the second edition (1632) is professedly said to have been "corrected and much enlarged by the author himselfe in his lifetime." In 1660 the fourth edition was printed, to which was added "about 300 new coats and bearings of eminent families, never before inserted," which were collected by Francis Nower, herald-painter. "This edition," says Moule, "had scarcely been issued, when the Restoration brought Heraldry into more request, and rendered a selection of the examples, upon the rise of a new party, necessary, to obtain a sale." It was accordingly reprinted, with the following alteration in the title: "Since the imprinting of this last edition many offensive coats (to the Loyal Party) are exploded; with a supply of his Majesties Friends ;" and the volume thus amended was dedicated to King Charles II. A new address was prefixed by R. B. (Richard Blome), which is worth transcribing, from its singularity: "To the most concerned, the Nobility and Gentry. "This inestimable piece of Heraldry, that has past four impressions with much approbation, had the unhappy fate in the last to have a blot in its escocheon, viz. the insertion of Oliver's Creatures, which as no merit could enter them in such a regiment but usurpation, so we bave in this fifth impression exploded them, and incerted the Persons, Titles, and Dignities of such as his Majesty (since his blessed Restauration) conferred Honour upon, so that the corn may be intire, of one sheaf, and the grapes of one vine. R. B." It is evident from this statement that the later editions of 1679 and 1724 are the sixth and seventh, although they are called on their respective title-pages the fifth and sixth. Neither of the editions of 1660 are in the library of the British Museum, and I therefore have been unable to compare them together; but perhaps some of the correspondents of "N. & Q.," who have the means of doing so, would take this trouble, and state how many of the 300 coats of Oliver's edition were omitted in Charles's. If the number is not great, it might be desirable to have a list of the names communicated. F. MADDEN. Minor Queries. Rysheton. Some time after I had succeeded to the rectory of Raskington First Mediety, I found that it was subject to an annual fee-farm rent of forty shillings. Wishing to ascertain whence this arose, I consulted a friend, whose name often appears in your pages, who happened at the time to be employed in the Augmentation Office. He said that he probably might find something about it in the Records there, and requested me to call there in a day or two. When I called he told me that he had been unsuccessful in the search, although he had found three or four entries relating to Ruskington. "But," said he, "we often find that parties interested have quicker eyes that we; search for yourself." I did so, and after spending some time I had the satisfaction of ferreting out the following entry :"Com. Lincoln. "Parcell Possession Nuper Priorat de Worksop. "Annual pension exeund de Rectoria de Riskington' als Rusherton in dicta com, solvend. ad fest. Sti 40s. Michs Arch. tante per ann. "I have made this Particular by virtue of an act of Parliament of March, 1649, for the sale of Fee Farm Rents belonging to the late Queen and Prince. "Exd per Thom. Palgrave, Auditor."— Memb. 17. No. 728. the possessions of Worksop Priory, Valor EcclesiI have lately found the following in the list of asticus, vol. v. p. 175. : I believe this to be the pension in question, as "Rysheton" does not differ much from "Rusherton." Is my belief correct? or was any other place known by the name of Rysheton? And can any of your readers inform me by whom this pension, luckily a money payment, was given to the Priory of Worksop? THE RECTOR. Tom Davies. Many years ago I read a theatrical poem, of which I remember only four lines, describing the ghost of Tom Davies, which appears to some actor or manager: "Not like that Davies, who, in youthful day, This must have been written after Davies was dead, and before he was forgotten. He died in 1785. I shall be obliged if any one can tell me the title of the work. It is an octavo pamphlet of about fifty pages. In La Nouvelle Biographie Générale, xiii. 247., art. DAVIES, it is said : "Une satire décochée contre lui, à l'occasion de son mariage avec une honnête femme, par Churchill, lui fit encore déserter la scène et reprendre en 1762 son état de libraire." I have not seen this elsewhere. Had the French biographer any authority for it, or is it an original blunder? U. U. Club. H. B. C. Wax-work at Westminster Abbey. - Can any of your readers inform me of the period when wax figures of departed greatness were first exhibited in Westminster Abbey ? From a passage in a rhyming account of the tombs there, in The