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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[No. 46. 



dently the biUe?' potion of Eysell in the poet's 

 sonnet, was certainly tlie nauseous drauglit pro- 

 posed to be talcen by Hamlet anrong the otlier 

 extravagant feats as tolcens oF love. Tlie follow- 

 ing extracts will show that in the poet's age this 

 nauseous bitter potion was in frequent use medi- 

 cinally. 



'•Absinthium, a'^wSiiov^'a'nnvdiov, Comicis, abinsigni 

 amarore quo hibentes illud aveisantur." — Junius, No- 

 menclator up. Nicol. 



" Absinthites, wormwond uuue.'' — Iluiton's Diet. 



" Hiijus modi autem propomatum hodle apud Clnis- 

 tiaiios quoque maximus est et frequentissimus usvs, qui- 

 bus potatores niaximi ceii proemiis quil)iisdaiTi atquc 

 prEeludiis utuntur, ad diium illud suum propinandi 

 certamen. Ac maxime guidem commune est propnma 

 nbsyntliites, (\}ioA y\m habet stomachum corroborandi et 

 exlenuandi, exptllcndique excrementa qu:E in eo con- 

 tinentur. Hoc fere propomate potatores hodie maxime 

 ab initio ecciia^ utuntur ceu iihariuaco cum hesterna, 

 atque pra?terita% turn futuras ebrit'tatis, atque crapula;. 

 .... amaj'issimce sunt pofioues medicidie, quibus tandem 

 stomacln cruditates immoderato cibo potuque collectas 

 expurgundi causa uti cogmitur.'' — Stuckius, Antiqui- 

 tatum Convivalium. Tiguri, 1582, fol. 3'27. 



Of the two latest editors, Mr. Knight decides 

 for the river, and Mr. Collier does not decide at 

 all. Our northern neighbours think us almost as 

 much deficient in philologiciil illustration as in 

 enlarged philosophical criticism on the poet, in 

 which they claim to have shown us the way. 



S. W. Singer. 



Mickleham, Aug. 1850. 



AUTHORS OF 'RHE ROLMAD. 



To the list of subjects and authors in this un- 

 rivalled volume, conununicated by Lord Bray- 

 BROOKE (Vol. ii., p. 194.), I would add that 

 No. XXI. Probationary Ocle.s (which is unmarked 

 in the Sunning-hill Park copy) was written by 

 Dr. Laurence : so also were Nos. XIII. and XIV., 

 of which Lord Braybrooke speaks doubtfully. 

 My authority is the note in the correspondence of 

 Burke and Laurence published in 1827, page 21. 

 Tiie other names all agree with my own copy, 

 mai'ked by the late Mr. A. Chalmers. 



In order to render the account of the work com- 

 plete, I would add the following list of writers of 

 the Political Miscellanies. Those marked with 

 an asterisk are said "not to be from the club:" — 



" * Probationary Ode Extraordinary, by Mason. 



The Statesmen, an Eclogue. Read. 



Rondeau to the Right Honourable W. Eden. Dr. 

 Laurence. 



Epigrams from the Club. Miscellaneous. 



The Delavaliad. Dr. I^aurence. 



This is the House that George built. Richardson. 



Epigrams by Sir Cecil Wray. Tickell and Richard- 

 son. 



Lord Graham's Diary, not marked. 



* Extracts from 2nd Vol. of Lord Mulgrave's Essays. 



* Anecdotes of jMr. Pitt. 

 Letter from a New Member. 



* Political Receipt Book, &c. 



* Hints from Dr. Pretyman. 



A Tale ' at Brookes's once,' &c. Richardson. 

 Dialogue ' Donee Gratus eram Tibi.' Lord J. 

 Townshend. 



Pretymaniana, principally by Tickell and Richardson. 

 Foreign Epigrams, the same and I)r. Laurence. 



* Advertisement Extraordinary. 

 Vive le Scrutiny. Bate Dudley. 



* Paragraph Office, Ivy Lane. 



* Pitt and Pinetti. 



* New Ahstnict of the Budget for 1784. 

 Theatrical Intelligence Extraordinary. Richardson. 

 The Westminster Guide (unknown). Part II. (un- 

 known). 



Inscription for the Duke of Richmond's Bust (un- 

 known). 



Epigram, ' Who shall expect,' &c. Richardson. 



A New Ballad, 'Billy Eden.' Tickell and Richardson. 



Epigrams on Sir Elijah Impey, and by Mr. Wil- 

 berforce (unknown). 



A Proclamation, by Richardson. 



* Original Letter to Corbett. 



* Congratulatory Ode to Right Hon. C. Jenkinson. 



* Ode to Sir Elijah Impey. 



* Song. 



* A New Song, ' Billy's Budget.' 



* Epigrams. 



* Ministerial Undoubted Facts (unknown). 

 Journal of the Right Hon. Hen. Dundas. From 



the Club. Miscellaneous. 



Incantation. Fitzpatrick. 



Translations of Lord Belgrave's Quotations. From 

 the Club. Miscellaneous." 



Some of these minor contributions were from the 

 pen of O'Beirne, afterwards Bishop of Meath. 



Tickell should be joined with Lord John Towns- 

 hend in " Jekyll." The former contributed the 

 lines parodied from Pope. 



In reply to Lord Braybrooke's Query, Moore, 

 in his Life of Sheridan, speaks of Lord John 

 Townshend as the only survivor of " this confede- 

 racy of wits:" so that, if he is correct, the author 

 of " iSIargaret Nicholson" (Adair) cannot be now 

 living. J. H. M. 



Bath. 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



" There is nothing new under the sun," quoth 

 the Preacher ; and such must be said of " Notes 

 AND Queries." Your contributor M. (Vol. ii., 

 p. 19-1.) has drawn attention to the Weekly Oracle, 

 which in 17.36 gave forth its responses to the in- 

 quiring public; but, as he intimates, many similar 

 periodicals might be instanced. Thus, we have 

 Blemoirs for the Ingenious, 1693, 4to., edited by 

 I. de la Crose ; Memoirx for the Curious, 1701, 

 4to. ; lite Athenian Oracle, 1704, 8vo. ; The Del- 



