12 NOTES AND QUERIES. 
ON A POEM MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE 
LANSDOWNE MSS. 
In vol. 61. of the Lansdowne MSS. in the 
British Museum occurs the following remark- 
able letter from the Bishop of London (John 
Aylmer) to Lord Burghley. I wish to be 
informed to what “foolish rhime,” which 
had been printed in Oxford and London, it 
applies ? It is a question of some literary im- 
portance to me at the present moment, and I 
am glad to have the opportunity of putting 
it by means of your new hebdomadal under- 
taking. I hope to meet with a reply in your 
“ NoTEes AND QuprRiIES” of next week. 
“ To the Lord Treasurer. 
“ Yt may please your good L. to understand, 
that upon inquiry made for the setting forth of 
this foolish rime, I finde that it was first printed at 
Oxford, by Joseph Barnes, and after here by Toby 
Cooke, without licence, who is now out of towne, 
but as sone as he returneth, I will talke with him 
about it. I marvell that they of Oxford will suffer 
such toyes to be sett forth by their authority ; for 
in my opinion it had been better to have thanked 
God, than to have insulted upon men, and espe- 
cially upon princes. And so I take my leave of 
your good L., praying God to send you health to 
his honour and all our good. From my pallace at 
London, this xxix** of Aprill 1589. 
“ Your good L. to command in X°., 
“ Joun Lonp.” 
‘ 
If the above refer to any production in 
verse upon the defeat of the Armada, Lord 
Burghley (who had probably made inquiries 
of the Bishop) seems to have been actuated 
by some extraordinary and uncalled-for deli- 
cacy towards the King of Spain. Waiting an 
explanation, I am your 
Hearty WELL-WISHER. 
Lond. Oct. 23. 1849. 
I cannot find that Aylmer’s letter has ever 
been noticed by any of our literary antiqua- 
ries. 
MADOC’S EXPEDITION TO AMERICA. 
Mr. Editor,—Can any of your readers 
direct me to the different authors who have 
treated of the asserted expedition of Madoc 
to America; or to any Papers upon that sub- 
ject which have appeared in any Periodicals, 
or Transactions of learned societies. 
A STUDENT. 
[ No. 1. 
LORD CHATHAM’S SPEECH ON THE AMERICAN 
STAMP ACT. 
Mr. Editor, — The following is an extract 
from Lord Brougham’s Character of Chatham, 
vol. i. p. 27. 
“ The Debates"on the American Stamp Act in 
1764 are the first that can be said to have been 
preserved at all, through the happy accident of 
Lord Charlemont, assisted by Sir Robert Dean, 
&e. &e., and accordingly they have handed down to 
us some Notes of Lord Chatham's celebrated Speech 
upon that Question.” 
Can any of your readers inform me where 
these “ Norrs” of this “celebrated speech” are 
to be found? 
iP. 
DORNE, THE BOOKSELLER.—HENNO RUSTICUS. 
Sir, —I gladly avail myself of the “ Norrs 
AND QUERIES,” to request information on_the 
following points :— 
I. Is any thing known, and especially from 
the writings of Erasmus, of a bookseller 
and publisher of the Low Countries named 
Dorne, who lived at the beginning of the six- 
teenth century ? 
II. Is any thing known of a little work of 
early date, called Henno rusticus ? 
III. Or of another, called OQ) the sige 
(signe?) of the end? 
Trusting that some of your readers will b> 
enabled to throw light upon one or other of 
these points, 
I remain, &c. 
Ww. 
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Trevecka, 1779. 
Cartari.— La Rosa p’Oro PontiFIcr, 
Etc. 4to. Rome. 1681. 
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