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was a friend of Erasmus? In a small volume of 
his, now before me, printed in 1517, the colophon 
gives: “ Lovanii apud Theodoricum Martinum 
anno Mpxvit mense Aprill;” while, on the reverse 
of the same leaf, is a wooden block, of his device, 
occupying the whole page, and beneath it are 
inscribed the words ‘“ Theodoricus Martini.” ‘This 
appears to put Mertens out of the question. W. 
Queen's Messengers.—I should esteem it a favour 
conferred if any of your readers could give me 
any memoranda touching the early origin of the 
corps now termed Queen’s Messengers, the former 
“ Knightes caligate of Armes.” The only mention 
that I have read of their origin is a brief notice in 
Knight’s London, No. 131. p.91.; but doubtless 
there exists, did I know what works to consult, 
many more voluminous a history of their origin 
and proceedings than the short summary given in 
the work of Mr. Knight. In whose reign were 
they first created? and by whom were they ap- 
pointed? In fact, any data relating to their early 
history would very much oblige, J. U. G. G. 
Bishop Lesly of Ross’ Epitaph —Machoreus or 
Macorovius, ‘‘ De Prelio Aveniniuno.”—W ould any 
of your readers be so kind as to favour me with a 
copy of the Latin epitaph of Bishop Lesly, of 
Ross, inscribed on his tomb in the abbey church 
of Gurtenburg, near Brussels? 
Can any one furnish the entire title and imprint 
ofa Latin poem, De Prelio Aveniniano, said to have 
been written in 1594, by a Scottish Jesuit named 
Alexander Macorovius, or Machoreus? Any par- 
ticulars concerning this author would gratify 
Luirewetyn Sr. GeorGe. 
The Word * Cannibal.” — When was the word 
Cannibal first used in English books ? —To what 
language does it belong?—and what is its exact 
meaning P W. 
Sir William Rider.—* H. ¥.” would feel obliged 
by a reference to any work containing an account 
of Sir William Rider and his family. He was 
Lord Mayor of London in 1600; and his daugh- 
ter Mary was married to Sir Thomas Lake, of 
Cannons, Secretary of State temp. James I. He 
wishes more particularly to ascertain the date of 
Sir William Rider’s death. 
The Word “ Poghele.”—What is the etymology 
and precise meaning of the word “ Poghele” (pro- 
nounced Poughley), or rather the first part of it, 
which occurs occasionally as the name of a place 
in the county of Berks, and perhaps elsewhere? W. 
Duncan Campbell.—Was the Duncan Campbell, 
of whom memoirs were written by Defoe, a real 
or an imaginary person? If the former, where can 
one find any authentic account of him ? LB: 
Boston de Bury de Bib. Monasteriorum. — Can 
any of your correspondents give me a reference 
to the original MS. of Boston de Bury de Biblio- 
thecis Monasteriorum 2 P. 
Cazena on the Inquisition. — Can any one tell 
me what is the public opinion of Cazena’s work on 
the Inquisition? I see Limborch and many others 
quoted concerning that tribunal, but never Ca- 
zena. Is the book scarce? —or is it not esteemed ? 
I never saw but one copy. P 
The Reconciliation, 1554.—In 1554 Cardinal 
Pole directed a register to be kept in every parish 
of all the parishioners who, on a certain day, were 
to be reconciled to the Church of Rome and 
absolved. (Burnet’s Ref. vol. iii. p. 245.) 
The Bishop of London’s Declaration thereon 
(Feb. 19. 1554) runs thus :— 
“ And they not so reconciled, every one of them 
shall have processe made agaynst him aecordyng to 
the canons, as the ease shall requyre; for which pur- 
pose the pastours and curates of every paryshe shal be 
commaunded by their archedeacon to certyfye me in 
writinge of every man and woman’s name that is not 
so reconciled.” 
Have any of your readers at any time seen and 
made a note of such a register ? 
The most probable place of deposit would be 
the Bishop’s Registry, but I have never yet been 
fortunate enough to meet with one of these 
curious returns. J.S. B. 
MISCELLANIES. 
Darkness at the Crucifixion. — The, following 
passage, in a volume of Lectures by the Rev, H. 
Blunt, has fallen under my notice: — 
“ It was this Dionysius (the Areopagite) of whom 
the earliest Christian historians relate that, being at 
Heliopolis, in Egypt, at the time of our Lord’s cruci- 
fixion, when he bebeld the mid-day darkness which 
attended that awful event, he exclaimed, ‘ Either the 
God of Nature suffers, or the frame of the world will 
be dissolved.’ ” 
Having very limited opportunity of studying the 
ancient historians, I should be greatly obliged if 
you would inform me from what work this ac- 
count is derived; or refer me to any authors, not 
having embraced Christianity, who give a descrip- 
tion of the crucifixion of our Saviour; and espe- 
cially with reference to the “ darkness over all the 
earth” at the time of that event, mentioned by 
St. Luke, who also adds, that ‘‘ the sun was dark- 
ened.” Your kindly consenting, as you did in 
your second number, to receive queries respecting 
references, has induced me to trouble you so far. 
S. A. M. 
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