June 9. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



449 



This border is again encircled by a gilt space a 

 quarter of an inch wide, within which two caba- 

 listic (?) symbols are repeated, eight times each 

 alternately, at regular intervals : the same in all 

 the roundels. 



The whole are packed in a box, on the cover of 

 which are emblazoned the royal arms of England 

 within an ornamental border. Above the shield 

 is the date 1599, and on the sides of it are the 

 capitals " E. R." 



In connexion with the box of roundels is ano- 

 ther box, apparently cotemporary with it, though 

 not of the same pattern, but painted and embel- 

 lished, containing six thin, shallow, wooden dishes 

 painted with different designs, and varying from 

 seven to six inches three-eighths in diameter : 

 whether this connexion be otherwise than acci- 

 dental cannot be at present determined. 



The Legends. 



1. 



'* If that thou wouldest fayne wedded bee, 

 Choose a wife meete for thy degree ; 

 For-woomen's hearts are set on pride, 

 And pouertis purse cannot ytt abidd. 



" Judge not yll of yt spouse I the aduise, 

 Itt hath ben spoken by them that are wise : 

 That one Judge aboue in tyme to come, 

 Shall judge y" whole world bo the father and sonn. 



3. 



" Though hungrye meales be putt in pot, 

 Yet conscience cleare kept without spott, 

 Both keepe the corpes in quyet rest, 

 Then he that thousands hathe in chest. 



4. 

 " If that Diana's birde thou bee, 

 And still haste keept thy chastitie, 

 Seeke not to thrale thy virgin's lyfe 

 In maryage withe a cruell wyfe. 



5. 

 " Thy fortune is full longe to lyve, 

 For nature doth longe lyfe the give ; 

 But once a weeke thou wilte bee sicke, 

 And haue a sullen agewes fytt. 



6. 



" Content thy selfe withe thyn estat, 

 And sonde noo poore wight from y' gate ; 

 For why this councell I the giue, 

 To learne to dyee, and dyee to lyue. 



7. 



■" Thou gapest after deade men's shoes, 

 But bearefoote thou art like to goe ; 

 Content thy selfe, and doe not muse, 

 For fortune saithe ytt must bee soe. 



' A quiet lyfe surmounteth golde, 

 Though goodes great store thy cofers holde ; 

 Yet rather deathe I doe beseche, 

 Than mooste maister to weare noo breeche. 



" Thou hopest for mariges more than three : 

 Leave of thy hope, ytt will not bee ; 

 Thy mucke will breede thj' heart suche care, 

 That death will come or thou beware. 



10. 



" Thy goods, well got by knowledge skyll, 



Will healpe thy hungrye bagge to fyll ; 



But ryches gayned by falsehoodes dVifte 



Wyll run awaie as streames full swifte. 



11. 

 " What neddes such cares opprese thy thought, 

 For Fortune saithe }•* hap is naught : 

 A shrowe thy chaunce ys for to keepe. 

 But better a shrowe sale than a sheepe. 



12. 

 " Hard ys thj' hap, yf thou dooste not thrive. 

 Thy fortune ys to haue wyves fyue : 

 And euery one better than other, 

 God sende the good lucke, I wish the no other." 



w. s. 



Hastings. 



THE KOSE OF JEEICHO. 



(Vol. x., p. 508. ; Vol. xl., p. 72.) 



The accompanying extract from De Saulcy may 

 not be unacceptable to the correspondent whose 

 communication appeared in a former Number. 

 The " plain " of which De Saulcy speaks appears 

 to be near to the ruins of Zouera-el-Fouqah, or 

 the Upper Zoar, at a little distance, in a north- 

 westerly direction, from the southern extremity 

 of the Dead Sea. 



"On this plain, which scarcely exhibits a blade of 

 grass, I perceive from my saddle a kind of flower, having 

 some resemblance to a large dried eastern daisy (^Pa- 

 querette) : it is quite open, well displayed upon the soil, 

 and looks as if it was alive. On alighting to examine it 

 more closely, I distinguish a plant of the radiated family, 

 but without leaves or petals ; in a word, the plant is quite 

 dead ; how long it has remained in this state it is impos- 

 sible to guess. It retains a kind of fantastic existence. I 

 gather a few samples, which I place in my holsters, these 

 having for a long time ceased to be a receptacle for fire- 

 arms, and being daily crammed with stones and plants. 



"Another word respecting this extraordinary dant. 

 In the evening, when I happened to empty my holstSa, I 

 was quite surprised to find the dead flowers closed up, 

 and as dry and hard as if they were made of wood. I 

 then recognised a small flower, with a long tap-root, 

 which I had never seen alive, but had already picked up 

 at the place where we halted to breakfast on our descent 

 to Ayn-Djed3^ What prevented me from ascertaining 

 this identity at first sight was, that one sample was ga- 

 thered in a state of moisture, while the other was picked 

 up perfectly dry. It was then quite clear that this 

 ligneous and exceedingly tough vegetable possessed 

 peculiar properties, which developed themselves hygro- 

 metrically, with the corresponding changes of the soil and 

 atmosphere. I immediately tried the experiment, and 

 discovered that the kafF-maryam, the rose of Jericho of 

 the pilgrims (Anastatica hierichuntica), so celebrated for 

 the same faculty, was not to be compared to my recent 

 discovery. A kaff-maryam placed in water, takes an hour 



