June 3. 1854.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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It is generally considered that the last miracle 

 play represented in England was that of Christ's 

 Passion, in the reign of James I., which Prynne 

 informs us was — 



" Performed at Elie House in Holborne, when Gon- 

 domar lay there, on Good Friday at night, at which 

 there were thousands present." 



Busby's idea, " that the manner of reciting and 

 singing in the theatres formed the original model 

 of the°Church service," is as absurd as it is un- 

 tenable. Edward F. Rimbault. 



It is said that Apollonarius of Laodicea (a.d. 

 362), and Gregory of Nazianzum not much later, 

 dramatised our Lord's Passion. Many, however, 

 regard the Christus Patiens, ascribed to Gre- 

 gory, as spurious. The Passion of our Lord was 

 represented in the Coliseum at Rome as much as 

 six centuries ago. The subject was a favourite 

 one in Italy. In France, " The Fraternity of the 

 Passion of our Saviour " received letters patent 

 from Charles VI. in 1402. Their object was to 

 perform moralities or mysteries, i. e. plays on 

 sacred subjects. In 1486, the Chapter of the 

 Church at Lyons gave sixty livres to those who 

 had played the mystery of the Passion of our 

 Lord Jesus Christ. In 1518, Francis I. confirmed 

 by lettei-s patent the privileges of the Confreres 

 de la Passion : one of their pieces, reprinted in 

 1541, is entitled Le Mystere de la Passion de N. 

 S. J. C. ■ The same subject was common in Spain 

 and Germany. In England the Coventry mys- 

 teries, &c. partook of the same character. The 

 Cotton MS. (Vespasian, b. viii.) and the Chester 

 Whitsun plays (Harleian MS. 2013.) would pro- 

 bably afford information which I cannot now give. 

 So late as 1640, Sandys wrote a tragedy, on a 

 plan furnished by Grotius, upon Christ's Passion. 

 A little research would give H. P. a number of 

 similar facts. B. H. C. 



Tf your correspondent wishes for authority for 

 the fact of our blessed Lord's Passion being 

 dramatised, he will find an example in Gregor. 

 Naz., the editio princ. of which I have before me, 

 entitled Xpia-ros Tra<rx<w, Rom. 1542. J. C. J. 



See the true account and explanation of the 

 service of the Passion, in Cardinal Wiseman's Lec- 

 tures on the Offices of ■ Holy Week, 1854, 8vo., Dol- 

 man. W. B. T. 



Hardman's Account of Waterloo (Vol. ix., 

 pp. 176. 355.). — Lieutenant Samuel Hardman 

 was present with the 7th Hussars at the cavalry 

 actions of Sahagun (Dec. 21, 1808) and Bene- 

 vente (Dec. 29, 1808), previous to his appoint- 

 ment, May 19, 1813, as Cornet, Royal Waggon 

 Train, "from serjeant-major, 7th Light Dra- 

 goons." I was in error in stating that he was 

 appointed "Lieutenant and Adjutant, Dec. 15, 



1814, in the 10th Hussars, in which he had com- 

 menced his military career." The 10th and 15th 

 Hussars were in action at Sahagun and Bene- 

 vente, but Mr. Hardman never served in the 

 10th Hussars until December 1814. 



Query, Why is Sahagun not to be found on 

 the appointments of the 10th Hussars, as well as 

 on those of the 15th Hussars, as both regiments 

 were engaged with the enemy on that occasion ? 



G. L. S. 



Aristotle (Vol. ix., p. 373.). — See Aristotle's 

 Ethics, bk. v. ch. iv. B. H. C. 



Papyrus (Vol. ix., p. 222.). — If R. H. means 

 the growing plant, it is to be found in most bota- 

 nical gardens. P. P. 



Bell at Bouen (Vol. viii., p. 448. ; Vol. ix., 

 p. 233.). — A portion of the great George d'Am- 

 bois is preserved in the Museum of Antiquities at 

 Rouen, where I saw it four years ago. Cpl. 



Word-minting (Vol. ix., pp. 151. 335.). — Your 

 correspondent J. A. H. cannot have seen Richard- 

 son's Dictionary, where he will find the word de- 

 rangement, in the sense of madness, illustrated by 

 an instance from Paley, Evidences, prop. 2. Cpl. 



Coleridge's Christabel (Vol. vii., pp. 206. 292. ; 

 Vol. viii., pp. 11. 111.; Vol. ix., p. 455.). —My 

 Query relative to Christabel (Vol. vii., p. 292.) 

 seems to have been lost sight of, and has not as 

 yet received a reply. Will you kindly permit me 

 to renew it ? 



In the European Magazine for April, 1815, 

 there appeared a poem entitled " Christobell : a 

 Gothic tale. Written as a sequel to a beautiful 

 legend of a fair lady and her father, deceived by a 

 witch in the guise of a noble knight's daughter." 

 It is dated " March, 1815," and signed "V.," and 

 was reprinted in Frasers Magazine for January, 

 1835. It commences thus : 



" Whence comes the wavering light which falls 

 On Langdale's lonely Chapel-walls? 

 The noble mother of Christobell 

 Lies in that lone and drear chapelle." 



Query, What is known of the history and author- 

 ship of this poem ? 



It will be observed from the dates, that the 

 sequel appeared in print before Christabel was 

 published by Coleridge. J. M, B. 



GarricKs Funeral Epigram (Vol. vii., p. 619.). 

 — Bishop Home was, I believe, the author of 

 these verses ; at least I have seen them in a 

 volume published by him, entitled (I think) Mis- 

 cellanies : and I think they are stated to be his in 

 Jones' Life of Home. But I have neither work 

 at this moment before me to refer to. 



Geo. E. Frere. 



Rovdon Hall, Diss. 



