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occur in Borromeo’s writings, as also in the later 
authors, Bishop Burnet, Alban Butler, and Bishop 
Wilson (of Calcutta). The numbers of the Sunday 
schools under the management of the Confraternity, 
the number of teachers, of scholars, the books | 
employed, the occasional rank in life of the teachers, 
their method of teaching, and whether any manuals 
have ever been compiled for their guidance — are 
points upon which I would gladly : gather any in- 
formation. C.F-.S. 
Treatise by Engelbert, Archbishop of Treves.— 
Bishop Cosin (in “his Hist. Trans. cap. vii. § 12.) 
refers to Engels. Archiep. Trevirensis, ap. Goldasti 
Imper. tom.i. In Goldast’s Politica Imperialia 
there is a treatise by S. Engelb. Abb. Admontens. 
in Austria: but I find neither the author referred 
to, nor the treatise intended, by Cosin. Accord- 
ing to Eisengrein, who is followed by Possivinus, 
there were two Engelberts ; viz. Engelbertus, 
S. Matthize Treverensis, Benedictine possessionis 
Abbas, patria Mosellanus, who lived a. p. 987; 
and S. Engelbert, who flourished a.p. 1157, and ) 
who is described as Admontensis Benedictine pos- 
sessionis Abbas, Germanus, Can any of your 
correspondents kindly direct me to the intended 
treatise of the Archbishop of Treves? J. Sansom. 
Oxford, Jan. 9, 1850. 
New Year's Day Custom. —I shall be glad if 
any of your readers can inform me of the origin, 
and signification, of the custom of carrying about 
decorated apples on New Year’s Day, and pre- 
senting them to the friends of the bearers. The 
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tion of the places from which the companions of 
William the Norman took their names? Such 
French names as haye De prefixed —in fact, a 
Gazetteer 2? Also, where may be found — if such 
exist — pedigrees of the same worthies 2 B. 
Dr. Johnson's Library. —I have long wanted 
to know what became of the library of Dr. Samuel 
Johnson (of our city), or if he had any consider- 
able collection of books. Perhaps some of your 
correspondents would answer both these queries. 
I happen to have a few, some of which were used 
in compiling his Dictionary, and are full of his 
| marks, with references to the quotations, most of 
which are to be found in the Dictionary. I have 
also his own Prayer-Book. T. G. Lomax. 
Lichfield, Jan. 11. 1850. 
Golden Frog.—In the church of Boxstead, in 
the county of Suffolk, there is a large and very 
handsome monument of marble, in aniche of which 
stands, in full proportion, a man in armour, his 
| side is his sword ; 
head bare, with moustaches anda tuft on his chin; 
in his right hand he holds a truncheon, and by his 
his armour is garnished with 
gold studs, and his helmet stands on the ground 
behind him ; from his right ear hangs a gold frog. 
This monument was erected in memory of Sir 
| John Poley, of Wrongay, in Norfolk, knight, who 
apples have three skewers of wood stuck into | 
them, so as to form a tripod foundation ; and their | 
sides are ornamented with oat grains, while various 
evergreens and berries adorn the top. A raisin 
is oceasionally fastened on each oat grain, but this 
is, I believe, an innovation. SELEUCUS. 
Under the Rose. — That the English proverbial 
expression, Under the Rose, is derived from the 
confessional, is, I believe, generally admitted : but 
the authorship of the well-known Latin verses on 
this subject is still, as far as I am aware, a verata | 
questio, and gives a somewhat different and ¢anta- | 
lean* meaning to the adage : — 
‘** Est Rosa flos Veneris, quem, quo sua furta lateren 
Harpocrati, Matris dona, dicavit Amor. 
Inde rosam mensis hospes suspendit amicis, 
Convive ut sub ea dicta tacenda sciant.” 
Can any of your correspondents obligingly in- 
form me to whom these not inelegant or unclassical 
lines are to be attributed ? ARCHEUS. 
Wiesbaden, Dee. 15. 1849. 
Norman Pedigrees. — Can any gentleman inform 
me where (in what book) may be found the situa- 
* See Pindar’s First Olympie Ode. 
_ family it belongs, he will oblige 
died in 1638, at the age of upwards of eighty, 
having served much abroad under Henry LV. of 
France, Christian King of Denmark, &e. and in 
Queen Elizabeth’s service against the Spaniards. 
“ Tllius ante alios cepit cum dextera Gades 
Militis Angliaci, et fulmina sensit Iberis.” 
Isend you this detail, in hopes that some of 
your correspondents may be able to explain the 
ornament in his ear, whether it be the badge of any 
order, and whether any other instance is known of 
its use. There is in Boxstead Hall, the seat of the 
very ancient family of Poley, a portrait of Sir John, 
having the same ornament. 
Singular Motto.— Being at Cheltenham in the 
summer of 1811, I saw a chariot standing in an 
inn yard, on the panels of which, under a coat of 
arms, apparently belonging to some foreign family, 
was the following on a scroll, in the nature of a 
> motto :—‘“ oemn3—onone.7ano—7emn3.” 
If any of your correspondents can inform me 
what is its meaning, and if it be a motto, to what 
PPH,.B. 
Stroud. 
Sir Stephen Fox. — Will any of your intelligent 
correspondents inform me whether Sir Stephen 
| Fox, the ancestor of the present Lord Holland and | 
the Earl of Ichester, had any brothers or sisters, 
and if so, whether they had any children, and who 
are the legal representatives of those collateral 
| branches, if any ? Vuupxs. 
