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NOTES AND QUERIES. 
[24 S. No15., Aprim 12. 56, 
Papin's” first pamphlet about his digester was 
published previous to April 12, 1682, under which 
date Evelyn, with pleasant gusto, describes a 
supper party when he, and other Fellows of the 
Royal Society, regaled themselves upon a variety 
of good things, “ all dressed, both fish and flesh, in 
Mons. Papin’s digesters.” His engines, which are 
engraved in my book, seem to have attracted 
much attention, and the inventor invites the pub- 
lic to Black Fryars to see them at work; but to 
“avoid confusion and crowding in of unknown 
people,” the curious had to obtain tickets before- 
hand from members of the Royal Society. J. O. 
A sunbeam passes through pollution unpolluted” 
(2™ S. i. 114.) — Allow me to inform your corre- 
spondent Gro. E. Frere that “this beautiful 
thought ” is to be found in Lord Bacon’s Advance- 
ment of Learning, where, under the head of 
“‘ History of Nature,” in speaking of nature erring 
or varying, or the history of marvels, he says : 
“Neither ought a man to make scruple of entering into 
these things for inquisition of truth, as your Majesty hath 
shown in your own example; who with the two clear 
eyes of religion and natural philosophy, have looked 
deeply and wisely into these shadows, and yet proved 
yourself to be of the nature of the sun, which passeth through 
pollutions, and itself remains as pure as before.” D.F 
Bristol. 
Retributive Justice (1* S. xii. 317.; 227 S. i. 
102.) — It has been related of Albrecht of Saxony, 
that on one occasion when a Jew had presented 
him with a charm, which it was said would render 
the wearer invulnerable, the Duke directed that 
the Jew should be the first to prove its efficacy. 
He therefore ordered him to hang the charm 
round his neck, which he had no sooner done than 
Albrecht drew his sword and run him through the 
body, leaving him dead on the field. We WW. 
Malta. 
Quotation wanted (24 S, i. 252.)—There is an 
amusing application of this saying in the lately 
published Memoir of Sydney Smith, by Lady 
Holland. At p. 257.: 
“Most London dinners evaporate in whispers to one’s 
next-door neighbour. I make it a rule never to speak to 
mine, but fire across the table; though I broke it once, 
when I heard a lady, who sat next me, in a low sweet 
voice say, ‘ No gravy, Sir.’ I had never seen her before, 
but I turned suddenly round, and said: ‘ Madam, I have 
been looking for a person who disliked gravy all my life ; 
let us swear eternal friendship.” 
Erica. 
Posy ona Wedding Ring (2° §. i. 82.)— 
“ God saw thee, 
Most fit for me,” 
was on the wedding-ring of John Dunton the 
bookseller’s wife. J. Y. (2.) 
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