Mysteries of Love and Eloquence (8vo., Lond. 1658, p. 88.), it would appear Mixture of the Chalice in the Office for Holy Communion. Are there any known churches in England where this ancient custom has been handed down from early times ? O. S. Women in Parliament. - Have women ever sat and voted in parliament, either in the House of Lords or the House of Commons? If so, under what circumstances? J. C. W. "Lot-Mead." -John Aubrey, speaking of the parish of Wanborough, says: "Here is a Lott-Mead, celebrated yearly with great ceremony. The Lord weareth a garland of flowers; the mowers have a pound of beef and a head of garlick every man . . . with many other old customs still retayned." ... Lot-mead is a common name for a field in many Wiltshire parishes; but I do not find in Brand, or other books of that sort, any account of the custom here alluded to. J. Mr. Thomas Cary, a Poet of Note. What is known of this poet, and was he connected with the Falkland family? He is thus noticed by Izaak Walton in his MS. collections for a life of the memorable John Hales of Eton, preserved among the Fulman MSS. in Corpus Christi College, Oxford: "Then was told this by Mr. Anthony Faringdon, and have heard it discourst by others, that Mr. Thomas Cary, a poet of note, and a great libertine in his life and talke, and one that had in his youth bein acquainted with Mr. Ha., sent for Mr. Hales to come to him in a dangerous fit of sickness, and desired his advice and absolution, which Mr. Hales, upon a promise of amendment, gave him, (this was I think in the country). But Mr. Cary came to London, fell to his own company, and into a more visable scandalous life, and especially in his discourse, and be (being?) taken very sick, that which proved his last, and being much trowbled in mind, procured Mr. Ha. to come to him in this his sickness and agony of minde, desyring earnestly, after a confession of many of his sins, to have his prayers and his absolution. Mr. Ha. told him he shood have his prayers, but wood by noe meanes give him then either the sacrament or absolution." J. YEOWELL. “ Bathing Stage-Coaches termed "Machines ;" Machines." When was the name machine first applied to stage-coaches? and when did it become disused? We constantly meet with it in newspaper advertisements of the last century. It is curious that, although the word, as applied to a public carriage, is quite obsolete, the horses used in stage-coaches and omnibuses are, at the present The word day, always known as machiners. bathing-machine" must surely have reference to the once familiar name for a public carriage; bathing-machine, quasi bathing-coach-not apparatus or machinery constructed for bathers. JAYDEE. Church of St. Oswald, Grasmere. -On a recent tour to the lakes of Westmoreland, curiosity led me, and certain friends of mine, to the picturesque churchyard of St. Oswald, Grasmere, where lie in sacred repose the mortal remains of William Wordsworth. Our curiosity extended, of course, to the church itself, -an object of peculiar interest to all who loved the poet. On inquiring of the obliging official (who has the keys of the church, and who gave us much pleasing information about the inscriptions therein on the several tablets), we were told that no record existed of the antiquity of the building. It was supposed to have been built about 1000 years ago." Can any of your antiquarian readers set this interesting question at rest, by naming the precise year in which the first stone was laid ? WILLIAM KIDd. Ancient Jewish Coins. Will some competent man say when these were first coined? C. M. A. George Henderson, &c.-Two individuals of the respective names of George and John Henderson were farmers at Dirrington and Kippetlaws, in the parish of Lonformacus, in Lammermoor, during the early years of the last century, being tenants of the Trotters of Cattleshiel. Could any of the readers of "N. & Q." give any account of the descendants of the above-mentioned George Henderson? Of the descendants of his brother John, I am already well acquainted down to the present time. Of the father of the above individuals, whose name is supposed to have been Thomas, I should like to know something also, especially his age, and the date of his decease. It is traditional that he was the writer of the old Scottish song of "Muirland Willie." It is also conjectured that George and John Henderson were natives of the neighbouring parish of Gordon. Where did the family come from to that parish? There are still several persons of the name living in that parish, but whether in any way related to those I have mentioned I do not know. MENYANTHES. Translation of the Odyssey. - In A Winter in the Azores, &c., by Joseph Bullar, M.D., and Henry Bullar, of Lincoln's Inn, 1841, vol. ii. ch. vii. p. 80., is a specimen, in English heroic couplets, of a passage in the 4th book of the Odyssey: it is called "MS. Transl." 