a-"! S. VI. 145., Oct. 9. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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Anonymoiis Proverbs. — At the time of Samuel 

 Rogers' death, and when anecdotes and recollec- 

 tions of liim filled the corners of all the newspa- 

 pers I excerpted the following pithy sayings, which 

 I remember were printed with some anecdotes of 

 the deceased poet, though not attributed to him. 

 I foolishly omitted taking down any particulars, 

 and should now be obliged if some correspondent 

 of "N. & Q." could supply with the name of their 

 original utterer. They are too, I humbly con- 

 ceive, worthy of preservation in " N. & Q.," not 

 for their piety, but their xvit. And if any one 

 felt disposed to compile a book to be entitled 

 " The Proverbs of the Worldly- Wise Man," they 

 would deserve a prominent place in the new Evan- 

 gel:— 



" Men must be saved in this world by want of faith." 

 "The struggling for Isnowledge hath a pleasure like 



wrestling with a fine woman." 

 " The best qualification for a prophet is to have a good 



memory." 



" Content to the mind is like moss to an old tree : it 



bindeth it up so as to stop its growth." 

 "Complaining is a contempt upon oneself." 

 "An aged man conc'udeth, from his knowing mankind, 



that they know him too, and that maketh him very 



warj'." 



Vablov ai» Hakrt. 



Rev. M. Gihert, one of H. M. French chaplains, 

 having accepted a living in Guernsey in 1796, 

 nominated Mr. Compton as his substitute at the 

 French chapel of St. James's. On the title-page 

 of Gibert's Animadversions on Voltaire, he is 

 styled Chaplain to the King ; but Malone's note 

 [in BoswelVs Johnson, iv. p. 226.] creates surprise, 

 by ascribing to the chaplain a right to nominate a 

 substitute. What is the history of this chapel 

 and its origin ? Is it a subsisting institution ? 

 By what funds is it supported ? and had the chap- 

 lain the right to appoint a substitute ? Any infor- 

 mation on these heads, as also any anecdotes or 

 accounts of Gibert, will be thankfully received. 



W. N. S. 



Tahar na feazag. — What is the meaning of 

 this Gaelic phrase, which is the motto of the High- 

 land Society ? Ein Fbazeb. 



Lascelles " History of Ireland.'' — Mr. Mac- 

 Nevin has appended the following note to p. 220. 

 of The Conjiscation of Ulster : — 



" His [Lascelles'] History of Ireland has been sup- 

 pressed by government ; it was too true for general use. 

 But it fortunately is still to be found in the Four Courts' 

 Library, and I believe the Dublin Society. It ought to 

 be republished." 



What may be the merits of this work, which I 

 have'not had an opportunity of consulting ? 



Abbba. 



Vifmvim. — Have any of your readers who 

 have been interested in monastic libraries ever 

 noticed that any of them possessed a copy of this, 



the earliest of the architectural writers whose 

 books have been preserved ? A copy in the Bri- 

 tish Museum has the name of a monastery oblite- 

 rated. I should be very glad to have the name 

 or names of any, where this work has been known 

 to be included in the generally very small list of 

 books possessed by the convent. An Akchitect. 



Bibliographical Queries. — Please let me have 

 the names of the writers of the following publica- 

 tions : — 



1. " The Uncertainty of the Signs of Death, and the 

 Danger of Precipitate Interments and Dissections de- 

 monstrated. 12mo. London, 1746." 



2. " Admonitions from the Dead, in Epistles to the 

 Living. 12mo. London, 1754." 



Abhba, 



Quotation Wanted. — Can any of your corre- 

 spondents inform me whence the following quo- 

 tation is taken ; it is appended to an engraving of 

 Guercino's " Aurora," a companion print to the 

 " Aurora" of Guido. I also should be glad to 

 know in what collection the original picture is to 

 be found ? — 



" Franciscus Barbieri vulgo Guercino jnnxit. 

 " Rore madens multoque renidens tlore rosarum, 

 Noctem Cimmeriis vigens Aurora sub antris, 

 Egieditur thalamo gelidum aspernata maritum, 

 Incassum heu fonnosa, in conjuge suspirantem." 

 " Johannes Volpato sculpsit Romce." 



J. W. G. GUTCH. 



Fenelon : Euphemius. — In a Historical Treatise 

 on Mystic Quietism, translated from the French, 

 1701, Madame Guyon is said to have been 



" So overflowing with the milk of human kindness as to 

 give vitality to a clod, and of so tender a conscience as, 

 like Euphemius, to have been made unhappy by an 

 earthy impossibility till the Archbishop of Cambray, as 

 king of the fishes, suggested an aqueous solution " (p. 125.). 



Many of your correspondents must be familiar 

 with the writings of Fenelon. Can anyone refer 

 me to the passage in his works above alluded to, 

 or tell me who was Euphemius ? What is the 

 title of the French original, and where can I find 

 it ? G. M. 



Ancient Seals. — I should like to know to whom 

 the two seals below described belonged : — 



1. On one is the figure of a priest (?), and aa 

 inscription, " car' patni militant." 



2. Down the centre a pastoral staff with a 

 mitre laid across it, on the left of which are the 

 two keys, and on the right a sword, applying no 

 doubt to SS. Peter and Paul. The inscription is 

 nearly obliterated ; both are in brass, of the el- 

 liptical shape. J. C. J. 



Farm Servants. — It is the custom in some parts 

 of the country for farm servants to claim the time 

 after eight o'clock in the evening as their own : 

 their work is supposed to be done, Query, has 



