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[24 §. No 21, May 24.56. 
Reynall, Richmond, Robinson, Rebyns, Rochcourt, 
Rochdale, Rogers, Rotheley, Rowles, Rythe. 
Saunders, Scory, Seborne, Seymour, Jane Seymour, 
Shelton, Skynner, Smith, Smyth, Sneyd, Somerset, So- 
merton, Standon, Stokes, Stone, Sutherland, Swift. 
Thorpe, Thwaites, ‘Tonarst, Twenge, Tylley. 
Vincent. 
Walbe, Walsell, Walton, Wameldon, Waniell, Warme, 
Warrington, Washingley, Wateborough, Welby, Welves, 
Wennis, Wingo, Wigly. 
Crate. 
Fleur-de-lis: Sir Stephen Fox.— With refer- 
ence to the notes on the fleur-de-lis (2"" 8. i. 348.), 
Ido not see the name of Sir Stephen Fox, who 
was permitted to place a fleur-de-lis in his coat of 
arms in the upper left hand corner. This honour 
is preserved in his family, and still decorates the 
shield of Lord Holland, his great-great-grandson. 
A tradition in the Fox family existed, and the 
late Lord Holland used to mention it, that when 
in exile Charles II. borrowed 5,000/. of Mr. 
Stephen Fox, who was attached to his family ; 
and that that prince graciously permitted him to 
place this fleur-de-lis in his escutcheon. The 
money, it was added, was never repaid, though 
some of the descendants would have willingly re- 
signed the badge for the money. 
In the Memoirs of Sir Stephen (London, 1717) 
may be seen the arms with the fleur-de-lis. Per- 
haps some of your readers may add information, 
VoLrone. 
I have the following, whence culled I know 
not : — 
“ Nothing could be more simple than the lily, which 
was the distinctive badge of the French monarchy; nor, 
at the same time, could anything be more symbolic of the 
state of the nobility and gentry, exempted from the neces- 
sity of working for a livelihood or for dress, than lilies, 
of which it is said: ‘ They toil not, neither do they spin,’ 
neque laborant neque nent,—which was the motto to the 
royal arms of France.” 
R. W. Hackwoon. 
Minor Notes. 
Jamaica: Interesting Discovery.—'The hurri- 
cane which passed over Jamaica on April 24, led 
to many discoveries. Among others, and that 
probably of the greatest interest, was the iron 
cage in which the Spaniards, when masters of the 
island, used to put criminals who were sentenced 
to death, and hang them alive. It was washed up 
with the bones inside, about three miles from 
Uppark Camp, near Kingston ; and was examined 
with great curiosity by the officers of the regi- 
ment quartered there. F. G. 
Time taken in writing Black Letter. —1 have 
recently been copying an old legend in the black 
letter, and have kept a note of the time consumed, 
thinking it would be interesting to fellow anti- 
quaries. My work took seventy-nine hours, and 
consists of twenty-two pages, each page measuring 
without margin 64 inches by 43 inches broad; the 
letters are 3th of an inch high, and the lines 
(twenty-four to a page) are 1th apart. Each of 
these pages took three hours, thirty-five minutes. 
This is without taking into account illuminated 
letters; for these allowance must be made accord- 
ing to intricacy and finish. I think also the old 
monks might work a little, but not much faster 
than I. We often talk of their perseverance in 
writing MSS., and shall now be able to make 
some calculation as to their labours. Like them E 
had one to read to me the while. LX. 
Sad Advice. — 
« Enquire out those tauernes which are best custom’d, 
whose maisters are oftenest drunk; for that confirmes 
their taste, and that they choose wholesome wines.” — 
Decker’s Hornbooke, 1609. ‘ 
R. W. Hacxwoop. 
“The Image that fell down from Jupiter,” 
Acts, xix. 35. — Pausanias (i. 26.) speaking of the 
statue of Minerva at Athens, says: “It is re- 
ported that this statue fell from heaven; but 
whether this was the case or not I shall not at 
present attempt to prove.” He took the ex- 
pression literally ; but the figurative sense given 
by Herodian (bk. i. p. 37.) appears to be the most 
exact; for when speaking of the image of the 
mother of the gods at Pessinus, he says they call it 
diomerés, “because the material and the artist are 
unknown, and it must not be touched by human 
hand.” Jamblicus (apud Phot., p. 554.) also says 
the statues were so culled “ because the occult 
art by which they were fabricated by human 
hands was inconspicuous.” Dr. Kitto observes, 
on the authority of Mucianus, that the statue of 
Diana was of wood, and not of stone, and could 
not have been an aérolite. The statue at Pessinus, 
however, was most probably of stone; and that 
mentioned by Herodian, bk. v. p. 114., was an 
aérolite. ‘T. J. Bucxron. 
Lichfield. 
Grantham Steeple used as a Simile. —In The 
Character of a London Diurnall: with severall 
select Poems, by the same Author. Printed in 
the Yeere 1647, there is a poetic address, of fifty 
lines, to the Archbishop of Canterbury, which thus 
concludes : 
“ How could successe such villaines applaud? 
The State in Strafford fell, the Church in Laud: 
The twins of publike rage adjudged to dye, 
For treasons they should act, by prophecy. 
The facts were done before the lawes were made, 
The trump turned up after the game was plai’d. 
Be dull great spirits, and forbeare to climbe, 
For worth is sin, and eminence a crime. 
No churchman can be innocent and high, 
*Tis height makes Grantham steeple stand awry.” 
