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should like to know whether (England possessing 

 Bengal) they do not import the silk of the Bom- 

 hex Cynthia from thence for the many English 

 silk establishments. The silk is all one thread in 

 this, instead of many. F. B. 



Barker's Common Prayer. — In a small folio 

 copy of The Ordering of Deacons, printed by 

 Barker, 1639, a prayer is made for the Queen 

 Mary, Prince James, and the rest of the royal 

 progeny ; the same passage occurs in the Litany, 

 but the title-page of the prayer-book is lost. 

 How is it no mention is made of Prince Charles, 

 the heir-apparent, as, in Barker's square 8vo. edit, 

 of the same date, his name appears ? J. N. 



Old Engraving. — I have an old engraving 

 ■which represents a number of monks on the sea, 

 some sinking, others walking on the waves, with 

 their hands clasped as in prayer, but apparently 

 at their ease. All wear the same dress ; a sort of 

 great coat with one cape, and a rope round the 

 waist. Below is inscribed " Vis. di San. Leon." 

 Mrs. Jameson's book affords no assistance. Can 

 any of your leaders refer me to the legend ? E. T. 



Relative Value of Money temp. James I. — What 

 is the relative value of money at the present as 

 ■compared with the time of James L, 1611 ? or. 

 What would \0l. 13s. 4</., temp. Jacobi, be worth 

 now ? B. 



Earls of Perche and Mortain. — Wanted in- 

 formation regarding the ancient Earls of Perche 

 and Mortain (temp. Conq.). What was their 

 relation to William the Conqueror, &c. ? 



Also, who was Mary, Countess of Perche, who, 

 in the Topographer and Genealogist, vol. i. p. 19., 

 is said to have been drowned in 1119? She is 

 there mentioned thus : 



"William, Duke of Normandy (the king's son and 

 heir), with Richard, his natural brother, and his sister 

 Marj', Countess of Perche," &c. 



This sentence is ambiguous. Whose sister ? Was 

 she a countess in her own right ? Who was her 

 husband ? 



Any particulars of these Earls of Perche and 

 Mortain, and their descendants in the male or 

 female line, or the name of any work or MS. in 

 which any particulars of them can be found, is 

 earnestly requested by Chas. Izon Douglas. 



Richard Frewen, M.D. — Richard Frewen, M.D., 

 of Bath and Oxford. He had four wives, of whom 

 the Dowager Lady Say and Sele was one. Who 

 were the other three ? When and where was he 

 born ? When and where died ? There is a por- 

 trait of him in the Bath Infirmary ; another in 

 Christ Church, Oxford; and his bust is in the 

 Radcliffe Library. Farther particulars of him 

 are requested. T. F. 



Wake Family. — Had Archbishop Wake's bro- 

 ther Edward, born in 1670, any descendants? 

 Had the archbishop's uncle Charles any descend- 

 ants? The late Rev. Henry Wake, rector of 

 Over AVallop, Hants, &c., was, I apprehend, de- 

 scended from the archbishop's uncle, Edward 

 Wake of Charlton, Dorset ; not from his younger 

 brother Edward, as stated in Hatcher's History of 

 Salisbury. W. W. 



" Rise and Growth of Fanaticism.''' — Can you 

 tell who is the author of The Rise and Growth of 

 Fanaticism, or a View of the Principles, Plots, and 

 pernicious Practices of the Dissenters for upwards 

 of 150 Years, London, 8vo., no date, but printed 

 between 1700 and 1720.* The copy before me is 

 in a volume with two very valuable tracts oa 

 Burnet's History, written by Earbery, a non- 

 juring clergyman, author of the History of Ar- 

 moury, The Occasional Historian, and other 

 works. Can this production be from his pen ? 



J. M. 



Marino s " Slaughter of the Innocents." — In 

 1675 there was printed The Slaughter of the 

 Innocents by Herod. Written in Italian by the 

 famous poet,^ tlie Cavalier Marino. In four books, 

 newly Englished, London. In the copy the name 

 of the publisher has been torn away ; all that re- 

 mains of his Christian name is " Sam. [Mearne], 

 Stationer to the King's most excellent Majesty, 

 1675." 



But what I ami desirous of ascertaining is the 

 name of the translator, as the English version is 

 particularly good. On the back of the title is 

 written, " See a letter on the subject of this trans- 

 lation by W. B. Stevens in Maty's Review." What 

 review is this, or where can it be found ?f J.M. 



Book-plates. — Allow me, through the medium 

 of your paper, to put a Query to your corre- 

 spondent Daniel Parsons, Vol. iii., p. 495., as to 

 whether his work on book-plates is soon to be 

 published ; if not, will he or any of your corre- 

 spondents answer the following questions ? Whett 

 did the earliest book-plate appear with the hus- 

 band and wife's arms ? Is it in accordance with 

 heraldry to have it so ? Do not some heralds 

 consider it bad heraldry ? Book-plate. 



Episcopalian Churches, S^c. in Scotland. — Is 

 there any correct account of those places in the 



E* The second edition is dated 1715.] 

 f Maty's New Revieiv makes 9 vols. 8vo., 1782 — 1786. 

 The article attributed to the Rev. Dr. William Bagshaw 

 Stevens occurs in vol. vii. p. 251. He says, "To whom the 

 initials of T. R. [the translator of 2Vte Slaughter of the 

 Innocents'} belong I know not ; but the translation seems 

 superior to Crashaw's ; and I agree with you that there 

 can be no doubt that Milton has condescended to adopt 

 many beauties from Marino, although that circumstance 

 is not mentioned by any of Milton's critics."] 



