2»* S. YI. 145., Oct. 9. '58.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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viov K<5;U7jTOS, eqilivalent to 'linretis ? 'l-mreis, gen. 

 iTnr€<is, is an old Athenian name for an Eques, or 

 Knight, and bears also in modern Greek a mean- 

 ing similar to Knight or Cavalier, In that case, 

 'iTTTreoy would be equivalent to our " Sir " (as a 

 handle), and 'lTnT(6s 'AvTuvlov^=S'n- Anthony. The 

 form 'lirireSs 'Ayraviov Kd/ii7)T0j would then resemble 

 our " Sir Anthony , Bart." (name both pre- 

 ceded and followed by a title). 



Between 'iTnreiJs and Kd^rjTo? I fear there is a 

 dismal attempt at a pun, Hippeus being a peculiar 

 kind of comet. "Hippeus equinas [imitatur] jubas, 

 celerrimi motus, atque in orbem circa se euntes." 

 (Plin. ii. 22.) 



May all success attend Dr. Teegelles in his 

 important and arduous undertaking ! 



Thomas Bots. 



Crannock (2°'^ S. vi. 232.) — It will assist in- 

 quiry into the exact meaning of the word cran- 

 nock to read Cowel's notice of it, as thus : — 



" Ckanxock, Crennoc. An old measure in corn. 



" Quilibet debet flagellare dimidium crannoc/i frumenti 

 ad semen, et duos busselos frumenti contra Natale in 

 firma sua." — Cartualar. Abbat. Glasion. MS. fol. 39. a. 



" Eex mandat G. de Marisco, Justiciario Hibern. nt 

 liberet Regi Manniai, singulis annis, duo dolia vini, et 

 sexies viginti crennoc bladi pro honiagio suo." — Claus. 

 3 H. 3. m. 2. 



What is meant by duo dolia vini f Dole is a 

 Saxon word signifying part or share. Minsheu 

 speaks of " a dole, or liberall gift of a prince ;" 

 and, in reference to charity, a dole is yet a name 

 of popular use. J. de Lecetfeld. 



Henr. Smetii Frosodia (2"'' S. vi.205.) — I have 

 a copy of this work of rather an earlier edition 

 than that quoted by Me. Coi,lyns, viz. : " Lvg- 

 dvni Apud Joannem Gryphium mdcxix." It 

 appears also more full in the title-page, and con- 

 cludes with a Latin poem of about 300 lines, in- 

 scribed : 



" Deo Vero, AEterno, Vni et Trino, Servatori,Evcharis- 

 ticon, Henrici Smetii vitam coranlectens. Small 8vo. 

 pp. 685." 



and neatly executed iu its typography. 



Another useful and ingenious work, which I 

 thinjc is but little known (at least I have never 

 noticed it mentioned by any of the leiirned writers 

 in"N. &Q."), is — 



" L'llarmonie Etimologiqve des Langves oil se de- 

 monstre euidemment par pluaicurs antiquitez curieuse- 

 ment recberchees que toutes les langues sont descendues 

 de I'Hebrai'cquc, Le tout disposi seloji Vordre Alphabetuque 

 auec deux Tables Cvne des mots Grecs, I'autre des Latins et 

 hinijues vulyaires. Seconde edition reueu et corrigee de 

 phisieurs mots obmis par cy deuant. Par M. Estienne 

 Gvicbart, Leeteur et Proffesseur es langues Siihicles. A 

 Paris chcz Victor Le Hoy, ii I'entree du Pont au change 

 deuant rOrloge du Palais, m.dc.xviu. Small 8vo. pp. 

 9*6." 



It is dedicated — 



" A Keverend Pcre en Diev Messiro Eranifois Oliuier 



Seigneur de Fotenay Abb^ Commandataire de I'Abbay S. 

 Quentin les Beauuais." 



Contains also, " Advertissement ;" an^, besides, 

 fourteen pages of a kind of critical and explana- 

 tory " Preface au Leeteur." 



An interesting little-sized book in two parts, 

 made up altogether of 529 pages, designed for the 

 instruction and musical improvement of the youth 

 belonging to the schools of that age and country, 

 and an elegant tribute to the memory of the illus- 

 trious poet, George Buchanan, may be included 

 with the foregoing elementary works of other 

 days : — 



" Psalmorvni Davidis, Paraplirasis poctica, Gcorgii 

 Bvchanani, Scoti, Argttmcntis ae mclodiis expUcata atijue 

 illustrata, Opera et studio Nathanis Chytraei, Cum gratia 

 etpriuikg. Cces. Maiest. Herbornae, cloloc." 



The Psalms are supplied with music notes for 

 four voices, Discantus, Altus, Tenor, Bassus, and 

 according to the various measures of the Psalms. 

 Having finished this sacred department of his 

 labours, the author introduces us to the profane : 

 " Nathan Chytraevs 

 " Lectori S. 

 " Hactenns explicui pueris miniis obuia verba, 

 Dicendi et raros difficiles q' modos. 

 Tu postquam mentem q' tenes.linguara q' poetoa, 

 Nunc quoq; cum socijs, si libet, ilia cane." 



And proceeds, in like manner, with musical ex- 

 amples suitable to the versifications of Horace. 



I should feel obliged for a few biographical par- 

 ticulars of N. C, whom I have been unable to 

 find in some compilations formerly consulted. 



G. N". 



Flowers noticed hy early Poets (2°* S. vi. 206.) 

 — H. H. H. will find many allusions to, and quo- 

 tations from, the Old English Poets on plants, 

 flowers, &c. in The Romance of Nature, by Miss 

 Twamley. This was published some years since 

 by Mr. Tilt, and is an expensive and beautifully 

 " got up " volume, embellished with plates of 

 flowers from designs by the talented authoress, 

 which would aflbrd much pleasure to all who 

 really love the fair beauties of floral nature. 



S. M. S. 



Dover (2°* S. vi. 148.)— E. F. D. C., who asks 

 where be may find "any accurate drawings" re- 

 specting several Dover antiquities, will doubtless 

 be helped by Darell's work on Dover Castle, and 

 the Rev. John Lyon's History of Dover ; in both 

 of which works are many representations of such 

 objects as may interest him. Again, in a late 

 number of The Builder, is an excellent wood-en- 

 graving of the minster of St. Mary's church, which 

 has its situation within the embracing walls of 

 that particular cliff which goes by the name of 

 the " Castle." Barfreston church, I believe, is 

 engraved in Mr. Batchellor's book about Dover ; 

 and, if not there, I feel pretty certain that Mr. 



