Quad $, No'?2., Jan. 12. °96.] 
Tremember tv have heard, or read, that it began in 
the French army, and that in one of Marlborough’s 
battles, an English regiment, advancing with 
fixed bayonets against a French one similarly pre- 
pared to receive them, were astounded by the, to 
them, incomprehensible phenomenon of a volley 
of musketry. One piece of evidence decidedly 
militating against the invention of the screw 
bayonet in 1689, I possess, in the shape of a 
treatise on ZL’ Art Militaire, published at Augs- 
burg, in’ 1699 (and formerly, as appears by a book- 
plate, the property of the father of the Schulen- 
berg Duchess of Kendal), in which the plate 
illustrating “ Fix Bayonets,” depicts a soldier 
evidently using the plug-bayonet, to which variety 
of the instrument only the description appended 
could apply. I hope, however, to elicit some 
communication on the subject from those better 
informed than myself. W. XK. R. B. 
Hiner Queries. 
Satire on James IT. —1 have lately met with 
the following bitter satire on James II. Can any 
readers throw light on its authorship, or say if it 
has been printed, and where it first appeared ? 
“ When Israel first provok’d the Living Lord, 
He scourged their sin with famine, plague, and sword. 
Still they rebelled; then God in wrath did fling 
No thunderbolt among them, but a king. 
A King like James was Heaven’s severest rod, 
The utmost vengeance of an angry God. 
God in His wrath sent Saul to punish Jewry, 
But James to England in a greater fury; 
For Saul in sin was no more like our James. 
Than little Jordan can compare to Thames.” 
S. J. 
Anonymous Books. — Perhaps through your 
pages 1 could procure some information of the 
authorship of the following tracts, which I have 
bound in a volume: 
1. “A Dialogue between the Pope and a Phanatick 
concerning Affairs in England. By a Hearty Lover of 
his Prince and Country. 4to., Lond., 1680.” 
2.“The M——’d C——b [Mitred Club], or, the 
L—th [Lambeth] Consultation. From a correct Copy. 
4to., Lond., 1704.” - 
3. “An exact Discoverie of Romish Doctrine in the 
Case of Conspiracie and Rebellion, by pregnant Observa- 
tions; collected (not without direction from our superiors) 
out of the expresse dogmaticall principles of Popish 
Priests and Doctors. 4to., Lond., 1605.”* 
What a pity that Wood's invaluable Athene 
should be without an index of works. W. H. C. 
Walled Towns in England. — Macaulay, in the 
fourth volume of his History of England, p. 669., 
in relating the assassination plot of William IITI., 
and the steps taken to discover the traitors, says : 
“The gates of the City of London were kept many 
hours closed while a strict search was made within. The 
. [* By Dr. Thomas Morton, Bishop of Durham. ] 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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magistrates of almost every walled town in the kingdom 
followed the example of the cap‘tal.” 
Can any of your readers give a list of the walled 
towns referred to by Macaulay ? Fra. Newsurn. 
Darlington. 
Narcissus Lutirell. — As it appears by a recent 
correspondence in The Times, that this gentle- 
man’s Diary, eo frequently quoted by Macaulay, 
is likely to be printed by the Camden Society, 
may I ask who or what he was, and what were his 
peculiar facilities for obtaining so much informa- 
tion upon passing events?—if he is the same 
person with the collector of ballads, broadsides, 
&e.? I presume mention of him will be found in 
some of the works which touch upon our literary 
history; any references to these will greatly 
oblige me. Ss. L. 
Major André.— Through a former Query, re- 
specting this gentleman, | have derived consider- 
able assistance, though by no means to the extent 
that I had hoped for. Being well aware that, 
“out of sight is out of mind,” I take the liberty of 
repeating my Query. Js there no one who can 
furnish me with information of his English history ; 
when and where he was born; what was his pedi- 
gree, &c.? Mr. André was a diligent letter- 
writer: are there any letters in existence from 
him to his family and friends? and, if so, can 
copies of such letters be procured? Are there 
any records left of his commercial career? It 
would be strange, if America should alone be in- 
a capacity to furnish any testimony to the talents 
of this accomplished man. He certainly corre- 
| sponded with his family, as well as with Miss 
Seward and other friends. It is hoped, that at 
this late day no impropriety will be perceived in 
an inquiry as to the ultimate fate of these letters. 
Serviens. 
Patrick Ker and the Grand Politician. — The 
Grand Politician, or the Secret Art of State Policy 
discovered, was translated from the Latin of “‘ Con- 
radus Reinking, Chancellour to his Electoral 
Highness the Duke of Brandenburgh,” and pub- 
lished at London, 1691, small Svo. It is dedi- 
cated to the Earl of Nottingham, by the trans- 
lator, Patrick Ker. Can any of your numerous 
readers give information relative to this Patrick 
Ker? The name would induce a belief that he 
was a Scotchman. No notice of the work, which 
is a very curious one, occurs in Lowndes. Nor 
does the name of Ker occur in Charters’s List of 
Scotish Writers, printed by Mr. Maidment, from 
the original MS. in the library of the Faculty of 
Advocates, some years since. But Charters is 
far from complete, although his authority, as far 
as it-goes, can always be relied on. J. M. 2.) 
Brewer and Waple Arms. —I should be glad to 
know the arms of Samuel Brewer, of the Inner 
