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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 91. 



after the decease of the tenants, , 



all which premises were valued at £4 2s. 6d. per an- 

 num." — P. L'08. 



T. T. W. 

 Burnley, Lancashire. 



Lady Petra'.i Monument (Vol. iv., p. 22.). — 

 " A E I O U." Do not these letters stand for 

 "aei ou" — ?iuu semper? alluding to the resisrrection 

 from the tomb. J. li. L. 



May not the five vowels at the end of the Latin 

 ejiitaph of Lady Petre's monument mean, 

 " AEternje lanua Obitns Uita? ? " 



F. A. 



Ilampstead. 



Spenser's Age at his Death (Vol. i., p. 481.). — 

 Touching this subject I can state that 1 am well 

 acquainted with an admirable portrait of tiie poet, 

 bearing date 1593, in which he is represented as a 

 man of not more than middle age; so tlmt, whether 

 he died in 1.593 or 1598, he may be said to have 

 died prematurely — iinmatiira mortc obiisse, as the 

 monument testifies. Varbo. 



Blessing bij the Hand (Vol. iii., pp. 477.509.). — 

 The priest of tlie Greek church, in blessing with 

 the hand, anciently held it with the thuml) crossing 

 the third finger, the first finger being held straiglit, 

 the second and fourth curved, so as to represent 

 altogether the Greek letters i c x c, the first and 

 last letters of "Jesus Christ." The same letters 

 are impiessed on the bread used in their eucharist, 

 tlie bread being marked with the Greek cross, 

 similar to our cross-buns, with the letters I c and 

 X c in the upper angles of the cross, and the let- 

 ters N and K in the two lower angles. The n k 

 is the abbreviation of vikt, and tlie whole phrase 

 is " Jesus Christ conquers." This cinirch derived 

 the expression from the standard (labarum) of 

 Constantine, tV tovtw ylica-^ziii hoc signo vinces. 

 In Goar's notes on the Greek rituals, especially 

 that of Chrj'sostom's, much information may be 

 obtained on the symbolisms of Christianity. 



T. J. EUCKTON. 



Lichfitfld. 



HandeVs Occasional Oratorio (Vol. iii., p 426.). — 

 This oratorio doubtless received its name fi'om the 

 special occasion when it was composed, viz. the 

 suppression of the rebellion in 1745. It was 

 published by Tonson in Feb. 1746, at the price of 

 ]■?., together with various poems, &c. relating to 

 the same important event. The Oratorio is 

 divided into three parts : with the exception of the 

 overture, four of the airs, and two of the choruses, 

 it contains little that can be popular at the present 

 day. J. H. ]M. 



Moore's Almanack (Vol. iii., pp.263. 339. 381. 

 466.). — Francis JMooie was not a real personage, 

 but a pseudonyme adopted by the author, J\Ir. 

 Henry Andrews, who was born at Frieston, near 



Grantham, Lincolnshire, February 4, 1744, and 

 died at Koyston, Herts, January 26, 1820. An- 

 drews was astronomical calculator tv) the Board of 

 Longitude, and for years corresponded with Mas- 

 kelyne and other eminent men. A portrait of 

 Andrews is extant; one is in my possession: they 

 are now extremely scarce. 



As to the date of the almanack's first ap- 

 pearance I can alford no information ; but it can 

 be obtained of Mr. W. H. Andrews, only son of 

 the astronomer, who still resiiles at Royston, and 

 is in possession of his JMSS., consisting of astro- 

 nomical and astrological calculations, notes of 

 various phenomena, materials for a history of 

 lloyston, memoir of his own life, his correspond- 

 ence, &c. Francis. 



Kiss the Hare's Foot (Vol. iv., p. 21.). — This 

 saying occurs in Browne's Britannia's Pastorals : 

 " 'Tis supper time with all, and we had need 

 Make haste away, unless we mean to speed 

 With those that kiss the hare's foot. Rheums are 



bred, 

 Some say, by going supparless to bed, 

 And thoe 1 love not; therefore cease my rhyme 

 And put my pipes up till another time." 



lirit. Fust., Books., Song 2. 

 This quotation ma}' not be of much service as a 

 clue to the discovery of the origin of the saying ; 

 but it may be interesting to AIr. Brkex as a proof 

 that the saying itself must be considerably more 

 than two hundred years old, the second part of 

 the Pastorals having been first published in 1616. 



C. Forbes. 

 Temple. 



Derivation of the Word " Biimmaree" or " Bu- 

 maree" (Vol. iv., p. 39.). — 



" BoMF.iviE, S. F. [terms de nier, pret a la grosse 

 avcnture] Ijottomry or bottomree." — Boycr's Fr. and 

 Enrjl. Diet., ed. London, 17G7. 



The leading idea in the term Bomerie, and its 

 English equivalent, when applied to borrowing 

 money " on a ship's keel," is the hazarding all on 

 a single venture : hence it is not didicult to see 

 its application to other transactions, especially 

 those connected with the sea ; such as wholesale 

 purchases offish, in which a large risk is run, with 

 an imcertain prospect of return. 



The meaning of the word, if it be really the 

 .same, when adopted by confectioners, would pro- 

 bably be assignable either to the sliajie of the 

 pans, or the use to which they were applied. 



I know not whether this is to be classed among 

 the "unsatisfactory" derivations already submit- 

 ted to your correspondent, but should be glad to 

 hear his opinion on its soundness. E. A. D. 



Sheridan and Vanbrugh (Vol. iv., p. 24.). — 

 Had O. O. consulted the '' Life of Sheridan" which 

 precedes Bohn's Collection of the Dramatic Works 

 of Sheridan (which, having the volume in his hand, 