1. Has any other portion of the same version been published? been the first volume of Clinton's Fasti Hellenici, where, in Appendix V. ("Scripture Chronology "), pp. 283-329. inclusive, our correspondent will find all the information he desires.] Eve. The name of the first woman being Chavah in Hebrew, why is she called Eve in our English Bibles? M. E. Philadelphia. [Eve was so called by Adam, because she was the mother of all living. In this case the word would properly belong to the Hebrew ', haiah. The Hebrew name is, havah or chavah, which comes from the root 2. Was the translation of the Iliad, published, to live, which root is synonymous with '; it at the late Mr. Pickering's, by the same gentle man? [The following works may be consulted: - Representation of all the Provincial Copper Coins and Tokens of Trade on Copper, which were circulated between 1787 and 1801. By Charles Pye. Second edition. 4to.-Arrangement of Provincial Coins, Tokens, and Medalets, issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies. By James Conder, 8vo. 1799.-A Catalogue of the Provincial Copper Coins, Tokens, Tickets, and Medalets, issued in Great Britain, Ireland, and the Colonies, during the Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries, arranged according to Counties, &c. Described from the originals in the collection of Sir George Chetwynd, Bart., by Thomas Sharp. 4to. 1834. Privately printed.] Jewish Millenary Period. Who is the author that particularly points out the termination of the 6000th year of the world, which Mr. Clinton is said to have done in his great work on Chronology? The Rev. E. B. Elliott, in his Hora Apocalyptica, refers his readers to Mr. Clinton's third volume of his work. I have purchased it accordingly for about thirty shillings (the edition of 1851, being his second edition) and cannot find it. Is there another edition ? INQUIRER. [The above reference in Elliott's Hora Apocalypticæ is unfortunately wrong. Instead of the third it should have therefore signifies life. In the Septuagint, Eve, in Gen. iii. 20., is rendered Zon, life, which is the true rendering; but in Gen. iv. 1. it is rendered Evav, Euan or Evan, and hence Eve. Vide Ogilvie's Imp. Dict.] Quare, the Watchmaker. At what period did Quare, the inventor of the repeater watch, flourish? Quere, temp. Charles I.? G. [Mr. Quare's fame, as inventor of the repeater watch, became known towards the latter end of the reign of James II., about the time when Mr. Barlow endeavoured to obtain his patent. A watch of the invention of each was brought before James II. and his council. The king, after a trial of both specimens, gave the preference to that of Mr. Quare, which was notified in the Gazette. See Dr. Derham's Artificial Clock Maker, edit. 1700, p. 99.] "Amphitryon."- Why is the entertainer of guests called their Amphitryon ? S. FOXALL. [Since the appearance of Moliere's play of Amphitryon, in which Sosie says, "Le véritable Amphitryon est l'Amphitryon où l'on dine," the saying has become proverbial, and the proper name Amphitryon has consequently been very generally applied to a host.] Replies. ARTHUR MOORE AND THE MOORES. (1st S. xi. 157., &c.) Two or three years since some gossiping articles appeared in "N. & Q." about these Moores. Still there are circumstances which require explanation. Wm. Smythe, the grandfather of Pope's James Moore [Smythe] - MR. CARRUTHERS (1st S. x. 238.) says "maternal uncle," but that is a mistake- -was Paymaster of the Band of Gentlemen Pensioners; and the following notice appeared in the Historical Register for 1718: "May 24. William Smythe, Arthur Moor, and Thomas Moor, Esqrs. made joint paymasters to the Board of Pensioners." The Christian name of Thomas I believe to have been a mistake, and that the following announcement from the Weekly Journal of June 14-21, 1718, is both more full and more correct : "A reversionary grant has passed the seals for James and Arthur Moore, Grandsons of William Smythe of Devonshire Street, Esq. (younger sons of Arthur Moore of Fetcham in the County of Surrey, Esq.), to be receivers and paymasters of the band of pensioners successively or during the life of the survivor after their grandfather." The grandfather Smythe died between December 19, 1720, when his will is dated, and January 13, 1720-1, when it was proved (1st S. xi.); and under the head of December, 1720, the "chronicle" attached to the Historical Register announces "James Moore and Arthur Moore, Junr., Esqrs. appointed to be Receivers-General and Paymasters of the Gentlemen Pensioners." At that time, and long after I believe, these