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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 210. 



Minav ^uttk^. 



Bishop Grehan. — I want any information ob- 

 tainable with reference to a Roman Catholic 

 bishop in Ireland named Grehan; his Christian 

 name, family, date of his bishopric, and name of 

 it. Where can I find such particulars ? 



O. L. R. G. 



Doxology. — In his "Christmas Caroll" to the 

 tune of " King Salomon," old Tusser has the fol- 

 lowing : 



«' To God the Son and Holy Ghost, 



Let man give thanks, rejoice, and sing, 

 From world to world, from coast to coast, 

 For all good gifts so many ways, 



That God doth send. 

 Let us in Christ give God the praise, 

 Till life shall end !" 



-Query, Is this the origin of our own doxologies ? 



L. A. M. 

 Great Yarmouth. 



Arrow-mark. — On an ancient pump of wood, 

 extracted from the Poltimore mine in North 

 Devon, I perceive a deeply cut arrow-mark. 

 What is the inference as to the age of this relic 

 ■from the mark referred to ? The fragment is that 

 of a large oak tree hollowed out, and now decom- 

 posing from exposure after its long burial. J. R. P. 



Gabriel Poyntz. — There is a portrait here in- 

 scribed " Gabriel Poyntz, an. Domini 1568, ajtatis 

 suae 36 :" and having a coat of arms painted on it, 

 Barry of eight, or and gules, with a crest very in- 

 distinct, but apparently a lion's head, and the 

 motto " Clainte I'efrainte." 



Can any of your correspondents inform me of 

 the meaning of this motto, and the language^ in 

 which it is expressed ; and also what the crest is ? 



G. Poyntz was of South Okendon In Essex, and 

 there is an account of his family in Morant's 

 Essex; from which It appears that he was de- 

 scended from the family of Poyntz of Tockington 

 in Gloucestershire, of which there is an account 

 in Atkins' Gloucestershire. He was afterwards 

 knighted. — Any information as to him, in addition 

 to that which is contained in Morant, would be 

 very acceptable. S. G. C. 



Bradley, Ashbourne. 



Queen Elizabetlis and Queen Anne's Motto, 

 " Semper eadem." — Upon what occasion, and by 

 what authority was the motto "Semper eadem" 

 used as the royal motto in the reign of Elizabeth ? 



The authority for Queen Anne's motto has been 

 afforded by your correspondent G. (Vol. viii., 

 p. 253.); though he has not fully answered the 

 original Query (Vol. viii., p. 174.), as the motto in 

 question was signified to the public in the London 

 Gazette, Dec. 21 — 24, 1702 ; was ordered to be 



continued In 1707, and to be discontinued (by an 

 order in council) on the accession of the House of 

 Hanover in 1714, when the old motto " DIeu et 

 mon droit" was resumed. Z. Z. Z. 



Bees. — In these parts the Increase of the apiary 

 is known by the three following names: — The 

 first migration from the parent hive is (as all your 

 country readers are aware) a swarm ; the next Is 

 called a cast ; while the third increase. In the same 

 season, goes under the name of a cote. Perhaps 

 some one will kindly Inform me if these names are 

 common in other parts of England ; and if there 

 are any other local designations for the different 

 departures of these Insect colonists. 



John P. Stilwell. 



Dorking. 



Nellj/ O'Brien and Kitty Fisher. — Perhaps 

 some of the readers of "N. & Q." can tell me 

 where information is to be found respecting these 

 two celebrated women, who have been immortalised 

 by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and whose portraits are 

 sometimes to be met with. 



" Cleopatra dissolving the Pearl " is a portrait 

 of Kitty, and he probably Introduced them both 

 Into some of his fancy pictures. 



As I happen to possess a good portrait of one 

 of them, I should like to know something of their 

 history. Cantab. 



University Club. 



'■'Homo unius Ubri." — To whom does this say- 

 ing originally belong ? The British Critic gives 

 It to St. Thomas Aquinas : 



" When asked on one occasion who is in the way 

 to become learned, he answered, • Whoever will con- 

 tent himself with the reading of a single book.'" — 

 The British Critic, No. nx. p. 202. 



W. Fkaser. 

 Tor-Mohun. 



" Now the fierce hear" ^c. — Can any of your 

 readers Inform me who is the author of the fol- 

 lowing lines ? 



" Now the fierce bear and leopard keen, 

 All perished as they ne'er had been ; 

 Oblivion 's their best home. 



Tliere is an oath on high, I 



That ne'er on brow of mortal birth, 

 Shall blend again the crowns of earth." 



e. 



Pi'ejudice against Holy Confirmation. — I have 

 found among my rural parishioners an Idea very 

 prevalent, that it Is wrong, or at least highly Im- 

 proper, for a married woman to become a candi- 

 date for, or to receive holy confirmation ; and this 

 quite apart from any sectarian views on the 

 matter. I should like to know if any of my 



