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which had to be destroyed ; he also bit two pigs, 

 which, after showing most frightful symptoms of 

 hydrophobia, had to be shot and their flesh burned. 

 Mr. Monsell always refused to declare what his 

 remedy was, " lest it might be used for anything 

 but a human being." It would appear that in a 

 great measure he worked on the imagination of 

 his patients : still some other means may have 

 been usedj and, as he has been dead some time, it 

 is to be hoped he did not let his secret die with 

 him. He never would take any remuneration 

 from' those he cured, or their friends. I never 

 heard any person in that part of the country ex- 

 press the least doubt of the efficacy of the remedy 

 he used. Francis Robert Davies. 



The " Fusion." — Is it generally known that 

 there exists, between the two branches of the 

 Bourbons, a much nearer relationship than that 

 which arises from their common descent from 

 Louis XIII. ? The Duchess de Berri was niece 

 to Louis-Philippe's queen : so that the Due de 

 Bordeaux and the Comte de Paris are second 

 cousins. E. H. A. 



eaucrfeg. 



LYRA S COMMENTARY. 



I possess a copy of the Textus biblie cu Glossa 

 ordinaria Nicolai de lyra postilla Pauli Brugesis 

 Additioibus Matthie Thoring Replicis, in 6 volumes 

 folio, printed at Basle in the years 1506-8. The 

 binding is of oak boards and calf leather, stamped 

 with a very spirited design composed of foliated 

 borders, surrounding, on the right cover, six im- 

 pressions from a die three inches high by one and 

 three quarters wide, consisting of a narrow border 

 enclosing a human figure, who bears in his left 

 hand a knotted staff as high as himself, while in 

 the right he holds a bag or scrip containing many 

 balls (perhaps stones or fruit), which hang9 over 

 his shoulder. Under the right arm he carries a 

 sword, and on the wrist a wicker basket. The 

 lower limbs of this strange being are clad in loose 

 garments, like to a modern pair of trousers, with 

 a large ragged hole on each knee. The feet are 

 not seen, as he is behind a fence composed of in- 

 terlaced branches of trees. To complete the pic- 

 ture, the head, which is much too large for the 

 body, has no other covering but crisped hair. 



On the left cover are four impressions of a die 

 three inches high by two wide, on which are six 

 animals whose kinds it is difficult to determine 

 with certainty ; the two upper possibly may be 

 horses, the middle a bird and a monkey, the lower 

 a lion and a dog. The animals are separated from 

 each other by a running pattern composed of 

 branches, leaves, and flowers, and are surrounded 



by a frame, on which is the following in black- 

 letter : 



" DEUS DET NOBIS SUAM FACEM 



ET POST MORTEM U1TAM ETERNAM." 



The clasps have engraven on them, in the same 

 character, — 



" LIB DNS ET MGER JOANNIS VAM MERE." 



On the title-page, slightly varied in each volume, 

 is the following inscription, in a hand not much, 

 later than the publication of the book : 



" Liber M. Joachimi Moller ex testamento M. Jo- 

 hairis vam mer optim et maximus deus illius anime 

 misereatur. Amen." 



I shall be much obliged to any one who will 

 explain to me the figures on the cover, which, 

 doubtless, have some legendary or symbolic mean- 

 ing ; and also give me any notes or references 

 concerning either of the former possessors of the 

 book, both of whom have, I believe, enriched it 

 with manuscript notes. Edward Peacock. 



Bottesford Moors, Messingham, 

 Kirton-in-Lindsey. 



i$ttiT0r cRucrt'oS. 



Barristers' Gowns. — What is the meaning of 

 the lapel, or piece which hangs from the back of 

 the barrister's gown ? Has it any particular 

 name? In shape it is very similar to the repre- 

 sentations we see in pictures of the " cloven 

 tongues." It is not improbable that it may be 

 intended figuratively to bear reference to them. 



Henry T. Riley. 



" Charta Hen. 2. G. G. n. 2. ?."— In Cowell's 

 Law Dictionary (ed. 1727), under the word Lus- 

 gul, I find the following reference : " Charta 

 Hen. 2. G. G. n. 2. q." I should be much obliged 

 to any person who would suggest for what "G. G. 

 n. 2. q." stands. K. 



Albany Wallace. — Can any of your correspon- 

 dents, familiar with the drama, tell me who this 

 gentleman was? In 1827, there appeared The 

 Death of Mary Queen of Scots, an historic drama 

 in five acts, by A. W., Esq. : AVortbing, printed 

 for the author by W. Verrall. His name occurs 

 again on the title-page of The Reigns of the 

 Stuarts in England dramatised. The First Part 

 of King James the First, a play in five acts : Lon- 

 don, printed by the author, at his private press, 

 Queen Ann Street, 1835. 



I naturally turned up Mr. Martin's Privately 

 Printed Books, but neither our dramatist nor his 

 press is there alluded to. Touching the latter, 

 Mr. Wallace says in his preface, — 



" A certain picture was said by a connoisseur to be 

 ' very well painted for a gentleman /' a species of nega- 



