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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 216. 



"2. M'"' Anne Coot affirmeth the same. 



"3. William Poyser sayeth, he harde Paget say, 

 Within this week or two, there will come a great 

 many frenehe dogges. 



" 4. M"" Eleonore Borgourneci vppon her othe 

 aflfirraeth the same. 



" 5. The 1 maior writteth in his Ife to my 1 tresurer 

 that Paget affirmeth before him that he wold the 

 realme were ryd of all yll straungers, adding this 

 qualification. [Qualification not given.] 



" To proiie the great assembly that was with Paget, 

 before D. Julio came home to his howse. 



" 1. John Polton saieth, when his maister came home 

 there was about a huiidreth persone of men, women, 

 and chyldren, vp and downe there. 



'■■ 2. James Hudson sayeth, that he thinketh there 



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was about mi people assembled in the streett before 

 this examinat his maister came home. 



" 3. Richard Preston sayeih, ttiat there was in his 

 iudgement aboue a hundred people in tlie streett before 

 this deponets maister came home, and after his in'' came 

 home the nomber of the people were greater. 



" To proue that the sayd Paget did resiste to the 

 constable when he came to apprehend him. 



" 1. William Poyser sayeth, when the constable came 

 to apprcheiide the sayd Paget he kept the constable 

 out with force, and sayd he should not enter on him. 



"2. James Hudson sayeth, Paget wold not suffer the 

 constable to entere vnto his howse, but sayd if any 

 man will entere vnto this howse, yf it were not f' 

 felony or treason to apprehend him, he wold kill hym, 

 yf he could, f' he sayd his howse was his castell. 



" 3. Richard Preston sayeth, when the constable 

 came to apprehende Pagett, he liauing a bill or halberd 

 in his hand, did keape him out of his howse, and sayd, 

 he showld not enter except it were f'' felonye or treason, 

 or that he brought my 1 maiors warrant." 



THE RELIGION OF THE RUSSIANS. 



Public attention being very particularly directed 

 towards the Russian nation at the present time, a 

 few remarks regarding some peculiarities in their 

 manner of worship, &c., which probably are not 

 generally known, may be interesting. 



I have been for some time past endeavouring 

 to determine the exact nature of the homage the 

 Russians pay to the "gods" — whether they should 

 be called images or pictures ? and whether the 

 Russians should be considered idolaters or not ? 



Whenever a Russian passes a church, his cus- 

 tom is to cross himself (some do so three times, 

 accompanying it with bowing). In every room 

 in their houses an image (or picture) is placed in 

 the east corner, before which they uncover their 

 heads and cross themselves on entering. 



Their churches are filled with these their repre- 

 sentatives of the deity, and it is very curious to 



observe a devout Russian kissing the toe of one, 

 crossing himself before another, while to another 

 he Avill in addition prostrate himself, even with 

 his head to the ground ; this latter is also very 

 frequently done at intervals during the celebra- 

 tion of their services : but their churches are 

 always open, so that if any one wants to pay de- 

 votion to a particular image (or picture) while no 

 service is going on, he can do so. 



I understand that they consider they worship 

 the deity through these representations. In the 

 present day these gods are called obraaz, of which 

 the literal translation is image. The old Sclavonic 

 word for them is eekona, which was formerly in 

 general use, and has exactly the same meaning, 

 answering to the Greek word eiKaiv. As far as I 

 can make out, neither of these words can be trans- 

 lated picture ; but I do not remember to have 

 found this point touched upon in any books I 

 have read on Russia or its religion ; and hope, 

 if any correspondent is able to give us farther 

 information on the subject, he avIU do so. 



The Russians also believe in relics, in their 

 efficacy in healing disease.-^, working other mira- 

 cles, &c. Notwithstanding this, a very short 

 time ago, a new relic was found in the south of 

 Russia, and a courier being immediately despatched 

 with it to the Emperor at St. Petersburg ; on his 

 arrival, his Imperial Majesty (expecting some 

 important news regarding his operations in the 

 neighbourhood of Turkey), when told his errand, 

 exclaimed, " Away with the relic ! it is time to 

 put an end to such nonsense." Would that this 

 were to be carried out ! But their superstitions 

 seem too deeply rooted to be done away with in 

 a short time. J. S. A. 



I.EICESTEBSHIEE EPITAPHS. 



Having seen only one epitaph from this county 

 among those which have appeared In " N. & Q ," 

 I annex a few specimens, which you may perhaps 

 deem worth inserting in your pages. 



Burbage : 



" These pretty babes, who we did love. 

 Departed from us like a dove ; 

 These babes, who we did much adore, 

 Is gone, and cannot come no more." 



Hinckley : 



" My days on earth they were but few, 

 With fever draughts and cordials few, 

 They wasted like the morning dew." 



Braunstone : 



" All triumph yesterday, to-day all terror ! 

 Nay, the fair morning overcast ere even : 

 Nay, one short hour saw well and dead, War's mirror 

 Having Death's swift stroke unperceived given." 



