Oct. 15. 1853.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



369 



This picture is, I believe, now in my possession. 

 It is a small half-length oil painting, measuring 

 about twelve inches by nine. Hobbes is repre- 

 sented at an open arch or window, Avith his book, 

 the Leviathan, open before him ; the dress is, as 

 Aubrey states, unfinished, and beneath is the re- 

 markable inscription, — 



" AUT EGO INSANIO SOLUS : A0T EGO SOLUS NON INSANIO." 



It represents the philosopher at an advanced age, 

 and is conformable in every respect to the follow- 

 ing description of his person : 



" In his old age he was very bald, yet within dore he 

 used to study and sit bareheaded, and said he never 

 tooke cold in his head, but that the greatest trouble 

 was to keepe off the flies from pitching on the bald- 

 ness. His head was of a mallet forme, approved by 

 the physiologers. His face not very great, ample 

 forehead, yellowish-red whiskers, which naturally 

 turned up ; belovve he was shaved close, except a 

 little tip under his lip ; not but that nature would 

 liave afforded him a venerable beard, but being mostly 

 of a cheerful and pleasant humour, he affected not at 

 all austerity and gravity, and to look severe. He con- 

 sidered gravity and heavlnesse of countenance not so 

 good marks of assurance of God's favour, as a cheerful, 

 charitable, and upright behaviour, which are better 

 signes of religion than the zealous maintaining of con- 

 troverted doctrines. He had a good eie, and that of a 

 hazel colour, which was full of life and spirit, even to 

 his last ; when he was in discourse, there shone (as it 

 were) a bright live coale within it. He had two 

 kinds of looks ; when he laught, was witty, and in a 

 merry humour, one could scarce see his eies ; by and 

 by, when lie was serious and earnest, he opened his 

 eies round his eie-lids : he had middling eies, not very 

 big nor very little. He was six foote high and some- 

 thing better, and went indifferently erect, or rather, 

 considering his great age, very erect." 



Aubrey was one of the patrons of Hollar, of 

 whom he has also given us some brief but in- 

 teresting particulars. The two following letters, 

 which were transcribed by Malone when he con- 

 templated a publication of the Aubrey papers, 

 deserve preservation ; indeed, one of them relates 

 immediately to the subject of this notice : 

 " Sir, 



*' I have now done the picture of Mr, Hobbes, and 

 have showed it to some of his acquaintance, who say it 

 to be very like ; but Stent has deceived me, and maketh 

 demurr to have it of me ; as that at this present my 

 labour seemetli to be lost, for it lyeth dead by me. 

 However, I returne you many thankes for lending mce 

 the Principall, and I have halve a dozen copies for 

 you, and the painting I have delivered to your Mes- 

 senger who brought it to mee before. 



«' Your humble servant, 



« W. Hollar, 



" The 1st of August, 1661." 



" [For Mr. Aubrey,! 

 « Sir, ^ -* 



" I have beene told this morning that you are in 

 Town, and that you desire to speak with mee, so I did 



presently repaire to your Lodging, but they told mee 

 that you went out at 6 o'clock that morning, and it 

 was past 7 then. If I could know certaine time when 

 to finde you I would waite on you. My selve doe 

 lodge without St, Clement's Inne back doore ; as soon 

 as you come up the steps and out of that doorc is the 

 first house and doore on the left hand, two paire of 

 staires into a little passage right before you ; but I am 

 much abroad, and yet enough at home too. 



" Your most humble servant, 



" W. Hollar. 

 " If you had occasion to aske for mee of the people 

 of the house, then you must say the Frenchman 

 Limmner, for they know not my name perfectly, for 

 reasons sake, otherwise you may goe up directly," 



This minute localising of one of the humble 

 workshops of this admirable artist may not be 

 unacceptable to Mr, Peter Cunningham for some 

 future edition of his very interesting Handbook 

 of London. It may not be amiss to add that 

 Hollar died on the 25th of March, 1677, in the 

 seventieth year of his age, and that he was burled 

 in St. Margaret's churchyard, Westminster, near 

 the north-west corner of the tower, but without 

 a stone to mark the spot. S. W. Singer, 



Mickleham, 



PAROCHIAL LIBRARIES, 



(Vol. viii., p. 62.) 



In the vestry of the fine old priory church at 

 Cartmel, in Lancashire, there is a good library, 

 chiefly of divinity, consisting of about three hun- 

 dred volumes, placed in a commodious room, and 

 kept in nice order. This small but valuable col- 

 lection was left to the parish by Thomas Preston, 

 of Holker, Esq. 



There is another in the vestry of the church at 

 Castleton, in Derbyshire ; or rather in a room 

 built expressly to contain them, adjoining the 

 vestry. They were left to the parish by the Rev. 

 James Farrer, M.A., who had been vicar of Cas- 

 tleton for about forty-five years, and consist of 

 about two thousand volumes in good condition, 

 partly theological and partly miscellaneous, about 

 equally divided, which are lent to the parishioners 

 at the discretion of the vicar, Mr. Farrer left 

 behind him a maiden sister, and a brother-in-law 

 Mr, Hamilton, who resided in Bath ; the former 

 of whom erected the room containing the books, 

 and a vestry at the same time ; and both con- 

 siderably augmented the number of volumes, and 

 made the library what it now is. 



Under the chancel of the spacious and venerable 

 parish church of Halifax, in Yorkshire, are some 

 large rooms upon a level with the lower part of 

 the churchyard, in one of which is contained a 

 good library of books. Robert Clay, D.D., vicar 

 of Halifax, who died April 9, 1628, was buried ia 

 this library, which he is said to have built. 



