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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2»* S. IX. April 28. '60. 



in the beginning of the last century, and shall feel 

 much obliged for the names of the respective au- 

 thors of the following, which appeared anony- 

 mously : — 



1. " A Short "View of both Reports [of the Trustees], 

 in relation to the Irish Forfeitures. London, 1701." 



2. " A Letter to a Member of Parliament relating to 

 the Irish Forfeitures. London, 1701." 



3. " Jus Regium ; or, the King's Right to grant For- 

 feitures, &c. London, 1701." 



4. " Short Remarks upon the late Act of Resumption 

 of the Irish Forfeitures, and upon the Manner of putting 

 that Act in execution. London, 1701.-" 



5. " Some Remarks upon a late Scandalous Pamphlet, 

 entituled 'An Address of some Irish-Folks to the House 

 of Commons [s. 1.]. 1702." 



G. " The Secret History of the Trust, &c. London, 

 1702." 



7. " Proposals for raising a Million of Money out of the 

 Forfeited Estates in Ireland. Dublin, 1704." 



Abhba. 



Knights of the Round Table and Ossian's 

 Poems. — Have any traces been discovered, in the 

 Celtic literature of Scotland, of the traditions re- 

 lating to the Knights of the liound Table, which 

 have recently become the subject of so much 

 learned research among the Celtic scholars of 

 England and France, but with whose works I 

 have very slender acquaintance? While touching 

 on the subject of Celtic literature permit me to 

 add that I saw lately in a German periodical two 

 elaborate articles intended to prove, from internal 

 evidence, the authenticity of Ossian's Poems. Can 

 any of your readers state whether a similar line 

 of argument has been taken by any English writer 

 since the time of Blair, and with what success ? 



Scrutator. 



Bishop Bedell's Form or Institution. — In 

 Clogy's MS. " Life of Bishop Bedell,'' the follow- 

 ing form of institution to a living, in the diocese 

 of Kilmore, is given : — 



" Inductus fuit introscriplus A. C. in realem posses- 

 sionem Ecclesiae Parochialis de Dyne (q. Byne), 12 die 

 Nov. 1G37, a me Guielmo Kilmorens. Episcopo. His pseu- 

 tibus." 



To what living or parish does this form of in- 

 stitution refer ? B. A. B. 



John Holt's " Lac PriERORUM, or Mylke for 

 Chyldren." — Is it known where a copy of this 

 rare volume exists ? There was one in the Heber 

 Collection, but to whom it was sold I know not ? * 



Magdalenensis. 



Norwegian and the Rose. — In chap. iii. of 

 Patrick's Advice to a Friend, the following passage 

 occurs : — 



" The poor Norwegian, whom stories tell of, was afraid 

 to touch roses when he first saw them, for fear they 

 should burn his fingers." 



What authority is there for this anecdote ? 



II. J. Mathews. 

 [* It sold for 8/. 12»7^En?f 



" Old and New Week's Preparation." — Who 

 was Keble, the author of the Old Week's Prepar- 

 ation f * Who was the author of the New Week's 

 Preparation f H. J, Mathews. 



Campbell of Monzie. — Will Scotus, whose 

 plan (2 nd S. ix. 158.) is an admirable one, kindly 

 inform me which of the works he refers to con- 

 tains a notice of the Campbells of Monzie, which 

 is one of the families he mentions? I am anxious 

 to know how the estate descended to James Camp- 

 bell, son of the Rev. Colin Campbell, minister of 

 Gask, Perthshire, circa 1700. 



I should also like to know if he has met with 

 any notice of James Baird, secretary to Lord 

 Chancellor Seafield at the time of the Union, who 

 is understood to have taken a considerable share 

 in the management of affairs at that time. 2. 0. 



Mourning of Queens for their Husbands. — 

 In Buchanan's Detectio Marim Scotorum Regina, 

 the following passage occurs in reference to the 

 behaviour of Queen Mary immediately after the 

 death of her husband Darnley : — 



" Nam, cum in more esset, a priscis usque temporibus, 

 ut reginse, post maritorum obitum, quadraginta dies non 

 modo ccetu hominum, sed lucis etiam abstinerent aspectu, 

 simulatum quidem luctum est aggressa: sed animi supe- 

 rante lretitia, foribus quidem clausis, fenestras aperit ; et 

 abjecta lugubri veste, intra quartum diem solem coelumque 

 aspicere sustinuit. Mud incommode prorsus evenit, quod 

 cum Henricus Kilgreus, ab Anglorum Regina ad earn 

 consolandam (ut mos est) venisset, pota simulationis 

 scena ab homine peregrino detecta est. Nam cum Re- 

 gina? jussu in palntium venisset, quanquam homo diu in 

 aulis principum versatus, ac minime pra:ceps, nihil pro- 

 peranter ageret ; tamen adeo inopportune, theatro nondum 

 ornato, intervenit, ut fenestras apertas, lumina vixdum 

 accensa, cajterum histrionicum apparatum disjectum de- 

 prehenderit." — Opera, ed. 1725, 4to., vol. i. p. 75. 



Was the custom here described, of a widowed 

 queen shutting herself up in the dark for forty 

 days, peculiar to Scotland ? or did it obtain in 

 other European kingdoms ? 



Was the widow's quarantine, recognised by the 

 English law ( 2 Blackstone, 135.), connected with 

 this custom ? L. 



Heraldic Query. — To what family do, or did, 

 the following arms belong ? Sa. a chevron arg. 

 between three castles. Crest, a goat's head out of 

 a ducal coronet? J. 



"Ride" v. "Drive." — Permit me to send in a 

 Query for your valuable work: — Is the use of 

 the word drive, and not ride, proper in all cases 

 where a vehicle is the mode of locomotion ? The 

 latter word being applicable to cases only where a 

 horse is used, thus : " I take a drive in the park," 

 but, if a person wishes to say, " I shall go in the 

 omnibus," would it be proper to say, " I shall not 



[* Samuel Keble was simplv the publisher of the Old 

 Week's Preparation. See " N. & Q." 1" S. x. 234. — Ed.] 



