Aug. 24. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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tinent to the present inquiry ; but as this use of 

 the word has been plausibly supposed to be de- 

 rived from the Welsh Bach, a hook, it seems to 

 have nothing to do with a, poke. E. Smirke. 



Querela Cavtabrigiensis (Vol. ii., p. 168.). — 

 J. M. B. ini|uires whether anything is known of 

 the authorship of the Querela Cantabrigieiixis ? 

 The tract in question appears to have been "written 

 by Bruno Ryves," the author of Mercurius Rus- 

 ticus, and some k\v other treatises, in connexion 

 witb which it is commonly bound. Ryves is de- 

 scribed by Watt as "a loyal divine," who was 

 "born in Dorsetshire," and "died 1677." His 

 Querela was first printed at Oxford in 1646. 

 There was a second edition in 1647. 



In case J. M. B. do not himself intend to send 

 out a new edition of this tract, it is to be hoped 

 that his Query may induce some one else to do so. 

 Indeed, a reprint of several similar pamphlets and 

 short treatises, belonging to the same period, might 

 be brought out with great advantage at this crisis. 

 The series might begin with — 



" The Answere of the Vice-Chancellour, the Doctors, 

 both the Proctors, and other the Heads of Houses in 

 the Uiiiversitie of Oxford : 



(Aijreeable, undoubtedly, to the joint and uniforme 

 opinion of all the Deanes and Chapters, and all other 

 the learned and obedient Cleargy in the Church of 

 England :) 



" To the humble Petition of the Ministers of the 

 Church of England, desiring Reformation of certalne 

 ceremonies and abuses of the Church, ht Oxford : 

 Printed by Joseph Barnes, and are to be sold in Paule's 

 Church Yard, at the sign of the Crowne, by Simon 

 VVaterson, 1603." 



J. Sansom. 



"One BelV (Vol. ii., p. 166.). — In the sixth 

 edition of the Book of the Church (1 believe refer- 

 ences are also given in all editions since the first), 

 Southey gives us his authority for this, " Strype's 

 Craumer, p. 266. (edition of 1694.)" The passage 

 occurs in book ii. chap. 26.: "The Duke "of 

 Somerset's death." I quote it from the reprint by 

 the Ecclesiastical History Society (vol. ii. p. 345.): 



" He (.Somerset) is generally charged for the great 

 spoil of churches and chapels; defacing ancient tombs 

 and monuments, and pulling down the bells in pari.h 

 churches, and ordering oulij ime bell in a ftcepli; ax sm/- 

 Jicient to call the. penplt Inijether, which set the common- 

 alty almost into a rebellion." 



R.B. 



August 12. 



Fabulous Account of the Lion (Vol. ii., p. 142.). — 

 jAKi,T/,ni;K(; is rijrht in supposing that this is given 

 by I'liilippe de Tiiaun. It is, however, of older 

 date. Turner {History of Eiiirland duriug the 

 Mi(Mle Ages, vol. iv. chap. iv. p. 209.) gives [)art of 

 a Latin version of it from the " I'liysiologus" of a 

 certain Theobald. The " I'liysiologus," whicii is in 



substance the same as the "Bestiary" of Philippe de 

 Thaun, occurs, according to ]Mr. Turner's account 

 of it, in MSS. of the eighth or ninth century. 

 Anglo-Saxon versions of " The Whale and the 

 Panther" are in the Codex Exoniensis. In the 

 •works of Hildebert, who died Abp. of Tours 11.34, 

 a poem called "Physiologus" is printed, which 

 appears to be the same as th.at ascribed by Turner 

 to Theobald. The fable and application of the 

 Lion are the same as those given by Turner, with 

 very trifling variations. 



Among the poems ascribed to Abp. Hildebert is 

 an " Epitaphum Magistri Theobaldi," who, I con- 

 jecture, is the same Theobald as the supposed 

 author of the " Physiologus." It is rather long ; 

 but there is nothing to identify Theobaldus except 

 the word " Derveusis." AVhat place this indicates 

 I know not. 



" Hoc vivente, locus Dervensis floruit, isto 

 Sublato, marcet nomtnis hujus odor." 



Opera Hildeberti, p. 1322., Paris, 1708. 



In the Opera Hildeberti there occur some 

 verses on the symbols of the Evangelists. I sub- 

 join them : though it is perhaps hardly worth 

 while to print any more on this subject. 



ON THE SYMBOLS OF THE EVAN.TELISTS. 



" Matthaeum signal vir, bos Lucam, leo Marcum, 

 Ales discipulum qui sine sorde fuit. 

 * * * « 



Matthjeo species humana datur, quia scripto 



Indicat et titulo quid Deus egit homo. 

 Os vituli Lucam declarat, qui specialem 



Materiam smnpsit de cruce, Christe tua. 

 Effigiat Marcum leo, cujus littera clamat 



Quanta surrexit vi tua, Christi, caro. 

 Discipulum signal species aqiillina pudicum, 



Vox cujus nubes transit ad astra volans. 

 Chrlstushomo, Christus vitulus, Christus leo, Chrlstus 



Est avis, in Christo cuncta notare poles. 

 Est homo dum vivit, bos dum moritur, leo vero 

 Quando resurgit, avis quando superna petit." 

 • « « • « 



Hildeberti Opera, Paris, 1708, p. 1318. 



B. F. 



Pomfret on the Thames (Vol. ii., p. 56.). — In a 

 former number ^" N. required to be informed 

 where the Pons fractus, or Pountfreyt super 

 Thamis, was situate, from whence several docu- 

 ments were dated by Edward II. This cjuestion 

 has puzzled many learned antiquaries, and I do 

 not think has ever been properly resolved. Both 

 Pons fractus and Pountfreyt occur in llyuier's 

 Fwdera, tonius iii., p. 904. Lond. 1706. If you 

 will permit, I would hazard the conjecture that it 

 was Kingston Bridge. Till within the last two 

 centuries, the only bridges across the Thames were 

 London and Kingston ; and the latter in the 

 thirteenth century appears to have been in a 

 ruinous condition. And I find in Rut. Litle?-ar. 



