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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 210. 



cures this defect very easily. After having ap- 

 plied the amber varnish, he stops out the spots 

 with a little oil-paint that matches the lights of the 

 picture ; of course the paint is put upon the var- 

 nished side of the glass. When the paint is dry, 

 the black lacquer is carried over the whole as 

 usual. " T. D. Eaton. 



Norwich. 



dXejfXici to i^iuflr ^\isvit3. 



Peculiar Ornament in Crosthwaite Church 

 (Yo\. viii., p. 200.). — I am exceedingly obliged to 

 Chevebells for his reply to my Querj'. I am 

 sorry to say that I failed to make a note of the 

 number of the circles ; but, as far as I can re- 

 member, there are six windows in each aisle, so 

 in all there would be twenty-four, each window 

 having two carved upon it, one on the right jamb 

 without, and the other on the left within. 



E. W. Elliot. 



Clifton. 



Nursery Rhymes (Vol. viii., p. 455.). — I would 

 suggest to L. that a consideration of rhymes may 

 sometimes indicate, by tlie change in the pronun- 

 ciation, the antiquity of the verse : e. g., 



" Hush aby, baby, on the green' bough. 

 When the wind blows the cradle will rock, 

 And when the bough breaks," &c. 



Here, according to modern pronunciation, the 

 rhymes of the first couplet are imperfect, so that 

 it was probably composed in the Saxon era, or 

 while the word bough was still pronounced bog or 

 bock. J. R. 



Milton's Widow (Vol. vii., p. 596. ; Vol. viii., 

 pp. 12. 134. 200.). — Reading up my aiTears of 

 " N. & Q.," which a long absence from England 

 has caused to accumulate, I find frequent inquiries 

 made for some information which I once promised, 

 relative to Milton's widow. I fear that your cor- 

 respondents on this subject have formed an exag- 

 gerated idea of the importance of the expected 

 note, and that they will see but a " ridiculus 

 mus" after all. As I have no means at hand at 

 the present moment wherewith to attempt to elu- 

 cidate the MinshuU genealogy, I shall content 

 myself by simply sending my original notes, 

 namely, bi'ief abstracts of the wills of Thomas and 

 Nathan Paget preserved at Doctors' Commons. 



Thomas Paget, minister of the gospel at Stock- 

 port, in Cheshire, makes his will May 23, 1660; 

 mentions his three daughters Dorothy, Elizabeth, 

 and Mary ; and leaves estates at different places 

 in Shropshire to his two sons, Dr. Nathan and 

 Thomas, whom he appoints his executors. He en- 

 treats his cousin 3IinshuU, apothecarie in Man- 

 chester^ to be overseer of his will, which was 

 proved October 16, 1660. 



[I have before (Vol. v., p. 327.) shown the con- 

 nexion between the Pagets and Manchester.] 



Nathan Paget, Doctor in Medicine, will dated 

 January 7, 1678, was then living in the parish of 

 St. Stephen's, Coleman Street, London, leaves 

 certain estates, and his house in London where he 

 resided, to his brother Thomas Paget, clerk. Be- 

 quests to his cousin John Goldsmith of the Middle 

 Temple, gent., and his cousin Elizabeth Milton, to 

 the Society of Physicians, and the poor of the 

 parish of St. Stephen's. Will proved January 15, 

 1678. 



I have omitted to note what the bequests were. 

 I will only add, that some time ago I dropped my 

 alias of Cranmore, and have occasionally appeared 

 in your sixth Volume as Arthur Paget. 



Watch-paper Inscriptions (Vol. viii., p. 316.). 

 — I recollect, when at school, having an old silver 

 watch with the following printed lines inside the 

 case : 



" Time is — the present moment well employ ; 

 Time was — is past — thou canst not it enjoy ; 

 Time future — is not, and may never be ; 

 Time present — is the only time for thee." 



Jno. D. Allckoft. 



Poetical Tavern Sigiis (^^ol. viii., p. 242.). — 

 May I add to those mentioned by your corre- 

 spondent Mr. Warde, one at Chatham. On the 

 sign-board is painted " an arm embowed, holding 

 a malt-shovel," underneath which is written, — 



" Good malt makes good beer. 

 Walk in, and you'll find it here." 



G. BRiNDLEr Acworth. 

 Star Hill, Rochester. 



At a small inn in Castleton, near Whitby, the 

 sign repi'esents Robin Hood and Little John in 

 their usual forest costume, and underneath appear 

 the following doggerel lines : 



" To gentlemen and yeomen good, 

 Come in and drink with Robin Hood ; 

 If Robin Hood is not at home, 

 Come in and drink with Little John." 



F.M. 



Parish Clerks' Company (Vol. viii., p. 341.). — 

 The hall is in Silver Street, Wood Street; the 

 beadle is Mr. BuUard, No. 9. Grocers' Hall Court, 

 Poultry. 



If the circulars of the company were attended 

 to, a great service would be rendered to the 

 public ; but as there are about one hundred and 

 sixty churches in the metropolis, the chance of 

 a parish clerk finding any particular marriage, &c. 

 is, at the best, but as one to one hundred and 

 sixty. Besides this, the parish registers are ge- 

 nerally in the custody of the clergyman, and it is 

 therefore feared that the searches are but too often 



