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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[ No.AEO: 
circa 1270.” 
this ? 
I should also be glad of any information as to 
the manner in which the plants Samolus and 
Selago were used in the Druidic mysteries. 
Pweca. 
What authority has he for saying 
Father — whendid Clergymen cease to be so called ? 
—Laicus desires to be informed at about what 
period the clergy of the Church of England dis- 
continued the appellation of Father; whether it 
was done at once, by some resolution, or other 
measure, or did it gradually fall into disuse ? 
Queries in Church History.—“S. of M.” wishes 
to be informed at what date (as nearly as can be 
determined) the Bishop of Rome was acknow- 
ledged Supreme Head of the Catholic Church ; 
and the most authentic History of the Church 
from the Ist to the 10th century ? 
{The Editor has great pleasure in promoting such 
inquiries as the above, and in inserting Queries tending | 
to promote them; but, with a view to the replies, he 
ventures to suggest that where a question involves the 
settlement of a good many disputed points, the best 
answer would be a concise statement of the opinions 
which have been held by those who have discussed 
such points at large, and a reference to their works. 
He would be very glad to have all the disputed facts 
of history discussed at full length in his columns, but 
it is obvious that their narrow limits render that im- 
possible. | 
Colineus.—In a copy of Horace (1539), and of 
Valerius Flaccus (1532), both bearing the name of 
Colineus, I find a slight difference in the device 
and motto on the title-page. In the Valerius 
Flacecus the motto is, ‘‘ Hane aciem sola retundit 
virtus,” and is written on a scroll coming from the 
mouth of Time; while in the Horace, the motto is 
“ Virtus sola aciem retundit istam,” and is placed 
on a tablet below the figure. 
I wish to inquire if this difference could warrant 
a doubt as to the authenticity of either; and se- 
condly, whether anything is known of the origin of 
that motto ? Srl s Loy, 
Ballad on Jemmy Dawson. —In the European 
Magazine for January, 1801, is a paper on the 
origin of Shenstone’s ballad of Jemmy Dawson, in 
which the writer says, — 
“ A ballad is said to have been cried about the 
streets different from Shenstone’s, which we should be 
glad to see, if it is in existence.” 
Does any of your readers know any thing about it ? 
In the April number of the same volume is a 
ballad commencing, — 
“« Blow ye bleak winds around my head,” 
which is there said to have been the origin of 
Shenstone’s ballad, but it is not the one cried about 
the streets. The latter was set to music by Dr, 
Arne, and printed in the first part of his Lyric 
Harmony. Epwarp F. Rimpaccr. 
Defoe’s Tour through Great Britain — Etymo- 
logy of Armagh.—In your sixth number some 
extracts are given “from a once popular, but now 
forgotten work,” A Tour through Great Britain, 
by a Gentleman, 1724. JI have an edition of it 
dated 1753, which was sent me by a respectable 
London bookseller as one of the works of Defoe. 
Can you or any of your friends inform me whether 
it is really to be attributed to that writer ? 
Perhaps also one of your philological corre- 
spondents, acquainted with the Gaelic or Celtic 
language, might favour me with his opinion as to 
the etymology and meaning, if any, of Armagh in 
Treland. DiSeX. 
Master of the Revels. — The list of Masters of 
the Revells, communicated by Dr. Rimbault in 
your last number, p. 143., does not answer a 
Query, which I entertained some months ago, 
with reference to the following passage from the 
Common-place Book of Charles, Duke of Dorset 
(the poet), printed in the Gentleman's Magazine 
for January, 1849 : — 
« Masrer or tHe Revetrs.— Sir Henry Herbert, 
in a tryal he had with my father to prove the antiquity 
of the Master of the Revells office, produced a very 
old man, who deposed that a long time since a smal 
company of players represented a cobler and his daugh- 
ters upon the stage; the eobler complained in the Star 
Chamber; the Master of the Revells, for licencing this, 
was fined, and put out of his office, and the players 
whipped. This I had from Mr. C. : 
M. R. and T. S.”— (Brit. Museum, 
Harl. MS.) 
Of these initials, I imagine M.R. to stand for 
Master of the Revells. Can any of your corre- 
spondents say whether I am right ?—explain who 
Mr. C, KX. was ?—or continue the catalogue of the 
Masters of the Revells from Sir Henry Herbert 
downwards ? J.G.N. 
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