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‘eraft and subtilty of the Devil or man worketh against us, 
be brought to nought, and by the providence of Thy 
goodness they may be dispersed.” 
This seems to be a fair instance of the same 
construction which E. C. H. condemns as “ not 
English.” I quote the passage from the first and 
second Prayer Books of Edward VI. I cannot 
say who was its author, nor am I aware of the 
date of the General Thanksgiving *, but it does 
not appear in Edward VIth’s Prayer Books. 
EDN. 
Trial of the Calas (2™4 S. i. 13.) —In the sale 
of M. Donnadieu’s autograph letters at Messrs. 
Puttick’s & Co., in July, 1851, was sold (Lot 109.) 
the original petition of Donat Calas to the king, 
praying that justice may be done to himself and 
family. It is dated “ Chatelaine, Juillet 7, 1762,” 
and these words are in the autograph of Voltaire. 
This interesting paper, with some other letters re- 
lating to the Calas family, was previously in the 
possession of Mr. W. Upcott. Me 
Dr. Forster (1* S. x. 108.) —S. H., in the 
page here referred to, insinuates that my good 
friend Dr. Forster has departed this life. Last 
autumn, Mr. Dolman, of Bond Street, did the 
same thing. He remembered to have read some- 
where (in “ N. & Q.” ?) of the doctor’s death, and 
of his library being sent on the occasion from 
Brussels to London for sale. Oa my inquiring as 
to the correctness of this assertion of a friend both 
of the doctor and myself, who has for some years 
been moving about Flanders, I was assured he 
was “alive and well, residing at Brussels with his 
lady and only child.” This intelligence came to 
me in a letter, dated 14th August. A much 
better list of the learned doctor’s numerous lite- 
rary children than that given by S. H., is to be 
found in his very remarkable — but not more re- 
markable than amusing and instructive — 
“ Epistolarium, or Fasciculi of Curious Letters, together 
with a few familar Poems, and some Account of the 
Writers, as preserved among the MSS. of the Forster 
Family. Bruges, 1845, vol. i. ff. 31, 32.” 
G. Srernman STernman. 
Priory Lodge, Peckham. 
Way-side Crosses (1% S. xi. 445.) — A cross of 
this kind formerly existed at the boundary of the 
Abbey Parish, Shrewsbury. The locality is still 
called the “ Weeping Cross.” The upper portion 
of this cross is preserved in the abbey church, and 
bears sculptures of the Visitation, the Virgin and 
Child, the Crucifixion, and a figure of a penitent. 
Previous to the Reformation, on Corpus Christi 
day, the masters and wardens of the several in- 
corporated trades of the town, with the bailiffs and 
corporation, and the ecclesiastics of the place, pro- 
[* The General Thanksgiving is attributed to Bishop 
Sanderson, and was inserted at the Restoration. — Ep. ] 
-and frequently in later reigns. 
ceeded in solemn procession to this cross, where 
they bewailed their sins, and offered up prayers 
for a plentiful harvest. They returned in similar 
order to St. Chad’s Church, and attended high 
mass. Three days of recreation followed this 
festival. After the Reformation it was changed 
to the present far-famed pageant of Shrewsbury 
Show. Prior Ropert oF SAor. 
Etymology (2" S. i. 73.) — Theodolite, or theo- 
dolit, is a word of which no satisfactory etymology 
has ever been given. It was probably the in- 
vention of some one ill acquainted with Greck. 
According to all analogy, @<bs should be the first 
element in the compound; but the sense makes 
that impossible. If it be Ocdéoua:, the compound is 
incorrectly formed. 
There is no etymology ascertained for clique ; 
it is rather a cant word to express a small society 
who keep much together. Some have conjec- 
tured that cirque was the original word ; whence, 
first crique, and then clique, but the conjecture is 
not worth much. The other three words are ex- 
plained in the commonest books of reference. 
Erysipelas, épvcitmedas, a word of frequent occur- 
rence in Greek medical writers, from épvdpds and 
mé\Aa, the root of the Latin pellis. 
Platitude. The adjective plat is applied very 
much as we should apply the word flat to a very 
dull and stupid remark. We adopt the French 
substantive, because we cannot use our own 
equivalent, flatness, in a metaphoridal sense. 
Caucus. The original meetings in America to 
determine upon the election of candidates previous 
to the ballot, were held in that part of Boston 
where the ship business was carried on. Thence 
they were called Caulker’s Meetings, then Caucus 
Meetings, and then Caucus. Cab for cabriolet, 
and ’bus for omnibus, are perversions quite as 
strange. 
Jacquerie. The common term for the lower 
orders in France at a very early period was 
Jacques Bonhomme. Hence the sedition of the 
mob in the reign of Jean was called Jacquerie ; 
E. C. H. 
Portrait of Franklin (2° S. i. 12.) —I do not 
suppose I am giving T. H. B. the information he 
seeks in his Query; still the reference may be 
acceptable to him that mention is made by 
Barnum in his Life, of a portrait of Franklin in 
the possession of M. Regnier, Paris, to whose 
father, it is there said, it was given by Franklin 
himself. The passage occurs near the end of the 
“Tom Thumb” division of the work. 
R. W. Hackxwoop. 
Sir Thomas Lunsford (1% S. ix. 373.) — Mr. 
Batcn will find a memoir of Sir Thomas Luns- 
ford, supplied by me, in the Gentleman's Maga- 
zine for 1836. I shall feel very greatly obliged to 
