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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[No. 273. 



Trial of Darell of Littlecote. — Is there any old 

 book, or pamphlet, giving the details of the trial 

 of Darell of Littlecote? L. (1) 



Penitentiaries for Females. — When was the 

 first penitentiary for the restoration of fallen wo- 

 men established ? Was there any penitential de- 

 partment in any of the religious houses before the 

 Keformation ? or is the penitentiary, as such, 

 subsequent to that date ? We read that St. Vin- 

 cent de Paul founded one in Paris under the 

 superintendence of secular ladies ; but the insti- 

 tution having very soon fallen into abuse, he 

 placed it under the care of three nuns of a reli- 

 gious order. This step created, we are told, a 

 great deal of surprise at the time, and would 

 therefore seem to prove that the Church in 

 France at least had not had the penitentiary, as 

 such, previous to the time of St. Vincent de Paul. 



Geo. Nugee. 



Anglo-Saxon, 8fc. — Will some one of the Anglo- 

 Saxon students who correspond in " N. & Q." be 

 so good as to inform a lady, whether it would be 

 possible, with limited time and at small expense, 

 to obtain a knowledge of that language ; and also 

 to what extent it would be a useful assistant in 

 the study of English etymology ? She would feel 

 obliged by the titles of any French or German 

 works equivalent in those languages to the Diver- 

 sions of Purley and the works of Messrs. Trench, 

 'Lower, &c. in our own. A Reader. 



Cowley on Skakspeare. — I have a memorandum 

 that Cowley was of opinion that the grosser pas- 

 sages in the plays of Shakspeare were interpolated 

 by the players, but cannot find the particular 

 reference. If any of your readers are acquainted 

 with it, perhaps they would kindly make the re- 

 quisite extract, which would be worth a place in 

 *'N. & Q." independently of any personal object. 



J.O. H. 



Theophilus Iscanus. — Who was Theophilus 

 Iscanus, who appeared on Bishop Hall's side in 

 the Smectymnuan Controversy, in a tract entitled 

 Philadelphus vapulans ogainst Lewis du Moulin? 

 He dedicates the work to Bishop Hall ; and from 

 •the dedication it would appear that he was one of 

 his lordship's chaplains. It would appear that 

 Bishop Hall had a chaplain named Jackson; and 

 if so, can any information be obtained regarding 

 him ? W. H. C. 



Niagara. — What is the supposed depth of 

 water as it passes over the edge of the rock in 

 this matchless waterfall ? Mimi. 



" The Schoolmaster, or Teacher of Philosophie.^* 

 — I have an old black-letter tract, bound up with 

 some others, about 1607-8, signed T. T., and with 

 the running title of " Table Philosophie :" unfor- 

 tunately, the title-page is wanting : could any of 

 your correspondents favour me with an exact 

 copy of the title-page ? To assist in the identi- 

 fication, I may add, that in the preface, which is 

 printed in Roman type, the author has these 

 words : " And for this cause I b»ve determined 

 to intitle this work The Schoolmaster, or Teacher 

 of Table Philosophie, and have divided the same 

 into foure severall partes." And then he goes on 

 to give the " argument thereof." W. H. C. 



Edinburgh. 



[This -work is by Thomas Twine or Twyne. The fol- 

 lowing is a copy of the title-page: — "The Schoolem aster,, 

 or Teacher of Table Phylosophie. A most pleasant and 

 merie Companion, well worthy to be welcomed (for a 

 dayly Gheast) not onelye to all mens boorde, to guide 

 them with moderate and holsome dyet; but also into 

 euery mans companie at all tymes, to recreat their 

 mindes, with honest mirth and delectable deuises : to 

 sundry pleasant purposes of pleasure and pastyme. 

 ^ Gathered out of diuers, the best apprOued Aucthors : 

 and deuided into foure pithy and pleasant Treatises, as 

 it may appeare by the contentes. % Imprinted at Lon- 

 don by Richard lohnes, dwelling at the Signe of the 

 Rose and the Crown, neere-Holburne Bridge. 1683."] 



Conway e: Booh of Prayers. — I have in my 

 possession a curious and early book of prayers 

 entitled : 



" Meditations and Praiers gathered out of the Sacrea 

 Letters and Tertuous Writers, disposed in Fourme of the 

 Alphabet of the Queene her Most Excellent Majesties 

 Name. Imprinted at London in Fleet Street, by Henry 

 Wykes." 



The dedication to Elizabeth is signed J. Con- 

 waye. Any information respecting ;the volume 

 or its compiler will oblige. Verat. 



Islington. 



[Sir John Conway, of Arrow, in Warwickshire, being a 

 person of great skill in military affairs, was made governor 

 of Ostend by Robert, Earl of Leicester, Dec. 29, 1586 

 (29 Elizabeth), the said Earl being then general of the 

 English auxiliaries in behalf of the States of the United 

 Provinces. From some cause or other, Sir John was 

 made a prisoner; as the Harleian MS. No. 287, fol. 102, 

 contains " an original letter of Sir John Conway to Sir 

 Francis Walsingham, dated at Ostend, Sept. 8, 1583, 

 concerning his imprisonment, and of the uses that m^v 

 be made of Berney the spy, who has great credit with 

 the Prince of Parma." During his confinement, Sir John 

 wrote his " Posye of Flowred Praiers " on his trencher, 

 "with leathy pensell of leade." He dietl Oct. 4, 1603. 

 See Dugdale's Warwickshire, vol. ii. pp. 850. 852., -edit. 

 1730.] 



" Tableau de Paris."— 'Who is the author of a 

 work, which appears to have been produced 

 periodically, entitled Tableau de Paris? The 

 edition I possess is in twelve volumes octavo, and 



