2°d S. IX. Jan. 28. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



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which was established in 1753, and was located in 

 the Adelphi, and which was presided over and 

 patronised at various intervals by Charles Duke 

 of Norfolk, the Dukes of Northumberland, Rich- 

 mond, Portland, &c. If the Dilettanti were in- 

 corporated with the latter society, pray at what 

 period did such union take place ? 2. 2. 



Acrostic. — At the end of a form of prayer for 

 the 17th Nov., set forth by authority, temp. Eliza- 

 beth (but undated), are some psalms and anthems 

 appointed to be sung. One of these,'entituled " a 

 Song of rejoysing for the prosperous Reigne of 

 our most gratious Soveraigne Lady Queene Eliza- 

 beth," and "made to the use of the 25th Psalm," 

 is arranged so as to be an acrostic of God save the 

 Queen : — > 



G Geve laude unto the Lorde, 



And prayse his holy name 

 O O Let us all with one accorde 



Now magnifie the same 

 D Due thanks unto him yeeld 



Who evermore hath beene 

 S So strong defence buckler and shielde 



To our most Royall Queene. 



A And as for her this daie 



Each where about us rounde 



V Up to the skie right solemnelie 

 The bells doe make a sounde 



E Even so let us rejoyce 



Before the Lord our King 

 T To him let us now frame our voyce 



With chearefull hearts to sing. 



H Her Majesties intent 



By U13' good grace and will 

 E Ever O Lorde hath bene most bent 



Thy lawe for to fulfill 

 Q Quite thou that loving minde 



With love to her agayne 



V Unto her as thou hast beene kinde 

 O Lord so still remaine. 



E Extende thy mightie hand 



Against her mortall foes 

 E Expresse and shewe that thou wilt stand 



With her against all those 

 N Nigh unto her abide 



Upholde her scepter strong 

 E Eke graunt with us a joyjull guide 



She may continue long. I. C. 



Amen. 



This curious acrostic takes every alternate line 

 of the psalm. I want to know who is the proba- 

 ble author, whose initials, I. C, are at the foot, 

 or do they stand for the words in Christo f 



Abracadabra. 



Henry VII. at Lincoln in 1486. — This 

 politic sovereign is recorded to have thought it 

 prudent to visit the northern parts of the king- 

 dom in the first spring of his reign, and to have 

 " kept his Easter at Lincoln." Is it known by 

 what route he made his progress from London, 

 and by whom he was attended ? 



William Kelly. 



Leicester. 



Rev. John Genest. — On Dec. 14, 1859, Put- 

 tick and Simpson sold among the collections of 

 Mr. Bell of Wallsend, an autograph latter (signed) 

 of the Rev. John Genest, 8 pages folio, and con- 

 taining dramatic memoranda for 1712. It was 

 dated 8, Bennett Street, Bath, Nov. 20th, and 

 was written in a large bold hand. I conclude he 

 is the author of Some Account of the Englisk 

 Stage, 10 vols. 8vo. 1832. What is known of 

 him, and when did he die ? Cl. Hopper. 



Hotspur. — What is the earliest record of the 

 sobriquet " Hotspur " applied to the famous Henry 

 Lord Percy of Alnwick ? G. AV. Ernst. 



Liverpool. 



Henry Constantine Jennings. — This gen- 

 tleman was born at Shiplake, Oxfordshire, in 



1731 ; married before ; he buries his wife 



Julianna in 1761 ; he married, 2ndly, a daughter 

 of Roger Newell of Bobins Place in Kent ; in 

 1815 he is living in Lindsey Row, Chelsea, and in 

 or about the same time he preferred a claim to an 

 abeyant peerage ; but it is not known with what 

 success ; he is supposed to have died in the King's 

 Bench Prison about 1818; his inveterate love for 

 the fine arts was no doubt the cause of it. If any 

 kind correspondent of " N. & Q." would furnish 

 the pedigree of his family from about 1650 to his 

 death it would be thankfully acknowledged by a 

 relative. David Jennings. 



Charles Street, Hampstead Road. 



Pye-Wype. — A field in the parish of Middle 

 Rasen is known by the name of Pye- Wype Close. 

 There are said to be other places in the county of 

 Lincoln bearing the same name. What is the 

 meaning of Pye-Wype ? J. Sansom. 



CBuemS toith <3n$iDcr$. 



" Put into Ship-shape." — Can any of the 

 readers of " N. & Q." inform me of the origin of 

 this phrase ? Merrick Chryostom, M.A. 



[The familiar phrase "Put into ship-shape," which, as 

 commonly used, signifies " arranged, put into order, 

 made serviceable " (as when a vessel in ordinary is rig- 

 ged and prepared for sea), appears to have originated, 

 verbally at least, from an expression which, unless some 

 of our older lexicographers have fallen into error, bore a 

 by no means kindred meaning. According to Ash (1775) 

 and Bailey (1736) ship-shapen signified unsightly, with a 

 particular reference to a ship that was " built strait up," 

 or wall-sided. Webster and Ogilvie, on the contrary, 

 give " ship-shape " in the sense which it now bears in 

 common parlance. " Ship-shape, in a seamanlike man- 

 ner, and after the fashion of a ship ; as, this mast is not 

 rigged ship-shape ; trim your sails ship-shape." 



We shall feel much obliged to any of our readers who 

 will favour us with an example of ship-shapen in the 

 older signification of wall-sided or unsight/t/. " Wall- 

 sided " was formerly wale-reared. Cf. A.-S. weall, a 

 wall.] 



