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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»-» S. IX. Feb. 25. ! 60. 



collections, I should be glad to find the means of 

 insuring its preservation. A. 



JosiahKing, of Cains College, Cambridge, B.A. 

 1664-5, wns author of An Examination and Tryal 

 of Old Father Christmas, London, 12mo., 1678, 

 and Blount's Oracles of Reason examined and cen- 

 sured, Exeter, 8vo., 1698. Can any of your cor- 

 respondents supply the date of his death, or give 

 any other information relative to him ? 



C. H. & Thompson Cooper. 



Cambridge. 



Medal of James III. — I have a silver medal 

 about the size of a shilling, with a hole in it, as if 

 it had been worn about the person. On the ob- 

 verse is a ship in full Bull, with the legend, " jac. 

 hi. r>. g. m b. f. et. h. r." On the reverse is a 

 winged angel with a spear in his hand, trampling 

 on a serpent ; with the legend, " soli deo gloria." 

 Is this medal of common occurrence ? E. H. A. 



Chronicles of London. — In Lambarde's Diet., 

 i\v., I find a reference to an authority, quoted as 

 Londinensis; Lib. London ; Lib. Consuetud. London., 

 Paris ; and Paris, lib. consuetud. London. Lam- 

 barde's work was written before 1570 : therefore 

 what printed book or MS. could he refer to? I 

 rather imagine that, the " Paris" is a separate re- 

 ference to Matthew Paris, but the words are 

 placed as above in the margin. I have tried Ar- 

 nolde's Chronicles, or Customs of London, printed 

 1502, but do not find the observations quoted by 

 Lambarde. Can any of your obliging antiquarian 

 friends assist me ? W. P. 



" Les Mysteres," etc. — I have a strange book 

 of which I can find no account. Its title is — 



" Les Mysteres du Christianisme approfondis radicale- 

 ment et reconus physiqitemeiit vrais. A Londres. Iin- 

 prime par J. G. Gallabin et G. Baker, dans Cullum 

 Street. Se vend chez P. Elmsly dans !e Strand." 1771. 

 8vo. 2 torn. 



A second title-page omits the printer's and pub- 

 lisher's names. The paper and print, both excel- 

 lent, look French, and the plates have " Gravelot 

 inv.," and " Picot et Delane sculp." From thi3 

 I infer that the book is French, and the London 

 title-page a cloak. A pencil note says "par Be- 

 bescourt, traducteur de Swedenborg." 



The substance of the work is a cabalistic, ety- 

 mological, and Phallic interpretation of the lead- 

 ing facts of scripture. It is wild, but shows much 

 learning and some ingenuity. Many parts, if 

 quoted, would look profane, but I think the author 

 sincere, and respectful in his intentions. Perhaps 

 some of your readers can tell me who he was, and 

 the h'story of his book, of which I know nothing 

 but the contents. Also, who was Bebescourt ? 

 Were Gallabin and Baker printers in Cullum 

 Street? and was P. Elmsly a publisher in the 

 Strand in 1771 ? Fitzhopkins. 



Garrick Club. 



Crowe of Kiplin Family. — What were the 

 arms of the family of Crowe, formerly of Kiplin, 

 Yorkshire ? and where is their pedigree to be 

 found ? H. 



Celebrated Writer. — In a useful little book, 

 published by Bell & Daldy last year, called The 

 Speaker at Home, I find the following (p. 57.) : — 



" We are told of some celebrated writer who would 

 rise and strike a light, and note any thought which had 

 struck him, even in the middle of the night, rather than 

 run the risk of its escaping from his memory before the 

 morning." 



Who was this celebrated writer ? Again, at 

 p. 94. of the same book, the author alludes to 

 " the memorable dictum which gives the first, 

 second, and third place in oratory to action." 

 Whose dictum is it ? John G. Talbot. 



Stephen Jerome, of S. John's College, Cam- 

 bridge, B.A. 1603-4, M.A. 1607, was' domestic 

 chaplain to the Earl of Cork; and the author of 

 works published 1613, 1614, 1619, and 1624. 

 Any farther particulars respecting him will be 

 acceptable to C. II. & Thompson Cooper, 



Cambridge. 



CSucrfca to(tl) Qnttatti. 

 PASSAGE IN PSALM XXX. 5. 



In reading through a sermon by Martin Luther, 

 " On the Liberty of a Christian," translated into 

 English by James Bell, and printed in London 

 in 1636, I find the following quotation from the 

 Psalms: "Whereof the Psalmist in the 29th 

 Psalm : ' Mourning shall dwell untill the evening, 

 and joyfulnesse untill the morning.' " 



On turning to the Authorised Version I find, 

 in the latter half of v. 5. of the 30th Psalm, 

 " Weeping may endure for a night, but joy 

 cometh in the morning." In the Vulgate these 

 words form by themselves the 6th verse of the 

 29th Psalm ; and on referring to a still more 

 ancient authority, the LXX., the words to which 

 allusion has been made occur in the second half 

 of the 6th verse of the 29th Psalm. The only 

 edition of the LXX. by me is the " Editio Stereo- 

 typa cura Leandri van Ess. Tauchnitz. 1835. 

 Lipsiae." 'Here the verse vtyda-w a* nvpit, which 

 in all other versions commences the psalm (Vulg. 

 Ps. 29. ; Aut. Ver. Ps. 30.), is numbered 2., and 

 the following verses are numbered consecutively 

 to the end. Does this notation occur in any 

 other editions? Why does the Vulgate divide 

 the 6th verse alone ? When did the 29th Psalm 

 of the LXX. and Vulgate become the 30th of 

 our Aut. Version, and why ? In what English 

 version does the reading used by the translator of 

 Luther's sermon occur ? The edition of the Vul- 



