260 
one who has so little pretension to the notice of 
princes, as, 
« Sir, 
« Your royal highnesses [sic] 
« Most obliged, 
«“ Most obedient, 
« And most humble servant, 
“ Wittiam Payne.” 
A short preface follows, which bears marks of 
reparation. It may have received some touches 
from the same masterly hand. 
The external evidence in favour of the ascription 
of the above piece to Johnson, if slight in itself, is 
not devoid of significancy. He had dedicated a 
book for the same author, which book was also 
published by Mr. Thomas Payne, who was his 
brother, in 1756. Botton Corney. 
PLAGIARISMS, OR PARALLEL PASSAGES. No. 2. 
[Continued from No. 11. p. 163.] 
“ Dans les premiéres passions les femmes aiment 
l’amant; dans les autres elles aiment l'amour.” — La 
Rochefoucauld, Max, 494. 
“In her first passion woman loves her lover, 
In all the others all she loves is love, 
Which grows a habit she can ne’er get over, 
And fits her loosely — like an easy glove,” ete. 
Don Juan, canto iii. st. iil. 
There is no note on ¢his passage; but, on the 
concluding lines of the very next stanza, 
“ Although, no doubt, her first of love affairs 
Is that to which her heart is wholly granted ; 
Yet there are some, they say, who have had none, 
But those who have ne’er end with only one,” 
we have the following editorial comment : — 
“ These two lines are a versification of a saying of 
Montaigne.” (!!!) The saying is not by Mon- 
taigne, but by La Rochefoucauld : — 
“On peut trouver des femmes qui n’ont jamais eu 
de galanterie; mais il est rare d’en trouver qui n’en 
aient jamais eu qu'une.” — Maz. 73. 
Byron borrows the same idea again : — 
“ Writing grows a habit, like a woman's gallantry. 
There are women who have had no intrigue, but few 
who have had but one only ; so there are millions of 
men who have never written a book, but few who have 
written only one” — Observations upon an Article in 
Blackwood’s Magazine ; Byron's Works, vol. xv. p. 87, 
Moore’s Edition, 17 vols. duod. London, 1833. 
Both the silence of the author, and the blunder 
of his editor, seem to me to prove that Les 
Mazimes are not as generally known and studied 
as they deserve to be. Me.anron. 
ST. ANTHOLIN’S. 
Your eorrespondent Mr. Rimbault (No. 12. p. 
180.) has made rather a grave charge against my 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[No. 17. 
predecessors in office as churchwardens and over- 
seers of this parish ; and although, I regret to say, 
such accusations of unjust stewardship and dere- 
liction of duty are frequently and with justice 
imputed to some parish officers, yet I am happy 
to be able, in this instance, to remove the stigma 
which would otherwise attach to those of St. An- 
tholin. The churchwardens’ accounts are in good 
preservation, and present (in an unbroken series) 
the parish expenditure for nearly three centuries. 
Mr. Rimbault has doubtless been misled by some 
error in the description of the MSS. in Mr. 
Thorpe’s catalogue (as advertised by him for sale), 
which were probably merely extracts from the 
original records. 
The first volume commences with the year 1574, 
and finishes in 1708; the accounts are all written 
at the time of their respective dates, and regularly 
signed by the auditors then°and there present as 
correct. 
Ihave made numerous extracts from these in- 
teresting documents, and notes thereon, which I 
shall at some future time be happy to lay before 
your readers, if you should consider them of suf- 
ficient importance. 
As a voucher for what I have stated with 
regard to their existence, and to give some idea of 
their general character, I have selected (at ran- 
dom) a few items from the year 1580-1 : — 
“The Acecompte of Henrie Jaye, Churehwarden of 
the Parishe of St. Antholyne, from the feaste of the 
Anunciacon of our Ladye in Anno 1580 unto the 
same feaste followinge in Anno 1581.” 
’ 
Among the “ receaittes” we have — 
“ R4 of Mr. Thorowgoode for an olde font stone, 
by the consente ofa vestrie - v8 iiij4 
“R4 for the clothe of bodkine* yt Ser Roger 
Marten hade before in keppinge, and now 
sold by the consente of a vestry and our 
mynnister =~ - -  iij}t yj* viij4 
“The Payments as followithe : — ; 
“ P4 to the wife of John Bukone gwder of the 
Lazer cotte at Myle End¢ in full of her due 
* Brodekine. A richly-gilt stuff. 
+ It appears, from an entry in the preceding year, 
that this man was first sent to “ Sentt Thomas Spittell 
in Soughwork,” when it was discovered that he was 
afflicted with the leprosy, or some cutaneous disease, 
and immediately removed to the Lazar-house at Mile 
End, it being strictly forbidden that such cases should 
remain in the hospitals. These lazar-houses were 
built away from the town; one was the Lock Hos- 
pital, in Southwark; one at Kingsland, another at 
Knightsbridge, and that mentioned above between 
Mile End and Stratford. The laws were very strict in 
the expulsion of leprous people from the city ; and if 
they attempted to force their way into the hospitals, 
they were bound fast to horses, and dragged away to 
the lazar-houses. 
