gna §, No14,, Arnis 5, °56.] 
Ou 
“ Die Sabbati. 
“ On pe ceterday when p* Jere begynnes 
Micull gode p* wise mon wynnes. 
If p* haue qwete take p* hym, 
Soofe gode chepe, and sel be tyme. 
Off otys plente per be shall, 
And hay of medow also with all. 
Acre and heuynesse pen shalle cum, 
With gret drynes pei shall num. 
pt 3ere litull shal be of wyne 
And swalme among fatte swyne. 
Olde men shalle dye to grounde 
And suffer mony harde stounde. 
Princis shalle werre make, 
In every londe sorow and wrake. 
Cheften hedis shall cum as well 
And mony wymmen in londe quell. 
pe feuer quarten shalle wede aboute 
And grefe bothe riche and stowte. 
pen wynter shal be colde be kynde, 
pt mony men shalle hit fynde. 
In p° ende of hervyst wynde shalle rise, * 
And whete shalle in pe felde agrise, 
Many beestes I pe telle 
In pt Jere shalle be quelle.” 
C. Harpwick. 
BARBOR. 
(24'S. i. 150.) 
The following is a correct copy of an old paper, 
now in the possession of a descendant of the 
family to which it relates, but it will not be of 
use to Dr. Munx, except as a matter of cu- 
riosity : 
“Mr. Barbor, the father of my great-grandfather, for 
his firm adherance to the Protestant religion, was in 
Queen Marie’s reign brought into Smithfield to suffer at 
the stake. But whilst he was taking leave of certain 
friends, news came the Queen was’ dead, so that the 
Popish party did not dare to put him to death. In re- 
membrance of so eminent a preservation, the said Mr. 
Barbor had the Effigies of Queen Elizabeth cutt out upon 
a stone, bequeathing the jewel to his eldest son, if he had 
a daughter -and named her Elizabeth; otherwise the | 
jewell should descend to his 2¢ son, if the condition 
was fulfilled by him; but if not, then to the 3¢ son, 
and soon. This is the account as it has been handed 
down from father to son, and hitherto there has been an 
Eliz in the family. 
“And let it now be known to all, whom it may con- 
cern, that I, Gabriel Barbor of Brentwood, do give, after | 
my decease, the aforesaid jewel, together with the picture 
of the said Mr. Barbor, unto John my eldest son, provided 
he has a daughter named Elizabeth; and he is to give 
the said jewel and picture to his son upon the foregoing 
condition; but if the said condition is not fulfilled in my 
son John, then the said jewel and picture shall goe to 
Gabriel my 24 son, and in case of a failure here in 
this son, then the said jewel and picture shall descend to 
Richard my 3¢ son, he performing the above said con- 
dition. But should neither of my sons have a daughter 
named Elizabeth, then my mind and will is, that the said 
jewell and picture goe to my eldest son John Barbor, and 
to his mate and his heirs for ever. In witness whereof I 
have set my hand and seal this 25 day of Augt, 1724. 
“ GABRIEL BARBOR.” 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 27 
Another document in the same possession recites 
as follows : 
“J, John Barbor, of the parish of Saint Saviour’s, 
Southwark, would have the effigies of Queen Elizth 
and my predecessors picture goe to my brother Gabriel 
Barbor; if no children there, then to my brother Richard 
Barbor. Witness my hand the 10% day of March, 1757. 
“ JoHN BARgOR.” 
The jewel and picture ultimately went to Ri- 
chard Barbor’s daughter Elizabeth, Mrs. Blencowe 
of Rayne, in whose possession it remained a few 
years ago. ‘The jewel is described as very costly, 
and set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls. Query, 
Who were the sons of the Mr. Barbor who so 
nearly suffered martyrdom in Queen Mary’s 
reign, and whether the genealogy can now be 
traced from him to the first Gabriel Barbor of 
Brentwood ? Is the latter identical with a person 
of his name, who was a Fellow of C. C. Coll., 
Cambridge, and graduated A.B. in 1671, and 
A. M. in 1675 ? PATONCE. 
ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN. 
(24 S. i. p. 151, 218.) 
“ Fifty years ago was it not usual among good 
scholars to distinguish in pronunciation the quan- 
tity of the penultimate syllable alone? How 
long is it since Tittyre was superseded by Tey- 
tire?” University and public school men are the 
most competent to answer this Query. But I 
have a suspicion that, so far as private schools are 
concerned, the change began with the publication 
(in 1818 or 1820), by the Rev. Edwards, of 
the Eton Latin Grammar, with English notes. 
The editor, in his preface, made some pertinent 
remarks upon the causes of the ignorance of 
“ quantities” which generally prevailed, and, in 
my knowledge, several schoolmasters, struck with 
their justice, and by way of rectifying the evil, 
commenced a change similar to that complained 
of. Iwas brought up by a dissenting minister, 
an accomplished and acknowledged scholar, but 
the disregard of “quantity” amongst his lads 
amounted to ignoring it. Hence, since free from 
the ferula, I have ever been especially shy of 
quoting, vivd voce, from Roman writers, through 
fear of a stumble which would throw an Oxford 
or Eton man into fits. Watson, the Bishop of 
Llandaff, in his Memoirs, states that he never 
surmounted this fear, and that when he had to 
deliver a Latin lecture at Cambridge, he always 
marked the quantities in his manuscript before- 
hand. Whilst on the subject of Classics, allow me 
to ask how it happens that, compared with the 
run of continental schoolboys and students — not 
to speak of scholars — we are unable to put our 
Latin to use either orally or in writing? It will 
not do to account for our inability to maintain a 
