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sion, or in -what library, any of tlie above men- 

 tioned ]MSS. are at the present time ? I sliould 

 also feel obliged for any communication respecting 

 Hugh Holland or his works, more especially from 

 original sources, or books not easily accessible. 



EnWARD F. lllMBAULT. 



HAKVETS CLAIM TO THE DISCOVETir OF THE 

 CIRCULATION OF THE BLOOD. 



I have both a Note and a Queiy about Harvey 

 and the circulation of the blood (Vol. ii., p. 187.). 

 The Note refers to Philostratus {Life ofApollouius, 

 p. 461., ed. 1809), Noucelles de la Rcjmblirjue des 

 Lettres, June, 1664, xi. ; and Dutens, pp. 157 — 

 341. 4to. ed. 1796. I extract the passage from Les 

 Nouvelles : — 



" Oil voit avec plaisir un passage d' Andre Ca;salpinus 

 qui contient fort clairement la doctrine de la circula- 

 tion. U est tirS de ses Questions sur la medecine im- 

 priinees I'an 1593. Jean Leonicenas ajoute que le pere 

 Paul decouvrit la circulation du sang, et les valvules 

 des veines, mais qu'd ii'osa pas en parler, de peur d'ex- 

 citer contre luy quelque tempete. II n'etois diija que 

 trop suspect, et il n'eut fallu que ce nouveau paradoxe 

 pour le transformer en h^retique dans le pais d'in<iui- 

 sition. Si bien qu il ne communiqua son secret qu'au 

 seul Aquapendente, qui n'osant s'exposer a I'envie .... 

 II attendit a I'lieure de sa mort pour mettre le livre 

 qu'il avoit compost touchant les valvules des veines 

 entre les mains de la republique de Venise, et comme 

 les moindres nouveautez font peur en ce pais-la, le livre 

 fut cache dans le bibliotlieque de Saint Ware. Mais 

 parcequ'Aquapendente ne fit pas difficulte de s'ouvrir 

 a un jeune .■^nglois fort curieux nomme Harvee, qui 

 etudioit sous lui a Padoue, et qu'en memc temps le 

 pere Paul fit la meme confidence a I'Ambassadeur 

 d'Angleterre, ces deux Anglois de retour chez cux, ct 

 se voyaut en pais de liberte, publierent ce dogme, et 

 I'avant confirme par plusieurs experiences, s'cn attri- 

 buerent toute la gloire." 



The Query is, what share Harvey had in the 

 discovery attributed to him ? AV. W. B. 



Bernardiis Patricius. — Some writers mention 

 Bernardiis Patricius as a follower of Copernicus, 

 about the time of Galileo. AVho was he ? M. 



Meanivg of Hanger. — Can any one of your 

 readers inform me, what is the meaning of the 

 word hanger, so freciuently occurring in the names 

 of places in I3edfordshire, such as Panshanger ? 



W. Anderson. 



Cat and Bagpipes. — In studying some letters 

 which passed between two distinguished philoso- 

 phers of the last century, I have Ibund in one 

 epistle a request that the writer might be remem- 



bered " to his friends at the Crown and Anchor, 

 and the Cat and Bagpipes." The letter was ad- 

 dressed to a party in London, where, doubtless, 

 both those places of entertainment were. The 

 Crown and Anchor was the house where the Royal 

 Society Club held its convivial meetings. Can 

 you inform me where the Cat and Bagpipes was 

 situated, and what literary and scientific club met 

 there ? The name seems to have been a favourite 

 one for taverns, and, if I mistake not, is common 

 in Ireland. Is it a corruption of some foreign 

 title, as so many such names are, or merely a gro- 

 tesque and piquant specimen of sign-board lite- 

 rature ? Quasimodo. 



Andrew Becket. — A. W. Hammond will feel 

 obliged for any information respecting Andrew 

 Becket, Esq., who died 19th January, 1843, aet. 95, 

 and to whose memory there is a handsome monu- 

 ment in Kennington Church. According to that 

 inscription, he was " ardently devoted to the pui-- 

 suits of literature," personally acquainted in early 

 life with the most distinguished authors of his day, 

 long the intimate i'riend of David Garrick, " and 

 a profound commentator on the dramatic works of 

 Shakspeare." Can any of the learned readers of 

 "Notes and Queries " satisfy this Query ? 



Laurence Minot. — Is any other MS. of Minot 

 known, besides the one from which Ilitson drew 

 his text ? Is there any other edition of this poet 

 besides Ritson's, and the reprints thereof? 



E. S. Jackson. 



Modena Famihj. — When did Victor Amadeus, 

 King of Sardinia, die ? When did his daughter, 

 Mary Duchess of IModena, die, (the mother of the 

 present Duke of Modena, and through whom he is 

 the direct heir of the House of Stuart) ? 



L. M. M. R. 



Bamboozle. — Wliat is the etymology of liam- 

 boozle, used as a verb ? L. M. M. R. 



Butcher s Blue Dress. — AVhat is the origin of 

 the custom, which seems all but universal in Eng- 

 land, for butchers to wear a blouse or frock of a 

 blue colour ? Though so common in this country 

 as to form a distinctive mark of the trade, and to 

 be almost a butcher's uniform, it is, I believe, un- 

 known on the continent. Is it a custom which has 

 originated in some supposed utility, or in the 

 official dress of a guild or company, or in some ac- 

 cident of which a historical notice has been pre- 

 served ? L. 



Hatchment and Atchievement. — Can any one of 

 the readers of "Notes and Queries" tell me bow 

 comes the corruption hatchment from cdchievement? 

 Ought the English word to be spelt with a t, or 

 thus, achievement? AVhy are hatchments put up 

 in churches and on houses? W. Anderson. 



