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NOTES AND QUEKIES. 



[No. 84. 



Tennysoris " In Memoriam" (Vol. iii., pp. 142. 

 227.). — I beg to withdraw my formei" suggestion 

 as to " the crimson-circled star," which, on recon- 

 sideration, appears to me manifestly erroneous. 



If you can find space for a second suggestion, I 

 think the question will be cleared up by the fol- 

 lowing extract from tlie valuable work which I 

 cited before {Xho. Dict'umary of Greek and Roman 

 Biography and Mythology, edited by Dr. W. 

 Smith) : 



" Eos, 'Hctfs, in Latin Aurora, the goddess of the 

 morning red, who brings up the liglit of day from tlie 

 east. At the clcie of night she ascended up to the heaven 

 from the river Oceanus to announce the coming light 

 of tlie sun to the gods as well as to men. In the 

 Homeric poems, Eos not only announces the coming 

 Helios (the sun), but accompanies him throughout the 

 day, and her career is not complete till the evening : 

 hence she is sometimes mentioned when one would 

 have expected Helios ( Or/, v. 390. x. 144.); and the tragic 

 writers completely identify her with Hemera (the day), 

 of whom, in later times the same mythes are related as 

 of Eos." 



As Aurora rises from the river Oceanus, he may 

 be called her father, and as she sinks into the 

 same, he may be called her g?-ave. The expression 

 then will mean neither more nor less than this, 

 " We returned home before the close of day." 



Perhaps Mr. Tennyson had a line of Lycidas 

 running in his mind : 



" So sinks the day-star in the ocean bed." 



Milton's day-star, however, I take to be the sun 

 himself. 



Another of your correspondents, I see, suggests 

 a different interpretation of the " crimson-circled 

 star." 



I hope I shall not be considered as taking too 

 great a liberty if I avail myself of the medium of 

 your pages to request Mr. Tennyson (deus ex 

 machina) to descend and settle the question. X. Z. 



Cardinal Azzolin (Vol. iii., pp. 370. 371.). — Car- 

 dinal Azzolini was appointed by Alexander VII. 

 Intendant to Queen Christina on her receiving a 

 pension of 12,000 scudi from that Pope. On the 

 withdrawal of this grant by Innocent XI., her 

 majesty wrote a furious letter to the Cardinal, 

 which is one of tlie most curious pieces contained 

 in a Collection of Letters, edited by ]\I. Matter 

 (Paris, chez Amiot). That a close intimacy ex- 

 isted between the Queen and the Cardinal appears 

 from some allusions in contemporary letters 

 (1685 — 1687). See M. Valery's Correspondence 

 de Mahillon et de Montfaucon avcc Vltnlie (Paris, 

 1846), vol. i. p. 99. : "La Reine de Suede, grande 

 amie du Cardinal Azzolin" .... vol. ii. p. 83. : 



" II n'y a plus de difTerend qu'entre le marquis Del 

 Monte et le Cardinal Azzolin [s/c],ii qui aura nieilleure 

 part (Jims h-s honnes graces de la Heine pendant sa vie, et 

 dans son testament apres sa mort." 



The editor adds (vol. iii. p. 298.) : 



" Le Cardinal Azzolini fut le principal hcrilier de 

 Christine. " 



C. p. Ph***. 



Babingtoris Conspiracy (Vol. iii., p. 390.). — In 

 Dr. INIaitland's Index of English Books in the 

 Lambeth Library will be found the following 

 entry: 



" * Babingtoii (Anthony), His Letter to the Queen. 

 No place, printer, or date." The asterisk denotes that 

 it is not mentioned by Herbert in his edition of Ames. 



This, I believe, will be a satisfactory answer to 

 J. Bt.'s Query. II. P. 



Robert de Welle (Vol. ii., p. 71.). — Not observing 

 that II. W.'s Query regarding Robert de AVelle 

 has as yet been answered, I would refer him to 

 Blomeiield's Hist, of Norf, vol. vii. p. 288., edit. 

 1807, 8vo., where under " Bicham-well" he will 

 find a Robert de Welle, lord of the manor of AVell 

 Hall, an. 1326 (20 Edw. II.), which was held 

 under the Earl of Clare, the capital lord. He 

 died circ. 9 Edw. III. 



I have met also with a Roger de Welle, in an 

 old roll undated, but about the time of Hen. III., 

 in which he is entered as holding a manor in 

 Wimbotsham, co. Norf. : 



Roger^ de Welle tenet maniuni suu de 

 Winebodesh^'m cu libe ten villanis suis t 

 cotar^ ad illd maniu ptinentib} de coniit° 

 Warenn p §vic q="rte ptis uni° scuti t coin de 

 dn5 r' in capite, p quale §viciu nescim°. Et 

 tit in eotl niahio unu mes'' % una carucata terr° 

 arabit t xiiij acras p=»ti in diiico unu molend 

 ad vent° libum taur^ t verrtj eid manio ptin 

 t facit secta ad cur" de Castelacr^ de ¥b3 

 septis in tres septias. Et capit amciainta 

 pisto^ t braciatonl t hoc sine waranto ut cre- 

 dim^. Et clamat tire warenn p carta dfii r'. 



The manor passed from him to Ingaldesthorp, 

 under which manor the continuator of Blome- 

 field mentions (vol. vii. p. 517.) that Roger de 

 Frevil in 13 Hen. III. had a carucate of land here. 

 This is probably the same person as Roger de 

 AVelle, as it was not uncommon for persons at 

 that period to be known by different designations. 



Thomas Knox, M.P. for Dungannon, was created 

 Baron Welles, 1780. H. W. will find the history 

 of the family in Lodge's Peerage of Ireland, by 

 Archdall, vol. vii. p. 195., ed. 1789. G. II. D. 



Family of Sir John Banks (Vol. iii., p. 390.). 

 — The following is a correct list of the descend- 

 ants of Sir John Banks ; and as his wife is an 

 historical character, her own immediate descent, 

 as well as the notice of those of the present day 

 who may claim her as their ancestor, may not be 

 uninteresting to your correspondent : — 



