Nov. 30. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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be praised) perfectly recovered and re^^tored to his 

 former liecilth, to the great rejoycing of their Majesties 

 and the whole court, by the assistance of one William 

 Sermon, of Bristol, whose pills have had that excellent 

 success as to restore him perfectly to his sleep and 

 appetite, and wholly abate all the symptoms of his 

 disease. Yesterday his Grace, as being perfectly cured, 

 dismissed his physicians from their f^irther attendance." 



" London, July 17. 16G9. — The 13th instant, Mr. 

 William Sermon, the prnclitioner in physick, who so 

 happily performed that excellent cure upon his Grace 

 the Duke of All)ermarle, was presented to His JNIajesty 

 in St. James's Park, where he had the honor to kiss 

 His Majesty's liand, and to receive his thanks for that 

 good service." 



September 9. 1669. — "Advertisement: These are 

 to give notice that William Sermon, Dr. of Physick, a 

 person so eminently famous for his cure of his Grace 

 the Duke of Albermarle, is removed from Bristol to 

 London, and may be spoken vrith every day, especially 

 in the furenoon, at his house in V>'est Harding Street, 

 in Goldsniith's Rents, near Three Legged Alley, be- 

 tween Fetter Lane and Sliooe Lane." 



Can any of your correspondents give an account 

 of the subsequent career of Dr. Sermon? A. 



An Infant Prodigi/ (Vol. ii., p. lOL). — There 

 are parallel cases in the liaglologists (Hist, de 

 TEglise Gallicane, par Longueval, toin. iii. p. 430. 

 1782): 



" S. Amand apres cette mission etant repasse dans 

 la Gaule, eut bientot occasion de montrer lintrepiuite 

 de son zele . . . L'amour des femnies, ecueil fatal dcs 

 jeiuies princes, fit en pen de temps oublier a Dagobert 

 les leyons (ju'il avoit re9ues de S. ."^rnoux et de S. 

 Cunibert. II se livra a cette passion avec tant de 

 scandale, qu'il eut jusqu'a trois femmes a la fois qui 

 portoient le nom de reines, sans parler d'un grand 

 Dombre de concubines . . . 



"Amand, apres un asscz long exil, ' refusa d'abord 

 rhonneur de bapti-.er' I'enfjnt de son maitre-. ' niais 

 les instances que le roi lui fit faire par Ouen et Eloi 

 firent ceder sa modestie k I'obcissance. L'enfant fut 

 au'sitot apporte : le saint eveque I'ayant pris entre ses 

 bras, lui donna sa benediction, et recita les prieres pour 

 le faire catechumene. I/oraison etant (inie, comme 

 pcrsonne nc repondoit, Dieu delia la langue du jeune 

 prince, qui n'avoit pas jjIus de quarante jours, et il re- 

 pondit distinctemenl umeii.' " 



This happened in G30 at Orleans, and tlie holy 

 abbot who attests the miracle was present when it 

 occurre<l. Had St. Amand learnt vcntrilociuisni 

 during his missionary excursions? 



And now permit me to tell your correspondent 

 Cn. that Ahp. Braiuliall's Dutch is quite correct, 

 "ilevrouw" is still the title of empresses, (picens, 

 duchesses, countesses, noble ladies, ministers of 

 state's and other great men's wives. G. M. 



Guernsey. 



A Hint for ruUishcrs. — IVfany, like myself, have 

 no doubt experienced the inconvenience of pos- 



sessing early impressions of books, of wliicli later 

 editions exist with numerous emendations and 

 errata. 



Would it not be practicable for publishers to 

 issue these emendations and errata in a separate 

 form and at a fair price, for the benefit of the ])\xr- 

 chasers of the jireceding editions ? 



Were this jilan generally adopted, the value of 

 most books would be materially enhanced, and 

 peo[ile wovdd not object, as they now do, to order 

 new publications. Herbert. 



" He who runs may readr — There appeared in 

 Vol. ii., p. 374., a new, and, in my opinion, an 

 erroneous, interpretation of part of ver. 2., chap. ii. 

 Habakkiik. It appears to me probable that a per- 

 son reading the vision miglit be struck with awe, 

 and so " alarmed by it " as not fo be able " to fly 

 from the impending calamity" in the way which 

 your correspondent imagines. I jjrefer Arch- 

 bishop Newcome's explanation : — " Let the cha- 

 racters be so legible that one who hastily passeth 

 on may read them. This may have been a pro- 

 ver'oial expression." 



If you be jjleased to insert this, readers may 

 jtvdge for themselves which is the right interpre- 

 tation. Px/AiN Sense. 



The Bolliad. — The following memoranda re- 

 lative to this word were given to me by one who 

 lived din-ing the period of its publication, and was, 

 it is believed, himself a contributrn-. Wraxall, in 

 his Memoirs, states that the work was nearly all 

 written by Richardson ; this is not trtie. Tlie- 

 principal writers were Gen. Fitzpatrick, Lord 

 John Townshend, Dr. Lawrence — he had the chief 

 control. They met in a room at Becket'.s, the 

 bookseller ; they had a secretary and copyist. 



None of the contributions went to the news- 

 paper in the original handwriting. The Morning 

 Herald was the jiapcr it is believed, in which they 

 first appeared, although that journal was on the 

 eve of going over to the opposite party. The " ode" 

 to Wraxall, was written by Tickell, author of 

 "Anticipation.". W. A. 



November, 23. 1 8.30. 



The Rolliad. — 



From The Times, about 1784. 



ROLLIAD. 



roliliciil Eclogues. 



ROSK. 



Line 21. ed. 1795. 

 "• Mr. Rose, Mr. Rose, 

 How can you suppose 

 I'll be led by the nose. 

 In voting for those 

 You mean to propose, 

 Mr. Rose, Mr. Rose?" 



The above epigram is inserted in my copy of the 

 Rolliad. 



Can any of your readers give the names of the 



