Oct. 26. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



359 



Does it depend upon tlie nature of the wood used, 

 the condition of the atmosphere, or the dexterity 

 of the operator ? I have not quoted any particular 

 passasres, as they are sufficiently familiar to readers 

 of voyages and travels in the South Sea hemi- 

 sphere ; and although tliey exhibit some divei'sity 

 in the modus operandi, the principle involved is 

 essentially the same in each mode. I need 

 scarcely add, that I am of course vcell aware of 

 the means by which, whether by accident or 

 design, heat is ordinarily generated by friction in 

 this country. D. 



RotlierfielJ. 



Mivrdere.r hanged when pardoned. — I have a 

 copy of the Protestant's Almanack for 1680, full of 

 Ms . notes of tiie period, written by one of the 

 Crew family. Among other matter it states : 



" A man was hunj; for a murder in Southwark (I 

 think), notwithstanding the king's pardon had been 

 ol)tained for him, and he actually had it iu his pocket 

 at the time." 



Will some kind friend oblige me with further 

 inforuiatiou of this case, or tell me where I may 

 obtain it ? Gilbert. 



Burke, Passage from. — The following passage is 

 quoted as a xaotto from Burke : — 



" The swarthy daughters of Cadmus may hang tlieir 

 trophies on high, for when all the pride of the chisel 

 and the pomp of heraldry yield to the silent touches of 

 time, a single line, a half worn-out inscription, remain 

 faithful to their trust." 



In what composition of Burke's is it to be found? 



Q.(2.) 



Licensing of Books, — Can any of your readers 

 inform me what was the law in 166.5 relative to 

 the licensing of books ? also when it was intro- 

 duced (or revived), and when modified? I find 

 in a manual of devotion printed in that year the 

 following page, after the preface : — 



" I have perused this hook, and finding nothing in it 

 l)ut what may tend to the increase of i)rivate devotion 

 and piety, I recommend it to my Lord the Bishop of 

 London fur liis licence to have it printed. 



Jo. DURESME. 



" Imprimatur: 

 Tho. Grigg, It. P. I). Ilamfi: 



P^p. Lond. a Sac. Dom. 

 Ex /Edihus, Lond. 

 Mart. 28. 1665." 



R.N. 



Captain John Stevens. — I should be glad to 

 learn some account of (.'apt. John Stevens, the con- 

 tinuator of Du-rdale's Monasticon in 172"2. lie is 

 generally considered to have edited the English 

 abridgement of tiie Monasticon, in one vol. 1718, 

 though a passage in Tiioresby's Diary mentions 



that it contained "some reflections upon the 

 Reformation, which the Spanish Priest, who is 

 said to be translator and abridger of the three 

 Latin volumes, would not omit." 



A note by the editor of Thoresby's Diary says 

 that — 



" Mr. Gough was uncertain by whom tills Transla- 

 tion and Al)ridgment was prepared. He supposed 

 that it was done by Captain Stevens, the author, or 

 rather compiler of a valuable, Suiiplement to the Mo- 

 nasticoH, in which he was assisted by Thoresby." 



J. T. A. 



Le Bon Gendarme. — Close to tlio boundary 

 stone which separates the parishes of Fulham and 

 Hammersmith, .and facing the lane wliich leads to 

 Brook Green, on the Hammersmith Koad, is a 

 way-side public-house, known as " The Black 

 Bull." So lute OS three months ago, in addition to 

 the sign of the Black Bull, there was painted over 

 the door, but somewhat high up, a worn-out in- 

 scription, "Le Bon Gendarme," as if that had 

 originally been the name of the inn. These words 

 have been lately effaced altogether: but as they 

 no doubt relate to some circumstance or adventure 

 which had happened in or near to the place, per- 

 haps some reader of the " Notes and Queries " 

 will have the goodness to satisfy the curiosity of 

 one who has asked at the inn iu vain for a solution. 



U. U. C. 



University Club. 



SUcpIt'c^. 



TASSO TRANSLATED BT FAIRFAX. 



The variation in the first stanza of Fairfax's 

 Godfrey of Bulloigne has been long known to 

 bibliographers, and was pointed out in The Critical 

 Review more than thirty years ago. I cannot fix 

 on the particular number, but it contained a long 

 notice of the version of Tasso by Fairfax, and 

 the very stanzas extracted by T. N. The trans- 

 lator could not please himself with the outset of 

 his undertaking, an<l hence the recorded substitu- 

 tion ; but it is not known that he carried his fas- 

 tidiousness so far as to furnish a third version of 

 the first stanza, as well as of the " Argument " of 

 the introductory canto, differing from both the 

 others. In the instance pointed out by T. N. the 

 substitution was eirected by pasting the approved 

 stanza over the disapproved stanza; but tin; third 

 version was given by reprinting the whole leaf, 

 which contains other variiitions of typography, 

 besides such as it was thought necessary to make 

 in the first stanza. 



I formerly had copies of the book, dated 1600, 

 including all three variations ; but the late ]\Ir. 

 Wordsworth having one day looked particularly 

 at that with the reprinted leaf, and expressing a 



