June 21. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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stage," has yet mentioned the only two instances 

 of which I am aware, I beg to refer the Querist 

 to the Plaideurs of Racine (an adaptation of the 

 Waitps), and to a very ingenious modernisation of 

 the Birds by Mr. Phmche, produced about four 

 years since at the Haymarket as an Easter piece, 

 under its original title. 



I cannot refrain from taking this opportunity of 

 protesting, under your justly powerful auspices, 

 against the use of the word "Exposition" in its 

 French sense of Exhibition, now creeping into 

 places where it could scarcely have been ex- 

 pected. AVENA. 



The White Rose (Vol. iii., p. 407.). — The ver- 

 sion which I have of the beautiful lines quoted by 

 your correspondent is (I quote from memory) : 

 " If this fair rose offend tliy sight 

 It on thy bosom wear, 

 'Twill blush to find itself less white, 

 And turn Lancastrian there." 



The succeeding couplet has equal merit : 

 " But if thy rul)y lip it spy 



As kiss it tliou mayst deign. 

 With envy pale 'twill lose its dye, 

 And Yorkist turn again." 



C. I. R. 



The origin of the blush imparted to the rose is 

 most beautifully described by Carey : 

 " As erst in Eden's blissful bowers 

 Young Eve surveyed her countless flowers, 

 An opening rose of purest white 

 She marked with eye that beamed delight; 

 Its leaves she kissed, and straight it drew 

 From Beauty's lip the vermeil hue." 



J. A. Douglas. 



Mark for a Dollar (Vol. iii., p. 449.). — The 

 origin of the sign of the dollar, concerning which 

 T. C. inquires, is, I believe, a contraction of 

 scutum, the same as £, formerly written £i, is of 

 libra. The strokes through the S are merely the 

 signs of contraction. K. P. D. E. 



Gillingham (Vol. iii., p. 448.). — In a foot-note 

 to Rapiu (2nd edit., vol. i. p. 130.), the general 

 assembly convened by Earl Goodwin, at which 

 Edward the Confessor was chosen king, is stated, 

 upon the same authority as Hutchins has referred 

 to (viz. Malmsbury), to have been " Gilingeham 

 or Loudon." If at Gillingham, there can be but 

 little doubt it was Gillingham near Chatham, of 

 which latter place Goodwin is stated to have been 

 then possessed. J. B. Colman. 



Eye, June 10, 1851. 



The share that Earl Godwin bore in the esta- 

 blishment of King Edward (the Confessor) on 

 the throne of England seems to make it pro- 

 bal>le tli:it Gillingiiam in Kent, not the Gilliiig- 

 iiam in Dorsetshire, was the scene of the council 

 referred to by your correspondent Quidam. 



Edward, observe, was coming from the continent, 

 and relied entirely on the support of the great 

 East Kentish Earl. Milton names the cotiucil 

 in his History of England, Works, vol. vi. p. 275., 

 Pickering, ed. 1831. He seems to be still quot- 

 ing Malmsbury. E. J. E. 

 Blackheath, June 9. 1851. 



On the Lay of the Last Minstrel, ^c. (Vol. iii., 

 p. 364.). — In reading A Borderer's interesting 

 note on The Lay of the Last Minstrel, it occurred 

 to me, whether there may not have been (perhaps 

 unconsciously) in Wnlter Scott's mind a link of 

 connexion betwixt his own " elvish page," as an 

 agent in bringing about tlie nuptials of Lord 

 Cranstoun with the Lady Margaret ; and the part 

 played by Cupid, in regard to Dido, after he had 

 been transformed into Ascanius, as described in 

 the first ^neid. Indeed the beautiful " Song of 

 Robin Goodfellow" (Vol. iii., p. 403.) suggests a 

 similar speculation ; for in tlie gambols of Puck 

 there is something analogous to the freaks of 

 Cupid after his metamorphose. But other and 

 closer parallels will probably occur to your learned 

 readers, and show that some of what are com- 

 monly esteemed the most original modern crea- 

 tions owe much to classical invention. 



Alfred Gatty. 



Lines on Temple (Vol. iii., p. 450.). — J. S. will 

 find the lines he asks about, given (but without 

 comment) in Knights Cyclopadia of London, 

 p. 440. P. M. M. 



J. S. will find the lines he has sent yoti printed 

 in Hone's Year Book (1832), p. 113.; where may 

 be also seen the following 



ANSWER. 



" Deluded men, these holds forego, 

 Nor trust such cunning elves; 

 These artful emblems tend to show 

 Their clients, not themselves. 



'Tis all a trick ; these are but shams. 

 By which they mean to cheat you ; 



For have a care, you are the Lambs, 

 And tiiey the wolves that eat you. 



Nor let the thought of no ' delay' 

 To these their courts misguide you ; 



You are the showy Horse, and they 

 Are jockeys that will ride you." 



Hone does not give a hint as to who was the 

 author of either, nor can I inform J. S. 



Edward Foss. 



[The Rev. Mackenzie WALcorihas also kindly in- 

 formed us that the original lines and the rejoinder 

 are to be found in IJrayley's Loiidiniana, vol. iv. 

 pp. '21G-7.] 



Suwvll, MiMuing of (Vol. iii., pp. 391. 482.). — 

 II. C. K. nuikes an cnor in su[)posing that " for- 

 mido," as used by Virgil in the passage quoted, 



