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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 278. 



A Lady restored to Life. — I Lave lately met 

 with the following statement : 



" Eliza, the wife of Sir W. Fanshaw of VVoodley Hall, in 

 Gloucestershire, was interred, having, at her own request, 

 a valuable locket, which was her husband's gift, hung 

 upon her breast. The sexton proceeding to the vault at 

 night, stole the jewel, and by the admission of fresh air 

 restored the lady, Avho had "been only in a trance, and 

 who, with great difficulty, reached Woodley Hall in the 

 dead of the night, to the great alarm of the servants. 

 Sir William being roused by their cries, found his lady 

 with bleeding feet, and clothed in the winding-sheet, 

 stretched upon the hall. She was put into a warm bed, 

 and gave birth to several children after her recovery." 



On what authority has this statement been 

 made ? And, if true, when did the occurrence 

 take place ? Change the scene to the town of 

 Drogheda, the lady's name to Hardman, and the 

 locket to a ring, and you have a tolerably ac- 

 curate account of what occurred in the early part 

 (I think) of the last century, and with the tra- 

 dition of which I have been familiar from my 

 childhood. Can you give me any information ? 



Abhba. 



Fox Family. — May I ask for any account of 

 the parentage of John Fox, who died Nov. 19, 

 1691 ; and Thomas Fox, who died Aug. 18, in 

 the same year, and buried in Westminster Abbey ? 

 Their arms are : A chevron between three foxes' 

 heads erased. There does not appear to be any 

 connexion with the family of Sir Stephen Fox, 

 buried near them. Did they die without issue ? 

 Information is particularly requested by 



One of thb same Name. 



" Noil omnia terra ohruta" Sfc — In an Indian 

 paper, the Agra Messenger, May 6th, 1854, in an 

 article on the late Mr. Justice Talfourd, is the 

 following : 



" Non omnia terra 

 Obruta : vivit amor, vidit dolor." 



No reference is given. The quotation is not 

 familiar. Can you tell me whence it is taken ? 



P. T. 



Progressive Geography. — You would confer a 

 great service on historical students if you would 

 name some atlas or series of maps illustrating the 

 political changes that have taken place in the di- 

 vision of the world, more especially as regards 

 Europe. What reader of the history of England 

 knows the exact limits of Anjou, Maine, and Nor- 

 mandy, although these countries are referred to 

 in every page of the annals of the Middle Ages. 

 Countries have indeed been more than blotted 

 from the map of Europe, for a blot might indicate 

 where they once existed ; but as it is, where would 

 the present generation look for the monarchy of 

 Poland ? — not to mention Burgundy, Alsatia, and 

 a hundred others. The assistance of yourself and 

 your learned correspondents would greatly oblige 

 every Stddent or Histoet. 



Walter Wilson's ilf.S'^. — Where are the MSS. 

 of the author of the Life and Times of Defoe ? 



B. H. C. 



Roman Stations and Roads. — Is any small book 

 or pamphlet published, giving an account of the 

 above, with the present names of what were 

 formerly stations of Iron Rome ? Is there a map 

 to be purchased with the present modern and 

 ancient Roman roads on the same sheet ? If not, 

 one printed red and the other in black ink would 

 be very useful and highly appreciated by anti-^ 

 quaries. Mimmi.^ 



Athenasum Club. 



Mildew on Pictures. — Can any of your readers 

 tell me how to preserve a picture (in crayons) 

 from mildew ? It hangs in the same house with 

 many oil paintings which are untouched. Would 

 a lining of caoutchouc at the back be of any avail ? 



Stylites., 



Queen's College, Oxford. — Is anything known 

 of the " mysterious scrawl " noticed in the follow- 

 ing lines, composed in 1746 upon a singular piece- 

 of writing in Queen's College Library, Oxford ? 



" An Oxford rarity at Queen's is shown, 

 Unmatch'd by all the rarities of Sloane's ; 

 A manuscript, yet, as the learn'd have thought. 

 Such as by mortal hand was never wrote. 

 Druids and Sybils ! this transcends ye all, 

 A dark, oracular, mysterious scrawl : 

 Uncouth, occult, unknown to ancient Greece, 

 The Persian Magi, or the wise Chinese. 

 Nor Runic this, nor Coptic does appear; 

 No, 'tis the diabolic character. 

 No more, ye critics, be your brains perplex'd 

 T' elucidate the darkness of the text ; 

 No farther in the endless search proceed. 

 The devil wrote it — let the devil read ! " 



J. YEOWEIilir 



The Rev. John Angier. — Is any portrait of this, 

 celebrated Nonconformist minister known to exist? 

 and if so, where ? J* B. 



Greek and Roman Churches.— 1 Know Not 

 would be very thankful if any of the readers of 

 " N. & Q." would furnish her with instances in 

 which the Greek and Roman Churches have, since 

 the schism, either severally or mutually, acknow- 

 ledged each other's existence as a Church ? 



"Ze</a" hy Leonardo da Vinci. — In 1853, Mr. 

 Bernard Isaacs, of 33. New Bond Street, exhibited 

 a picture of " Leda," professing to be an original 

 of Leonardo da Vinci. It was offered^ for sale at 

 4000/. During the year a French artist brought 

 an action, asserting that the picture was not an 

 original, but a copy painted by himself. Query, 

 What was the result of the action ? What was 

 the name of the French artist? Where can a 

 report of the whole transaction be found ? And 

 finally, What became of the picture ? Anon. 



