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be able to inform me whether there is any instance 

 in the annals of that age of an inferior officer 

 outshining his superior, and being cashiered or 

 neglected in consequence. 



Maloue assigns to the play the date of 1608. 



X. Z. 



GEEENe's " GROATSWORTH OF WITTE." 



The interesting nrticle by the Hermit of Holt- 

 port, on the early German translation of Greene's 

 Quip for an Upstart Courtier, will, I am sure, be 

 read with attention by all lovers of our e:irly litera- 

 ture. My object in addressing you on the subject 

 is to draw the attention of your foreign correspon- 

 dents, and perhaps the notice of your new contem- 

 porary, to the great importance of discovering 

 whether the Grvatsworth of Witte was also ti-ans- 

 lated^ into German. The earliest edition I have 

 seen is that of 1617, but it was printed as early as 

 1592 ; and I have long been curious to ascertain 

 whether the remarkiible passage respecting Shak- 

 speare has descended to us in its genuine state. 

 In the absence of the English edition of 1592, this 

 information might be obtained from a translation 

 published before 1617. Perhaps, however, some 

 of your readers maybe able to point out the exist- 

 ence of an earlier edition. I have sought for that 

 of 1592 for several years without any success. 



J. O. Haeliwell. 



Fronte Capillatu. — The following lines recurred 

 to my memory after reading in your last number 

 the translation of the epigram by Pasidippus in 

 the article on "Fronte capillata," &c. ; it is many 

 years since I read them, but have forgotten where. 

 Can you or any of your correspondents inform me 

 who is the author of them ? 



" Oh ! who art tliou so fast proceeding, 



^ Ne'er glancing back thine eyes of flame? 

 Known but to few, through earth I'm speeding. 

 And Opportunity's my name. 



" What form is that, that scowls beside thee? 

 Repentance is the form you see ; 

 Learn then the fate may yet betide thee, 

 She seizes them, who seize not me." 



IIenrt M. Burt. 



Gibson Square, Feb. 4. 1851. 



Prayer of Bishop of Nantes. — In Allison's 

 Hisiorj/ of the French Bevolution, ed. 1849, at 

 page 432. vol. i., there occurs the following pas- 

 sage : 



" The Bishop' of Nancy commenced, as customarv, 

 with the prayer : ' Receive, O God, the liomage of the 

 Clergy, the respects of the Noblesse, and the humble 

 supplications of the Tiers Etat.'" 



This formula was, the historian tells us, received 



with a storm of disapprobation by the third order. 

 Will any of your contributors be so obliging as 

 to inform me where the form of prayer S])oken of 

 as custojnary is to be found ? 



J.M. 

 Liverpool. 



Advantage of a Bad Ear. — Can any of your 

 readers supply the name of the man of mark in 

 English history, who says " he encouraged in him- 

 self a bad ear, because is enabled him to enjoy 

 music he would not have enjoyed without ? " 



I have looked through the lives of Lord Herbert 

 ofCherbury, Hampden, Hobbes, Andrew Marvell, 

 and Fletcher of Saltoun, without finding it; though 

 it is possible it may be in some of these after all. 

 The list given will point to the kind of personage 

 in question. Tn. 



Imputed Letters of Sidliisfiiis or Sallustius (Vol. 

 iii., p. 62.). — I am sorry to say that the printer 

 has completely spoiled my Query, by printing 

 SuUustins instead of Sallu.'itius throughout the 

 whole article. I subjoin a few more particulars 

 concerning them. In the edition printed at 

 Ctimbridge (4to. 1710), and published imder the 

 auspices of the learned Wasse, they are included. 

 They are there entitled Orationes ad C. Ccesarem, 

 de Itepitblica Oy-dinanda. Cortius rejects them, 

 and De Crosses accei^ts them. Douza, Crispinus, 

 Perizonius, Clerlcus, &c., all speak in favour of 

 their authenticity. Allen does not mention them, 

 and Anthon rejects them entirely. With these 

 additional hints I doidit not but that some of your 

 obliging correspondents will be able to give me a 

 reply. Kenneth R. H. Mackenzie. 



Rev. W. Adams. — When did Mr. Adams, the 

 accomplished author of the Sacred Allegnrie.i, die? 

 This is unaccountably omitted in the " Memoir " 

 prefixed to the collected edition of his Allegories 

 (London, Ilivingtons, 1849). Can any charac- 

 teristic anecdote be related of him, suitable for 

 giving point to a sketch of his life for foreign 

 readers ? George Stephens. 



Stockholm. 



Mr. Beard, Vicar of Gi-eemuich. — Any infor- 

 mation relating to " Sir. Beard, Vicar of Green- 

 wich," who, in the year 1563, was recommended by 

 Loftus, Archbishop of Armagh, and Brady, Bishop 

 of Meath, as a proper person to be preferred to 

 the bishopric of Kildai'e, will be very acceptable 

 to — Spes. 



Goddnrd's History of Lynn. — It has been always 

 understood that Mr. Guybon Goddard (who was 

 Kecorder of this borough in 1651 or thereabouts) 

 collected a quantity of materials for a history of 

 Lynn, and that in 1G77 or 1678 an offer to pur- 

 chase them was made by the corporation to his 

 son, Thomas Goddard, but it seems without suc- 

 cess. The fact of such materials having been 



