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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 94. 



70. Of Praxjer in one Tongue. — Bishop Jewel, 

 in bis celebrated sermon preached at Paul's Cross, 

 quotes the following argument as used by Gerson, 

 sometime Chancellor of Paris : 



" There is but one only God ; ergo, all nations 

 throughout the world must pray to Him in one tongue." 



The editor of the Parker Society's edition of 

 Jewel cannot discover the argument in the works 

 of Gerson ; but if any of your readers can point 

 out where it may be found, I shall be much obliged. 



N. E. R. (a Subscriber). 



71. Inscription in Ely Cathedral. — M. D. 

 (Great Yarmouth) is anxious to have the meaning 

 of the following inscription explained. It is on a 

 tombstone in Ely Cathedral. 



Human 

 Redemption 

 590 X 590 X 590 



Bcvru • Sara ■ Watts 



Died 



12 



S. M. E. 

 JudgetBents begun on Earth. 



In memory of 



James Fountain. 



Died August 21, 1767. 



Aged 60 years. 



72. Cervantes — wJiai was the Date of his 

 Death ? — In the Life prefixed to a corrected 

 edition of Jarvis's translation, published by Aliller, 

 1801, it is stated to be April 23, 1616 ; and it is 

 added : 



" It is a singular coincidence of circumstances, that 

 the same day should deprive the world of two men of 

 such transcendent abilities as Cervantes and Shakspeare, 

 the latter of whom died in England on the very day 

 that put an end to the life of the former in Spain." 



Dr. Christopher Wordsworth, in his Life of his 

 uncle, the poet, remarks on his decease on the 

 anniversary of the death of Shakspeare, but makes 

 no allusion to the double anniversary; and in the 

 Life of Cervantes prefixed to Smollet's translation 

 of Bon Quixote, the day of Cervantes' death is 

 somewhat dilFerently stated. Geo. E. Freee. 



73. " Agla" Meaning of. — I have in my 

 possession a silver ring, found some time since at 

 a place called " Gruugibane " in this neighbour- 

 hood. The hoop is flat both inside and out, about 

 a quarter of an inch broad. On the outside, occu- 



pying about half the length, is the following in- 

 scription : " + AGLA." 



1 should feel greatly obliged by some of your 

 learned correspondents decyphering the above. 



John Mabtin. 



Downpatrick. 



74. Murderers buried in Cross Roads. — Though 

 the lines of Hood's, 



" So they buried him where the cross roads met 

 With a stake in his inside." 

 occur in one of his comic poems, I have often 

 heard it gravely stated that it was formerly the 

 custom to bury murderers with a stake driven 

 through the body, where cross roads meet. Was 

 this ever a custom, and when was " formerly ? " 

 Are there many such tragic spots in England, 

 and can I find them enumerated anywhere ? 



P. M. M. 



75. Wi/le Cop. — This is the name of a street, 

 or rather bank in Shrewsbury, leading from the 

 English Bridge to High Street. It has always 

 struck me as being a curious name ; and I should 

 feel obliged to any of your readers who could in- 

 form me what is the origin of the place being so 

 called, or if there is any meaning in the words, 

 beyond being the name of a place. Salopian. 



76. The Devil's Knell. — In the Collectanea 

 Topographica, vol. i. p. 167., is the following note : 



" At Dewshury, Yorkshire, there is a bell called 

 ' Black Tom of Sotliill :' the tradition is, that it is an 

 expiatory gift for a murder. One of the bells, per- 

 liaps this one, is tolled on Cliristmas-eve as at a funeral, 

 or in the manner of a passing-bell : and any one asking 

 whose bell it was, would be told that it was the devtPs 

 knell. The moral of it is, that the devil died when 

 Christ was born. Tlie custom was discontinued for 

 many years, but was revived by the vicar in 1828." 



Is the gift of a bell a common expiatory gift 

 for crime ? And does the custom of tolling the 

 devil's knell on Christmas eve exist in any other 

 place at the present time ? 



Edward F. Rimbault. 



77. Queries on Poems of Richard Rolle (Vol. iv., 

 p. 49.). — I should be glad to ask a question or two 

 of your Cambridge correspondent, touching his 

 very interesting contributioii from the MS. re- 

 mains of Richard Rolle of Hampole. 



What language is meant by the deuenisch ? 



What is a guystroun f 



How does the word chaunsemlees come to mean 

 shoes ? 



An expression very strange to English verse 

 occurs in the line, 



" Hir eher was ay semand sori." 



I can think of nothing to throw light upon this 

 intensive adverb, except the Danish suamcend, 

 which is generally used in that language (or rather 



