2 nd S. IX. Ai'RiL 21. '60.] 



NOTES AND QUERIES. 



311 



Maria or Maria (2 nd S. ix. 122.)— Unsuccess- 

 ful in finding any reason for the change of quan- 

 tity iu the word Maria, I am inclined, from the 

 great inconsistency of the early Christian Latin 

 poets in their quantities of proper names, to at- 

 tribute it to this ; that some poet having altered 

 it to suit the convenience of his poetry, it became 

 generally adopted. Similar instances are by no 

 means uncommon. The following instances of the 

 variation of quantity in proper names may be in- 

 teresting to some of your readers : — 



Adam. Deceptum miseratus Adam, quern capta vene- 



nis. (Vict.) 

 Tinxit et innocuum Maculis sordentibus 



Adam. (Prud.) 

 Abraham. Abraham Sanctis merito sociande patronis. 



(Sid.) 



— in qua prole patrem mundi se credit Abra- 

 ham. (Prud.) 



— est AbrSbam cujus guatos vos esse negatis 

 (Tertull. adv. Marc. c. 2.) 

 Aarou. Hujus forma fuit sceptri gestameu Aaron. 

 (Prud. Psych. 881.) 



or v^w 



Legifer ipsa jacet Moses, Aaronque sacerdos. 

 (Fort.) 

 Noe. Temporibus constructa Noe, qua) sola recepit. 



(Aud.) 



— hie justi proavus Noe, sub tempora cujus. 

 (Vict.) 



It is found also NoS. 

 David, Davidis. — Nam genitus puer est Davidis origine 

 clara. (Juvencus.) 



Quis negat Abramum Davidis esse patrem ? 

 (N.) 

 Abel. donis imitentur Abelem. (Man.) 



dignissimus Abel. (Vict.) 



Joannes and Joannes. (Prud.) 



Joannes. (Fort.) 



Cain. teste Camo. (Vict.) 



=-perfide Cain. (Prud.) 



Also CSin. 

 Caiphas. — At tristes CaTfphse deducitur aides. (Sedul.) 



— domus alta Cftipha:-. (Prud.) 

 Joseph or Jtfsephas. 

 Moses (Juv.) or Moyses, or Moyses. (Prud.) 



And many others niay, I dare say, be found. 



J. Chenevix Frost. 



Is there not a monkish rhyme which says — 



" Nam meretrix Helena sed sancta appellatur Helena," — 



showing a parallel change of quantity ? Was it in 

 either case intentional, or merely a corruption ? 



J. P. O. 



Anglo-Saxon Poems (2 nd S. ix. 103.) — In reply 

 to H. C. C. I beg to state that, a few weeks ago, a 

 young literary correspondent informed me that on 

 the 23rd Feb. he received a letter from his friend 

 Professor Stephens of Copenhagen, in which the 

 latter says, — . 



"I have been hard at work for some weeks writing a 

 description, and notes, and translation, and word-roll, 

 besides the text itself, of the ..two leaves (from the 9th 

 century) of the Old-Englisli Epic, hitherto unknown, 

 which I call Kino Waldbre and King Gtj&bbb, I 



have now gone to press. It. will be ready in a few 

 weeks, with four photographic facsimiles. This is a glo- 

 rious invaluable find, as regards our splendid national 

 literature." 



So far the Professor, who, I know not whether 

 it is needless to observe, by " word-roll," means 

 what we call a "glossary," and by "Old-English" 

 " Anglo-Saxon." " His views," my correspon- 

 dent tells me, " on this latter phrase, he has set 

 forth in a paper printed in the Gentlemaris Ma- 

 gazine for April or May, 1852, entitled, I think, 

 " Anglo-Saxon or English ! " Wm. Matthews. 



Cowgill. 



Witty Classical Quotations (2 Dd S. ix. 116. 

 247.) — Here are a few contributions to your col- 

 lection : — Mr. Pitt, when closely pressed in the 

 House of Commons by Mr. Fox, to avow what 

 was the precise object of the cabinet ministers in 

 the war against France, and particularly if it had 

 an immediate reference to the restoration of the 

 Bourbon family to the throne of their ancestors, 

 replied in the words of JEneas : — 



" Me si fata meis paterentur ducere vitam 

 Auspiciis, et sponte mea componere curas; 

 Urbem Trojanam primum dulcesque meoruni 

 Keliquias colerem ; Priami tecta alta manerent, 

 Et recidiva manu posuissem Pergama victis." 



Virg. JEn. 4. 



Vaugelas, the translator of Quintus Curtius into 

 French, employed so much time on the work, that 

 the French language changed whilst he was pub- 

 lishing one part, obliging him to alter all the 

 rest. His friends applied to him the epigram of 

 Martial : — 



" Eutrapelus tonsor dum circuit ora Luperci, 

 Expingitque genas, altera linyua sub est." 



It was said of a barber shaving, as Virgil said of 

 a flying dove : — 



" Radit iter liquidum." 



The old epitaph to the favourite cat is well 

 known : — 



" 3Iicat inter oinnes." 



Tom Warton prefixed the following from Ovid's 

 Epistle of Hypermnestra to Lynceus to his Com- 

 panion to the Guide, and Guide to the Companion : — 

 " Tu mihi dux comiti ; tu comes ipsa duci." 



Louis Racine applied these lines of Tibullus to 

 his crucifix : — 



" Te spectem, auprema mihi cum venerit hora, 

 Te teneam moriens deliciente manu." 



J. L. S. 



The Sinews or War (2" d S. ix. 103. 228.) — 

 The saying that money is the sinews of war seems 

 to have its origin in a Greek dictum that " money 

 is the sinews of business," ra xovf JiaTa vevpa to>v 

 ■n-pa.yfj.aTwv. Plutarch, Cleomen. c. 27., cites this say- 

 ing, and remarks that its author had the business 

 of war principally in mind. L. 



