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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 283. 



oif them. The great curiosity and value of the col- 

 lection is, that it contains many original draughts 

 of proclamations as prepared for the Privy Coun- 

 cil : those of the reign of Elizabeth being in several 

 instances corrected in the handwriting of Mr. 

 Secretary Cecil, afterwards Lord Burleigh ; and 

 those of Charles I. in that of Sir F. Windebank, 

 Secretary of State. All the proclamations earlier 

 than the time of Queen Elizabeth, with one ex- 

 ception, are MS. ; but they only amount to seven 

 in all, and of these one is of King Henry VIII. 

 The exception is the case of Lady Jane Grey's pro- 

 clamation, placed at the beginning of the volume ; 

 but now, alas! no longer unique, as an undoubted 

 rival is contained in the magnificent collection 

 of the Antiquarian Society. From the printed 

 Elizabethan Proclamations I am able to add the 

 following to the Grenville list : 



1. " By the Maior. For the cleane keeping of streetes, 

 lanes, aiid allies within the citie of London, &c. Im- 

 printed by John Daye." 



2. " Anno 15". Apr. 23. For the permittynge of a col- 

 lection of men's almes to build a church at Bath." 



3. " Anno 17". Oct. 26. Against people keeping on the 

 seas armed vessels, to commit robberies." 



This collection also supplies information on a 

 point that I have not seen noticed before, viz. 

 that some of the proclamations have been from 

 time to time reprinted ; whilst, in other cases, two 

 difi'erent editions have been issued a[)parently at 

 the same time. Thus, in the case of Elizabethan 

 Proclamations, we possess in some instances one 

 copy printed by E.. Juage, or by Jugge & Cawood, 

 and a reprint by Ch. Barker ; or, both copies are 

 printed by Barker, and vary in one instance in 

 the imprint, in another in the types. In the case 

 of Charles II. also, when the Court was at Oxford 

 or Salisbury, we often have duplicate copies; one 

 printed at Oxford, the other in London. 



Of Charles I.'s|ProcIamations, two are the ori- 

 ginal ones, with the king's signature : one con- 

 cerning exchanges, without date ; the other, that 

 of Aug. 9, 1632, concerning duels. 



For our collection of Proclamations, which is 

 exceedingly rich, we are indebted to Sir Joseph 

 Williamson, Secretary of State to Charles II., one 

 of the most munificent benefactors of Queen's 

 College. Of those issued from the beginning of 

 Queen Elizabeth's reign, to a.d. 1694, I think we 

 have a tolerably complete collection. The only 

 gap is in the case of Charles I., and this I am en- 

 deavouring to fill up. I have been enabled to do 

 so, to some extent, by an Interchanpre of duplicates 

 ■with the Society of Antiquaries. Their collection 

 is superior to ours In proclamations earlier than 

 the reign of Elizabeth, In which they are very 

 rich ; but with respect to those of a later date, I 

 would not hesitate to challenge a comparison with 

 any collection in the world. II. II. Wood. 



Queen's Coll., Oxon. 



" COMING EVENTS CAST THEIR SHADOWS BEFORE." 



Campbell Is said to have stolen his two famous 

 lines In LochieTs Warning from Schiller : 



" 'Tis the sunset of life gives the mystical lore, 

 And coming events cast their shadows before." 



Schiller has it : 



" So schreiten auch den grossen 

 Geschicken ihre Geister schou voran, 

 Und in dem Heute wandelt schon das Morgen." 



The passage Is eminently beautiful and pathetic, 

 Wallenstein has just received intelligence of the 

 death of his beloved Max Piccolomini In the arm* 

 of victory. In the most touching strains he la- 

 ments the death of his young friend : 



" The flowers of m}' life are gone, and cold and faded 

 lie their leaves before me, for he stood beside me like my 

 youth ! " &c. 



His sister, the Countess Tertzky, had long been 

 agitated with a presentiment of ai^proaching evil, 

 and tells him of a dream, which Wallenstein en- 

 deavours to banish from her mind. 



" Believest thou not that oft a warning voice speaks to 

 us in dreams? 



" fVall. That there are such voices are undoubted, but 

 warnings I would scarcely call them, which do but an- 

 nounce inevitable fate. For as the mock sun (or peri- 

 helion) is painted on the mist ere the orb appears, so also- 

 are great destinies frequently foreshadowed (already pre- 

 ceded by their spirits), and to-morrow becomes to-day." 



This bald prosaic rendering may be contrasted with 

 Coleridge's version of the image : 



" As the sun, 

 Ere it is risen, sometimes paints its image 

 In the atmosphere, so often do the spirits 

 Of great events stride on before the events, 

 And in to-day already walks to-morrow." 



Campbell was fresh from Germany when he wrote 

 Lochiel, and was familiar with Schiller's Walleri- 

 stein. But, In truth, the resemblance is very 

 slight : the Scottish poet alluded to the Highland 

 superstition of the second sight ; the German poet 

 perhaps intended an allusion to the prevalent 

 belief In many noble German houses thnt the 

 " White Lady " always appeared to some member 

 of the family whenever a death was to take place. 



FOLK LORE. 



Norfolk Candlemas Weather Proverhs. — For by. 

 In his Vocahula7-y of East Anglia, gives the fol- 

 lowing as an " old monkish rhyme :" 



" Si sol splendescat, Maria purificante, 

 Major erit glacies post festum quam fuit ante." 



Query, From what source is this quoted? The 

 prediction has been strikingly verified this year, 

 as the late severe frost conuncnced Tuesday, 

 Jan. 16 ; and continued almost daily, accompanied 



