Nov. 30. 1850.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



441 



■well aware that it exists, and that its commence- 

 ment (see Bona, iii. 144.) is, — 



" Salve sancta Facies nostri Redemptoris, 

 In qua nitet species divini splendoris, 

 Impressa panniculo nivei candoiis, 

 Dataque Veronicse signum ob araovis." 



R. G. 



Dr. Timothi/ Thruscross. — What is known of 

 the Rev. Dr. Timothy Thruscross, Thirscross, or 

 Thurscross ? I am in possession of the very little 

 related by Wood, Ath. Oxoii. el Fasti, AValker's 

 Sufferings of the Clergy, Life of Barwick, and the 

 interesting notices scattered in several parts of 

 Sir H. Slingsby's Diary; but this only renders me 

 anxious for more, and I should be glad to receive 

 other references. W. Dn. 



Echo Song. — Meaninp: of Thivaites. — Would 



-I'll 



you be kind enough to insert the inclosed poem, 

 as I am very desirous of being made acquainted 

 with the name of the writer. I expect, from 

 various reasons, that it was written about the 

 year 1645 : — 



AN ErHO. 



" What wantst thou, that tlioii art in this sad taliing? 



A King. 

 What made him first remove hence his residing;? 



Siding. 

 Did any here deny him satisfaction ? 



Faction. 

 Tell me wherein the strength of faction lies ? 



On ties. 

 What didst thou when the king left his parliament? 



Lamtnt. 

 What terms wouldst give to gain his company ? 



Any. 

 What wouldst thou do if here thou mightst behold 



him ? Hold him. 



But wouldst thou save him with thy best endeavour? 



Ever. 

 But if he comes not, what becomes of London ? 



dndoiie." 



I also wish to know (if any of your readers will 

 enlighten me I shall be ol^liged) what is the 

 meaning of the name " Tliwaites." It is a very 

 common name, there being Tliwaites, Tliorn- 

 tliwaites, Hawthornthwaites, Ilaythornthwaitcs, in 

 abundance through all parts of England. 



I.,LYD Kins jMorgan. 



Deu.i Justificatiis . — Can any of your readers 

 give any inf()rmation respecting the authorship of 

 the book enlitli;d : — 



" Dcus Justificatus, or the Divine Goodness vindi- 

 cated and cleared, against the Assertors of Absolute 

 and Incoiiditionate lleprubation. Togcthi-r with some 

 Reflections on a late discourse of Mr. I'arkers con- 



cerning the Divine Dominion and Goodness. London, 

 1668." Svo. pp. x.\xii. 280. iii. ? 



My copy (which has the autograph of Richard 

 Claridge, the quaker) has written on the title in 

 an old hand '• By H. Ilallywell." In the Bio- 

 graphia Britannica, vol. iv., p. 546., 2d edit., it is 

 said to be by Ral])h Cudworth. If so, it has 

 escaped Birch and the other editors of this cele- 

 brated writer. John J. Dredge. 



Death by Burning (Vol. ii., p. 6.). — In the 

 Mendip mining district in Somersetshire, I am 

 credibly informed that within seventy years a per- 

 son has been burned alive for stealing ore from 

 the pit mouth. There must be some old iidiabi- 

 tant who can attest this fact, and it would be de- 

 sirable to obtain its confirmation. J. W. H. 



Iri-ih Bull. — AVhat is tlie exact definition of an 

 Irish bull ? When was the term first applied to 

 the species of blunder which goes by that name ? 



Griffin. 

 Farquharson s Observations on Aurora. — A 

 translation of the Course of Meteorology, by Pro- 

 fessor Kaenitz, of Halle, by Mr. C. V. AValker, 

 was published at London in 1845, in one volume 

 r2mo. The work was written in German, and 

 afterwards translated into French, and the English 

 work is derived from the French translation. In 

 p. 459. the following passage occurs : 



" It is chiefly to the sfiepherd Farquharson, at Alford, 

 in Aberdeenshire, that we are indebted for a long 

 series of observations on aurorae ; and he endeavoured 

 to prove that their height is inconsiderable." 



Lower down it is said : 



" At the same time, another Protestant minister, IMr. 

 James Paull, at Tullynessle, four kilometres from 

 Alford, saw tliat the auror.i possessed an unusual clear- 

 ness in the zenith, so that its height did not perhaps 

 exceed 13CK) metres." 



I have neither the original German work nor 

 the French translation at hand to refer to ; but I 

 have a strong suspicion that the word translated 

 shepherd is pastern; and that it is used to desig- 

 nate J\Ir. Farquharson as minister of Alford. L. 



Smith's Vilm Eruditissimorum et Illustrium 

 Virorum. — \\\ his Life of Sir Peter Young he 

 quotes Ex Ephemeride CI. V. D. Petri Junii, 

 but does not say where it was preserved. This 

 (so-called) Ephemeria was written by Sir Peter 

 in his later years, partly perhaps from memory, 

 partly from notes, and, as might be expected, is 

 not free from errors of dale which admit of cor- 

 rection from other sources. Smith, following^ 

 Camden, places Easter Seatown, Yoiing's chief 

 residence, in Lothian, whereas it is in Forlixrshire, 

 about a mile from Arbroath, and was part of the 

 property of the great Abbey to which that town 

 belonged. Is it known whether this Ephemeris is 

 cxtaiit ? and, if so, where ? Scoxus, 



