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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 65. 



Gregory the Great. — Lady Morgan, in her 

 letter to Cardinal Wiseman, speaks of " the i)ious 

 and magnificent Matilda, Countess of Tuscany, 

 the ally of Gregory the Great, and the foundress 

 of his power through her wealth and nuinifi- 

 cence." By Gregory the Great it is evident that 

 Lady Morgan means Ilildebrand, or Gregory VII. 

 May I ask, through the medium of your pages, 

 ■whether any authority can be found for terming 

 Gregory Vil. the Great, an epithet which I liad pre- 

 viously considered to be confined to Gregory I. ? 



Egenhart. 



John HiWs Penny Pod, in 1659. —I noted a few 

 years back, from a bookseller's catalog\ie, the title 

 of a work — 



" Hill (John), a Penny- Post ; or a vindication of 

 the liberty of every Englishman in carrying Merchants' 

 and other IVIen's letters against any restraints of 

 farmers of such employments. 4to. 1659." 



Can any of your correspondents give an account 

 ofthiswoik? E.M.B. 



Andrea Ferrara. — Will any kind friend inform 

 me where any history is to be found of " Andrea 

 Ferrara," the sword cutler ? V. E. L. 



Imputed Letters of Sullustius. — Can any of 

 your correspondents inform me whether a MS. 

 of the Epistles of Sullustius to Ccesar on Stntcs- 

 manship is deposited in any one of our public 

 libraries? Kenneth R. II. Mackenzie. 



January 18. 1851. 



Thomas Bogers of Horninger (Vol. ii., pp. 424. 

 521.). — I am obliged to Mr. Kersley for his re- 

 ference to Rose's Biographical Dictionary; but he 

 might have supposed that all such ordinary sources 

 of mformation would naturally be consulted before 

 your valuable journal be troubled with a query. 

 Havin" reason to believe that Rogers took an 

 active part in the stirring events of his time, I shall 

 be much obliged to any of your correspondents 

 who will refer me to any incidental notices of him 

 in cotemporary or other writers : to diffuse which 

 kind of information your paper seems to me to 

 have been instituted. S. G. 



Tandem D. O. M. — In an ancient mansion, 

 which stands secluded in the distant recesses of 

 Cornwall, there reposes a library nearly as ancient 

 as the edifice itself, in the long gallery of which it 

 has been almost the sole furniture for a space of 

 full two centuries. What is still remarkable, the 

 collection remains sole and entire in all its pristine 

 originality, as well as simple but substantial bind- 

 ing!, uncontaminated by any additions of more 

 modern literature, dressed up in gayer suits of 

 calfskin or morocco. It is even said that few of 

 the pages of these venerable volumes have even 

 seen the light since the day they were deposited 

 there by their first most careful owner, till the 



present proprietor took the liberty of giving them 

 a dusting. How far he has advanced in examining 

 their contents is uncertain ; but, as be seldom can 

 summon courage to withdraw himself from their 

 company, even for his parliamentary duties, these 

 literary ti'easures stand a chance, at last, not only of 

 being dusted externally, but of being tlioroughly 

 sifted and explored internally. A note of the 

 existence of such a collection of books is at least 

 worth recording as unique of its kind. I have 

 now a query to put in relation to it. 



The collector seems to have been one Hannibal 

 Gamon, whose name appears written in fine bold 

 characters, — as beseems so distinguished an ap- 

 pellation, — on the title-page of each volume; but, 

 besides, there is frequently appended this addi- 

 tion — " tandem D. O. M." The writer has his 

 own solution on the meaning of this bit of Latin, 

 but would be glad to know what interpretation 

 any of your readers would be inclined to put 

 thereon. Fabee Makinus. 



Tlie Ejmcopal Mitre. — When first was the epis- 

 copal mitre used ? And what was the origin of its 

 peculiar form ? An Esquirek. 



lUpIie^. 



THE PASSAaE IN TBOILUS AND CBESSIDA. 



(Vol. ii., p. 386.) 



The oldest edition of this play is the quarto of 

 1609, in which the passage referred to stands 

 thus : — 



" Hert. Begon, I say, the gods have heard me sweare. 

 " Cas. The gods arc deafe to hotte and peevish vowcs, 



They arc polluted ofFrings more abhord. 



Then spotted livers in the sacrifice. 

 " And. O be perswarled, do not count it holy. 



It is the purpose that makes strong the vow, 



But vowes to every purpose must not hold : 



Unarme, sweet Hector." 



This reading, by stopping the sense at " holy," 

 renders less likely to be correct the emendation of 

 TyiTvhitt, adopted by Malone : — 



" O be persuaded : i\o not count it holy 

 'J'o hurt by being just: it is as lawful, 

 For we would give much to use violent thefts. 

 And rob in the behalf of charity." 



Dr. Johnson observes, " This is so oddly con- 

 fused in the folio, that I transcribe it as a specimen 

 of incorrectness : — 



' do not count it holy 



To hurt by being just : it is as lawful 

 For we would count give much to as violent 

 thefts,' &c. " 



AVith reference to these particulars, I should be 

 glad if you would allow me to propose a reading 

 which has not yet been suggested : — 



