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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 63. 



suis ad tempus relictis ad exteras nationes excurrei'e, 

 artemq' ; suam illis prEesertim Piincipum aulis de- 

 monstrare, ostentareq' ; consueverunt. Paucis ab hinc 

 annis in Germaniam nostiam Anglicani musici dictum 

 ob finem expaciati, et in magnorum Principum aulis 

 aliquandiu veisati, tantum ex arte musica, liistrioiiicaq' ; 

 sibi favorem conciliarunt, ut largiter remunerati domuni 

 inde auro et argento onusti sint reversi.) 



Dancing succeeded the feast; and then (p. 244.) 

 " the English players made their appearance, and 

 represented the sacred history of Susanna, with so 

 much art of histrionic action, and with such dex- 

 terity, that they obtained both praise and a most 

 ample reward." 



(Histriones Anglicani mature prodibant, et sacrani 

 Susanna? historiam tanta actionis hlstrionica> arte, tanta 

 dexteritate represcntabant, ut et lauduiu inde et pi\T- 

 mium amplissiinum reportarent.) 



W. B. R. 



[See, also upon this subject, a most interesting com- 

 munication from Albert Cohn in the Atkemtuin of Satur- 

 day last, January the 4tb.] 



Miliar fintcsf. 



The Curst' of Scotland. — In Vol. i. p. 61., is a 

 Query why the Nine of Diamonds is called the 

 Curse of Scotland. Reference is made to a print 

 dated Oct. 21, 1745, entitled " Briton's Association 

 against the Pope's Bulls," in which the young 

 Pretender is represented attempting to lead across 

 the Tweed a herd of bulls laden with curses, ex- 

 communications, indulgences, &c. : on the ground 

 before them lies the Nine of Diamonds. In p. 90. 

 it is said that the " Curse of Scotland " is a cor- 

 ruption of the " Cross of Scotland," and that the 

 allusion is to St. Andrew's cross, which is supposed 

 to resemble the Nine of Diamonds. This ex- 

 planation is unsatisfactory. The nine resembles 

 St. Andrew's cross less than the Jive, in a i>ack of 

 cards ; and, moreover, the nine of any other suit 

 would be equally applicable. The true explana- 

 tion is evidently to be found in the game of Pope 

 Joan, in which the Nine of Diamonds is the poj)e. 

 The well-known antipapal spirit of the Scottish 

 people caused the pope to be called the Curse of 

 Scotland. 



The game of Pope Joan is stated to hare been 

 originally called Pope Julio, and to be as old as 

 the reign of Queen Elizabeth. See Sir John 

 Harington's "Treatise on Playe," written about 

 1597, Nugoi AviiqvcB, vol. i. p. 220. L. 



George Herbert. — It is much to be desired that 

 the suggestion thrown out by your correspondent 

 (Vol. ii-, p. 460.) may be acted upon. The ad- 

 mirers of George Herbert are doubtless so nume- 

 rous, tliat the correct and complete restoration of 

 Bemei'ton Church might; be effected by means of 

 a small subscription among them, as iu the case of 



the Chaucer monument. Most gladly wotxld I aid 

 in the good work. R. V. 



[It is needless for us to add that we shall be glad to 

 promote, in every way, tbe good work proposed by our 

 correspondent. — Ed. N. and Q.] 



Dutch Ver.nons of English Essayists. — How 

 much the works of the British Essayists were ap- 

 preciated by my Dutch ancestors, the following 

 plain facts may show. I have now before me 



A translation of the Tatler : 



" De Snapper, of de Brxtsche Tuchtmeestcr. Door 

 den Ridder Richard Steele. Uit het Engelseli vertaald 

 door P. le Clerc. t'Amsterdam, by Hendrik Vieroot, 

 ITS."?, iv. vol. in 12°." 



A second edition of 



" De Guardian of de Britsche Zedemeester, door 

 den Ridder Richard Steele. Uit bet Engelsch vertaald 

 door P. le CIcrcq. Te Rotterdam, by Jan Daniel 

 Beman, 1734, iii. vol. in 12°." 



A third edition of 



" De Spectator, of verrezene Socrates. Uit het 

 Engelsch vertaald door A. G. & R. G. (some volumes 

 by P. le Clercq) t'Amsterdam, by Dirk Sligtenhorst, 

 Boekverkooper, 1743, ix. vol. 12°." 



Janus Docsa. 



Long Meg of Westminster (Vol. ii., p. 131.). — 

 The same epithet has been applied to women in 

 other places. In the Parish Register of Tiverton, 

 Devon, is the following entry : 



" Burials. April, 159G. The long "^onc tPuant \i. e. 



servant] to Mr. Demant's. iii. day." 



Why should "long Meg" be moi'e fabulous 

 than long Jone ? " E. A. D _ 



Errors in the Date of Printed Books. — In the 

 title-page of Peler llcylin's Microcosmos, 8th ed., 

 the date is printed 19.39 instead of 1639. In like 

 manner, in Historical Applications and occasional 

 ]\Teditations upon several Subject.% ivrilten by a Per- 

 son of Honour, printed in 1670, the imprimatur, 

 signed " Sam. Parker," is dated 1970, instead of 

 1670. In each of these cases the error is evidently 

 caused by the compositor having inverted the 

 figure 6, which thus became 9. P. H. F. 



caucrirS. 



DOUSA's poem on SIDNEY. — OLD DUTCH SONG- 

 BOOK. 



Your correspondent, who subscribes himself 

 Janus Dousa in. the last number of "Notes and 

 QuEKiiis," ought to be able, and I dare say will be 

 able, to supply through your columns information 

 of which I have been long in search. In 1586 bis 

 great uamesake printed at Lugd. Batav. a col- 

 lection of Greek and Latin poems upon dead and 

 living persons of distinction. Geoffrey Whitney, 

 an Englishman, apparently residing at Leyden, and 



