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uno Straniere al nobile Jacopo Vicenzo Foscarini. — 
Opera divise in tré parti, Venezia, 1837-8. in 8yo. 
The able writer has noticed the very mutilated 
and incorrect manner in which Muratori has printed 
all that he has given of Sanuto, and especially 
Le Vite de’ Dogi, of which the original copy still 
remains inedited in the Estensian Library at 
Modena. There can be no doubt that some igno- 
rant or indolent transcriber made the mistake of 
iudeo for richo, so satisfactorily and happily eluci- 
dated by Sir Freperick Mappen. How much it 
is to be regretted that the Diary of Sanuto, so re- 
markable for its simplicity and ingenuous truthful 
air, should still remain inedited. It relates to an 
epoch among the most interesting of Modern His- 
tory, and the extracts given in the Ragguagl only 
make us wish for more. 
From this Diary it appears that the Valori were 
among the most distinguished citizens of a state 
which could boast that its merchants were princes. 
The palace they inhabited is now known by the 
name of the Altoviti, its more recent owners, and 
many of the tombs of the Valori are to be found in 
the Church of St. Proculus. Macchiavelli mentions 
Bartolomeo Valori among the Cittadini d’ autorita, 
and, according to Nardi, he was Gonfaloniere in 
the first two months of the years 1402, 1408, and 
1420. He was also one of the Platonic Academy 
that Ficino assembled around him. In this Diary 
of Sanuto will be found many minute and interest- 
ing details respecting Savonarola, and the relation 
of the tragical death of Francisco Valori, who had 
also been several times Gonfaloniere, and whom 
Savonarola, in his confession, said it was his in- 
tention to have made perpetual Dictator. 
I would have given a specimen of this very in- 
teresting diary, but that I scrupled to occupy space 
which your correspondents enable you to fill so 
effectively, for I fully subscribe to the dictum of 
the Ragguagliatore, “11 Sanuto si presenta come 
lo Scott degli Storici, compiacendosi come Sir 
Walter delle giostre, delle feste, e delle narrazioni 
piacevole e di dolce pieta.” 8. W.S. 
Mickleham, Noy. 23. 1849. 
MSS. OF ROGER TWYSDEN. 
Sir, — An answer to the following “ Query” 
would be most interesting to myself, and, perhaps, 
not altogether without its value to the literary 
world. ‘ 
Among Sir Roger Twysden’s MSS. I have a 
letter from him to his son at Oxford, requesting 
his intercession with the University for the loan 
of the MS. of Walter Mapes ‘‘de nugis curialium,” 
in order that he might prepare it for publication. 
He instances the liberality of the Archbishop of 
Canterbury in having lent him from Lambeth the 
Epistles of Anselm and Becket ; and adds, that, by 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[No. 5. 
being permitted to retain these MSS. in his hands 
for some years, he had now prepared them for the 
press. 
I cannot learn that they were ever printed, 
and among the voluminous MS. remains of Sir 
Roger now in my hands, I cannot find the smallest 
trace of them. Can any of your readers inform 
me what became of this collection, which, by Sir 
Roger’s statement, was finished and completely 
ready for the press ? 
To this “ Query” I may as well add a “ Note,” 
which may be interesting to some of your readers. 
In Sir Roger’s MS. Journal of his persecutions 
by the Parliament, he states: 
“It is sayd King Charles subscribed the byll for 
taking away the votes of Bishops, in yt very house where 
Christian religion was first preached, —viz.. St. Au- 
gustines by Canterbury.” 
Lambert B. Larxine. 
Ryarsh Vicarage, Nov. 17. 
MINOR QUERIES. 
Honnore Pelle. 
Who was “ Honnore Pelle, 1684”? My reason 
for asking this is, I have a marble bust of Charles IT. 
of colossal size, most splendidly sculptured, with 
the long curling hair and full court dress of the 
period, and the execution and workmanship of 
which would do honour to any sculptor of the 
past or present time. On the stump of the arm 
are the name and date which I have given above, 
and I have in vain looked into biographical works. 
Bust of Sir Walter Raleigh. 
Is there an authentic bust of Sir Walter Raleigh 
in existence ? and if so, where is it to be found? 
J.B. 
Motto of University of Cambridge. 
From what author “chapter and verse,” comes 
the motto of the University of Cambridge, Hrne 
LucEM ET Pocura Sacra? It is used as a quota- 
tion in Leighton on St. Peter’s Epistle, but in the 
last edition the learned editor doos not give a 
reference. J.J.8. 
Family of Giles of Worcestershire. 
Can you tell me any thing of a family named 
‘* Giles,” whose crest was a horse’s head? They 
were connected with Worcestershire. *K 
Passage from an Old Play. 
Can any of your many readers oblige me by 
informing me where the following very striking 
passage can be found? I have seen the lines 
quoted as from an “Old Play;” but a tolerably 
extensive knowledge of old plays, and a diligent 
