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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 79. 



Ireland, printed, •with fiic-simile, in the second 

 Report of the Commissioners on Irish Records, 

 1812, p. 160., gives rise to a doubt; for, as Sir 

 Harris Nicolas states, 



" It is remarkable that the printed copy should 

 •differ from the fac-simile in the identical point which 

 caused the letter to be published, for in the farmer the 

 'xxvij"' of June' occurs, whereas in the fac-simile it 

 is the ' xxvj"^ of June.' The latter is doubtless correct ; 

 for an engraver, who copies precisely what is before 

 him, is less likely to err than a transcriber or editor." 



This is most probably the case ; but perhaps 

 ■some of your correspondents ia Ireland will settle 

 the point accurately. J. E. 



Lucas Family. — Can any of your correspondents 

 inform me what were the names of the sons of 

 John Lucas, of "Weston, co. Suffolk, who lived at 

 the end of the fifteenth and beginning of the six- 

 teenth century ? One of them, Thomas, was 

 Solicitor-General, and a Privy Councillor, to 

 Henry VII., and had estates in SuffoUi. W. L. 



Watoh of Richard Whiting. — In Warner's His- 

 tory of Glastonbury mention is made of the watch 

 of Richard Whiting, the last abbot. It is stated 

 in the Gentleman s Magazine of 1805 to have been 

 iir the possession of the Rev. IMr. Eowen, of Bath. 

 Since then, I think, it was sold by auction; at least 

 I have heard so. Perhaps some of your readers 

 know what has become of it, iind can say where it 

 now is. The name " Richai'd AVhiting" is said to 

 be engraved inside it. C. O. S. M. 



Laurence Iloivel, the Original Pilgrim. — The 

 ■unfortunate Laurence Howel published in 1717 

 (the year in which he was committed to Newgate) 

 a little volume, entitled Dcsiderius ; or, the 

 Original Pilgrim, a Divine Dialogue, showing the 

 most compendious Way to arrive at the Love of 

 God. Rendered into jEnglish, and explained, with 

 Notes. By Laurence Howel, A. M. London ; 

 printed by William Redmayne, for the Author, 

 1717. In the preface he tells us, that the work 

 was originally written in Spanish ; afterwards 

 translated into Italian, French, High-Dutch and 

 Low-Dutch, and about the year 1587 into Latin 

 from the High-Dutch, by Laurentius Siirius. 

 There were subsequently two more Latin ver- 

 sions : one by Vander Meer, from the Fi-ench and 

 .Dutch copies, compared with the original; and 

 another by Antonius Boetzer in 1617. The 

 author's name, he says, was unknown to all the 

 editors, and the several editions had diffL-r'.-nt 

 titles; by some it was called the Treasure of 

 Devotion, by others the Compendious Way 

 to Salvation. The last, however (Boetzer's, I 

 presume), bears that of Desiderius. As tliis 

 was the author's title, Mr. Howel adopted it for 

 Lis translation, adding, he says, that of the 

 Original Pilgrim, to distinguish it from others of 

 the same name, or very like it. He there informs 



us that Mr. Royston (the distinguished publisher 

 in Charles II.'s and James II. 's reigns) had de- 

 clared that Bisliop Patrick took his Parable of (he 

 Pilgrim from it, and that it had formed the 

 grovmd-work of the writings of many authors in 

 that style. 



Can any of your readers give me the titles of 

 the editions in Siumish, or any language, of this 

 interesting little book? I should be much obliged 

 for any information regarding it. Is Howel's 

 little translation scarce ? Has the authorship of 

 the original ever been hinted at ? 



RlCIlAED HOOPBK. 

 University Club, March 22. 1 85 1 . 



The Chwchwardens' Accoiuds, ^r., of St. Mary- 

 de-Custro, Leicester. — Nichols, in his History of 

 Leicestershire, has given numerous extracts from 

 the accounts of this ancient collegiate establish- 

 ment (founded in 1107), and also from a book 

 relating to the religious guild of The Trinity con- 

 nected with the church. All these documents 

 have now, however, entirely disappeared, — how, 

 or at what period since the publication of the 

 work, is unknown ; but I find by a newsjiaper- 

 cutting in my possession (unfortunately without 

 date or auctioneer's name), that a very large col- 

 lection of ancient documents, filling several boxes, 

 and relating to this church and others in the 

 county, was sold by auction in London some years 

 ago, probably between the years 1825 and 1850. 

 I shall feel obliged if any of your correspondents 

 can inform me in whose jjossession they now are, 

 and if they can be consulted. Leicestrensis. 



Aristotle and Pythagoras. — What reason (if any) 

 is there for supposing that Aristotle derived his 

 philosophy from Pythagoras himself? D. K. 



When Deans Jir-.'st styled Ve?\ij Reverend. — Can 

 any of your correspondents state at what period 

 Deans of Cathedrals were first designated as 

 " Very Reverend ? " Forty years ago they jirayed 

 at Christ Church, Oxford, for the Reverend the 

 Deans, the Canons, &c. The inscrijjtion on the 

 stone covering the remains of Sir Richard Kaye, 

 Bart., Dean of Lincoln, who died in 1809, ternvs 

 him " the Reverend." X. X. 



Form of Prayer cd the Healing (Vol. iii., pp. 42. 

 93. 148.). — As my note on this subject has been 

 misunderstood, I would prefer this Query. Whnt 

 is the earliest edition of the Prayer Book in which 

 the Form for the Healing appeai-s? Mr. Lath- 

 bury states 1709, which is I believe the generally 

 received date ; but it is found in one printed in 

 London in 1707 immediately befiire the Ar- 

 ticles. Its appearance in the Prayer Book is 

 entirely unauthorised ; and it would be curious to 

 ascertain also, whether it ibund a place in the 

 Prayer Books printed at Oxford or Ca'.nbridge. 



N. E. R. (a Subscriber). 



