2 nd S. IX. Jan. 7. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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"The Prince of Vauderaont came. Immediately he 

 was informed of the singular fact, and, in order better to 

 appreciate the case, he made both the Englishmen appear 

 before him. Xow, they had to tell him all the circum- 

 stances of their clandestine desertion of the camp and 

 everything besides, that had occurred to them. The 

 prince listened attentively, and when they had spoken, 

 his mouth uttered to the poor culprits the word of 

 ' Pardon.' ' It is impossible,' quoth he, ' in such an 

 uncommon case, not to obey the voice of divine Provi- 

 dence.' " 



J. H. van Lennep. 



Zeyst, near Utrecht, Dec. 17, '50. 



An excellent Example : Portrait of 

 Richard II. — William Lanibarde, Esq., Keeper 

 of the Eecords in the Tower, wrote a " Pandectas 

 of all the Rolls, Bundles, &c, in the Tower of 

 London," whereof Queen Elizabeth had given to 

 him in charge, 21 Jan. 1600-1. He records the 

 following speech from her : — 



" Her Majestie chearefully receaved the same into her 

 Hands, saynge you intended to present this Booke unto 

 mee by the Countice of Warwicke ; but I will none of 

 that, for if any subject of rnyne doe mee a service, I will 

 thankfully accept it from his owne hands. Then open- 

 inge the Booke, sayes, you shall see I can read," &c. 



The Queen " demaunded whither I hadd seene any true 

 Picture or lively Representation of his Countenance or 

 Person. To which Larnbarde replied, ' None but such 

 as be in comon Hands.' And Her Majesty continued, 

 ' The Lord Lumly, a lover of Antiquities, discovered it 

 fastened on the backside of a doore of a back Roome wich 

 hee presented unto mee, praynge with my Good Leave 

 that I might putt itt in Order with my Auncestors and 

 Successors. I will commaund Tho. Kneavett, Keeper of 

 my House and Gallery at Westminster, to shew it unto 

 thee.' " 



Is this portrait extant ? 



" Being called away to prayer, shce putt the Booke in 

 her Bosome, having forbidden mee, from the first to the 

 last, to fall uppon my knee before her, concludinge, 

 ' Farewell, Good and honest Larnbarde.' — 1601, 4th Au- 

 gust." 



W.P. 



Peppercomb. — I shall feel obliged to any one 

 who will enlighten me as to the origin of the 

 name of Peppercomb, a pretty little coomb open- 

 ing on the Bristol Channel halfway between 

 Bideford and Clovully. 



The only other instances I know of the word 

 Pepper appearing in names of places are Pepper- 

 Hill, near Launeeston, Cornwall, and Pepper- 

 Harrow, near Godalmiug, Surrey, and in both 

 these cases also I am ignorant of the cause of the 

 nomenclature. N. S. L. 



Oliver Goldsmith. — His room or garret in 

 Trinity College, Dublin, was held in veneration 

 by the students ; and a piece of glass on which he 

 had written his autograph was handed down from 

 tenant to tenant as a sacred relic. It is now no 

 longer there ! What became of it ? 



George Lloyd. 



Memorial or a Witch. — In Lord Polio's Park, 

 Duncomb, Perthshire, is a stone cross bearing this 



inscription : — ■ 



" Maggy Walls burnt here as a witch, 1057." 



Will any of your numerous readers state if 

 they know of any other memorial to an unfortu- 

 nate witch ? Chattodunus. 



Yoftregeke. — In Alton church (Hants) is 

 the following inscription, which, ns nearly as I 

 could do so, is copied verbatim et literatim : — 



" Xofr Walaston grome of y° chambers & on of y e yoft- 

 regere unto Hen. viii. Ed. vi. Philip & Marye & Elizth." 



I suppose this awkward-looking word to be as- 

 tringer, or one of the description of falconers, 

 given by many old authors. Juliana Berncrs (ed. 

 Wynkyn de Worde, 1496, b. iij recto) says, "Ye 

 shall understonue that they ben callyd Ostregeres 

 that kepe goshawkes or tercelles ; " and Cowell 

 (Laiv Diet.) says " Ostringers, falconers, properly 

 that keeps a goshawke." 



Can any of your readers give more information 

 on the subject, and does it throw light on the 

 disputed passage in All's Well that Uriels Well — 

 " enter a gentle Astringer ? " A. A. 



Poets' Corner. 



Crispin Tucker. — Where can I meet with any 

 account of this worthy, said to have been a 

 poetaster and bookseller on old London Bridge 

 somewhere about the beginning of the last cen- 

 tury. Are any broadsides, poems, or books written 

 or published by him st ill to be met with ? C. T. 



The Four Fool.; op the Mumeles. — In The 

 Daily Telegraph of Dec. 6th was a capital leader 

 on the " Four Merchants of Liverpool," in the 

 course of Avhich the writer mentioned that : — 



" An old Welsh story, entitled the ' Four Fools of the 

 Mumbles,' relates how certain Cambrians proved them- 

 selves the supreme Idiots of the L T niverse.' 



Where is the story of the Four Fools of the 

 Mumbles to be found ? Ambrose Merton. 



Cleaning a Watch on the Summit of 

 Salisbury Sfire. — The papers from time to time 

 note the circumstance that some daring person 

 has climbed this spire to oil the weathercock. 

 This is a dangerous feat, as the top of the spire is 

 404 feet, from the ground. It is ascended by 

 ladders for about three-fourths of its height, 

 which are fixed inside the spire. A small door 

 then opens, and the adventurer has to climb the 

 rest of the way by a series of irons, something 

 like the bandies of Hat irons, which are fixed in 

 the stone work, and by which he is able to make 

 his way to the top to complete his dizzy work. 

 About forty years ago, I am told, some persons 

 were assembled at the "Pheasant" in Salisbury, 

 and were talking about this feat, when a watch- 

 maker, of the name of Arnold, who was present, 



