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Lady Bingham (Vol. iii , p. 61.). -If C. W. B. 



will refer to the supplementary volume of Burke's 

 Landed Gentry, p. 159., he will see that S;u-iih, 

 daughter of John Ileigham, of Cliffords Hall, co. 

 Suffolk (souof William Ueigham, of Giffords, second 

 son of Cleuient Heigham, of Giffords, second son of 

 Thomas Heigham, of Heigham, co. Suffolk) married, 

 first. Sir illchard Bingham, Knt., of INlelcombe 

 Bingham, co. Dorset, governor of Connaught in 

 1585, &c. ; and secondly, Edward Waldegrave, of 

 Lawford, co. Essex. This, I presume, is the lady 

 whose maiden name he enquires for. C. K. M. 



Shakspeare's Use of Captious (Vol. ii., p. 354.). 

 — In All's Well that Ends Well, Act I. Sc. 3.: 

 " I know I love in vain ; strive against hope ; 



Yet in this captious and intenible sieve, 



I still pour in the waters of my love, 



And lack not to lose still :" 

 has not ISIr. Singer, and all the other com- 

 mentators u])on this passage, overlooked a most 

 apparent and satisfactory solution? Is it not 

 evident that the printer simjjly omitted tlie vowel 

 " a," and that the word, as written by Siiakspeare, 

 was " capatious, the " t," according to the ortho- 

 graphy of the time, being put for the " c" used by 

 modern writers ? 



With great deference to former critics, I think 

 this emeiidatiiin is the most probable, as it accords 

 with the sentiment of Helena, wlio means to de- 

 pict her vast but unretentive sieve, into which she 

 poured the waters of her love. W. F. S. 



P.S.— I hope JIr. Singer and J. S. W. will tell 

 us what they think of this proposed alteration. 

 Bognor, Feb. 22. 1851. 



Tanthony (Vol. iii., p. 105.). — I would suggest 

 that the "tanthony" at Kimbolton is a corruption 

 or mis-pronunciation of " tintany," tiiitinnuhiduiu. 

 I have failed to discover any legend of St. Anthony, 

 confirmatory of Arun's suggestion. A. 



Newark, Notts., Feb. 12. 



Bi/ the hye {ViA. iii, j>. 73.). — Is youi- corre- 

 spondent S. S. not aware that the phrase "Good 

 bye" is a contraction of our ancestors' more de- 

 votional one of " (iod be wi' ye ! " D. 1*. W. 



liotherhithe, Jan. 21. 1851. 



Lama Beads (Vol. iii., p. 115.). — It is a pretty 

 bold assertion that Lanuv beads are derived from 

 the Lamas of .\sia. Lamina, according to Jamie- 

 son, i.s simply the Scotch Jbr amber. He says 

 Lumertyn steen means the same in Teutonic. I 

 do not lind it in W^achter's Lexicon. 



Your corresponilent's note is a curious instance 

 of the inc(jnvenience of half quotation. He says 

 the Lamas are an order of priests among the 

 Western Tartars. I was surjjrised at this, since 

 thfiir chief strength, as everybody knows, is in 

 Thibet. On referring to Uees's Cyclo/xedia, I 

 found that the words arc taken from thence ; but 



they are not wrong there, since, by the context 

 they have reference to China. _ C . B. 



Language given to Men, ^-c. (Vol. i., p. 83.). — 

 The saying that language was given to men to 

 conceal their thoughts is generally flxthered upon 

 Talleyrand at present. I did not know it was in 

 Goldsmith ; but the real author of it was Fon- 

 tenelle. C. B. 



Dareshury, the White Chapel of England (Vol. 

 iii., p. GO.). — This je%i-d' esprit was an after- 

 dinner joke of a learned civilian, not less cele- 

 brated for his wit than his book-lore. Some 

 stupid blockhead inserted it in the newspapers, 

 ami it is now unfortunately chronicled in your 

 valuable work. It is not at all to be wondered at 

 that " tiie people in the neighbourhood know 

 nothing on the subject." Echo. 



Holland Land (Vol. ii., pp. 267. 345. ; Vol. iii., 

 pp. 30. 70.). — Were not the Lincolnshire estates 

 of Count Bentinck, a Dutch noblen:an who came 

 over with AViiliam III, and the ancestor of the 

 late Lord George Bentinck, MP. for Lynn Regis, 

 denominated Little Holland, which he increased by 

 reclaiming large portions in the Dutch manner 

 from the \\'ash ? E. S. Taylor. 



Passage in the Tempest (Vol. ii., p. 259, &c.). — 

 I do not profess to offer an opinion as to the right 

 reading ; but with reference to the suggestion of 

 A. E. B. (p. 338.) that it means — 



" Most busy whe.i least I do it," 



or — • 



" Most busy when least employed," 



allow me to refer you to the splendid passage 

 in the De Officiis, lib. iii. cap. i., where Cicero 

 e.xpi'esses the same idea : — 



" Pub. Scipio lein, . . . eum, qui primus Africanus ap- 

 pellatus sit, dit-ere solitum sciipsit Cato, . . . Nunqnum 

 se minus otiosuin esse, qtiam cum oliosus ; nee miims 

 solum, quam cum solus esset. MagniHca vero vox, 

 et magno viro, ac sapiente digna ; qux declarat, ilium 

 et in otio de nngotiis cogitare, et in s >litudine secum 

 loqni solitum : ut neqne cessaret unquam, et interdum 

 coUoquio alterius non egeret." 



Ache, 



Damasked Linen (Vol. iii., p. 13.). — I believe it 

 has always been customary to damask the linen 

 used by our royal family with appiopriate devices. 

 I have seen a clotii of Queen Aiuie's, with the 

 " A R." in double cypher, surroimded by buds 

 and flowers ; and have myself a cloth with a view 

 of London, and inscribed "DerKonig Georg II.," 

 which was [)urchased at Brentford, no doubt 

 having come from Kew adjoining. H. \V. D. 



Straw Necklaces (Vol. ii., p. 51 1 .). — Having only 

 lately read the "Notes and Queriks" (in fact, 

 this being the first luimber subscribed i()r), I do 

 not know the previous allusion. It makes me 

 mention a curious custom at Carlisle, of the ser- 



