May 6. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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good successe in our voyage, with whom I had much 

 discourse, I being the only entertainer, because I could 

 speak Latine ; for which I was highly esteemed, and 

 much invited on shoare again." 



"Augusts. — This morning a boate of ladys with 

 their musick to our ship syd, and bottels of wine with 

 them. They went severall times about our ship, and 

 sang several songs very sweetly ; very rich in habitt, 

 and very courteous in behaviour ; but would not com 

 on board, though invited ; but having taken their 

 friscs, returned as they cam. After them cam, in a 

 boate, four fryars, and cam round about our ship, puld 

 off their hatts and capps, saluted us with congjes, and 

 departed. After them cam a boat of musitians, playd 

 severall lessons as they rowed gently round about us, 

 and went their way." 



" August 4. — This morning our captain was invited 

 to dine with the Grand Master, which hindered our 

 departure. In the mean time wee have severall of the 

 Malteese com to visit us, all extreamly courteous. And 

 now wee are preparing to sail for Tripoly. Deus 

 vortat bene. 



" Thus wee, th' ' Assistance,' and the new Sattee, 

 Doe steare our course poynt blanke for Trypoly ; 

 Our ship new rigged, well stord with pigg, and 



ghoose a, 

 Henns, ducks, and turkeys, and wine cald Syracoosa." 



The Rev. Mr. Teonge, having returned to Malta 

 on the 11th of January, 1675-6, thus continues : — 



" This morning wee see the famous island of Malta ; 

 coming under Goza, a small island adjoyning to Malta, 

 wee discover a sayle creeping closse to the shoare ; we 

 hayle her with a shott — she would not budge ; we 

 sent a second, and then a third, falling veryneare her; 

 then the leiuetenant cam aboard us, and payd for the 

 shott ; it proved a pittifull Frenchman." 



"January \ l 2. — A little after one a clock wee are 

 at anchor in Malta harbour, and have many salutes. 

 But we have no prattiek by reason of the plague, which 

 is begun heare." 



"January 15. — This morning wee warp out of the 

 harbour with six merchantmen and a doggar, which 

 wee are to convoy towards the strait's mouth. Here 

 also wee took in two mounths' provisions and fresh 

 water. And as wee goe out wee meete six gallys of 

 Malta coming in in all their pompe, and they salute 

 us, and wee them, and part. And heare at Malta 

 (which was very strainge to mee), at this time of the 

 year, wee have radishes, cabbiges, and excellent colly 

 flowers, and large ones for a penny a-piece." 



On the 29th January, 1675-6, the reverend 

 writer again returned to Malta, and made under 

 this date the following note : — 



" This day David Thomas and Marlin, the coock, 

 and our master's boy, had their hands stretched out, and 

 with their backs to the rayles, and the master's boy 

 with his back to the maine mast, all looking one upon 

 the other, and in each of their mouths a mandler spike, 

 viz., an iron pinn clapt closse into their mouths, and 

 tyd behind their heads ; and there they stood a whole 

 houre, till their mouths were very bloody, an excellent 

 cure for swearers." 



" February 4. — This day dined with us Sir Roger 

 Strickland, Captaine Temple, Captaine Harrice, and one 

 gentleman more. Wee had a gallant baked pudding, 

 an excellent legg of porke, and colliflowers, an ex- 

 cellent dish made of piggs' petti-toes, two rosted piggs, 

 one turkey cock, a rosted hogg's head, three ducks, a 

 dish of Cyprus burds, and pistachoes and dates together, 

 and store of good wines." 



" February 5 God blesse those that are at sea ! 



The weather is very bad." 



" February 11. — Sir John Narbrough cam in 

 from Trypoly, and four more ships with him. The 

 noble Malteese salute him with forty-Jive gunns ; he 

 answers them with so many that I could not count 

 them. And what with our salutes, and his answers, 

 there was nothing but fyre and smoake for almost two 

 hours." 



The great length of this communication pre- 

 vents my taking other extracts from a " Diary " 

 which contains much interesting information, and 

 is written in a quaint and humorous style. 



William Winthbop. 



La Valetta, Malta. 



Whipping a Lady. — The following is from a 

 MS. Diary of the Rev. John Lewis, Rector of 

 Chalfield and Curate of Tilbury : 



" August, 1719. Sir Christopher Hales being jilted 

 by a lady who promised him marriage, and put him 

 off on the day set for their marriage, gave her a good 

 whipping at parting. Remember the story." 



Is there any corroboration of this ? E. D. 



Mother of Thirty Children. — An instance has 

 come under my notice of a woman, whose maiden 

 name was Lee, born in Surrey; married, first, 

 Berry, with whom she lived thirty years, and had 

 twenty-six children (four times twins) : all survived 

 infancy. Married, secondly, Taylor, by whom she 

 had four children. Died at Stratford, aged eighty- 

 four. Within a few weeks of her death, was as 

 upright as a young woman. At the time of her 

 death, there were one hundred and twenty-two of 

 her descendants living. She lived most of her 

 married life near Whitechapel and Radcliffe, and 

 was buried in the Brickfield burying-ground. She 

 had sixteen boys and fourteen girls. Leyton. 



"Ought" and "Aught." — I regret to observe 

 that ought is gradually supplanting aught in our 

 language, where the meaning intended to be con- 

 veyed is " anything." Todd's Johnson gives au- 

 thorities, but may they not be errors of the press ? 

 I am aware that use has substituted nought for 

 naught in the sense of " not anything," the latter 

 now expressing only what is " bad," and conve- 

 nience may justify that change, nought being not 

 otherwise used. Let me add that 1 am the more 



