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Is^OTES AND QUERIES. 



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To save One^s Bacon. — Can you or any of your 

 correspnndeuts inform ine of the origin of the 

 comniou saying, " He's just saved his bacon ?" It 

 has puzzled nie considerably, and I really can form 

 no conjecture why " bacon" should be the article 

 " saved." C. H. M. 



Arabic Numerals. — I should be glad to know 

 something about the projected work of Brugsh, 

 Berlin, referred to iuVol. ii., p. 294., — its size and 

 price. J. W. H. 



Cardinal — " Never did Cardinal bring good to 

 England.'" — We read in Dr. Lingard's History 

 (vol. iv. p. 527.), on the autliority of Cavendish, 

 that when the Cardinals Campeggio and Wolsey 

 adjourned the inquiry into the legality of 

 Henry VIH.'s marriage with Catharine of Arragon, 

 '■ the Duke of Suffolk, striking the table, exclaimed 

 with vehemence, that the 'old saw' was now 

 verified, — ' Never did Cardinal bring good to 

 England.'" I should be glad to know if this say- 

 ing is to be met with elsewhere, and what gave 

 rise to it ? O. P. Q. 



'■'■By the bye," S,'C. — "What is the etymology of 

 the phrases " by the bye," " by and by," and such 

 like? J.R.N. 



Poisons. -^Our ancestors believed in the exist- 

 ence of poisons made so artfully that they did not 

 operate till several years after they were adminis- 

 tered. I should be greatly obliged by any infor- 

 mation on this subject obtained from English 

 books published previously to 1600. • M. 



Cabalistic Author. — Who was the author of a 

 chemical and cabalistical work, not noticed by 

 Lowndes, entitled : 



" A philosophical] epitaph in hierogliphicall figures. 

 A briefe of the golden calf (the world's idol). The 

 golden ass well managed, and Midas restored to reason. 

 Written by J. Rod, Glaubtr, and Jcliior, the three 

 principles or originall of all things. Publislied by 

 W. C, Esquire, 8vo. Lond. Printed for William 

 Cooper, at the Pellican, in Little Britain, 1673.' 



With a long catalogue of chemical books, in three 

 parts, at the end. My copy has two titles, the 

 first being an engraved one, with ten small circles 

 round it, containing hieroglyphical figures, and an 

 engraved frontispiece, which is repeated in th^ 

 volume, with some other cuts. There are two 

 dedications, one to Robert Boyle, Esq., and the 

 other to Elias Ashmole, Esq. ; both signed "W. 

 C. or twice five hundred," which signature is re- 

 peated in other parts of the book. What is the 

 meaning of " W. C. or twice five hundred " ? 



T. Cb. 



Bi-andon the Juggler. — Where is any informa- 

 tion to be obtained of Biandon the Juggler, 

 who lived in the reign of King Henry VHl. 't 



T. Cr. 



Jacobus Proefectus Sieulus. — I have a beautiful 

 copy of a poem by this person, entitled De Verho 

 DEI Cantica. The binding expresses its date : 

 " Neapoli, 1537." It is not, I believe, the work 

 wdiich suggested to ililton his greater songs, 

 though it is a pretty complete outline of tliePara- 

 dise Lost and Regained. What is known about 

 the author, or any other works of his? J. W. H. 



The Word '•'■after" in the Rtibric — Canons of 

 1604.— 



1. Can any of your correspondents who may 

 have in their possession any old Greek, or Latin, 

 or other versions, of the Book of Common Prayer, 

 kindly inform me how the word after is I'endered 

 in the rubrics of the General Confession, the Lord's 

 Prayer in the Post Communion, and the last 

 prayer of the Connuination Service ? Is it in the 

 sense of post or secundum f 



2. \A^here can any account of the translation of 

 the Canons of 1604 into English be found ? It is 

 aj)prehended the question is one more difficult to 

 answer than might be supposed. T. Y. 



Hard by. — Is not hard by a corruption of the 

 German hierheif I know no other similar in- 

 stance of the word hard., that is to say, as signify- 

 ing y)rox»n//y, without the conjoint idea of^jres- 

 sure or pursuit. K. 



Thomas Rogers of Horninger. — Can any of tlie 

 readers of your valuable ])ublication give me, or 

 put me in the way of obtaining, any information 

 about one Thomas Rogers, wdio was in some way 

 connected with the village of Horninger or Hor- 

 ringer, near Bury St. Edmunds, was author of a 

 work on the Thirty-nine Articles, and died in the 

 year 1616 ? S. G. 



Corpus Chrlsti Col., Cambridge. 



Armorial Bearings. — Three barrulets charged 

 with six church bells, three, two, and one, is a 

 shield occurring in the Speke Chauntry, in Exeter 

 Cathedral. Can this coat be assigned? J. W. H. 



Lady Comptons Letter to her Husband. — In 

 Bishop Goodman's Court of King James I., 

 edited by John S. Brewer, M.A. (vol. ii. p. 127.), 

 is a letter from Lady Compton to her husband, 

 William Lord Compton, afterwards Earl of 

 Northampton, written upon occasion of his coming 

 into possession of a large fortune. This letter, 

 with some important variations, is also given in 

 Knight's Lomlon (vol. i. p. 324.), and, if my 

 memory does not deceive me, in Hewitt's Visits to 

 Reinarlahle Places. This letter is very curious, 

 but I can hardly think it genuine. Can any of 

 your correspondents throw any light on the matter? 

 Was it printed before 1839, when IMr. Brewer's 

 work appeared ? W^here is the original, or sup- 

 posed original, to be seen ? Above all, is it 

 authentic ? If not, is it known when, and by 



