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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 293. 



and a half before it is entirely open ; whilst in the case of 

 my little flower, I watched it visibly expanding, and 

 without exaggeration, the change was complete in less 

 than three minutes. 



" I then recollected the heraldic bearing called the Eose 

 of Jericho, which is emblazoned on some escutcheons, 

 dating from the time of the Crusades ; and I became con- 

 vinced that I had discovered the real Kose of Jericho, long 

 lost sight of after the fall of the Latin kingdom of Jeru- 

 salem, and replaced by the AnastMica, or kaff-maryam, 

 which a Mussulman tradition, accepted by Christians, 

 pointed out to the piety of the early pilgrims, who in- 

 quired from the inhabitants of the country what was the 

 plant of the plain of Jericho that never died, and came to 

 life again as soon as it was dipped in water. 



" Under any circumstances, this singular hygrometric 

 vegetable constitutes an entirely new genus for botanists, 

 judging by what we know of it, that is to say, by its 

 skeleton. My friend, the Abbe Michon, has undertaken 

 to describe this curious plant, and has paid me the com- 

 pliment of naming it Suulcya hierichuntica. Unques- 

 tionably the honour is all on my side." — F. de Saulcy, 

 Narrative of a Journei/ round the Dead Sea, and in the 

 Bible Lands, in 1850 and 1851 ; vol. i. pp. 512, 513., 8vo. 

 Lond. 1854. 



E. J. M. 



Oxford. 



LINES ON THE SUCCESSION OF THE KINGS OF 

 ENGLAND. 



(Vol. in., p. 168. ; Vol. vi., pp. 83. 184.) 



The most frequently quoted memoria-techmca 

 lines on the above' subject are some which, so far 

 as I am aware, have not been assigned by their 

 quoters to their proper author. I here transcribe 

 the lines from the volume in -which they were first 

 published : 



" Scripscrapologia ; or, Collins's doggrel dish of all 

 sorts. Consisting of songs adapted to familiar tunes, 

 and which may be sung without the chaunterpipe of an 

 Italian warbler, or the ravishing accompaniments of 

 Tweedledum and Tweedledee. Particularly those which 

 have been most applauded in the author's once popular 

 performance called ' The Brush.' The Gallimaufry gar- 

 nished with a variety of Comic Tales, Quaint Epigrams, 

 Whimsical Epitaphs]! &c. &c. Published b}' the Author 

 himself, and printed by M. Swinney, Birmingham, 1804." 



From the " Apology to the Reader " it appears 

 that the author was the proprietor of the Bir- 

 mingham Chronicle, in which paper "some of the 

 ai'ticles in his Bill of Fare " had been " serv'd up 

 for the reading of the day." 



"THE CHAPTER OF KINGS. 



A Song. 



Sung, in the Brush, by the Author, as an Irish 

 Schoolmaster. 



" The Romans in England, they once did sway. 

 And the Saxons they after them led the way. 

 And they tugg'd with tlie Danes 'till an overthrow. 

 They both of them got by the Norman bow. 



Yet, barring all pother, the one and the other 

 Were all of them Kings in their turn. 



" Little Willy the Conqueror long did reign ; 

 But Billy his Son by an arrow was slain ; 

 And Harry the First was a scholar bright. 

 But Stephy was forc'd for his Crown to fights 

 Yet, barring, &c. 



" Second Harry, Plantagenet's name did bear. 



And CoBur de Lion was his son and heir ; 



But Magna Charta we gain'd from John, 



Which Harry the Third put his seal upon. 



Yet, barring, &c. 



" There was Teddy the First like a tiger bold. 

 But the Second by rebels was bought and sold ;; 

 And Teddy the Third was his sulijects' pride, 

 Though his Grandson Dicky was popp'd aside. 

 Yet, barring, &c. 



" There was Harry the Fourth, a warlike wight. 



And Harrj' the Fifth like a cock would fight, 



Tliough Henny his Son like a chick did pout, 



When Teddy his Cousin had kick'd him out. 



Yet, barring, &c. 



" Poor Teddy the Fifth, he was kill'd in bed 

 By butchering Dick, who was knock'd in the head j 

 Then Harry the Seventh in fame grew big. 

 And Harry the Eighth was as fat as a pig. 

 Yet, barring, &c. 



*' With Teddy the Sixth we had tranquil daj'g, 

 Though Mary made fire and faggot blaze ; 

 But good Queen Bess was a glorious dame. 

 And bonny King Jamy from Scotland came. 

 Yet, barring, &c. 



" Poor Charley the First was a martjT made, 

 But Charley his Son was a comical blade ; 

 And Jemmy the Second, when hotly spurr'd, 

 Kan away, do you see me, from Willy the Third. 

 Yet, barring, &c. 



" Queen Ann was victorious by land and sea. 

 And Georgey the First did with glorj' sway ; 

 And, as Georgey the Second has long been dead. 

 Long life to the Georgej- we have iu his stead. 



And may his Son's Sons, to the end of the Chapter, 

 All come to be Kings in their turn." * 



The Chapter of Letters and the Chapter of War 

 are afterwards given. The latter conmiences with 

 these lines : 



" The Chapter of Kings, which I wrote myself, 

 With the Chapter of Letters lies on the shelf." • 



The book contains a variety of poetical pieces 

 (such as' " An Occasional Address, spoken by 

 Mr. M'Cready at the Opening of the Birmingham 

 Theatre, in the year 1798"), among which are 

 several songs. One of these, " In the Downhill 

 of Life, when I find I'm declining," still enjoys a 

 justly-deserved popularity. 



Cuthbert Bede, B.A. 



" * From this song, Avith the help of its tune, the Chap- 

 ter of Admirals, Aldermen, Sfc, have been fudg'd up in the 

 full vein of ' Four and Twenty Fiddlers all in a Row! ' — 

 And the Author himself has been induced, by the recep- 

 tion it has met with from the intelligent part of the public, 

 to follow it up with the Chapter of Letters and Chapter of 

 War, which the reader will liud hereafter," 



