Sept. 17. 1853.] 



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and bloody wars throughout the world (for the influ- 

 ence of evil principles hath no bounds, but, like infec- 

 tious air, spreads everywhere), the peaceable, sober, 

 truly Christian, and Church-of-England doctrine con- 

 tained in this book, so directly contrary to their furious, 

 ■mad, unchristian, and fanatical maxims, it cannot other- 

 wise be expected but that they will soon be alarmed, 

 iind betake themselves to tlieir usual arts of slander 

 and reviling, and grow very fierce and clamorous upon 

 it. Whatever shall happen," &c. 



Subsequently tlie author is spoken of as 



•"A gentlemen of sincere piety, of strict morals, of a 

 great and vast understanding, and of a very solid judg- 

 ment ; a true son of the Church of England, and con- 

 zsequentli/ a zealous asseiter and defender of the truly 

 Christian and apostolical doctrine of non-resistance ; al- 

 ■ways loyal and faithful to the king his master in the 

 svorst of times," &c. 



After these specimens, there will be little dlfli- 

 •culty, I think, in determining that Granger Avas 

 mistaken in describing the preface to the Memoirs 

 as that which was suppressed, and that it was the 

 publisher's " address to the reader " of the Dis- 

 'Course which incurred that sentence. Dr. Thomas 

 Smith appears to have edited both works ; and in 

 the same address informs us of other works of 

 Warwick in 



'" Divinity, philosophy, history, especially that of Eng- 

 land, practical devotion, and the like. This I now 

 .publish [the Discourse'] was written in the year 1678 

 •^and designed as an appendix to his Memoirs of the 

 Reign of King Charles the First, of most blessed me- 

 mory, which hereafter may see the light, when more 

 auspicious times shall encourage and favour the publi- 

 cation), which he, being very exact and curious in his 

 -compositions, did often refine upon," &c. 



It may be well to inquire whether any of these 

 theological or philosophical lucubrations are yet 

 extant. "Was Sir Philip connected at all Avith 

 Dr. Smith, or was he descended from Arthur 

 Warwick, author of Sjjare Minutes f 



Balliolensis. 



■SEALS OF THE BOKOUGH OF GREAT YARMOUTH. 



I shall be exceedingly obliged by any explana- 

 tory remarks on the following list of seals : — 



1. Oval (size 2-1 in. by 1'3). The angel Ga- 

 briel kneeling before a standing figure of the 

 Virgin, and holding a scroll, on which is inscribed 

 AVE MARIA. Legend: 



* 1^ s. nos * riTALis * lEa * ne * nach. 



Yarmouth was anciently called Gernemutha, or 

 lernemutha ; and Ives attributes this seal to Yar- 

 mouth, though both the legend and the workman- 

 ship have a decidedly foreign appearance. 



Can any more satisfactory locality be assigned 

 it? 



2. Circular (1 in. in diameter). Three fishes 

 naiant (the arms of Yarmouth), within a bordure 

 of six cusps. Legend : 



SAAI- n' ASAI d' GUANT GARNA5IVT. 



Workmanship of about the fourteenth century ; 

 use unknown ; but it has been employed for seal- 

 ing burgess letters for many years past, until 

 1847. 



Can it have reference to the staple ? (Vid. Sta- 

 tutes at Large, Anne ; 27 Ed. IIL stat. 2. ; 43 

 Ed. IIL cap. 1. ; 14 Ric. IL cap. 1.) 



3. Circular (size I'l in. diameter). On an es- 

 cutcheon a herring hauriant; the only instance of 

 this bearing in connexion with Yarmouth. Legend : 



^ . ofKc : c0rrotulnt : i : nabe : Sfci-nmutl). 

 Of this seal nothing whatever is known. Its work- 

 manship is of the fifteenth century. The sug- 

 gested extension of the legend is " Sigillum officii 

 contrarotulatoris " — in nova Jernemutha, or in 

 nave Jernemuthe. But was Yarmouth ever called 

 nova Gernemutha ? or what was the office alluded 

 to ? 



The above are required for a literary purpose ; 

 and as speedy an answer as possible would much 

 oblige me. E. S. Taylok. 



Hand in Bislwp Canning's Church. — In Bishop 

 Canning's Church, Wilts, is a curious painting 

 of a hand outstretched, and having on the fingers 

 and thumb several inscriptions in abbreviated 

 Latin. Can any correspondent tell me when and 

 why this was placed in the church ; and also the 

 inscriptions which appear thereon ? 



Russell Gole. 



^^ I put a spoke in his wheel.''' — What is the 

 meaning of the phrase, "I put a spoke in his 

 wheel ?" 



In April last, a petition was heard in the Eolls 

 Court on the part of the trustees of Manchester 

 New College, praying that they might be allowed 

 to remove that institution to London ; and a single 

 trustee was heard against such removal. One of 

 the friends of the college was on this occasion 

 heard to remark, " the removal to London was 

 going on very smoothly, and it would have been 

 done by this time, if this one trustee had not put 

 his spoke ill the wheel:" meaning, that the con- 

 scientious scruple of this trustee was the sole I'wi- 

 pediment to the movement. Is this the customary 

 and proper mode of using the phrase ; and, if so, 

 how can putting a spoke to a wheel impede its 

 motion ? 



On the other hand, having heard some persons 

 say that they had always imderstood the phrase to 

 denote affording help to an undertaking, and con- 

 fidently allege that this must be the older and 



