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quainted with these more easily obtained accounts 
of Dr. Dee’s works. 
The Dictionary of M. l'Abbé Ladoocat states 
that he died in England, a. p. 1607, at the age of 
81; so that his petition to James must have been 
made at the close of his life. Hermes. 
Lines quoted by Goethe.—I beg to inform your 
correspondent “Tresor,” that he will find the 
lines quoted by Goethe in his Autobiography, in 
Rochester’s Satire against Mankind. bigSi 
Queen Mary's Expectations. — Most persons have 
heard of the anxiety of Queen Mary I. for the 
birth of a child, and of her various disappointments ; 
but many may not be aware that among the Royal 
Letters in the State Paper Office, are letters in 
French, prepared in expectation of the event, 
addressed by Queen Mary, without date, except 
“ Hampton Court, 1555” (probably about May), 
to her father-in-law, the Emperor Charles V., to 
Henry IL, King of France, to Eleonora, Queen 
Dowager of France, to Ferdinand I., King of Bo- 
hemia, to Mary, the Queen Dowager of Bohemia, 
to the Doge of Venice, to the King of Hungary, and 
to the Queen Dowager of Hungary, announcing to 
each the birth of her child, the word being so 
written fil, as to admit of being made jfilz, or of 
an easy alteration to the feminine fille, if Bera 
Ken's Morning and Evening Hymns.—I saw it 
mentioned in a review in the Guardian some few 
weeks ago, as one merit of the last edition of the 
Book of Common Prayer, published by Eyre and 
Spottiswoode, that it had restored Bishop Ken's 
Morning and Evening Hymns to their original 
purity. ‘ e 
Thave no means of accurately testing this asser- 
tion by reference to any undoubted version of the 
date of the original publication, but I have no 
doubt that this might easily be done through the 
medium of your paper; and I think you will agree 
with me that, if it should be substantiated, not 
only is credit due to the Queen’s printers, but also 
that it is an example which ought to be followed, 
without exception, in all future editions of the 
Prayer Book. 
The variations, which I have noted in the ordi- 
nary version of the Hymns, as given in other 
Prayer Books, are too numerous to be inserted 
here, not to mention the omission of several 
stanzas, three in the Morning Hymn, together 
with the Doxology, and one in the Evening 
Hymn. , 
If they be false readings, no doubt they have 
been allowed to creep in inadvertently, and need 
only pointing out to be corrected. It occurred 
to me that this might be done most effectually in 
your columns, and I venture to hope that you will 
not consider it a task unworthy the high aim 
which you have in view in your admirable pub- 
lication. OxonIENSsIS. 
[Bishop Ken’s Morning and Evening Hymns have 
been restored in Messrs. Eyre and Spottiswoode’s last 
rubricated edition of the Common Prayer, as far as 
was practicable; they were carefully collated with the 
original, and all variations corrected, except those 
which would materially affect immemorial use. The 
entire hymns are of great length, but all those verses 
which have been at all generally sung in churches are 
to be found in the edition to which we refer. 
We may take this opportunity of noticing that the 
Queen’s printers have lately restored the lesser Saints’ 
Days to the kalendar in their smaller editions of the 
Common Prayer. We are not aware of any other 
similar editions in which the kalendar appears thus 
complete. | 
Etymology of “ Daysman.” — What is the ety- 
mology of Daysman, which, in the Book of Job, 
and in some of our provincial dialects, means a 
mediator or arbitrator? Mark Anrony Lower. 
[Naxes defines Daysman, an umpire or arbitrator, 
from his fixing a day for decision; and adds, “ Mr, 
Todd shows that day sometimes meant Judgment.” 
Jacob, in his Law Dictionary. tells us, “ Days-man 
signifies, in the North of England, an arbitrator or 
person chosen to determine an affair in dispute, who is 
called a Dies-man or Days-man.” Jacob’s definition 
may be again illustrated from Nares:—“ In Switzer- 
land (as we are informed by Simlerus) they had some 
common arbitrators, or dayesmen, in every towne, that 
made a friendly composition betwixt man and man.”-— 
Burton, Anat | 
Roland Monoux.— In answer to your corre- 
spondent “QM,” p. 137., the monumental brass in 
his possession is, no doubt, from the church at 
Edmonton, Middlesex. Lysons (Environs of Lon- 
don, vol. ii. p. 263.), in his description of Edmon- 
ton Church, says, “ Near the door is a brass plate, 
with some English verses to the memory of Ro- 
LAND Monovux (no date).” He subjoins, in a note, 
* arms — on a chevron betw. 3 oak-leaves as many 
bezants, on a chief 2 anchors, a martlet for differ- 
ence. On the brass plate are some English verses, 
nowise remarkable.” 
These arms (omitting the chief) are those borne 
by the Baronet Monnoux of Sandy in Bedford- 
shire (extinct in 1814), who was descended from 
Sir George Monox, of Walthamstow, Lord Mayor 
of London, who died in 1543, to whom and his 
lady there are brasses in Walthamstow Church. 
Roxanp of Edmonton was doubtless of the same 
family. Iam not able to give an opinion of the date 
of the brass in question ; but it might be readily 
conjectured from the style of its execution. 
Your readers will, I am sure, all unite with me 
in commendation of your correspondent “M's” 
correct feeling in offering to restore this monu- 
ment to its original site. I hope “M's” example 
will find many followers. There are hundreds of 
