June 28. 1851.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



523 



Wilts, and several at Bedw}Ti Magna in tlie same 

 county. The Bradford one bears an heraldic 

 nondescript animal with horns on its head and 

 nose, and a coronet round its neck, surrounded 

 by- 



" The . Lord . reseve . m . into . His . kingdom . 

 1616." 



One of the Bedwyn ones bears a lion passant 

 holding a scimitar, with the motto : 



" Feare . God . and . obay . the . kmg . 16 1-." 



The last figure of the date is obliterated. An- 

 other has a shield bearing three tuns, surrounded 

 by- 



" The Vuitncrs arms." 



One in the possession of a farmer in the parish 

 of Barton Turf, Norlblk, bears an eagle with 'a 

 human head at its feet, surrounded by — 



" The . Erl . of. Darbeyes . arms." 1660. 



AY. C. LuKis. 

 Great Bedwyn, June, 1851. 



5'^ Pawcras (Vol. iii., pp. 285. 397.).— St. Pancras 

 was a native of the province of Phrygia, the son 

 of a nobleman of the name of Cledonius ; who, 

 when at the point of death, strongly recommended 

 this his only son, together with his fortune, which 

 was very great, to the care of his brother Diouy- 

 sius, he being the only near relative in being, the 

 mother having previously deceased. 



This trust Dionysius faithfully fulfilled, bring- 

 ing up and loving his nephew as he would have 

 done his own son ; and when, three years after 

 the death of Cledonius, he quitted his native 

 country and proceeded to Rome, the youthful 

 Pancras accompanied him. Upon reaching the 

 imperial city, the uncle and nephew took up their 

 residence in the same suburb where the Pope 

 Marcellinus had fled for concealment from the 

 persecution which had been raised against the 

 Christians by the Emperors Diocletian and Maxi- 

 mianus. Here they had not been long resident 

 before the fame of the great sanctity and virtue of 

 Marcellinus reached their ears, and caused an 

 ardent desire in both to see and converse with 

 one so highly spoken of. A convenient opportu- 

 nity was soon found, and in a short time both the 

 uncle and nephew, renouncing their idolatry, be- 

 came converted to the Christian faith. 



So strong was the effect produced upon them 

 by tliis change, that the chief desire of both was 

 to die for their religion ; and, without waiting for 

 the arrival of the officers %vho were continually 

 searching for the hidden Christians, they volun- 

 tarily surrendered tliemselves to the ministers of 

 justice. 



A few days after this event, however, Dionysius 

 was called hence by a natural death. 



Diocletian, who is said to have been a friend of 

 Cledonius, and moved perhaps by the youth and 



graceful appearance of Pancras, strove by flattery 

 and caresses to induce him to do sacrifice to the 

 heathen gods ; to this proposition Pancras abso- 

 lutely refused to consent, and reproached the 

 Emperor for his weakness in believing to be gods, 

 men, who, while on earth, had been remarkable 

 for their vices. Diocletian, stung by these re- 

 proaches, commanded that the youth should be 

 instantly beheaded, which sentence was immedi- 

 ately carried into execution. His death is said to 

 have taken place on r2th May, 303 ; the martyr 

 being then but fourteen years of age. 



The gate in Rome, rendered so remarkable 

 lately as having been the chief point attacked by 

 the French troops, was formerly called Porta 

 Aurelia ; but was subsequently named Porta Pan- 

 crazio, after this youthful sufierer. R. R. M. 



Pallavicino and Count (TOlivarez (Vol. ill., p. 

 478.) — Ferrante Pallavicino was descended from 

 a noble family, seated in Placenza. He entered 

 the monastery of Augustine Friars at j\Lilan, where 

 he became a regular canon of the Lateran con- 

 gregation. He was a man of fine genius, and pos- 

 sessed great wit, but having employed it in writing 

 several satirical pieces against Urban VIII. during 

 the war between the Barberini and the Duke of 

 Parma and Placenza, he became so detested at 

 the court of Rome, that a price was set on his 

 head. One Charles Morfu, a French villain, was 

 bribed to ensnare him, and pretending to pass for 

 his friend and pity his misfortunes, persuaded him 

 to go to France, which he said would be much to his 

 advantage. Pallav'cino gave himself uj) entirely 

 to the direction of this false friend, who conducted 

 him over the bridge at Sorgues into the territory 

 of Venaissin, where he was arrested by people 

 suborned for that purpose, was carried to Avignon, 

 thrown into a dungeon, from which he tried to 

 make his escape, and in the year 1644, after a 

 fourteen months' imprisonment, was beheaded in 

 the flower of his ace. He was the author of a 

 number of small pieces, all of which are marked 

 by the lively genius of the author. They were 

 collected and published at Venice in 165.5, and 

 amongst them I find one entitled "La disgracia 

 del Conte d'Olivarez," which, perhaps, may be the 

 work Mr. Soui.ey h;is in MS. 



For a more lengthy account of this unhappy and 

 extraordinary man, I would refer Mr. Souley to 

 the life prefixed to his collected works, and to that 

 prefixed to a French translation of his Divortio 

 celeste, printed at Amsterdam in 1696 ; and also to 

 the preface to the English translation of that same 

 very curious work, printed at London in 1718. 



AYiLLiAM Brown, Jun. 



3Iiiid i/our F's and Q's (Vol. iii., pp. 328. 357. 

 463.). — When I proposed this Query, I men- 

 tioned that I had heard one derivation of the 

 phrase. As it is different from either of those 



