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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2nd s. VI. 148., Oct. 30. '58. 



him, or direct me to any work where I could find 

 the information ? Belatee-Adime. 



P.S. I have numbered each verse. It is not 

 so in the Tract. In the Sale Catalogue, 2nd Part, 

 of Dr. Bliss's books, the above is given thus: "Lot 

 376. [Dobson (John)], Dr. Pierce," &c. Query, 

 Who is this Dobson ? 



[Dobson is noticed in Wood's Athence Oxon. iv. 1. Ac- 

 cording to Wood (iv. 2. 304.), this lampoon was the joint 

 production of Dobson and Pierce himself !] 



PRIVY SEAL BECORD OF SCOTLAND. 



The following notes are in the handwriting of 

 the late Sir Patrick Walker of Coates, knight, and 

 may be useful in guiding inquirers to the Privy 

 Seal Record of Scotland, where a vast amount of 

 important information is preserved : — 

 Pilgrimage. 



" 1498. Letter of Licence to the Abbot of S« Coline 

 Inset, to pas our the seay to the skulis for science and 

 knowlage to be haid, or to the Court of Rome on pilgrim- 

 age, &c. 9 June, 1498, fol. 29. 



" 1499. Dec. 17, fol. 96. Letter of Licence to lord lyle 

 to pas in his pilgrimage beyond see, &c. Fol. 96. 



" 1528. Feb. 13. Licence maid to George Preston of 

 that Ilk, gevand him licence to pas in pilgrimage to sanct 

 Thomas of Canterbury and sanct Johnne of Amyes, for 

 the quhilk he is under a vow for wmy" Symon prestoun 

 of that Ilk, knycht. 16. K." 



Schools and Learning. 



" 1555. Feb. 5, vol. xxviii. fol. 10. Marie, &c. Forsame- 

 kle as it is understand to our derrest moder Marie, &c., 

 that ye want and laik of cunning men, raritie and scarsi- 

 nes of thame to teche and read within our realme has 

 bene ye occasioun of the decay of knawledge. It then 

 points out the advantage of education, and as Alexand. 

 Syra hes spendit his zoutheid in vertue and science, &c.. 

 He is appointed to attend the Dowager, to be ' her lec- 

 tourer and seictare,' and ' to gife all utheris young men of 

 fresche and quyk Ingj-nis occasioun to apply,' &c. 



"1568. March 31, vol. — , fol. 55. Licence to the Earl 

 of Argyle and other with him to go to France and Flan- 

 ders to learn languages. 



" 1575. June 1, vol. xliii. fol. 8. Letter. It being certified 

 that James Small, son of a Sadler in Edin., ' being puire 

 fathirles and destitut of .ill support of parentis or freindis, 

 is of convenient aige to enter on the studie of gramer and 

 apt disposit therefore, &c., a grant of 7 years' sustentatiou 

 when at school.' 



" 1576. Jan. 5, vol. xliv. fol. 6. An allowance is made 

 to Arthur Scot for the like purpose. 



" 1577. June 18, vol. — , fol. 46. Grant made to Johne 

 Nicholsone, who ' hes bene bro' up at )-e scholis and hes 

 absolvit his cours of grammer and philosophic, and now 

 is myndit to pass in other countreis for his farder cxerf ise 

 in learning,' &c. " 



Prititers, ^'c, 



" 1509. Sep. 15, vol. — . fol. 129. Letter to Walter Chap- 

 man and Andro Myllar. 



"1559. Aug. 26, vol. — , fol. 5. Letter maid to maister 

 W™ Nwdrye, that he has ' for )'e better instructioun of 

 j'oung ch3'ldrene in ye art of grammer to be taucht in 

 scolis diuerse volumes following : ' amongst these is 

 ' Ane A B C for Scottis men to reide the frenche toung, 

 ane exortatioun to ye noblis of Scotlande to favour yair 

 aid freindis,' &c. 



" 1565. Feb. 7, vol. — , f. 53. To Robart Lekprevick, for 

 printing the Acts and other Books. 



" 15GC. June 1, vol. — , fol. 86. To Edward Henr)', for 

 printing and selling the Acts, &c. Recalled. 



" 1567. Jan. 14, vol. — , fol. 27. To Robert Lekprevick, 

 the same. 



" 1570. Nov. 11, vol. — , fol. 34. To the same, various 

 books mentioned. 



" 1575. Feb. 2, vol. — , fol. 55. To George Young, the 

 exclusive printing of the Grammar to be used ' univer- 

 sallie throwout this realme." 



•' 1576. June 30, vol. — , fol. 103. To Alex' Arbuthnot 

 and Tho. Bassinden, licence to print ' Bibles in the vul- 

 gare englis toung in haill or in pairtes, with ane callen- 

 dare to be insert thairin.' " 



Egyptians. 



" 1540. May 25, vol. xiii. fol. 83. Precept to John 

 Wanne, son of John Fall, ' minores asgipti comitis ac dni 

 magni Egiptiorum infra regnum Scotia existen. Dan. 

 sibi p'latum p'dictos egipteos ad sibi obediend. et parcnd. 

 plectere et punire,' &c. 



" . Feb. 17, vol. xiv. fol. 59. John Faw, Lord and 



Erie of littel Egypt. 



" 1553. Ap. 29, vol. xxv. fol. 62. The same." J. M. 



SIMILARITIES. 



The Italians say proverbially : — 



" Al molino, ed alia sposa, 

 Sempre manca qualche cosa." 

 (" A woman and a millstone are always wanting some- 

 thing.") 



In the Bag-o-Behar ("The Garden and Spring"), 

 Kubeer saw a millstone going round, and wept ; 

 because be compared the two stones to the earth 

 and sky, and said that no one who came into the 

 world could pass through the ordeal of life with- 

 out sorrow. Professor Eastwick (who, by the by, 

 is not always quite right in his translations) gives 

 the proverb thus ; — 



" Kablra wept when he beheld the millstone roll, 

 Of that which passes 'twixt the stones * nought goes 

 forth whole." 



Kabira, he informs us, lived in the reign of 

 Sikandar Shah LodI, from a.d. 1488 to a.d. 1516 

 (vide his translation of 1852). 



Longfellow translates an aphorism from the 

 Sinnegdichte of Friedrich Von Logan : — 



" A millstone and the human heart are driven ever round, 

 If they have nothing else to grind, they must them- 

 selves be ground." 



The great Luther says (vide Luther s Table 

 Talk, translated by Hazlitt, D. Bogue, 1848) : — 



" The human heart is like a millstone in a mill ; when 

 j'ou put wheat under it, it turns and grinds and bruises 

 the wheat to flour. If j'OU put no wheat, it still grinds 

 on, but then 'tis itself it grinds, and wears away." 



These coincidences are singular, and perhaps 



* The Hindustani is : — 



" Chulte chukee dekhkur kubera ro 

 Do puttun ke beech asabit gea nh, ko." 



( Vide beginning of the story of the 

 Bag-o-Behar.) 



