. 

 Jefferson, who was denounced as wanting in 

 religion. Uneda. 



Pliiladelphia. 



Green Pots used for drinking from by Memhers 

 of the Temple. — During the summer of 1849, when 

 the new part of Paper Buildings in the Temple 

 was being built, the workmen, in making the ne- 

 cessary excavations, dug up a great number of 

 pots or cups, which are supposed to have been 

 used for drinking from by the students. I have 

 recently met with the following letter from Sir 



