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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[No. 9. 
spent a night in the “Isle of Doggs,” as appears 
by his entry for July 24th, 1665, and again, on 
the 3lst of the same month, he was compelled to 
wait in the “unlucky Isle of Doggs, in a chill 
place, the morning cool and wind fresh, above two 
if not three hours, to his great discontent.” 
To the account of Katherine Pegg, given by 
your correspondents, pp- 90, 91, may be added, 
that, besides Charles Fitz-Charles, Earl of Ply- 
mouth, she had, by Charles II., a daughter, who 
died in her infancy. Mrs. Pegg was one of the 
three wives of Sir Edward Greene, of Sampford 
(not Samford), near Thaxted, Essex, created a 
baronet 26th July, 1660 (within two months of 
the Restoration), to whom she seems to have been 
not unfitly matched ; for it is recorded of him that, 
“ by his extravagancy and love of gambling, he 
entirely ruined his estate, and his large inherit- 
ance passed from his family.” He had issue two 
daughters, who married. — See Burke’s Hatinct 
Baronetage. 
I do not think that Katherine Pege, whose son 
by the King was born in 1657, was “ the pretty 
woman newly come called Pegg,” saluted by Pepys, 
7th May, 1668, as Mr. Cunningham surmises. 
J. T. Hammack. 
December. 
MINOR QUERIES. 
The Strand Maypole.—“ E.F.R.” inquires what 
was the ultimate fate of the “ tall Maypole” which 
“once overlooked the Strand”? It was taken 
down about the year 1717, when it was found to 
measure a hundred feet. It was obtained by Sir 
Tsaac Newton, and borne on a carriage, for timber, 
to Wanstead, in Essex, the seat of the Marl of 
Tylney, where, under the direction of the Reverend 
Mr. Pound Breton, it was placed in the Park, for 
the erection of a telescope, the largest then in the 
world, presented by a French gentleman to the 
Royal Society. 
To Fettle.—What is the derivation of the verb 
“to fettle?” In the North it means to amend — 
to repair—to put a thing, which is out of order, 
into such a state as to effectuate, or to be effectual 
for, its original, or a given purpose; e. g. a cart 
out of order is sent to the wheelwright’s to be 
fettled. It has been suggested that the word is a 
verbalised corruption of the word “ effectual.” 
Bailey, in his Dictionary, has designated it as a 
north country word: but it is evident that he 
misunderstood its entire meaning; for he has 
merely “ to fettle fo,” and seems to have been 
ignorant of the use of the word “ fettle” as a verb 
active. To revert to my former example of its 
use — An injured cart is fettled by the wheel- 
wright; the wheelwright fettles the injured cart. 
LL. Cr R. 
Greek Verse. — Can any of your readers inform 
me who is the author of the line — 
“TIoAAal pév Avnrois yA@rra, ula & abavaroor” ? 
C 
Dr. Dee's Petition to James I. —“ E. F. BR.” 
states that he has lately discovered, in the lining 
of an ancient trunk, two or three curious broad- 
sides, one of which purports to be Dr. Dee’s petition 
to James J., 1604, against the report raised against 
him, namely, “‘ That he is or hath bin a Conjurer 
and Caller, or Invocator of Divels.” He would be 
glad to know whether this curious broadside has 
been printed in any memoir of Dr. Dee. 
Vondel's Lucifer. —“ ¥*.” desires to be informed 
whether the tragedy or dramatic poem Lucifer, of 
the Dutch poet Vondel, which has been said to 
bear some analogy to Paradise Lost, has ever heen 
translated ? and if not, why not? The French 
writer, Alfred de Vigny, in Stella, calls Vondel 
(Wundel in his spelling) “‘ce vieux Shakspeare 
de Ja Hollande.” 
Discurs Modest.— In Bishop Andrewes’ Reply 
to the Apology of Bellarmine, chap. i. p. 7, ed. 4to. 
London, 1610, certain Jesuits in prison are re- 
| ported to have confessed, Rem transubstantiationis 
patres ne attigisse quidem; as authority for which 
is quoted Discurs Modest, p.138. From this work 
apparently the passage is copied by Jeremy Taylor, 
Fteal Presence, sect. 12. § 16; Dissuasive, part i. 
chap. 1. § 5. and part 2. book 2. sect. 3. § 3; also 
by Cosin on Transubstantiation, chap. 6. §17. Can 
any of your readers favour me with a clue to the 
Modest Discourse 2” Avil 
Ptolemy of Alexandria. —“ Qurry” wishes to 
be informed what works of Ptolemy of Alexandria 
are to be met with in an English translation. 
Vanbrugh's London Improvements. — In the 
London Journal of March 16th, 1722-3, there is 
the following paragraph : — 
« We are informed that Sir John Vanbrugh, in his 
scheme for new paving the cities of London and West- 
minster, among other things, proposes a tax on all 
gentlemen’s coaches, to stop all channels in the streets, 
and to earry all the water off by drains and common 
sewers under ground.” 
Sir John Vanbrugh was chiefly known as an 
architect of noblemen’s and gentlemen’s mansions. 
Can any of your readers supply me with a refer- 
ence to any detailed plan, from Sir John, for the 
general improvement of the metropolis? _B, M. 
Bechet's Grace- Cup.— The inscription round 
the neck of this so-called cup, of which a re- 
presentation is given in No. I. of Mr. Scott’s 
Antiquarian Gleanings, is thus printed by him 
—Gop*rERARE—: to which he adds, in expla- 
nation, “probably the name of the goldsmith.” — 
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