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vived again, and, with its singularly advantageous 

 position"^ and its future intercourse with America, 

 it cannot fail to rise once more i'rom its ruins and 

 its dirt, unless prevented by the prevalence of po- 

 litical agitation. William E. C. Nourse. 



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

 will find these lines in print, in the " Poetry " of 

 the Annual Register for 1764, vol. vii. p. 247. They 

 are said to have been stuck on the Temple gate. 



J. K. 



Killigrew Arms (Vol. i., pp. 204. 231. 283.).— 

 A more correct description will be found in 

 Lysons' Cornwall: see "Town Seal of Falmouth." 



S. H. (2) 



Meaning of Hernshaw (Vol. iii., p. 450.). — In 

 Poulson's 5eye?-Zac,- or History of the Antiquities 

 of Beverlexj in Yorkshire, pp. 263, 264. et seq., 

 is an account of the expenses of the "Twelve 

 Governors of Beverley on a visit to the Earl of 

 Northumberland at Leconfield Castle." Among 

 the presents made to the Earl (Henry Algernon 

 Percy, fifth earl, born Jan. 1477-8, died 1527) 

 for so distinguished an honour are four heron- 

 sewes, heronseu, hornsue, or hernshaiu, for it is 

 written in all these ways. Was a young heron 

 formerly esteemed a choice delicacy ? Chaucer, 

 describing the feast of Cambisscan, says : 

 " I wol not tcUen of hir strange sewes, 

 Ne hir swannes, ne hir heronsewes." 



But even the full-grown bird was not too power- 

 ful I'or the digestive organs in those days : it was 

 termed viand roi/al, and lieronrics were main- 

 tained for the purpose of food, as well as diversion. 

 In the Northumberland Household Book, these 

 birds, with many others, are named as then served 

 up at table, but which are now discarded as little 

 better than carrion. 



From hernshaw, still further corrupted, arose 

 the proverbi.al e.xpression introduced by Shak- 

 speare into Hamlet, — 



'' I am but mad north-north-west ; when the wind 

 is southerly, I know a hawk from a hand-saw." 



G.P. 



Theori/ of the Earth's Form (Vol. iii., pp. 331. 

 508.). — Do the following passages from the "Ver- 

 sion of the Psalms" in the -Book of Common Prayer 

 throw any light upon the subject? 



" .^nd the foundations of the round world were dis- 

 covered." — Ps. xviii. 15. 



" Tlie compass of the world, and they that dwell 

 therein." — Ps. xxiv. 1. 



" Thou hast laid the foundation of the round world, 

 and all that therein is." — Ps. Ixxxix. 12. 



" He hath made tlie round world so sure." — Ps. 

 xciii. 2. 



" And that it is he who hath made the round world 

 so fast that it cannot be moved." — Ps. xcvi. 10. 



" The round world, and they that dwell therein." — 

 Ps. xcvlii. 8. 



K. II. 



Coke and Cowper, hoio pronounced (Vol. iv., 

 p. 24.).— Coke is by lawyers generally pronounced 

 like the article which feeds our steam-engines; 

 but the late Earl of Leicester was generally, in 

 Norfolk and elsewhere, called Cook. The pre- 

 sumption is, that Cook was the ancient sound 

 given to the word Coke. Coicper is a similar 

 instance : I believe it has always been called 

 Cooper. In an old electioneering squib by the late 

 Lord John Townshend, Cotvper is made to rhyme 

 to Trooper. The passage alludes to an old county 

 scandal, and I do not therefore quote it. 



J. II. L. 



There can be no doubt (as it seems to me) that 

 the poet's name otight to be pronounced according 

 to the spelling. I am enabled to state decidedly 

 that he himself pronounced his name Cowper, and 

 not Cooper. I venture to think that tlie same 

 might also be said with respect to Lord Coke's 

 name ; i. e. that the ]ironunciation Cook is only a 

 " modern affectation." 11. Vincent. 



Hcgistry of British Subjects Abroad (Vol. iv., 

 p. 7.). — AH English cliaplains on the Continent 

 are licensed to their respective chajilaincies by the 

 Bishop of London, and are within his ecclesiastical 

 jurisdiction. This may have given rise to the 

 notion of which your correspondent speaks. 



11. Vincent. 



Hanging out the Broom at the Mast-heads of 

 Ships to he sold (Vol. ii., p. 226.). — In reply to 

 the question of your correspondent W . P., I beg 

 to inform him that the custom originated from 

 that period of our history when the Dutch admiral. 

 Van Tromp, with his ileet appeared on our coasts 

 in hostility against England. The broom was 

 hoisted as indicative of liis intention to sweep the 

 ships of England from the sea. To repel this 

 insolence the English admiral hoisted a horse- 

 whip, eijually indicative of his intention to chastise 

 the Dutchman. The pennant which the horse- 

 whip symbolised has ever since been the dis- 

 tinguishing mark of English ships of war. 



James Cornish. 



William Godwin (Vol. i., pp. 415. 478.).— Your 

 correspondents N. and C. H. may find some inte- 

 resting passages of Godwin's life in his Memoirs of 

 Mary Wollstonecroft Godwin: Johnson, St. Paul's 

 Church Yard, 1798. James Cokniso. 



Family of Kyme (Vol. iv., p. 23.). — Bold may 

 find some information which will assist him in a 

 pedigree and account of this family, showing the 

 descent of the manor of South and North Kyme 

 in Lincolnshire, in Creasy's History of Sleaford 

 and the surrounding Neighbourhood, p. 274. The 

 barony of Kyme appears to have passed into the 



