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Spanish Enigma.—Can any reader of “ N. & Q.” 
furnish a translation of the accompanying enigma, 
and throw any light on its meaning and political 
or religious bearing ? 
It was written by Luis de Leon of Salamanca, 
a contemporary of Luther, whose opinions he at 
one time favoured. 
* Al propio asunto. 
“ Sentdronse 4 una mesa probre y rica 
Un sano y un enfermo y un difunto: 
Al enfermo el manjar le fue botica, 
Pagando el muerto escote todo junto ; 
Mas el que lleg6 sano se platica 
Que 4 sepultar llegaba el cuerpo junto: 
Decidme de este enigma lo que toca, 
Si se atreve a explicarlo yuestra boca,” 
Q. Q. 
Coney of Walpole and Bassingthorpe.—I wish 
to ascertain the connexion between the families of 
Coney of Walpole in Norfolk, and Coney of Bas- 
singthorpe in Lincolnshire. In 1632, William 
Coney, Hsq., held estates at Walpole. In 1648, 
the estates of William Coney, Esq., of North Stoke 
in Lincolnshire. (one of* the Bassingthorpe Co- 
neys), were sequestered. Were they one and the 
same individual ? if so, my object is gained. ‘To 
save trouble, I may say that I have consulted 
Blomfield’s History of Norfolk, articles WaLroLE 
and Sournacrs; the “ Lincolnshire Visitations,” 
in Harleian MSS.; and the Cole MSS. s. 
Family of De Loges of Orlingbere, Co, North- 
ampton.— In Henry III.’s time, Simon de Loges 
was rated for one knight’s fee of the fee of Mar- 
gery de Redvers, in Orlingbere, Harewedon and 
Holecote. By inquisition taken in the twenty- 
fourth year of Edward I., Richard de Loges, suc- 
cessor of Simon de Loges, was certified to hold 
in Orlingbury, Harewedon, and Isham, half a 
knight's fee of Ralph, the son of William de Essex. 
Upon levying the aid for the knighthood of the 
king’s son, in the twentieth year of Edward IIL, 
Robert de Orlyngbere and William de Loges ac- 
counted each for the fourth part of a knight’s fee. 
The manor of Orlingbere was, I apprehend, the 
lands formerly in the possession of William de 
Loges. —Whalley’s Northamptonshire. 
an any of your correspondents inform me what 
became of this family of De Loges, once so wealthy, 
and what were their armorial bearings ? -; 
Numismatic Query. — I have an ancient Portu- 
guese coin in brass, found at Braga. Oby., head of 
an ecclesiastic ; legend, “rien 1v LEPIsco.” Reyv., 
a castle of three towers; legend (the divisions a 
little doubtful), “carp spa pvine.” It is in high 
relief and about the size of an English penny. I 
should be obliged by any information of the date, 
and an interpretation of the second legend; the 
first is probably Stephen IV., Bishop of Lusitania. 
. Hoga Owen, 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
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Rowe's Diary. — Hawkins, in his History of 
Music, vol. v. p. 77., speaks of the MS. Diary of 
Mr. Thomas Rowe, the husband of the famous 
Mrs. Elizabeth Rowe, and the author of some 
supplemental Lives to Plutarch. I should be 
glad to know where this MS. may be found. 
Epwarp F. Riweavrt. 
Inscription, §c., at Stukeley, Huntingdonshire. — 
Will some of your readers tell me whether the 
following inscription, of which I have a note, 
really exists at Stukeley, Huntingdonshire, in the 
words given? if so, the name of the writer cer- 
tainly deserves to be immortalised : 
“ Sacred to the Memory of the Rey. JosHuA WATER- 
HOUSE B.D. nearly 40 years Fellow of Catherine Hall, 
Cambridge, Chaplain to his Majesty, Rector of this Parish, 
and of Colon, near Cambridge, who was inhumanly mur - 
dered in this parsonage house about ten o’clock on the 
morning of July 3rd, 1827, aged 81:— 
“ Beneath this Tomb his Mangled body’s laid, 
Cut stabb’d and Murdered by Joshua Slade ; 
His ghastly Wounds a horrid sight to see 
And hurled at once into Eternity. : 
What faults you’ve seen in him take care to shun 
And look at home, enough there’s to be done; 
Death does not always warning give 
Therefore be carefull how you live.” 
The position of the capital letters and punctua- 
tion correspond with the original. 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
Tradescant. — In Granger’s Letters, p. 288., re- 
ference is made to James West’s MSS. about 
Tradescant. Where are they now ? 
Epwarp F. Rimpavttr. 
First Impression. — “ This is a case of first im- 
pression.” Will any of the legal readers of “N. 
& Q.” explain what is the meaning of the above 
expression, to be met with in the Equity Reports, 
and used both by judges and counsel? 3B. N.S. 
Distance between the Sun and the Earth.—I 
have observed in the Morning Advertiser of 
Feb. 26, a paragraph stating that tables and cal- 
culations have been published in Germany, which 
prove that the distance between the sun and the 
earth is constantly increasing, and attributing to 
this fact the decrease of temperature upon the 
latter. Is there any foundation for the alleged 
calculation ? B.A 
Election of Proctors in the Diocese of Oxford. 
— The citation of the clergy to the Diocesan 
Synods for the election ef proctors for eonvo- 
cation, is to ‘all and singular the rectors and 
vicars whose names are underwritten,” Are 
perpetual curates included in this citation, and 
are their votes received for the election of proc- 
tors? Ishall be glad of an answer from a clergy- 
man of the diocese. WiniraM Fraser, B,C,L. 
Alton, Staffordshire, 
