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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Baroner was the master of the children (or song 

 school), but I am not aware of any other instance 

 of the use of the word as denoting a monastic 

 officer. C. H. Cooper. 



Cambridge, Sept. 19. 1851. 



1 84. William the Third at Exeter — History of 

 Haicick. — 1. Mr. Macaulay, in describing the 

 entrance of William of Orange into Exeter, men- 

 tions that he was preceded, amongst others, by 

 three hundred gentlemen of English birth. Can 

 any of your correspondents inform nie whether 

 the names of these gentlemen are known, and, if 

 £0, where the roll may be met with ? 



2. I remember to have read an extract from a 

 work called the Historrj of Haivick in Teviotdale, 

 but I have never met with any one acquainted 

 with the work. Is the book now extant, and, if 

 so, where can it be seen ? If any of your corre- 

 spondents should have seen this volume, perhaps 

 he can inform me whether it narrates an altercation 

 between the abbot of Melrose and a neighbouring 

 baron, which ended in the death of the former ? 



H. L. 



Maen-twrog, North Wales. 



185. Johannes Lychtenherger. — The "Pronosti- 

 catio," or "prophecies," which bear this name, have 

 been often reprinted since what I believe to be the 

 first edition was published in the year 1488. In 

 giving an account of the copies of it in the Lambeth 

 Library, I stated that I knew of no other copy of 

 this edition, except one in the Douce collection in 

 the Bodleian. Eight years have elapsed since that 

 time, and I have not heard of any; and as circum- 

 stances have lately led to my being engaged about 

 the book, I shall be glad if you will allow me to 

 ask whether any of your many learned correspon- 

 dents know of a prior edition, or of any other 

 copies of this one of 1488 ? S. R. Maitland. 



Gloucester. 



186. Lestourgeon the Horologist. — I have in 

 my possession an apparently very old, though very 

 elegant and very excellent, eight-day clock, with 

 the maker's name on its face, Thomas Lestourgeon, 

 London. Some years ago there was found among 

 the apparatus of the Natural Philosophy class, in 

 the University of Edinburgh, what is called in the 

 inventory " an old watch, maker's name Lestour- 

 geon, London." Can any of your readers tell me 

 when that excellent horologist flourished ? I know 

 the history of the clock for about a century, but 

 bow much older it may be I should like to know. 



James Laurie. 



187. Physiological Query.— dm any of your 

 correspondents mention the work of any physio- 

 logist in which the cause is given wliy all herbi- 

 vorous animals suck in what they drink, and all 

 carnivorous animals lap it up by the action of the 

 tongue? Also, what naturalists have specified 



that broad distinction, and whether it has been 

 mentioned in any other work ? .Sgrotus. 



188. De Grammonfs Memoirs, — Is there an 

 earlier edition of De Grammont's Memoirs than 

 that in 12mo. printed at Cologne in 1713? 



Peter Cunningham. 



189. ^^ Frightened out of his seven Senses.'^ — 

 Can this expression be met with in any author ; 

 or what is its origin ? 



Is it simply synonymous to the more usual 

 phrase, "To be frightened out of one's wits?" 



Is there any other passage in the language 

 wl-.ere the possession of more than five senses is 

 implied? G. T. H. 



Acton. 



190. Fides Carhonaria. — "What is the origin of 

 a phrase known to readers of a certain Latinitj', 

 "Fides Carbonaria?" The French have an ex- 

 pression apparently equivalent, " Foi de Charbon- 

 nier ;" but what originated either ? A Querist. 



191. Bourchier Family. — I would be very 

 much obliged to any correspondent who could tell 

 me either the inscriptions on any monuments to 

 the "Bourchier" family, or in what church they 

 are to be found. I believe there are some in Nor- 

 thamptonshire. L. M. M. 



Dublin. 



192. Warnings to Scotland. — 



" Warnings to Scotland, of the Eternal Spirit, to 

 the City ot" Edinburgli, in Scotland, by tlie mouths of 

 Thomas Dutton, Guy Nutt, John Glover, in their 

 Mission by the Spirit to the said City, as they were 

 delivered in tlie year 1709, and faithfully talien down 

 in writing as they were spoken. London printed in 

 the year 1710." 



The trio also gave " warnings " to the sinful 

 city of Glasgow, &c. 



I Avould be glad if any of your correspondents 

 could give me any intbrmation regarding this 

 agitation, and if it produced any sensation at the 

 time ? Elginensis. 



193. Herschel anticipated. — Can one of your 

 correspondents mention the name, and any other 

 particulars, of the man who anticipated Herschel 

 relative to the sun's motion ; and was declared to 

 be mad for entertaining such opinions ? iEGROTUs. 



194. Duhe of Wellington. — Where can a copy 

 of the petition, presented by the Lord I\Iayor and 

 Common Council, setting forth the insufficiency of 

 the Duke of Wellington as a general, and his ob- 

 vious incapacity, and begging his immediate recall, 

 be obtained, and the date of it ? It is a droll 

 historical document, which should not sink into 

 oblivion. il^GRoxus. 



