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NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



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the labours of his cotemporary, with the exception 

 of Ray. In his Collection of English Words not 

 generalhj used (first produced in 1674), I find : 



" Bragget, or Braket ; a sort of compound drink made 

 up with hone}', &c. The author of the English Dictionary, 

 set forth in the year 1658, deduces it from the Welsh 

 word brag, signifying malt ; and gots, a honeycomb." — 

 P. 10., 2nd edit. 1G91. 



I hope that some careful inquirer into the 

 sources of English lexicography may solve the 

 singular difficulty now for the first time, as I 

 believe, submitted for investigation ; and that the 

 curious production, so copiously, though ungra- 

 ciously, used by the learned Dr. Skinnei-, may be 

 identified and rescued from oblivion. 



Albert Wat. 



BLOCK BOOK : " SCHEDEL CRONIK.' 



I have a scarce old book {Schedel Cronik, a 

 block book apparently), which upon its own au- 

 thority was printed at Augsburg in 1396. It is 

 in the original cover, and on the fly-leaf in front 

 is the following note, written in a bold legible 

 hand : " Liber valde rarus teste Jo. Vogt in catal. 

 libr. rar. & al. pi. W. Eichhold;" and there are 

 some_ other manuscript notes not very legible. 

 But it appears to be doubted whether the date 

 should be 1396 or 1496 ; and if you would give 

 this letter a place in your valuable publication, it 

 is likely that some of your readers will be able to 

 clear up the doubt. 



In considering this question, the following facts 

 appear to be deserving of consideration. Printing 

 by movable metal types was in use before 1462^ 

 when, as we are informed, by the dispersion of the 

 servants of Fust and ShoeflTer, in consequence of 

 the sacking of Mentz in that year, the invention 

 of printing with movable types was publicly di- 

 vulged. (Knight's Old Printers, 169.) Before 

 movable metal types were invented, block books 

 were in use ; and there is a print, dated in 1423, 

 of St. Christopher bearing the Infant Christ. 

 (Knight's Old Printers, 53.) By the invention 

 of movable types the expense of printing was 

 greatly reduced, and it is not very probable that 

 the book in question, which is a large foolscap 

 folio full of wood engravings, should be published 

 at the distance of thirty or forty years afterwards. 

 Is it not equally or more probable that it should 

 have been published forty-four years before the 

 invention of printing by movable types (in 1440), 

 than fifty-six years afterwards? 



Should any of your readers desire to see the 

 book, I shall have pleasure in showing it. 



Thos. Leadbitter. 

 No. 3. Lansdowne Place, 

 Brunswick Square. 



Minav Outvies. 



Hymn-book wanted. — In the Every Man's 

 Magazine for 1770 or 1771, about the middle of 

 the volume, is a letter complaining of a new prac- 

 tice of adapting theatrical airs, and even the words 

 of songs, to sacred purposes. The writer gives 

 examples from a recently published hymn-book, 

 of which I remember two. 



" The echoing bells call us all to the church, 

 To the church my good lads then away ; 

 The parson is come, and the beadle and clerk 

 Upbraid our too tedious delay." 



The second is : 



" Let gay ones and great 



Make the most of their state. 

 Still running from foible to foible ; 



Well I who cares a jot ? 



I envy them not, 

 While I have my psalm-book and Bible." 



" Should the stage retaliate," says the writer, " we may 

 expect to hear a religious Hawthorne singing psalms, and 

 a religious Macheath preaching sermons." 



I shall be much obliged by the full title of the 

 hymn-book, if known to any reader of " N. & Q." 

 I do not approve the practice of quoting books 

 from memory, but my excuse for so doing is, that 

 it is many years since I saw the Every Man's 

 Magazine; the library which contained it is dis- 

 persed, there is no copy in the British Museum, 

 and I have advertised for one without success. 



H. B. 0. 



U. U. Club. 



Burton of Twickenham. — There is an ancient 

 monumental brass plate in the north aisle of the 

 parish church of Twickenham, Middlesex, with 

 this inscription : 



"Hie jacet Ric'dus Burton, nup' capitalis maj' d'ni 

 Regis et Agnes ux' ejus, qui obiit 23*^ die Julii, A"> Do' 

 MCCCCXLiii. q'r' a'i'ab's p'piciet D"." 



To this is affixed the royal arms as borne by 

 Henry V. (who reduced the fleurs-de-lis to three), 

 but without supporters. As this person died 

 22 Henry VI., it is possible he might have held 

 some distinguished post under both monarch?, but 

 what that may have been I am not able to unravel 

 from the words "capitalis maj';" and I request 

 some reader of " N. & Q." will decipher them ; 

 and also, if possible, inform me where I can find 

 some account of a person whom I judge to have 

 been of some importance by bearing the king's 

 arms. Qu.ero. 



Coats of Arms of Prelates, — I should feel 

 indebted to any of your correspondents who would 

 give me the coats of arms of the following pre- 

 lates :■ — Chandler, Sarum, 1415; Yonge, Callipolis, 

 1513; Wellys, Sydon, 1508; Penny, Carlisle, 

 1509 ; Owen, Cassano, 1588 ; Underbill, Oxford, 

 1589; Rowlands, Bangor, 1598 ; Owen, Llandaff", 



