May 11. 1850.] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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Complutensian MSS. — “E. M. B.” (No. 25. 
p- 402.) will find full answers to his Queries, and 
more interesting information on the same subject, 
in a note in vol. iv. p. 235. of Don Pedro Saban’s 
Spanish translation of Prescott’s Ferdinand and 
Isabella. Madrid, 1846. 
Iam told by an American gentleman, who has 
seen the MSS. within a month in the library of 
the University of Madrid, whither they were re- 
moved from Alcala in 1837, that the Chaldaic and 
Hebrew manuscripts are all originals, and on parch- 
ment. The only MSS. of Zamora among them 
are 3 vols. in Latin, translated from the Hebrew. 
The Greek MSS., or some of them, are still 
with the collection as above; and of course were 
not returned to the Vatican. 
Morley’s Hotel, April 28. 
Tablet to Napoleon (No. 17. p. 263., No. 25. 
. 406.).—“C. I. R.’s” interpretation can hardly 
e admitted. The true meaning will be best ex- 
hibited by the following form : — 
“ Napoleoni, 
ZEgyptiaco, 
Bis Italico, 
Semper Invicto.” 
Bis Italico alludes to his twice conquering Italy, 
viz., in his first campaign, and again in that of 
Marengo. C. 
Malone's Blunder (No. 25. p. 403.). — “Mr. 
Botton Corney,” in his answer on this subject, says 
very justly, that “ before we censure a writer, we 
should consult his own edition.” He has, however, 
not followed this excellent principle in this case, for 
he has certainly not looked at the Irish edition of 
Malone, on which the question arises. He has re- 
peated what I had already stated (No. 24. p. 386.), 
that the mistake was not a blunder of Malone's ; 
and he has also pointed out, what had escaped me, 
Malone's supplemental note containing the first 
three articles of the pretended will of John Shak- 
speare: but when he adds that there is “no fabri- 
cation” and “no mystery” in the case, and that 
“the blunder of the Irish editor was merely in 
attempting to unite the two fragments as published 
by Malone,” it is quite clear that he has not seen 
the edition in question, and has, I think, mistaken 
the whole affair. The Irish editor did not attempt 
to unite Malone’s fragments—quite the contrary 
—he left Malone's first fragment as he found it ; 
but he took the second fragment, namely, the ex- 
ordium of the pretended will of John Shakspeare, 
and substituted it bodily as the exordium of: the 
will of William Shakspeare, suppressing altoge- 
ther the real exordium of the latter. So that this 
Trish will begins, “I, John Shakspeare,” &c., and 
ends, “by me, William Shakspeare.” I have no 
doubt that the will of John Shakspeare is a for- 
gery altogether; but the taking three paragraphs 
of it, and substituting them for the two first para- 
graphs of William Shakspeare’s genuine will, is 
what I call, and what no doubt “ Mr. Botton 
Corner” will think, on this explanation of the 
facts, ‘‘an audacious fabrication.” The best guess 
Ican make as to how, or with what design, the 
Irish editor should have perpetrated so compli- 
cated, and yet so manifest a blunder, is this: — 
Malone printed the fragment in question at the 
end of his volume, amongst his “ Emendations and 
additions,” as belonging to “ the will before printed,” 
meaning the forged will of John Shakspeare, but 
that the Irish editor understood him to mean the 
genuine will of William Shakspeare; and so 
thought that he was only restoring the latter to 
its integrity: but how he could have overlooked 
the difference of names, and the want of continuity 
in the meaning of the documents, is still to me 
utterly incomprehensible. 
Theses. — Perhaps it may assist your correspon- 
dent “ M.” (No. 25. p. 401.) to be informed that 
the University of Géttingen is particularly rich 
in ‘‘ Theses” (termed Disputationes et Disserta- 
tiones), to which there is a large room entirely de- 
voted in the library of that university ; together 
with the transactions of learned bodies. A spe- 
cial librarian is attached to this department, which 
is much consulted. A Catalogue was begun to be 
published of this collection, so far as respects the 
Memoirs contained in the various transactions, in 
1801, by J. D. Reuss; and 16 vols. in 4to. had ap- 
peared up to 1821; after which, I believe, the publi- 
cation has been suspended. Of Catalogues of The- 
ses, I think the following work is in good esteem : — 
Dissert. Acad. Upsal. habite sub Presid. C. P. 
Thunberg, 3tom, 8vo. Gétting. 1799—1801. The 
second part of vol. ii. in the Catalogus Bibliothece 
Thottiane (7 vol. 8vo. Faunie, 1789—1795.) con- 
tains a catalogue, which it might be well to consult, 
of dissertations on subjects of jurisprudence. I find 
it to be more frequently the case to place Theses 
or dissertations under the name of the president 
or head of the institution or college where they 
were delivered, than under the writer’s name. At 
least, in a collective sense the former method is 
adopted, as in the following instance: Schultens, 
(Alb.) Sylloge Dissertationem Philologico-Exege- 
ticarum, adiversis Auctoribus Editarum, sub Pre- 
sidio A. Schultens, etc., 2 tom.: although, if the 
author should happen to be distinguished for his 
other productions, a// that he wrote is anxiously 
sought out, and placed under his own name. 
J. M. 
Oxford, April 24. 
[* M.” may also be referred to the Catalogus Disser- 
tationum Academicarum quibus nuper aucta est Biblio- 
theca Bodleiuna, A quarto volume, printed at the 
Oxford University Press in 1834.] 
MSS. of Locke (No. 25. p. 401.).—“C.” is in- 
