2nd s. VI. 133., July 17. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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fdu vivat: conestable de Frace: qui trespassa le xiii. Jour 

 de Juliet: I'an mil iii" iiii^^ dout son corps repos avecques 

 ceulx des Roys a Saiuct denis: en france." 



The above is in the church of St. Saveur, Di- 

 nan, and is remarkable as marking the then dis- 

 tinct existence of France and Brittany as separate 

 kingdoms, by noting that the hero lay at St. Denis 

 m France. A. B. E,. 



Belmont, June 28, 1858. 



Archbishop Franci.1 Marsh (2°'' S. v. 522.) — 

 My respected friend, John D'Alton, at the conclu- 

 sion of his interesting details respecting Arch- 

 bishop F. Marsh and Primate Narcissus Marsh, 

 declares that he " is not aware of any connexion 

 between our present eminent physician. Sir Henry 

 Marsh, and either of the above prelates." Whether 

 the relationship really exists, I know not ; but it 

 is at least certain that the Dublin University 3Ta- 

 gazine for December, 1841 (p. 688.), distinctly 

 records and traces Sir Henry's descent from Arch- 

 bishop Francis ]\Iarsh. I may add that the series 

 of biographies of eminent living Irishmen, which 

 have so long been appearing in the University 

 Magazine, are believed to contain information 

 supplied from the most authentic sources, i. e. the 

 parties themselves : — 



" The paternal ancestors of Sir Henry Marsh originall.v 

 resided in Gloucestershire. That they were a family of 

 the highest respectability, we mav conclude from the fact 

 that one of them, Francis Marsh, Esq., married the sister 

 of Sir Thomas Aylesbury, Bart., father of the Lady Hyde, 

 Countess of Clarendon, and grandfather of Anne, wife of 

 James Duke of York, afterwards King of England. The 

 grandson of this Francis Marsh was the well-known 

 Francis Jlarsh, Archbishop of Dublin, and was the first 

 of the funiily who settled in Ireland." 



Your correspondents interested in the Prelates 

 Marsh may be glad to learn that I have in my 

 possession the original of a curious unpublished 

 letter from Archbishop Narcissus Marsh to the 

 Duke of Ormond, dated Nov. 13, 1711. It is of 

 much historical interest, and if your correspon- 

 dents wish, I shall send a copy of it for insertion 

 in " N. & Q." William John Fitz-Patrick. 



• Oliver: Arthur (2°^ S. v. 315. 441.) — Before 

 answerinij the above Quer}', I had made diligent 

 but inelfi^ctual search for some account of the 

 author of OUveros y Artus, and the date of its 

 publication. I have since found a note among 

 the additions of Gayangos and Vedia to their 

 translation of Ticknor's History of Spanish Litera- 

 ture : — 



" El rey Artus 6 mas bien, L(i Historia de los nobles 

 Cavalleros, Otiveros <te CastiUa y Artus de Algarve. Tene- 

 mo9 a la vista un ejemplar del diclio libro, impreso en 

 Burgos en 1499, edicion que no vio Mendcz. Ks en folio, 

 con figuras grabados en niadera, y al tin de el see lee : 

 ' A lour e ahibanza de nucstro redemptor Jesu Christo e de 

 la bencdita virgen nuestra seTiora .saiicl.i Maria ; fuc aca- 

 bada la presente obra on l.i muy noble c leal cibdad de 

 Burgos, a x.w dias del mes de Mayo, auo dc nuestro re- 



dempcion, mil ccccxcix.' Let. got, & dos columnas. 

 Aderaas de las ediciones de este libro que cita Brunet de 

 1501 y 1604, hay una de Sevilla, 1510, por Jacobo Crom- 

 berger, Aleman, d xx dias de Novembre, folio, letra de 

 tdrtis, a dos columnas, sin foliacion, 34 hojas. Las figuras 

 son diferentes de las de la edicion de 1499. En I.ts pri- 

 meras ediciones se expresa que la obra fue traducida del 

 Latin al Frances por Felipe Camus, licenciado in utroque : 

 pero en las del siglo xviii y posteriores se atribue a un 

 tal Pedro de la Floresta." (i. 523.) 



Is any English version known ? 

 U. U. C. 



H. B. C. 



When should Hoods be worn (2"* S. vi. 39.) — 

 Surely hoods are part and parcel of the academic 

 costume : for when the degrees are conferred, the 

 candidates do not wear surplices and hoods, but 

 gowns and hoods. That they are afterwards but 

 little worn, except with the surplice, must arise 

 from carelessness. The first Book of Common 

 Prayer, temp. Edward VI., says : — 



" It is also seemly that graduates when they do preach 

 should use such hood as pertaineth to their several de- 

 grees." 



May I ask what vesture the preacher used ? 

 The sermon then, as now, occurred in the Com- 

 munion Service; but "white Albe plain with 

 vestment or cope," was the attire of the celebrant ; 

 how could a hood be worn in this case ? If there 

 was a change made before entering the pulpit, 

 what was it ? What was the practice before the 

 Reformation ? B. A. 



Ancient Jewish Coins (2°^ S. vi. 12.) — These 

 were first coined, about 143 B.C., by Simeon, Prince 

 of Judea; permission to coin money having been 

 granted him by Antiochus, son of Demetrius. 



D. I. D. I. 



^tSrfHaiicaus. 



NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 



At the present pleasant season, when the jaded Lon- 

 doner is panting for fresh fields and pastures new, Guide 

 Books are favourite, and no doubt profitable subjects for 

 publishers. We have several such before us ; and name 

 first for its compactness and completeness, Black's Pic- 

 turesque Guide to Vor/tshire, witli a Map of tlie County, 

 and several Illustrations, Interspersed with song and 

 legend, rich in statistical information, and abounding in 

 descriptions of all th.it can interest the tourist, this little 

 volume, which will fall e.isilv into one of the many 

 pocketa of the Traveller's Tweed, ought to bo the com- 

 panion of all who intend strolling among the sunny 

 wolds and picturesque dales of a county which boasts the 

 variety as well as the beauty of its scenerv. 



IMore specially local in its interest, and produced witli all 

 the luxury of paper and richness of illustration for which 

 Mr. II. J. Parker is celebrated, is T/ic Handbook for Visi- 

 tors to Oxford ; and its object, which is to tell the visitor 

 in a few words the history, and chief points of history, of 

 tho.se buildings which will meet his eyes in his walks 

 through Oxford, is well carried out. When we add that 

 the book is illustrated with 128 woodcuts by Jewitt, and 

 28 steel plates by Le Keux, oiu- readers will judge wh;a 



