July 6. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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with care by the prophets, who ^ave them afterwards 

 to the poets to be turned into verse." 



If the Pythian priestess was really a ventrilo- 

 quist, to what extent was she conscious of the 

 deception she practised ? J- Saxsom. 



Statue of French King', Epigram on. — Can any 

 of your re.aders iDi'orm me who was the author of 

 the following ep'giam, written on the occasion of 

 an equestrian statue of a French king attended by 

 the Virtues being erected in Paris : — 



" O la belle statue ! O le beau Piedestal ! 

 Les Vertus sont a pied, le Vice est a clieval ! " 



ACGUSTINE. 



Lrtx Fiat. — Who was the first Christian or Jew- 

 ish writer bv whom lux fiat was referred to the 

 creation of the angels ? J. Sansom. 



Hiring of Sernanls. — At Maureuil, in the en- 

 virons of Abbeville, a practice has long existed of 

 hiring servants in the market-place on festival 

 days. I have observed the same custom in various 

 parts of Emrlaud, and particularly in the midland 

 counties. Can any of your correspondents inform 

 me of the origin of this ? W. J. 



Havre. 



Booh of Homilies. — Burnet, in his History of 

 the Reformation in anno 1542, says, — 



" A Book of Homilies was printed, in which the 

 Gospels and Epistles of all the Sundays and Holidays 

 of the year were set down icith a Homily to every one of 

 these. To these were also added Sermons upon several 

 occasions, as for We<Miiigs, Christeniiii/s, and Funerals." 



Can any learned clerk inform me where a copy 

 of such Homilies can be seen ? B. 



Collar of SS. — Where can we find much about 

 the SS. collar? Is there any list extant of persons 

 who were honoured with that badge? B. 



Rainbow. — By what heathen poet is the rainbow 

 spoken of as "risus plorantis Olympi?" 



J. Sansom. 



Passage in Lucan. — What parallel passages are 

 there to that cii Lucan: — 



" Communis mundo superest rogus, ossihus astra 

 Misturus"? 



J. Sansom. 



William ofW;/keham. — Is there any better Life 

 of William of Wykeham than the very insufhcicnt 

 one of Bishop Lowth ? 



Wiiat weie the circumstances of the rise of 

 William of Wykeham, respecting which Lowth is 

 80 very scanty anil unsatisfactory ? 



Where did William of Wykeham get the wealth 

 with wliich he built and emlowed New College, 

 Oxon, and St. Mary's, Winchester; and rebuilt 

 Winchester Cathedral ? 



What .are the present incomes of New College, 

 and St Mary's, Winchester ? 



Is there a copy of the Statutes of these colleges" 

 in the British Museum, or in any other public 

 library ? W. H. C. 



April 22. 1850. 



Richard Baxter s Descendants. — Can any of 

 your correspondents inform me of the where- 

 abouts of the descendants of the celebrated Richard 

 Baxter ? He was a Noi'tiiamptonshire man, but I 

 think his family removed into some county in the 

 west. W. H. B. 



Passage in St. Peter. — Besides the well-known 

 passage in the Tempest, what Christian writers 

 have used any kindred expression to 2 Pet. iii. 10.? 



J. Sajjsom. 



8. Park Place, Oxford, June 1. 1850. 



Juice-cups. — Is it beneath the dignity of 

 "Notes and Queries" to admit an inquiry re- 

 specting the philosophy and real efi'ect of placing 

 an inverted cup in a fruit pie ? The question is 

 not about tlie object, but whether that object is, or 

 can be, etFected by the means employed. N. B. 



Derivation of-'Yote" or" Yeo^"— -What is the de- 

 rivation of tiie word " yote" or " yeot," a term used 

 in Glocestershire and Somersetshire, for " leading 

 in" iron work to stone ? B. 



Pedigree of Greene Family. — At Vol. i., p. 200., 

 reference is made to "a fine Pedigree on vellum, 

 of the Greene family, penes T. Wotton, Esq." 



Can any person inform me who now possesses 

 the said pedigree, or is there a copy of it whicii 

 may be consulted ? 



One John Greene, of Enfield, was clerk to the 

 New River Company: he died 1705, and was 

 buried at Enfield. He married Elizabeth ]\Iyd- 

 delton, grand-daughter of Sir Hugh. I wish to 

 find out the birtli and parentage of the said John i 

 Greene : and shall be thankful, if I may say so 

 much, without adding too much to the length of 

 my Query. H. T. E. 



Family of Love. — Referring to Dr. Rimbaui-t's \ 

 communication on the sidiject of this sect (Vol. ii., 

 p. 49.), will you allow me to incpiire whether there 

 is any evidence that its members deserved Fuller's 

 I severe condenmation ? Queen Elizabeth might 

 j consider tliem a "damnable sect," if they were be- i 

 lieved to hold iietcrodox opinions in reliiTicm and 

 politics ; but were their lives or their writino-s 

 immoral ? N. B. 



Sir Grimmer Vans. — Can any one give any 

 account of a Cv)mic story about one " *S'/> Gammer 

 FoH.v," of whom, amongst other absurdities, it is 

 said "that his aunt was a Justice of peace, and his 

 sister a captain of horse f It is alluded to some- 



