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[No. 95. 



that the argument is of little weight. When, how- 

 ever, J. S. AV. expresses his surprise that " a 

 gentleman who exhorts," &c., had not looked to 

 the general drift of the passage, I tancy he cannot 

 have read my lirst observations with regard to it, 

 in which I say "the idea of the passage":ippears to 

 be," &c. What is this but the " general drift ? " 

 Before finally leaving this subjec't, allow me to 

 explain, that, in objecting to the terms "mere 

 verbiage" and "extravagant rant" of a corre- 

 spondent, I took them together. I included the 

 latter perhaps hastily. But, however " extrava- 

 gant" the "rant" of his real or assumed madmen 

 may be, I am satisfied that there is no "mere 

 verbiage" to be found in Shakspeare. 



Samuel Hickson. 



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 5. 

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 9. 



HOUSE OF TVERT. 



(Vol. iii., p. 101.) 



Some years ago, in the library of a noble earl in 

 the north of England, I met with a "fair and 

 perfect" copy of this rare book. The following 

 is a list of the plates which it contained : — 

 Vol. i. 



1. View of the Manor of Weston, Somersetshire, 

 p. SCO. 



2. JMonument of Ricliard Perceval, p. 406. 



Vol. ii. 

 Manor of Sydenham, co. Somerset, p. 24. 

 Portrait of Richard Perceval, p. 1 20. 

 Anotlier of the same, ib. 

 Portrait of Alice Perceval, p. 138. 

 Portrait of Sir Philip Perceval, p. 144. 

 View of Loghait Castle, Ireland, p. 192. 

 Castle Liscarrol, Cork, p. 215. 



10. Portrait of Catherine, wife of Sir Philip, p. 320. 



11. Portrait of George Perceval, p. 322. 



12. Portrait of Sir John Perceval, p. 325. 



13. View of Castle Kaiiturk, Cork, p. 335. 



14. Portrait of Catherine, wife of Sir John Perceval, 

 p. 361. 



1.5. Portrait of Robert Perceval, p. 36S. 



16. Portrait of Sir Philip Perceval, second Baronet, 

 p. 376. 



17. Rlonument of ditto, p. 386. 



18. Portrait of Sir John Perceval, eisfhth Baronet, 

 p. 389. 



19. Portrait of Catherine, wife to ditto, p. 396. 



20. Portrait of the Hon. Philip Perceval, p. 400. 



21. Portrait of John Perceval, Earl of Egraont, 

 p. 403. ° 



22. Map of part of the estate of John Perceval, 

 Earl of Egmont, p. 404. 



23. Portrait of Sir P. Parker, ancestor of the Coun- 

 tess of Egmont, p. 451. 



24. Portrait of Catherine, wife of ditto, p. 452. 



25. Portrait of the Countess of Egmont, born 1680, 

 p. 453. 



26. View of Mount Pleasant, near Tunbridge Wells, 

 p. 461. ° 



27. Portrait of John Viscount Perceval, p. 467. 



28. Portrait of Catherine, wife of ditto, p. 467. 



29. View of Beverstan Castle, p. 490. 



The copy here described contains the " folding 

 plate" mentioned by your correspondent ^ and as 

 it was a presentation copy from the Earl of Eg- 

 mont to Earl Ferrers, the presumption is that it 

 is an unmiitilated one. Edward F. Rimbault. 



In answer to the Query of your correspondent 

 H. T. E., I beg to state that the folding map of 

 part of the estate of John Perceval, Earl of Eg- 

 mont, does occur in my copy of The House of 

 Yvei-y, at page 92. oi the first volume. Lowndes, 

 in his list of the plates, assigns this map to the 

 second volume ; but its proper place is as above. 

 Perhaps this mistake of Lowndes may have given 

 rise to the doubt as to the existence of this m.ap ; 

 but I suppose any copy of the work without it 

 must be considered imperfect. J. H. 



QUEEN BRUNEHAUT. 



(Vol. iv., p. 86.) 



I am sure that you will not be sorry to hear 

 that " Notes and Queries " is a great favourite 

 with young people ; and I hope you will have no 

 objection to encourage our " pursuits of litera- 

 ture " by admitting into your delightful miscellany 

 this little contribution. 



I have been reading Thierry's History of the 

 Norman Conquest these holidays ; and when I saw 

 Mr. Breex's Queries respecting St. Gregory and 

 Queen Bruuehaut, I remembered that the historian 

 had mentioned them. On referring to the passage, 

 at p. 11. of the translation published by Whittaker 

 anil Co., 1843, I found that (1.) " Le Saint Pape 

 Gregoire," who " donna des eloges de gloire " to 

 Queen Brunehaut, ivas Gregory the Great ; — that 

 (2.) This illustrious Pope did actually degrade 

 himself by flattering the bad queen ; — and 

 (3.) That the proof of his having done so is to be 

 found in a passage of one of Gregory's letters, 

 given by Thierry, and ajjpearing in the foot-note 

 "12" at p. 11. of Messrs. V\^hittaker's edition, as 

 follows : 



" Excellentia ergo vestra qua proba in bonis con- 

 siievit esse operibus." — " In omnipotentis Dei timore, 

 excellentia; vestrs mens soliditate firmata." — Epist. 

 Grey. Papas, apud Script, rer. Gallic, et Francic, 

 torn. iv. p. 21. 



Edith C. 



Preston, Aug. 1851. 



It is, I think, indisputable that the St. Gregory 

 commemorated on the tomb of Brunehaut is Pope 

 Gregory the Great. Among his Letters are several 

 addressed to the Prankish queen, betokening the 

 unqualified esteem in which she was held by the 

 Roman pontiff. See Gregor. Opp. (torn, ii., edit. 



