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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[No. 110. 



history of engraved English heads, oblige me by 

 naming the original of a copper-plate print in my 

 possession, and also with the conclusion of the 

 verses beneath, the lower part of the plate being 

 mutilated. The verses, as far as I have them, run 

 thus : 



" Here you may see an honest face, 



Arin'd against envy and disgrace ; 



Who lives respected still in spite 



The addition of the names of the painter and en- 

 graver will increase the obligation. 



Henry Campis.in. 



331. Lines hy Lord Che/iterjield on Queen Caro- 

 line'' s supposed Refusal to forgive her Son when on 

 her Death-bed. — In Coxe's Life of Sir Robert 

 Walpole (vol. i. p. 549.), we read, in the account 

 of the death of Queen Caroline, as follows: 



" The tongue of slander has even reproached lier 

 with maintaiain'^ her implacability to the liour of 

 death, and refusing her pardon to the prince, who had 

 humbly requested to receive her blessing. To this 

 imputation Chesterfield alludes in a copy of verses 

 circulated at the time: 



' And unforgiving, unforgiven dies.*" 



Can any of your roa<lers refer me to the re- 

 maiuder of this copy of verses ? Proem. 



Kimmeroi, Cimbri, Cymry. — There appears to 

 be a growing belief that the Gomeridie of the 

 Bible, the Kimmeroi of the Greeks, the Cinibri of 

 the Romans, and the Cymry or Kyniry of Wales, 

 belong to the same family ; the lew words remain- 

 ing of their language are to all appearance Kym- 

 raeg ; and recently there was some likelihood of 

 having more light thrown upon this subject. Kohl, 

 the German traveller, visited the remnant of the 

 Cimbri defeated by Marius, and was told that 

 " sette commune parlano Cinibro." Is the languaije 

 of these Lombard Kimbri like that of the Kymry 

 of Wales? ]\I. Kohl states that a professor at 

 Padua was about to publish the remains of their 

 language; but I have not seen any subsequent 

 notice respecting them. The inquiry is highly in- 

 teresting, and will I trust be taken up by some 

 persons who may be iu a position to obtaiji further 

 information; and I hope soon to see a few speci- 

 mens of their language in "IsTotes and Queries." 



Ritson, in the notes to his work on the Celts, 

 has these remarks on the iatiguage of this Cimbric 

 remnant : 



" Their language, which wac thought to be a corrupt 

 German, was found upon closer iiiqiiiiy to be very pure 

 Danish. Signor Marco Pezzo has written a very 

 learned dissertation on this subject." — Pa^e 288. 



What is the title of this work ? I am very de- 

 sirous to obtain further information on this sub- 



ject, and invite attention to this people and their 

 Kimbro speech. T. Stephens. 



Merthyr Tydfil. 



[Tlie title of Pezzo's work is, Dei Ciruhri Ferone.fi, 

 e Vicentini, libri ii. Terza edizione. 8vo, Verona, 1763. 

 This edition is in the British Museum.] 



Dictionary of Musicians. — I have now before 

 me A Dictionary of Musicians, &c., second edi- 

 tion, 2 vols. 8vo., Longman and others, 1827. 

 I should be glavl to know whether there is any 

 more recent edition, or anybody engaged in pre- 

 paring one ; or whether there is any more recent 

 and complete work of the kind. This one con- 

 tains much information, but might be greatly im- 

 proved by omissions, corrections, and additions. 



An Amateur. 



[ The Biographical JDictlonar;/ of l\fiisicians noticed 

 l>y our correspondent is very incorrect in its details. 

 There is another work of the same kind in preparation, 

 but is not expected to be published for some months. 

 The latest works on the subject are the German Lex-icon 

 der Tonhunst in several 8vo. volumes, and tliat by 

 M. Fetis, which ap])eared about four years since at 

 Brussels, and pronounced bolh comprehensive and 

 correct.] 



City of London Charter. — Wltat was the cause 

 of tiie City charter being forfeited in the year 

 1683? 



In a trial, The King v. The City of London, 

 judgment was given against the City, whereby the 

 charter was ibrfeited. S. E. G., 



[An information brought against the Mayor and 

 citizens of London was " for usurping of divers fran- 

 chises and liberties within the said city, and for assum- 

 ing to themselves an unlawful power to levy several 

 great sums of money, as well upon the said citizens of 

 London as strangers; and in particular upon those 

 which come to the markets of the said city, by colour 

 of the laws and ordinances in their Common Council 

 by them in fact ordained and established, without any 

 other right or autiiority." The circumstance which 

 gave occasion for this 5110 vxirraiito to be brought 

 agaiivst the City charter, was a petition the Court of 

 Aldermen and City made to the King, upon his pro- 

 rogation of Parliament, when they were going to try 

 several noblemen concerned in the Popish plot ; but 

 especially for their printing and publishing the petition, 

 which was considered seditious. For particulars re- 

 lating to this celebrated trial, v/e must refer our corre- 

 spondent to the following tracts; — The Case of the 

 Charl-er of London Slated, fol. 1683. This is an in- 

 genious treati-ie against the charter. A Defence of ttie 

 Cliarter and Municipal Rights of the City of London^ by 

 Thomas Hmit, 4to. ; TIte Lawj/er O'lttuwedj or a Brief 

 Answer to Mr. Hunt's Defence of the Charter, 4to. 1683; 

 The Forfeitures of London's Cliarter, or an Impartial 

 Account of the several Seisures of the City Charter, 4to. 

 1682 ; Reflections on the City Charter, and Writ of 

 Quo Warranto, 4to. 1682; The City of London's Plea 

 to the Quo Warra7ito, (an information) brought against 

 their Cliarter in Michaelmas Term, 1G81, fol. 1682. A 



