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the clergy of his diocese (of Norwich), printed 
originally by Maleolm, and which Gilchrist inserts 
(from Harl. MS. 750.) in the life prefixed to his 
edition of Bishop Corbet’s Poems, occurs the fol- 
lowing passage : " 
«TJ am verily persuaded, were it not for the pulpit and 
the pews (I do not now mean the altar and the font for 
the two sacraments, but for the pulpit and the stools as 
you call them), many churches had been down that 
stand. Stately pews are now become tabernacles, with 
rings and curtains to them. There wants nothing but 
beds to hear the word of God on; we have casements, 
locks and keys, and cushions; I had almost said bolsters 
and pillows; and for these we love the church. I will 
not guess what is done within them, who sits, stands, or 
lies asleep, at prayers, communion, &c.; but this I dare 
say, they are either to hide some vice, or to proclaim one; 
to hide disorder, or proclaim pride.” — Poems of Richard 
Corbet, successively Bishop of Oxford and Norwich, 
edit. 1807, p. xvi. 
Query, was the Lady Corbet whose creation a 
yiscountess for life is mentioned in “N. & Q.” 
9n4 S. i. 132. the widow of that Vincent, son of 
the bishop, to whom were addressed the lines 
commencing, — 
“ What I shall leave thee none can tell, 
But all shall say I wish thee well,” &c. 
EY. « Eas EN age) o 
Lord Byron’s Verses on Sam. Rogers in Ques- 
tion and Answer. 
Question. 
“ Nose and chin would shame a knocker ; 
Wrinkles that would puzzle Cocker ; 
Mouth which marks the envious scorner, 
With a scorpion in each corner, 
Turning its quick tail to sting you 
In the place that most may wring you; 
Eyes of lead-like hue, and gummy ; 
Carcass pick’d out from some mummy ; 
Bowels (but they were forgotten, 
Save the liver, and that’s rotten) ; 
Skin all sallow, flesh all sodden 
Form the devil would frighten God in, 
Is’t a corpse stuck up for show, 
Galvanised at times to go?” 
These lines form the commencement of a poem 
on Mr. Rogers, published in Fraser's Magazine, 
No. 37. (January, 1833), and purporting to -be 
from the pen of Lord Byrons ‘The death of Mr. 
Rogers, the publication of his Table-Talk, and the 
issue of a new edition of the Works of Lord Byron, 
afford a favourable opportunity of asking whe- 
ther the noble author really wrote these bitter 
verses. ‘The date appended to them is “1818.” 
J. M. B. 
Tunbridge Wells. 
Double Christian Names. — Will your readers 
kindly supply detailed lists of every person who 
bore more than one Christian name anterior to a 
iven date — say 1730? Since my attention has 
en called to it, I am really surprised to find the 
extreme rarity of the instances prior to that 
period. Ihave looked over many thousands of 
names in indexes of wills and other documents, 
and the instances are rare beyond my calculations. 
I shall gladly contribute if you approve of the 
suggestion. Y.S. M. 
Dublin. 
Longevity. — Martin in his Description of the 
Western Islands of Scotland, p. 373., states that 
one Tairville lived, in Shetland, to the age of one 
hundred and eighty. Can this be further au- 
thenticated ? R. W. Hacxwoop. 
Punning and Pocket-picking.—'To whom is to 
be attributed the original use of the saying, that a 
punster must necessarily be a pickpocket ? 
In the Public Advertiser newspaper for January 
12, 1779, I find the following : 
“ Literary Anecdote.—The aversion which Dennis bore 
to a pun is well known. Purcell and Congreve going 
into a tavern, by chance met Dennis, who went in with 
them. After a glass or two had passed, Purcell having 
some private business with Céngreve, wanted Dennis out 
of the room, and knowing no way more effectual than 
punning, began to pull the bell, and called two or three 
times; when no one answering, he put his hand under 
the table, and, looking full at Dennis, said, ‘I think this 
table is like the tavern.’ ‘How so?’ replied Dennis. 
‘Why,’ said Purcell, ‘ because here’s never a drawer in it.’ 
The witticism had its intended effect; for the critic im- 
mediately started up and left the room, swearing ‘that 
any man who could make such an ewxecrable pun would 
pick his pocket.’ ” : 
Is there any better authority than this for at-« 
tributing the phrase to Dennis ? 
Rosert §. Sanmon. 
Newcastle-on-Tyne. 
Armorial Queries. —I would be much obliged 
to any of your heraldic correspondents who could 
identify the following coats of arms :— Quarterly 
of 6. 1, Argent, three bulls heads couped, sable 
2and1. 2. Argent, a cheveron sable inter three 
ravens, close of the last impaling ermine, three 
bars nebulée sable. 3. Sable, two bars, dancettées, 
ermine. 4. Checquy, argent and gules. 5. Sable, a 
cheyeron ermine inter three bulls heads, caloshed 
argent, impaling argent on a feise engrailed vert, 
three escalops argent. 6. Gules, a lion rampant 
or, and a border engrailed of the last. As it is 
possible that there may be some technical inac- 
curacies in this description, I may add that the 
arms will be found engraved in Gwillim, the 6th 
edition, large folio, published 1724; where they 
are stated to be those of Morgan Davies of the 
Grove, Pembrokeshire, and Coomb and Landebye, 
Caermarthenshire.. Francis Ropert Davies. 
Manner of Designating Foreigners.—Is there 
any civilised country, except our own, in which it 
is usual to designate foreigners in a different man- 
ner from natives? A somewhat odd example of 
the English practice may be found in the last 
