2 nd S. IX. April 14. '60.1 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



285 



Whipple-tree, says : " pummel-tree is a longer bar 

 [the main bar of tlie coachman] on which the 

 whipple-trees are hooked when two horses draw 

 abreast ;" and in voc. Swingle-tree quotes an 

 author of 1688 who uses the word for leading-bar. 



J. P. 0. 



HENRY SMITH. 



(2 nd S. viii. 254. 330. 501.) 



I have before me a small 4to., containing the 

 Sermons of Henry Smith, of a different edition 

 from any yet mentioned in " N. & Q." The volume 

 opens with a title-page containing the following : 



" Two Sermons preached by Maister Henry Smith ; 

 with a Prayer for the morning thereunto adjo3 r ning, And 

 published by a more perfect Coppie then heere-to-fore : 

 At London, Printed for William Leake, dwelling in Paule's 

 Churchyard, at the signe of the Holy Ghost, 1605." 



There is no pagination. The contents are : — 



" 1. The Sinner's Conversion. 2. The Sinner's Con- 

 fession. 3. A Prayer for the Morning." 



Then follow, also without page marks : — 



" Two Sermons of Jonah's Punishment : Preached by 

 Maister Henry Smith. And published by a more perfect 

 e pie dun heretofore : London, Printed bv T. C. for Cuth- 

 hert Burly, 1605." 



Next follow "Foure Sermons" by the same 

 printer, and the same date as the " Two Sermons." 

 The " Contents" are : 



" 1. The Trumpet of the Soule. 2. The Sinfull Man's 

 Search. 3. Marie's Choyse. 4. Noah's Drunkennesse. 

 5. A Praj-er to be said at all Times. 6. Another Zealous 

 Prayer." 



There are no paginal marks. Each sermon 

 commences with a separate title, and appears as a 

 complete pamphlet. Nos. 4, 5, and 6. are wanting. 

 So far every page is enclosed in a border. 



The next title-page is — 



li God's Arrow againste Atheists. By Henrie Smith. 

 At London, Imprinted by P. B. for Thomas Pavier, and 

 are to bee sold at his shop cntring into the Exchange, 

 1C07." 



No borders. Title-page and page of contents, 

 pp. 1 — 100. 



" Throe Sermons.made by Master Henry Smith : — I. The 

 Benefit of Contentation. II. The Affinitie of the Faith- 

 ful!. III. The Lost Sheepe is Found. At London, Im- 

 printed by F. K. for Nicolas Ling, and are to be sold at 

 his shop in S. Dunstanc's churchyard, 1G07." 



The last sermon of the three is prefaced with a 

 " Declaration," and followed by " Questions," 

 pit. 1— 5G. 



" Foure Sermons," published by William Leake, 



>, are prefaced by a Dedication to the "Lord 



nil, Erie of Bedford." signed " W. S.," who 



represents himself u an intimate friend of the 



author while he lived. The sermons are — 



" Two Sermons of the Song of Simeon. The Third, of 



the Calling of Jonah. The Fourth, of the Rebellion of 

 Jonah." 



The remainder of the volume appears to have 

 been a separate edition of Smith's Sermons. There 

 is no date or title-page : the collection commenc- 

 ing with " A Preparative to Marriage " on p. 9. 

 The ornamental head to p. 9. contains the initials 

 "E. R." The contents are as follows : — 



" A Preparative to Mariage, pp. 9 — 47. A Treatise of 

 the Lord's Supper, in Two Sermons, 48 — 92. The Ex- 

 amination of Usurie, in Two Sermons, 92—116. The 

 Christian's Sacrifice, 116—132. The True Triall of the 

 Spirits, 132—148. The Wedding Garment, 149—160. 

 The Way to Walke in, 160—167. The Pride of Nebu- 

 chadnezzar, 168—180. The Fall of Nebuchadnezzar, 

 180—191. The Restitution of Nebuchadnezzar, 191—203. 

 A Dissuasion from Pride, and an Exhortation to Humi- 

 litie, 203—215. The Tong Man's Taske, 215—229. The 

 Triall of the Righteous, 230—245. The Christian's Prac- 

 tise, 246—254. The Pilgrim's Wish, 254—267. The 

 Godly Man's Request, 267—283. A Glasse for Drunkards, 

 284—298. The Arte of He'aring, in Two Sermons, 298— 

 320. The Heavenly Thrift, 320—336. The Magistrates 

 Scripture, 336—351. The Trial of Vanity, 352—368. 

 The Ladder of Peace, 368—384. The Betraying of Christ, 

 385—397. The Petition of Moses to God, 397— 406. The 

 Dialogue between Paul and King Agrippa, 407 — 426. 

 The Humilitie of Paul, 426—438. A Looking Glasse for 

 Christians, 438 — 452. Foode for New-borne Babes, 452 — 

 469. The Banquet of Job's Children, 469— 481. Satan's 

 Compassing the Earth, 482 — 493. A Caveat for Chris- 

 tians, 494—502. The Poor Man's Teares, 502—516. An 

 Alarum from Heaven, 516 — 526. A Memento for Magis- 

 trates, 526 — 535. Jacob's Ladder, or the Way to Heaven, 

 535 — 556. The Lawyer's Question, 556 — 566. The Law- 

 giver's Answere, 567 — 582. The Censure of Christ upon 

 the Answere, 583 — 589. Three Prayers : One for the 

 Morning, another for the Evening, the Third for a Sicke 

 Man. Whereunto is annexed a Godly Letter to a Sicke 

 Friend ; and a comfortable Speech of a Preacher upon his 

 Death-bed, Anno 1591, £90—600." 



Spectacles. 

 Daily Herald, Cleveland, Ohio, U.S. 



Amidst the interesting notes on this excellent 

 man which have appeared, I have not observed 

 any reference to the following allusion, which 

 Quarles makes (in Divine Fancies, lib. n., No. 

 38.), to the high value in which his Sermons 

 were held. These, as is stated by Brooks in his 

 biography of H. Smith {Lives of the Puritans, ii. 

 108-111.), "were for many years used as a family 

 book in all parts of the kingdom." 



" On Chamber Christians. 



"No matter whether (some there be that say) 



Or go to church or stay at home, if pray; 



Smith's dainty Sermons have in plenty stored me : 



With better stuffe than Pulpits can afford me : 



Tell me, why pray'st thou? Heav'n commanded so. 



Art not commanded to his Temples too? 



Small store of manners! when thy Prince bids come 



And feast at Court ; to sav, I've meat at home." 



S. M. S. 



