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tapestry, which is extended from wall to wall, and 

 does duty in the place of whitewash. It is com- 

 posed of cloth of gold (as far as I can make out), 

 and its dimensions are about twelve feet by eight. 

 Extending across its length and breadth are two 

 cross-strips of crimson velvet about twelve inches 

 wide, on which are embroidered portcullises and 

 roses in high relief. An old catalogue of the pic- 

 tures in the university library and the colleges 

 describes it as a cloth or canopy which was carried 

 over the head of Queen Elizabeth on her visit to 

 the university. It strikes me that it must be a 

 funeral pall, and that the badge indicates a con- 

 nection with Henry VII. Is there any record of 

 a funeral ceremony in King's College at his death? 

 I believe the room in which it is now placed is on 

 the site of the old King's College. The tapestry 

 is not in a position which does credit to the Syn- 

 dicate of the library. Hilton Hesbory. 



Lynn Regis Monument in Barbadoes. — In the 

 island of Barbadoes at Holborn House, the resi- 

 dence of Mr. Grant, is a very remarkable marble 

 tablet, three feet wide by five in length, repre- 

 senting the town of " Lyn llegis " in Norfolk, 

 beautifully sculptured, bearing date 1687. 



The arms engraved thereon are three boars'- 

 heads erased, with a cross-croslet issuing from the 

 mouth of each., and a Cupid with a mantle the 

 crest. 



About the year 1687 Holborn House was the 

 seat of government ; Sir Richard Dutton was the 

 Governor, and Edwin Stede Deputy-Governor of 

 the island. 



Query. Can information be given as to whose 

 arms the above are, and by whom, and under 

 what circumstances, this tablet was erected ? J. I. 



" Dean Swift's Seal." — A friend has shown me 

 a steel seal, apparently of the early part of the last 

 century, engraved on three sides (moving on a 

 swivel), with the following devices : — First side : 

 A shield, quarterly; 1. and 4. On a chief three 

 spread eagles ; 2. and 3. On a chevron engrailed 

 between three greyhounds courant, three pellets. 

 Second side: On a torse, a demi-eagle, wings 

 erect, and this motto, in omnia taratus. Third 

 side : Out of a mural crown, two naked arms, en- 

 circled with flames, holding a book ; with the 

 same motto. The former crest probably belongs 

 to the first quartering ; and the second, which is a 

 remarkable one, perhaps to the second quartering. 

 It appears to be of historical allusion, — Query, 

 whether to the preservation of the holy scriptures 

 from the flames of persecution? May I ask to 

 what names these heraldic insignia belong? and 

 whether to any connected with the celelruted 

 Dean Swift. J. G. N. 



The Terra-Cntta Busts of the Ccesars at Hamp- 

 ton Court. — In a letter to the Gentleman s Maga- 



zine, vol. xxiv., N. S., p. 594., Mr. Jesse says that 

 the missing bust (the twelfth) " is in front of an 

 inn at Tichfield in Hampshire." Have any of 

 the readers of " N. & Q." seen this bust, and will 

 they report upon its present state ? T. T. 



Hartlepool Sepulchral Stones.' — When the An- 

 glo-Saxon cemetery at Hartlepool was opened in 

 1833, it is said that a commercial traveller pur- 

 chased one of the sepulchral stones. Is it still in 

 existence ; and, if so, where ? Daniel. 



Bev. Wm. Mason. — This learned poet, having 

 attained the age of seventy-two in full enjoyment 

 of his eyesight, composed a sonnet of gratitude to 

 the Almighty for this great and unusual gift. I 

 have searched in vain for this effusion through 

 several editions of his Works, and now hope that 

 some more fortunate correspondent may rescue it 

 from loss by transferring it to the pages of " N. 

 & Q." E. D. 



Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. — About five-and- 

 twenty years ago, one Signor Micheli brought 

 over to this country a very ancient encaustic pic- 

 ture of Queen Cleopatra, which was supposed to 

 be a genuine portrait, painted by a Greek artist, 

 and which the owner valued at 10,000Z. He 

 caused an engraving of it to be executed. Is the 

 painting still in existence, or where may the print 

 of it be seen ? The title of the print was as fol- 

 lows : — 



" Cleopatra, Queen of Egypt. The original, of which 

 the present plate is a faithful representation, is the only 

 known and hitherto discovered specimen of ancient Greek 

 painting. It has given rise to the most learned inquiries 

 both in Italy and France, and been universally admitted 

 by cognoscenti, assisted by actual analysis of the colours, 

 to be an encaustic painting. The picture is attributed to 

 Timomachus, and supposed to have been painted by him 

 for his friend and patron, Augustus Caesar, 33 years be- 

 fore Christ, to adorn the triumph that celebrated his 

 Egyptian victories over Antony and Cleopatra, as a 

 substitute for the beautiful original, of whom he was dis- 

 appointed by the heroic death she inflicted on herself. 

 This plate is dedicated to the virtuosi and lovers of re- 

 fined art in the British Empire by the Author, who is 

 also the possessor of this inestimable relic of Grecian Art." 



John M^Keogh. — I have a neatly written MS. 

 volume, comprising Compendium Logicce and 

 Annotata Physiologica, scripta a Joanne M'Keogh 

 Hiberno, Parisiis, Feb. 18, 1763. Was this John 

 M'Keogh the same as the Kev. John Keogh, the 

 author of Zoologia Medicinalis Hibernica (8vo. 

 Dublin, 1739) ? or, if not (as I am inclined to 

 think), who was he ? Abhba. 



When does the Fast of Lent conclude ? — In 

 Roman Catholic countries the conclusion is at 

 voon on the Saturday before Easter Day. I was 

 at Naples on this day, and was surprised by hear- 

 ing the cannon from San Elmo begin to fire ex- 

 actly at twelve o'clock : thej' were responded to from 



