Feb. 10. 1855.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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A brave support (I think) ; we must do well, 

 Since our pjood Cliurcli has stole a prop from hell; 

 P'or faith the figure was as black as ink, — 

 I took him for a devil by liis stink. 

 In his right h:ind he held a branch of birch. 

 With it (says he) I'll sweep our Mother Cliuroh. 

 After him niarcli'd three worthies of tiie gown. 

 Whose honesty to all the West is known, 

 P^xcept the Whigs, who say that tiiey have none 

 And dare assert that college plate has paid 

 For man}' hearty meals Cremona made. 

 Tliat some Wells scholars to their cost can tell 

 How, chapman like, j'oung Whackum books w'd sell; 

 Tranquillo might have past in silence here, 

 Had modest Jone contain'd another year. 

 Tlien follow'd all the rabble of the town 

 With hideous noise, declaring they were sound. 

 Sly Querpo, finding how they were inclin'd. 

 Proclaims a halt, and thus declar'd his mind: — 

 ' Townsmen and lovers, partners in my woe ! 

 Tis true our cause is sunk, and hopes so low. 

 That I'm become so faint I scarce can speak. 

 Of a bad markett we must make the best; 

 We'll nose the Whigs and bravely raise our crest. 

 Though we at Preston and elsewhere are foil'd. 

 Though a septennial! act our measures spoii'd, 

 Though last November fiU'd us all with pain, 

 October now shall raise our spirits again. 

 Learn'd Thomas is returu'd in health to Wells, 

 Our James is safe at Rome (huzza!), then ring the 

 bells." 



Ina. 



Minar ^ISiuetiei. 



The Lyme Regis and Bridport "Domesday" and 

 "Dom Books." — These ancient volumes are known 

 under the above titles. The latter has entries, it 

 is stated, of the reign of Henry VI. 



The Lyme Regis Domesday, called also The 

 Broad Book, is a ponderous volume to wliich 

 allusions, in reference to entries therein, are fre- 

 quently made in the reign of Queen Elizabeth. 



This MS. volume is supposed to have been sent 

 to the late Mr. Dean, a solicitor, living in Guilford 

 Street, at the time of a law-suit about the year 

 1828. Mr. Dean died suddenly, and the volume 

 has not been seen for years. It has been heard of, 

 and, as is believed, was offered for sale. It is the 

 property of the Town Council, who succeeded the 

 former corporation. Tlie Mayor of Lyme Regis 

 would be glad of an answer to this Query : Who 

 can give any information respecting this Domes- 

 day Book ? 



The Mayor will thankfully treat for the above, 

 to be replaced in the archives. The late Mr. 

 George Smith was town clerk at the time of the 

 law-suit before alluded to. 



George Roberts (Mayor of Lyme Regis). 



Dorset. 



Turkish Emblematical Flower. — Has Turkey 

 an eitibleniatic flower, a^ England has the rose, 

 and Ireland the shamrock ? If so, what is it ? 



J. J. W, 



Value of Money in 1653. — Can any correspon- 

 dent inform me of the value of a pound sterling 

 in the year 1653, as compared with the value of a 

 pound sterling in 1855 : adopting as the standard 

 of value the price of a quarter of wheat, or of an 

 ox, or of any other important commodity in the 

 country ? G. N. 



Rev. Roger Dale. — I should feel greatly obliged 

 to any of your readers who could furnish me with 

 any particulars relating to the Rev. Roger Dale, 

 his ffxraily connexions, and the various prefer- 

 ments he held ? Mr. Dale was appointed curate 

 of Denton, in the parish of Manchester, in 1679; 

 which he resigned in 1691 for that of Northen, or 

 Northenden, in Cheshire. J. B. 



Quotations wanted. — 



Who is the author of the "Evening Hymn" com- 

 mencing — 



" Soon as the evening star, with silver ray," &c. ? H.- 

 Clifton. 



" The heart may break, yet brokenly live on." F. M. E. 



" Earth has no sorrow which heaven cannot heal." 



J. H. A. B. 



" Which maidens dream of when they muse on love." 

 Whence ? " R. V. T. 



" . . . . strew'd 

 A baptism o'er the flowers." 

 Whence? R. V. T. 



What Christian Father wrote this, and where ? 



" Creavit angelos in ccelo, vermiculos in terra ; non 

 superior in istis, non inferior in illis." A Naturalist. 



" Romance of the Pyrenees," 8fc. — Who was 

 the author of The Romance of the Pyrenees, 

 Sancto Sebastiano, Adelaide, The Forest of Mont- 

 albano, and Rosabella, romances published fifty 

 years ago, and popular in their day ? Uneda. 



Philadelphia. 



Lucky Birds. — There is an ancient custom in 

 Yorkshire, and I presume it is more or less general 

 throughout England, of having a boy to enter 

 your house early on Christmas and New Year's 

 Day ; and this boy is called a lucky bird. Now 

 can you inform me the date and origin of this 

 custom ? why a black-hair d boy is universally 

 preferred ? and why he is called a lucky bird ? 



R. B. 



Headingley. 



CnrdinaTs red Hat. — In the Historia Literaria 

 of Cave, the author says of the Synod of Lyons in 

 1245 (1243 ?) : "In this synod, if I mistake not, 

 the red hat, as a sign of the dignity of cardinal, 



