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precept, which ought to be bound up with the 
existence of every Cymro, “ The truth against the 
world.” Consequently, I have found that much 
of what is put forth as evidence on this ques- 
tion is, as Mr. Corney has very justly intimated, 
gue inadmissible; in short, unworthy of belief. 
till, the inquiry has afforded me sufficient reasons 
for viewing the question of Prince Madoc’s emi- 
gration as a fact, and for supporting it as such as 
far as my humble testimony will allow. Gomer. 
a 
Caerphili Castle.—W ith reference to “ Pweca’s 
query (No. 10. p. 157.), it may be noted that Full 
is the Welsh word for “ haste,” and, if the derivatur 
must allude to the original structure having been 
hastily erected. GomER. 
Origin of word Bug. —I should feel obliged by 
your informing me whether the word Bug is not 
of Celtic origin, signifying a “ Ghost or Goblin?” 
Vide Shakspeare’s Taming of the Shrew, Act I. 
Scene IL. : — 
“ Tush, tush, fright boys with bugs.” 
And whether, in Mathews’ Bible, a. p. 1537, the 
5th verse of the 9lst Psalm is not thus ren- 
dered : — 
“Thou shalt not need to be afraid of any bugs by 
night”? 
literally, in the Hebrew, “' Terror of the oe 
[Bwg in Welsh means a ghost or goblin. It is pro- 
bably the same with the Icelandic Puhi, an evil spirit. 
But on this etymology our correspondent ean consult 
an article by Sir F. Palgrave, on the “* Popular My- 
thology of the Middle Ages,” in the Quarterly Review, 
yol. xxii.; a paper, by Mr. Thoms, on the “ Folk Lore 
of Shakspeare,” No. 6.; ‘“ Puck’s several Names,” in 
The Atheneum, Oct.9.1847; and lastly, Mr. Keightley’s 
most interesting work, The Fairy Mythology, vol. ii. 
p. 118., of which we are happy to hear that a new and 
enlarged edition may shortly be expected. | 
MISCELLANIES, 
Execution of Duke of Monmouth. — Among the 
memorials of the “rash but unfortunate Duke of 
Monmouth,” which have recently attracted much 
attention, and for which the public are principally 
indebted to certain inquiries originated in the 
“ Nores AnD Querizs,” [ have not observed any 
notice taken of an anecdote respecting him, which 
is current among our neighbours on the Conti- 
nent; namely, that he gave six guineas to the 
executioner, the Jonn Ketcu of that day, to 
perform his work well! — 
“Le Due de Monmout donna six guinées au 
Bourreau de Londres, pour lui bien couper la téte; 
mais le misérable ne méritoit par ces guinées, puis- 
qu'il la lui coupa trés mal.” 
This anecdote is introduced, in the form of a 
note, into the folio Dictionary of Pierre Richelet, 
a most valuable work, and full of history, ancient 
and modern. Can any of your correspondents 
produce the authority for this anecdote? Richelet 
himself does not give any, but merely relates the 
story, apparently with a view of illustrating the 
term “guinea,” as applied to the gold coin of 
Charles the Second. Vid. voc. “ Guinée.” J.I. 
By Hook or by Crook.—I send you a note, which 
I made some years ago, 
This expression is much more ancient than the 
time of Charles I., to which it is generally referred. 
It occurs in Skelton, Colin Clout, line 31. a fine :— 
“ Nor wyll suffer this boke 
By hooke ne by crooke 
Prynted for to be.” 
In Spenser, f. 2. v. ii. 27.:— 
“ Thereafter all that mucky pelfe he tooke, 
The spoile of peoples evil gotten good, 
The which her sire had serap’t by hooke and crooke, 
And burning all to ashes pour’d it down the brooke.” 
In Holland’s Suetonius, p. 169. : — 
“ Likewise to get, to pill and poll by hooke and 
crooke so much, as that ——” 
In a letter of Sir Richard Morysin to the Privy 
Council, in Lodge’s Illustrations, §c., i. 154.: — 
« Ferrante Gonzaga, d’Arras, and Don Diego, are in 
a leage, utterlie bent to myslyke, and to charge by hook 
or by crooke, anything don, or to be don, by the thre 
fyrst.” L. S. 
Cupid Crying. — The beautiful epigram upon 
this subject, which appeared in No. 11. p.172., 
was kindly quoted, “for its extreme elegance,” 
by the Atheneum of the 26th January, which pro- 
duced the following communication to that journal 
of Saturday last : — 
“ Will the correspondent of the ‘ Norges anp 
Queries,’ whose pretty epigram appears copied 
into your Atheneum of Saturday last, accept the 
following as a stop-gap pending the discovery of 
the Latin original ? 
“Ein lacrymosus Amor! Fidum quia perdidit 
arcum 
Vapulat! Exultans Czlia tela tenet. 
Ast illam potuitne Puer donare sagittis ? 
Subrisit : — Matrem credidit esse suam. 
“ Auoppwra. 5.” 
Miry-land Town. — As an addition to the note 
of “ J.R.F.” (p. 167. No. 11.) on Miry-land Town, 
and by way of corroboration of his reading, I may 
just mention that the towns and villages in the 
Weald of Kent are familiarly spoken of as places 
“down in the mud,” by the inhabitants of other 
parts of the county. Those who are acquainted 
with the Weald will agree that this designation is 
not undeserved. Henry Kerstey. 
