Feb. 15. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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bear any other motto, or posy, than " Fides an- 

 luilus castus" (i. e. simplex et sine genimu) ? 



J. Sansom. 



George Steevens.' — Can any of your readers in- 

 form me whether a memoir of George Steevens, 

 the Shakspearian commentator, ever was pub- 

 lished ? Of course I have seen the biographical 

 sketch in tlie Gentleman s il/(70'as(«(?, tlie paragraph 

 in Nichols*^ Anecdotes, and many like incident<d 

 notices. Steavens, who died in January, 1800, left 

 the bulk of liis property to his cousin, Miss Eliza- 

 beth Steevens, of Poplar ; and as there is no re- 

 servation nor special bequest in the will, I presume 

 she took possession of his books and manuscripts. 

 The books were sold by auction ; but what has 

 become of the manuscripts ? A. Z. 



Exti'aditiua. — - The discussion wliich was occa- 

 sioned, some time ago, by the sudden transference 

 of the word extradition into our diplomatic phra- 

 seology, must be still in the recollection of your 

 readers^ Some were opposed to this change on 

 the ground that extradition is not English ; others 

 justified its adoption, for the very reason that we 

 have no corresponding term for it; and one gen- 

 tleman resolved the question by urging that, " si 

 le mot n'est pas Anglais, il nierite de i'etre." I 

 believe there is no reference in " Notes and 

 Queries " to this controversy ; nor do I now refer 

 to it with any intention of reviving discussion on 

 a point which seems to have been set at rest by 

 the acquiescence of public opinion. I wish merely 

 to pu.t one or two Queries, wliieh have been sug- 

 gested to me by the fact that extradition is now 

 generally employed as an English word. 



1. Is there any contingency in which the mean- 

 ing of t!ie word extradition may not be suflieiently 

 expressed by the verb to deliver up, or the sub- 

 stantive restitution ? 



2. If so, how lias its place been supplied hereto- 

 fore in our diplomatic correspondence? 



Henry H. Breen. 

 St. Lueia, Dec- 1850. 



Singing of Metrical Psalms and Hymns in 

 Churches. — 1. AVhen and how did the custom of 

 singing metrical psalms and hymns in churches 

 originate ? 2. By what authority was it sanc- 

 tioned ? 3. At what parts of tlie service were 

 these psalms and hymns directed to be intro- 

 duced ? 4. Was this custom contemplated by the 

 compilers of the Book of Common Prayer ? 



Arun. 



Ormonde Portraits. — I shall feel much obliged 

 by information on tiic following points : — 



1. Whether an;/ porlrait of Tiiomas Eavl of 

 Ormonde !kh been published ? He died in the 

 year 1014. 



2. IIou) iiuinji engraved ))orlraits of Thomas, tlie 

 famous Lord Ossory, have been issued? their dates, 

 and tlic engravers' names. 



3. Hoiu many engraved portraits of the first and 

 second Dukes of Ormonde, respectively, have ap- 

 peared? their dates, and engravers' names. 



James Graves. 



Kilkenny, Jan. 31. 1851. 



Ti-adesrant. — In the inscription on the tomb of 

 the Tradescants in Lambeth churchyard, which it 

 is proposed to restore as soon as possible, these 

 two lines occur : 



" These famous antiquarians, that had been 

 Both gardeners to the Rose and Lily queen." 



Can any of your readers inform me ivhen the 

 elder Tradescant came over to England, and when 

 he was appointed royal gardener ? Was it not in 

 the reign of Elizabeth ? J. C. B. 



Lambeth.. 



Arthur s Seat ami Salishury Craigs. — L. M. M. R. 

 is very anxious to be informed as to the origin of 

 the name of Arthur's Seat and Salisbury Craigs, 

 the well-known hill and rocks close to Edinburgh. 



Lincoln Missal. — Is a manuscript of the missal, 



according to the use of the chm'ch of Lincoln, 



knov.'n to exist ? and, if so, where may it be seen ? 



Edward Peacock, Jun. 



Mcplicii. 



MEANING or EISELL. 



(Vol. iii., p. 66.) 



I must beg a very small portion of your space 

 to reply to your correspondent H. K. S. C, who 

 criticises so pleasantly my remarks on the meaning 

 of " eisell." The question is : Does the meaning 

 Mr. Singer attaches to this word require in the 

 p;.ssage cited the expression of quantity to make 

 it definite ? I am disposed to think that a definite 

 quantity may be sometimes understood, in a well- 

 lefineil act, although it be not expressed. On the 

 other hand, your correspondent should know that 

 English idiom requires that the name of a river 

 should be preceded by the definite article, unless 

 it be personified ; and that whenever it is used 

 without the article, it is represented by the personal 

 pronoun he. Though a man were able " to drink 

 the Thames dry," he could no more " driulc iq> 

 Thames " tliau he could drink up Neptune, or the 

 sea-serpent, or do any other impossible feat. 



I observed before, that " the notion of drinking 

 up a I'iver would be both unmeaning and out of 

 jilace." I said this, with the conviction that there 

 was a purpose in everytliing that Shakspeare 

 wrote; and bciiig still of this persuasion, allow 

 me to protest against the terms "mere verbiage" 

 and " e.\travagaut rant," which your con-espon- 

 dent applies to tlie jiassage in (picstion. The poet 

 does not present common things as tliey appear to 

 all men. Sliaks])eare's art was equally great, 



