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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[No. 25. 
interpretation of the inscription to Napoleon 
(No. 17. p. 262.) if I suggest that it may mean 
— zyptiaco bis, Italico semper invicto ? 
C.K. 
Feb, 24. 
Lines on Pharaoh (No.19. p.298.).—I beg to 
inform “J. ‘L.,” that the well-known couplet about 
Pharaoh, and rascal rhyming to pascal, are from a 
certain History of the Bible, or Bible History, 
by the Rey. Dr. Zachary Boyd, of Todrig, who 
was either Principal or Professor of Divinity at 
Glasgow in the seventeenth century. 
He left considerable property to the College 
there, on condition that his bust should be placed 
in the quadrangle, and his great work printed 
under the care of the Academical Senatus. ‘The 
bust was placed accordingly, and is, or lately was, 
to be seen in a niche over the inner doorway. 
The History was also printed, it is said, but never 
published. However, curious visitors have always, 
I believe, been allowed a peep into it— whether 
| the MS. or the solitary printed book, I am not 
sure—and a few choice morsels are current. [ 
recollect one stave of the lamentation of Jonah— 
/ “Lord! what a doleful place is this! 
There’s neither coal nor candle ; 
And nothing I but fishes’ tripes 
And greasy guts do handle.” 
I think it a shame that the Maitland Club of 
| Glasgow has not, ere now, volunteered an edition 
of Zachary’s immortal performance. The Senatus 
would hardly object (if the expense were under- 
taken), as the circulation would be confined to 
true Scots. Puiosoptits. 
[The following communication from a very compe- | , 4 
| other lands existed in the great ocean (see Hum- 
tent authority, and the very passage quoted by “ Pxito- 
nopius” himself, quite justify the non-publication of 
Zachary’s doggrel. | 
Zachary Boyd (No. 19. p.298.).— Your notice 
of Zachary Boyd, and his extraordinary paraphrase 
of the Bible in the College at Glasgow, has re- 
minded me of my having examined that strange 
| work, and found ample cause for its not being 
| published, though a sufficient sum was bequeathed 
for that purpose. The whole doggrel is only cal- 
culated to bring ridicule and contempt upon the 
Scriptures ; but there are, besides, passages such 
| as refer to Job’s “ Curse God, and die:” to Jeshu- 
ram waxing fat; to Jonah in the whale’s belly; 
and other parts, which utterly unfit the MS. for 
decent perusal. W. JERpDAN. 
Welsh Ambassador.—The origin of the word 
“Welsh,” from the Saxon “ Wealh,” a stranger, 
and the use of it in this sense by our old writers 
monwealth of England, chap. xiii.), sufliciently 
‘sam this designation of the Cuckoo, the tempo- 
Tablet to Napoleon.—Will it assist “ EmprEr’s” | 
(see Brady’s Introd., p.5.; Sir T. Smith’s Com- | 
| Beau Tibbs of the “ Citizen of the World.” 
rary resident of our cold climate, and the ambas- 
sador extraordinary in the revolutions of the sea- 
sons, in the words of the Nursery Rhymes, — 
“« She comes as a stranger, and stays three months in the 
year.” 
“ Quid tibi vis aliud dicam? me vox mea prodit.” 
Alciati, Emblema 1x. Cuculi, Comment. 
T. J. 
Prince Madoc.—TI was much gratified on read- 
ing “T. T.’s” note, commenting on my observa- 
tions respecting the Mandan language, as he proves 
the existence of Celtic words amongst the Ameri- 
can Indians. Regarding “T. T.’s” doubts as to 
the Mandans being descended from the followers 
of Madoc, I confess that my opinions on the point 
do not differ very widely from his own. The cir- 
cumstances attending Madoe’s emigration, in the 
paucity of its numbers and the entire separation 
trom the mother country, with the character of | 
the Indians, would almost ensure the ultimate de- 
struction of the settlement, or the ultimate absorp- 
tion of its remains by those who might have had 
friendly relations with the Welsh. In this most 
favourable view, the evidences of the presence of 
the Welsh seven centuries since would be few in- | 
deed at the present day. The most striking cir- 
cumstance of this nature that I met with in Mr, 
Catlin’s work, is a description of what he calls a 
“bull-boat,” from its being covered with a bull's 
hide, which, in construction and form, is perfectly 
identical with the Welsh “cwrygl.” Yet, strong 
as this resemblance is, it will have but little weight 
if unsupported by other evidence. In conclusion, 
| I would observe, that I never supposed Prince 
Madoc to be the discoverer of America, but that 
his voyage was induced by the knowledge that 
boldt’s Hxamen critique). The emblems found in 
America, and said to be crosses, are obviously the 
tau T, or symbol of life, and can have no connec- 
tion with Christianity. GoMER. 
Poghell (No. 12. p. 186.).—In Cornwall and 
Devon there are places called Poughill or Poghill, 
—in Domesday, Pochelle ; and in the Taxatio Ee- 
clesiastica, Pockehulle and Poghebulle. The etymo- 
logy of the word, I take to be merely the addition 
(as is often found) of the Anglo-Saxon fill, or 
hull, to the old Teutonic word Pock, or Pok, an 
eruption or protrusion. In low Latin, Pogetum is 
colliculus. (See Ducange.) 8.5.58. 
Swingeing Tureen (No. 19. p. 211., and No. 21. 
p- 340.).— How could “Srrevcus” “ conclude” 
that Goldsmith’s “ Poor Beau Tibbs and Kitty his 
Wife,” should have had “a silver tureen” of ex- 
pensive construction? It is evident that “ Kitty’s” 
husband, in the “ Haunch of Venison,” was the 
There 
can be no doubt that, however the word be spelled, 
