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Gavin Hamilton got Col. Rumbald’s buff coat, 
out of which the colonel’s blood could by no means 
be washed. Hamilton was one of those who ap- 
prehended Rumbald, after the Duke of Argyle’s 
affair. 
These two facts, and the passage from Shak- 
speare, seem to point out an old and wide-spread 
opinion, that the blood of a murdered man will 
not wash out. Cannot others of your correspon- 
dents further illustrate this point ? B. H. C. 
Horsley Family. — The arms and crest of the 
Horsley family are a white horse’s head, with a 
loose rein. Now, as the sign on the banner of 
Hengist and Horsa was a white horse, does this 
close resemblance both in name and crest prove 
any descent of the family of the former Bishop of 
St. Asaph from the Saxon conquerors, or has any 
attempt been made to trace it ? E. E. Bryne. 
Norwich Family. — 
“ At Kettering there lives the widow of a baronet, who 
earns a precarious livelihood by washing and charing; 
she is sometimes facetiously called ‘ My Lady.’ Her late 
husband’s grandfather, Sir John Norwich, lost a large 
estate through gambling, and was afterwards pensioned 
by the Duke of Montague; and his son, the late Sir 
John, was so poor that he died in the parish workhouse, 
leaving nothing but the barren title to the late Sir Wil- 
liam Norwich, who followed the humble occupation of a 
sawyer! His son, the present Sir William, emigrated 
some years since to America, where it is said he is doing 
well.” — Leicester Mercury. 
From the Wolverhampton Chronicle of July 4, 
1855. 
Is the above account true? Burke says in his 
Extinct Baronetage, that the baronetical family of 
Norwich became extinct in the person of Sir 
William Norwich, who died unmarried in 1742. 
C. J. Dovenas. 
Gunstons of Stoke Newington.—I should feel 
greatly obliged to Mr. S. W. Rrx, who speaks of 
a Gunston MS. in 24S, i. 153., if he would kindly 
give me any information respecting the Gunstons 
of Stoke Newington, with their arms, Are there 
any portraits of that family ? G. G. 
Clockmakers.— At what time did the following 
clockmakers flourish, whose names I have met 
with on various elaborate and curious antique 
clocks ?— Samuel Dunkerley, London; James 
Boyce, London ; Aclander Dobson, London ; John 
Hallifux (a very curious musical chime clock), 
London. JONES. 
“The Tune that the Cow died of.’ —Will 
some one oblige me with a reference to “that 
air?” Iam almost afraid that it has been before 
sought for through the medium of “N. & Q.;” 
but if it has, I can find no information on the 
subject given hitherto in reply. 
There is an old north-country song about a 
piper and his cow, of which I have a verse or two, 
and which appears to have something to do with 
the matter ; but I hardly suppose it to be the one 
which is reputed to have caused the death of the 
animal: still, in default of anything better (? worse), 
perhaps some one will be kind enough to complete 
even it for me : — 
“ There was a piper had a cow, 
And he had nought to give her, 
He took his pipes an’ play’d a tune — 
‘ Owre the hills amang the heather.’ 
“ The cow was mickle pleased at this, 
An’ gave the piper a penny. 
The piper laugh’d, and play’d again — 
‘Oh! corn-riggs are bonny,’” &c. &c. 
The cow, I believe, dies during the performance 
of one of the most touching melodies. 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
The Words “Reason,” &c.— Who was the 
author of — 
“An Attempt to explain the Words Reason, Substance, 
Person, Creeds, Orthodoxy. .. . By a Presbyter of the 
Church of England. London: W. Johnston.” 
Said by Watt to be published in 1757, and cer- 
tainly printed (or reprinted) in 1766. M. 
The Reader's Maxim, — 
“ Learn to read slow, all other graces 
Will follow in their proper places.” 
To whom do we owe the above instructive 
maxim ? J. K. 
The Doleman.— We have in our town a narrow 
street, known as “ Doleman’s Lane;” and as I 
have no knowledge of any family bearing the 
name in the locality, I shall be glad to know 
whether it exists elsewhere, and whether the dole~ 
man was the beggar, or the alms-giver. J. K. 
Saxonicum Verbum. —I copy the following com- 
mencement ofa letter from vol. i. epist. 141. p. 274, 
of Giles’s edition of the Works of St. Boniface. 
The writer describes himself as “ Ego minimus, 
nomine Latito.” The date of the letter is*uncer- 
tain, probably the middle of the eighth century. 
“ Audio de te, quod iter vis incipere, hortor, ut non de- 
feceris. Eja, fac quod incepisti. Memento Saxonicum 
verbum: Ost ded lata dome foreldit sigi sit hagahuem 
suurltit thiana. ‘amen tale quid in te haud scio.” 
What is the Saxon proverb here quoted ? H. 
Church and State. —Does the following senti- 
ment occur in the writings of Lord Bacon, and if 
so, where ? 
“The tendency of the union between Church and State 
is not to make the Church political, but the State re- 
ligious.” 
GaAsTROS. 
“ Relation of Luis Vaez de Torres.” — Admiral 
Burney, in Appendix I. to the second volume of 
