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gation, that on March 23, 1847, Easter Day, a report 
was spread in the parish of the Church des incorporels, 
that the Jew, D. Pacifico, by paying the churchwarden 
of the church, succeeded in preventing the effigy of 
Judas from being burnt, which by annual custom was 
made and burnt in that parish on Easter Day.” From 
another document in the same collection it seems, that 
the Greek Government, out of respect to M. Charles 
de Rothschild, who was at Athens in April, 1847, for- 
bid in all the Greek churches of the capital the burn- 
ing of Judas.] 
Grummett (No. 20. p. 319.).—The following use 
of the word whose definition is sought by “=” 
occurs in a description of the members or adjuncts 
of the Cinque Port of Hastings in 1229 :— 
“ Servicia inde debita domino regi xxi. naves, et in 
qualibet nave xxi. homines, cum uno garcione qui dici- 
tur gromet.” 
In quoting this passage in a paper “On the 
Seals of the Cinque Ports,” in the Sussex Archeo- 
logical Collections (vol. i. p.16.), I applied the 
following illustration : — 
«“ Gromet seems to be a diminutive of ‘ grome,’ a serv- 
ing-man, whenee the modern groom. The provin- 
cialism grummet, much used in Sussex to designate a 
clumsy, awkward youth, has doubtless some relation 
to this cabin-boy of the Ports’ navy.” 
I ought to add, that the passage above given is 
to be found in Jeake’s Charters of the Cinque 
Ports. Marx Antony Lower. 
Lewes, March 18. 1850. 
Grummett.—Bailey explains “ Gromets or Grom- 
wells, the most servile persons on ship-board,” 
probably, metaphorically, from “ Gromet or Grum- 
met,” “small rings,” adds Bailey, “fastened with 
staples on the upper side of the yard.” The latter 
term is still in use; the metaphorical one is, I 
believe, quite obsolete. 
Meaning of “Grummett,” §c.— The word is 
derived from the Low Latin “gromettus,” the 
original of our “groom” (see Ducange, s. Gromes 
and Gromus), and answers to the old French 
gourméte, i.e. gargon. In old books he is some- 
times called a “novice” or “page,” and may be 
compared with the “apprentice” of our marine. 
He was employed in waiting on the sailors, cook- 
ing their victuals, working the pumps, scouring the 
decks, and, in short, was expected to lend a hand 
wherever he was wanted, except taking the helm 
(Clairac, Commentaire du premier Article des 
Rooles d’Oléron); and, consequently, is always 
distinguished from, and rated below, the mariner 
or able-bodied seaman. 
The information here given is taken from Jal, 
Archéologie navale, vol. ii. p. 238. A. Ric, Jun. 
MISCELLANIES. 
The Duke of Monmouth.—I made the following 
note many years ago, and am now reminded of its 
existence by your admirable periodical, which 
must rouse many an idler besides myself to a 
rummage amongst long-neglected old papers. This 
small piece of tradition indicates that the adven- 
turous but ill-advised duke was a man of unusual 
muscular power and activity. 
“ On the 8th of July, 1685, the Duke of Monmouth 
was brought a prisoner to Ringwood, and halted at an 
inn there. My mother, who was a native of Ringwood, 
used to relate, that her grandmother was one of the 
spectators when the royal prisoner came out to take 
horse; and that the old lady never failed to recount, 
how he rejected any assistance in mounting, though 
his arms were pinioned ; but, placing his foot in the 
stirrup, sprang lightly into his saddle, to the admira- 
tion of all observers.” 
Enisan Warine. 
Dowry Parade, Clifton Hotwells, March 21, 1850, 
TO PHILAUTUS. 
(From the Latin of Buchanan.) 
Narcissus loved himself we know, 
And you, perhaps, have cause to show 
Why you should do the same ; 
But he was wrong: and, if I may, 
Philautus, I will freely say, 
I think you more to blame. 
He loved what others loved; while you 
Admire what other folks eschew. Rvervs. 
Junius.— Nobody can read, without being struck 
with the propriety of it, that beautiful passage in 
the 8th letter —‘t Examine your own breast, Sir 
William, &c. &c. &e.” A parallel passage may 
however be found in Bevill Higgons’s Short View 
of English History (temp. Hen. VI.), a work 
written before 1700, and not published till thirty- 
four years afterwards : — 
* So weak and fallible is that admired maxim, ‘ Fac- 
tum valet, quod fieri non debuit,’ an excuse first in- 
vented to palliate the unfledged villainy of some men, 
who are ashamed to be hnaves, yet have not the courage to 
be honest.” 
I have not quoted the whole of the passage from 
Junius, as I consider it to be in almost every body’s 
hands. I am collecting some curious, and I hope 
valuable, information about that work. B. G. 
Arabic Numerals.—Y our correspondent T. 8. D.’s 
account of a supposed date upon the Church of 
St. Brelade, Jersey, brings to my mind a cireum- 
stance that, once occurred to myself, which may, 
perhaps, be amusing to date-hunters. Some years 
ago I visited a farm-house in the north of Eng- 
land, whose owner had a taste for collecting cu- 
riosities of all sorts. Not the least valuable of his 
collection was a splendidly carved oak bedstead, 
which he considered of great antiquity. Its date, 
plainly marked upon the panels at the bottom of 
the front posts, was, he told me, 1111. On exa- 
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