2"* S. VI. U2., Sept. 18. '58.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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lingworth, after bis return to Proteslantism, had 

 an interview at the lodgings of Sir Kenelm 

 Digby. 



If the edition of 1654 were the one referred to 

 by the writer of the Ayisiver, it could, of course, 

 not have been written by Chillingworth, who died 

 in January, 1643-4. There is, however, an edi- 

 tion of the Dialogue bearing the following title : 



" The Dialogues of William Kichworth, or, The ludg- 

 raend of Common Sense in the Choise of Religion. Printed 

 at Paris by John Mestais, 1640." 



Now, the thing which perplexes me is this : the 

 opening sentences quoted in the Answer (" Do you 

 think there is such a city as Rome or Constanti- 

 nople ? Nephew. That I do : I would I knew 

 what I ask as well.") I find both in the edition of 

 1640, and in that of 1654, not at p. 181., but at p. 

 t203. ; but the subsequent passage, apparently 

 quoted from the Dialogues, I am unable to disco- 

 ver in either. I should mention that the " Rich- 

 worth" of 1640 contains three Dialogues, the 

 " Rushworth " of 1654 contains the same three, 

 with an additional one. In the three Dialogues 

 which are common to the two editions, the edition 

 of 1654 varies only verbally from that of 1640. 

 The fourth Dialogue does not bear upon the sub- 

 ject discussed in the Ansiver. 



These circumstances lead me to ask, 



1st. What is the evidence on which the Answer 

 to liusliworth is attributed to Chillingworth ? I 

 mean external evidence, for the internal decidedly 

 confirms the ascription to him. 



2nd. Are the passages which appear to be 

 quoted from " Rushworth " in the Answer to be 

 found in any edition of Rushworth's Dialogues ? 

 Or had Chillingworth access to some MS. of the 

 Dialogues, from which the printed text varies ? 



3rd. Does not Chillingworth, in the extract 

 given in the Answer, himself take up the cudgels 

 lor the " nephew " against the " uncle ? " The 

 " nephew " is certainly a far more vigorous advo- 

 cate for the Protestant cause in Chillingworth than 

 in Rushworth ; and the extract is introduced with- 

 out a word to tell us whence it comes. 



4th. Is Mr. Hallam's extract to be found, after 

 all, anywhere in the Religion of Protestants ? 



Perhaps some of these questions might have 

 heen rendered unnecessary by a consultation of 

 Desmaireaux's Critical and Historical Account of 

 Chillingworth ; but I have been unable to get 

 sight of that work, nor have I been able to refer 

 to the last edition of Hallam's Zi/erafere of Europe. 



I venture to ask the following questions also, 

 arising out of the Dialogues themselves. 



At p. 113, (ed. 1640), and p. 43. (ed. 1654.) 



" The Portugals in their difldoveries found a man whose 

 habitation was in the sea, and came only to land, as cro- 

 cuUik-s aii<l seacalvcs do." 



Where is any account of this to be found i* 



At p. 278. (ed. 1654), not contained in ed. 1640. 



" You know Tradition and the Church and the Collier's 

 Faith was the old ivay." 



Is there any trace'of the expression, " the col- 

 lier's faith," used in a similar way ? How did it 

 originate ? S. C. 



Cambridge. 



QUEEN CATHERINE PARR AND THOMAS LOUD 

 SEYMOUR OF SUDLEY. 



The general accounts of the family of Seymour 

 state that Lord Seymour of Sudley, so created 

 1547, was beheaded 20 Nov. 1549, without leaving 

 any issue. 



It is, however, stated by Strype, vol. ii. p. 201., 

 that by Queen Catherine Parr he had a daughter 

 Mary, and that she was at her father's dying re- 

 quest conveyed to G-rimsthorpe in Lincolnshire, 

 the residence of Katherine, Duchess of Suffolk. 



She seems shortly after to have been an incum- 

 brance and expense to the duchess. What little is 

 known of the unfortunate lady is given by Miss 

 Strickland in the Life of Queen Katherine Parr. 



The last account supported by any historical 

 evidence is to be gathered from " an Act for dis- 

 inheriting Mary Seymour, daughter and heir of 

 the late Lord Seymour, Admiral, of England and 

 the late Queen ; " and another Act for the resti- 

 tution of Mary Seymour, passed 5 Jan. 1549, 3 

 Edw. VL 



Miss Strickland, upon the authority of some 

 printed MSS. remaining in a family o^ Law son, 

 states that Mary Seymour became the wife of Sir 

 Edward Bushell, but without any particulars to 

 lead to his identity, beyond supposition. 



It is singular that there should be any doubt 

 or obscurity in regard to the issue of Queen Ca- 

 therine, if she had such a daughter. 



Should any of your correspondents engaged in 

 historical inquiries possess any information, or be 

 able to afford a clue to evidence on the subject, it 

 will be most acceptable ; and who, at the same 

 time I would ask, was Sir Edward Bushell? 



North-Crat. 



Concrete. — The extensive use of concrete in 

 various forms in Great Britain is remarkable. Its 

 practical use is very great, and an immense saving 

 is effected. Has any one connected his name with 

 this mixture of small materials and lime ? And 

 when shrtuld we date its recent introduction ? 

 Of course, we know that the Romans used con- 

 crete. G. R. L. 



The Virgil of Christianity. — In Traite sur la 

 Grace, par Jean llegnier, Paris, 1 729, the follow- 

 ing lines are quoted as of " Le Virgile du Chris- 



