Nov. 9. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUEEIES. 



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'34. 



The " antiques set in gold, being rings or seals," 

 are thirty-seven in number ; among them 



" 8. Ennius the poet, with this motto, Sine lucto 

 memento, a seal. 



Homer deified, a sea). 



A double seal of Charles I., King of England, 

 and Henrietta, daughter of Henry IV. of 

 Fiance, &c., with a motto of Castus Amor 

 vinxit. Engraved by Simon ISfununtum Pre- 

 clurissimum." 



The Drawings come last, and are divided into 

 seven Porta Folios, containing respectively 21, 23, 

 SO, 23, 24, 26 and 42 specimens. In the first two 

 no names of the masters are given : in the third, 

 they are all assigned to various artists, including 

 Emskirk (I spell the names as I find them), Paulo 

 Veronesa, Rapliael, Leonardo da Vinci, Tintorett, 

 Giulio Romuno, &c. The fourth portfolio has only 

 one name to the 23 lots, viz. Tintorett ; and 

 Filippo Bellin is the only master named in the 

 fifth portfolio. In the sixth, we meet with Tinto- 

 rett, Peitigino, Mich. Aug. Bonaroti, Annibal Ca- 

 racci, Paulo Brill, and Raphael. Of the 42 draw- 

 ings in Portfolio 7. all have names annexed to 

 thera, excepting eight ; and here vpe read those of 

 Guido Reni, Gio Bellini, Andrea Mantegna, Cor- 

 regio, Andrea del Sarto, Tadeo Zuccaro, &c. 



I may have gone into more detail than was 

 necessary ; but, besides the Queries I have already 

 put, I want to know if any of these gems, cameos, 

 antiques, or drawings are now known to be in 

 existence ; and, if possible, where they are to be 

 found. A Curiosity Huntee. 



iBinav cautricS. 



Quotations wanted. — I shall be greatly obliged 

 to any of the correspondents of y(nir most inte- 

 resting and iisefid publication who will kindly in- 

 form me in what authors the following passages 

 are to be found, and will, if it can be done without 

 too much trouble, give me the references neces- 

 sary for tracing them : — 



" Par un peu de sang bien repandu, 

 L'on en ^pargne beaucoup." 

 And 



" Qtiadrijugis invectus equis Sol aureus extat, 

 Cui septum veiiis circumdant vestihus Horae : 

 Lucifer antcsolat : rapid! fuge lampada Soils, 

 Aurora, umbiarum victrix, ncc victa recedas." 



Tlie latter I have only seen subjoined to a print 

 of Guido's celebrated Aurora, at Rome; ami I 

 should have sui)posed it migiit have been written 

 for tlie occasidii, liad I not been told, upon autho- 

 rity in which 1 ])ut confidence, that it is to be 

 found in some classic author. If so, the lines may 

 possibly have given rise to the painting, and not 

 the painting to the lines. Dawson Tuener. 



Yarmouth, October 28. 1850. 



Avidius Varus. — Can you, or any of your 

 readers, tell me who Avidius Vu7-us was, referred 

 to in the following passage : 



" Sed Avidii Vari illud hie valeat : 

 ' Aut hoc quod produxi testium satis est, aut nihil 

 satis.'" 



I find reference mailc to him as above, in one 

 of the Smith manuscripts; but I cannot discover 

 his name in any catalogue or biographical dic- 

 tionary. Is he known by any other name ? 



J. Sansom. 



Death of Richard II. — By what authority has 

 the belief that Richard II. died in Pontefract 

 Caslle, in Yorkshire, arisen? Every history that 

 I have consulted (with the exception, indeed, of 

 Lord Lvttleton's) coolly assumes it as a fact, in the 

 teeth of the contemporary Froissart, who says 

 plaiidy enough — 



" Thus they left the Tower of London where he had 

 died, and paraded the streets at a foot's pace till they 

 came to Che.ipside." — FroissarVs Chronicles, trans- 

 lated hy Jobnes, vol. vii. p. 70S. 



It is barely possible that our modern historians 

 may have been misled by Shakspeare, who makes 

 Pontefract the scene of his dentli. 



Another circumstance which militates against 

 the received story, is the fact that all historians, I 

 believe, agree that his dead body was conveyed to 

 burial from the Tower of London. Now, it seems 

 odd, to say the least, that if he really died at 

 Pontefract, and his corpse was removed to London, 

 that no one mentions this removal — that Froissart 

 had not heard of it, although, from the nature of 

 the country ,'the want of good roads, &c., the fune- 

 ral convoy must have been several days upon the 

 road. Can any one give me any information upon 

 this questioit ? I may just say that, of course, no 

 reliance can be placed on the fact of the " very 

 identical tower" in which the deposed king died 

 beinif shown at Pontefract. 11. A. B. 



Sir W. HerscheVs Observations and Writings. — 

 Will you permit me to proj)Ose the following 

 Queries in your excellent paper. 



1. I have a note to the following effect, but it 

 is without date or reference. The late Sir W. 

 Herschel, during an examination of the heavens in 

 which he was observing stars that have a proper 

 motion, saw one of the 7'S magnitude near the 

 ITtii star 12 hour of Piazzi's Catalogue, and noted 

 the approximate distance between them ; on the 

 third night after, he saw it again, wlien it had ad- 

 vanced a good deal, having gone fartlier to the 

 eastward, and towards the equator. Bad weather, 

 and the advancing twilight, prevented Sir William's 

 getting another observation. Meantime the esti- 

 mated movement in three days was 10'' in right 

 ascension, and about a minute, or rather less, 

 towards the north. " Bo slow a motion," he says, 



