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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[Xo. 202. 



ing the rhyme, or altering the sense. In a short time 

 he produced the following eleven different readings. 

 It is doubtful whether another line can be found, the 

 words of which admit of so many transpositions, and 

 still retain the original meaning : — 



1. The weary ploughman plods his homeward way. 



2. The weary ploughman homeward plods his way. 



3. The ploughman, weary, plods his homeward way. 

 •4. The ploughman weary homeward plods his way. 

 S. Weary the ploughman plods his homeward way. 

 €. Weary the ploughman homeward plods his way. 



7. Homeivard the ploughman plods his weary way. 



8. Homeward the ploughman weary plods his way. 



9. Homeward the weary ploughman plods his way. 

 10. The homeward ploughman weary plods his way. 

 Jl. The homeward ploughman plods his weary way." 



I know not whether this has ever appeared in 

 print. To me it is new, at least it was, as I now 

 recollect, when I read it several years ago ; but 

 as the exercise Is ingenious, I thought 1 would 

 trespass on " N. & Q." with it, so that, if not here- 

 tofore printed or known, it might be made " a note 

 of." A Hermit at Hampstead. 



Poetical Tavern Signs. — Passing through Dudley 

 the other day, I jotted down two signs worthy, I 

 think, of a place in " N. & Q." 



No. I. rejoices in the cognomen of the " Lame 

 Dog " with the following distich : 



" Step in, my friend, and rest awhile, 

 And help the Lame Dog over the style." 



No. 2., with a spirited representation of a round 

 of beef, invites her Majesty's subjects thus : 



" If you are hungry, or adry, 



Or your stomach out of order, 

 Their's sure relief at the ' Round of Beef,' 

 For both these two disorders." 



R. C. Warde. 

 Kidderminster. 



"AqucB in Vinum conversce. Vidit et erubiiit lym- 

 pha pudica Deum." — The interesting note under 

 this title (Vol. vi., p. 338.) refers to Campbell's 

 Poets. The following is an extract from Camp- 

 bell: 



"Richard Crashaw there [Cambridge] published his 

 Latin poems, in one of which is the epigram from a 

 Scripture passage : 



' Lympha pudica Deum vidit et erubuit.'" 



Campbell's Brit. Poets, ed. 1841, p. 198. 



In the Poemata Anglorum Latina is the follow- 

 ing epigram on our Saviour's first miracle at the 

 marriage feast : 



" Unde rubor vestris et non sua purpura lymphis, 

 Q,u£e rosa mirantes tarn nova mutat aquas? 

 Numen (convivae) prsesens agnoscite numen — 

 Vidit et erubuit nympha pudica Deum." 



I presume this epigram is Crash aw's poem to 

 which Campbell refers ; but query. Until I saw 



the note In " N. & Q.," I supposed that the cele- 

 brated line — 



" Lympha pudica Deum vidit et erubuit." 



was the happy ex tempore produce of Dryden's 

 early genius, when a boy, at Westminster School. 

 If the epigram which I have copied is the original, 

 the last line is surely much improved by the (tra- 

 ditional) line which Campbell has recorded. Surely 

 lympha is preferable to nympha ; and surely the 

 order of the word er-ubuit ending the line is the 

 best. F. W. J. 



Spurious Edition ofBailys '■'■ Annuities'''' (Vol. iv., 

 p. 19.). — In the place just referred to, I pointed 

 out how to distinguish the spurious edition, among 

 other marks, by the title-page. I looked at a copy 

 on a stall a few days ago, and found that the title- 

 page has been changed. Those who have re- 

 printed it have chosen the old title-page, which 

 stood in the work before two volumes were made 

 of it. A. De Morgan. 



" lllustrium Poetarum Flores." — On leaving 

 London I thought of bringing with me two or 

 three pocket classics ; unfortunately, In looking 

 for them, I picked up lllustrium Poetarum Flores 

 per Octaviunum Mirandulam ohm Collecti, &c., 

 Londini, 1651, and brought that little book with, 

 me instead ; and, upon looking into it, I find it the 

 worst printed book I ever saw ; and I send you 

 this Note as to it, as a warning against so dis- 

 graceful a publication. Such a work. If well 

 executed and properly printed, would be a very 

 pleasant companion in a vacation ramble. 



S. G. C. 



Fi-ench Jeux d Esprit. — In the spring of 1852, 

 when Prince Louis Napoleon was doing all he 

 could to secure the imperial crown, the following 

 hexameter line was passed from mouth to mouth 

 by the Legitimates. I am inclined to think that it 

 never appeared In print : 



" Napoleo cuplt Imperium, indeque Gallia ridet." 



Which translated mot-a-mot gives a clever 

 double sense : 



" Napoleon desire I'empire, et la France en rit 

 \ Henri]." 



J. H. DE H. 



SAMUEL WILSON. 



I should be glad of any Information respecting 

 Samuel Wilson, Esq., of Hatton Garden, in the 

 parish of St. Andrew, Holborn, whose will was 

 proved October 24, 1769, and which I have read. 

 He was the donor of the bequest, known as 

 "Wilson's Charity," to the Corporation of the 



