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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 280. 



There is a sub-plot carried on by the other per- 

 sonages ; and the play concludes with the marriage 

 of Mr. Courtwell to the sister of the lady, and of 

 Underwit to Dorothy. One extract may suffice : 



" Engine. What thinke you of the blazeing starre, in 

 <}ermany, according to Ptolemy ? 'Tis very strange. 

 Does the race hold at Newmarket for the cup ? When is 

 the cocking, gentlemen? There are a parcell of rare 

 Jewells to be sold now, and a man had money. I doe 

 meane to build a very fine house next summer, and fish- 

 pondes. What did you heare of the new play? I am 

 afraid the witts are broke ; there be men will make 

 affidavit, that have not heard a good jest since Tarleton 

 dyed. Pray, may I crave your name. Sir ? 



Courtwell. My name is Courtwell, Sir. 



Eng. In your eare, — I have a cast of the best marlins 

 in England ; but I am resolv'd to go no more by water, 

 but in my coach. Did you ever see the great ship ? 



Captain. I have been one of twenty that have din'd in 

 her lanterne. 



Eng. It may be so, she is a good sailer ; but I'll tell 

 you one thing, I meane to have the best pack of hounds 

 in Europe. And then, if I can but find out the reason of 

 the loadstone, I were happie — and would write Non ultra. 



Captain. The philosopher's stone were better, in my 

 opinion. Have you no project to get that? 



Underwit. What thinke you of the dromedarj'e, that 

 was to be seene i'th back side of the Bell ? 



Eng. Why then I'll tell you : the strangest beast that 

 ever I saw was an ostridge, that eate up the iron mynes ; 

 but now you talke of birdes, I saw an elephant beat a 

 taylor in the fencing schoole at his own weapon. 



Thomas. The Spanish needle? 



Eng. He did out- eat him in bread, and that was mira- 

 culous. I have seene a catamountaine once ; but all was 

 nothing to the wench that turn'd round andthred needles." 



Cockades. — The black cockade, which is the 

 well-known badge of the House of Hanover, is 

 generally worn by the servants of all military and 

 naval officers, and of all who hold office about the 

 Court. By what authority are these cockades so 

 worn, and to whom is the use limited ? Does the 

 right extend to all persons who hold office under 

 the royal sign-manual ? It is stated that the 

 servants of officers in the militia wear it, but that 

 it is not worn by servants of yeomanry officers. 



Cockade. 



Napoleon's Marshals. — I want the names and 

 birthplaces of all Napoleon's marshals, with their 

 ages, and the time, place, and cause of their deaths ; 

 together with their titles and such additions as 

 " The Bloody " Davoust, Massena " L'Enfant 

 cheri de la Victoire." Y. S. M. 



Extract from the Bishop of St. AsapKs Charge. 

 — In the year 1710, Fleetwood, Bp. of St. Asaph, 

 published a charge, in which is the following pas- 



" I desire to know the names of your parishes, and if 

 there be more names than one. The Saints, to whose 



memory they were dedicated, and what days the wakes 

 (if there be any) are kept. What superstitious usages are 

 still observed by the common people, under the name of 

 ancient customs. And if you have any remarkable 

 monuments in your churches, I should be glad if you 

 would transcribe them for me at your leisure. These 

 things I hope will not put you to much pains to write in 

 a sheet of paper, and offer them to me at the next Visit- 

 ation." 



Some of your readers may be able to state 

 whether any returns were made by the clergy ? 



T. L. 



" The Affairs of the World." — In a sort of a 

 newspaper, The Affairs of the World, for October, 

 1700, is the following notice : 



" Mr. Tompion, the famous watchmaker in Fleet Street, 

 is making a clock for St. Paul's Cathedral, which it is said 

 will go one hundred years without winding up ; will 

 cost 3000Z. or 4000/., and be far finer than the famous 

 clock at Strasburg." 



Some of your readers may be able to supply a 

 notice of the above periodical or paper. It is not 

 mentioned in the very copious list of newspapers 

 in Nichols's Literary Anecdotes. T. L. 



Kirkstal Abbey. — A Lady asks if any kind 

 antiquary of Yorkshire will be good enough to 

 inform her, through the medium of "N. & Q.," 

 where she may find the names and descents of the 

 different families who have possessed Kirkstal 

 Abbey and its lands, from the suppression of the 

 monastery to the occupation by the Brudenell 

 family ? 



Dedication of Heworth Church. — Can any of 

 your readers inform me of the dedication of 

 Heworth Church ? It is of very old foundation, 

 supposed to have been built by Ceolfrid, Abbot 

 of Jarrow, in the reign of King Ecgfrid. It is 

 situated in the parish of Jarrow and county of 

 Durham. M. P, 



" Pilgrimage to the Holy Land." — Who is the 

 author of a poem, published in 1817, with the title 

 o? A Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, ascribed to 

 Lord Byron by the publisher, J. Johnston, Cheap- 

 side? It is in two cantos, divided into long 

 stanzas, like Lara, &c. It contains some good 

 poetry, some of it much in Lord Byron's style of 

 thought; and some good descriptions. Three things 

 are against its being his, viz. false grammar : e. g. 

 "Lives there him ?" and again, " Sails there him f " 

 and farther, a false quantity, e. g. Canopus for 

 Canopus. I. R. R. 



" The Postman robbed of his Mail," 8fc. ^- Can 

 you tell me the author or authors of the following 

 work ? — 



« The Postman robbed of his Mail ; or. The Packet 

 Broke Open. Being a Collection of Miscellaneous Letters, 

 Serious and Comical, Amorous and Gallant. Amongst 

 which are, ' The Lover's Sighs ; or. The Amours of the 