offices were sold for the benefit of the captain of the pensioners, and all who held commissions were protected from arrest. The Moores were wealthy people; but the father, Arthur, had been for years involved in litigation; and in his will, dated November 6, 1729, and proved May 30, 1730, he speaks of the prosecutions and persecutions which he had suffered in the faithful discharge of his duty to the public, and of a consequent possibility that his personal estate may be insufficient to defray his pecuniary bequests. Had the desire to secure this office, jointly, any reference to the protection they offered, or to the litigation which might reach the sons in case of the father's death? I merely ask the question that others may consider and perhaps answer: my purpose is to record the fact. Another little incident in connexion with James Moore may perhaps help to strengthen the conclusion, about which indeed there can be no reasonable doubt, the date of the publication of The Dunciad. Smythe, the grandfather, by his will, directed his executors to invest his personal estate in land, which he bequeathed to James Moore on condition that he took the name of Smythe. It was not, however, until the 2nd of George II. – between June, 1728, and June, 1729-that an act was passed "to enable James Moore and his issue to take the surname of Smythe, according to the will of Wm. Smythe, Esq." No wonder therefore when The Dunciad was published in May, Pope "call'd the phantom M- -." The sting, however, was taken out of the satire by Act of Parliament, passed probably the very next month. Out then came the Key to the Dunciad, which obligingly informed the curious that M. or More was "James Moore Smyth." This appears to me good circumstantial evidence that The Dunciad was published just before, and The Key just after, June, 1728; the latter has 1728 in the title-page. While I am writing on this subject, I submit for consideration, that we are so much indebted to "N. & Q." for information respecting The Dunciad that we may reasonably hope for a little respecting the Key to the Dunciad. It has struck me that this Key was another of Pope's mystifications, like the Barnevelt Key to the Lock. Curll was but the tool on this as on so many other occasions. The Key was an impertinence for which Pope was not responsible; and yet it enabled him to give names, where only initials appeared in the poem; to say bitter things, truths or untruths, which as a gentleman he dared not have hazarded; and to make, with affected simplicity, statements tending directly to prejudice those whom he considered his enemies. It would be idle to suppose that Blackmore had anything to do with the work : yet what motive had Curll for making him ridiculous by affixing his name to it? Pope had. A. M. T. TOBACCO-SMOKING BEFORE THE BIRTH OF MOHAMMED. (2nd S. v. 453.) This apocryphal assertion insinuated by Ewlia Effendi, as quoted by J. P., was noticed by a writer in the Quarterly Review for 1828, vol. xxxviii. p. 203., with the following observations: "The translator conjectures upon this [the discovery of a tobacco-pipe amongst the stones of a mausoleum a thousand years old] that smoking having at first been prohibited to the Mohammedans as an innovation, and contrary to the principle of their law, the pipe had probably been inserted in the wall by some lover of tobacco, in order to furnish an argument for the antiquity of the custom, and therefore of its lawfulness. The probability of this conjecture depends upon the circumstances of the alleged discovery, and of these Ewlia has said nothing; the fact, however, is worthy of notice, though, even if there were no deception in it, it stands singly and unsupported." It is certain that the Turks were taught to smoke tobacco by English traders, about the year 1605,-according to Sandys in 1610; and they were supplied with the British weed long before they began to grow it. In the Athenæum (Aug. 1, 1857), I published an article entitled History and Mystery of Tobacco, in which all the disputed points relating to the history of the Herba rixosa are examined at large. If The Wahabytic prohibition of smoking noticed by MR. BUCKTON (ubi suprà), as founded on the text of the Koran, forbidding "wine — inebriating liquors," is but one of the very many instances of forced interpretations when men desire to make out a case for or against. Excepting the symptoms betrayed by the beginner, smoking tobacco has just the reverse effect to inebriation. smoking promotes thirst in certain temperaments, it actually tends to prevent intoxication by counteracting the stimulus of "inebriating liquors." Whilst to the mere amateur puffer of pipe or cigar, smoking is often the handmaid of drunkenness-by promoting thirst-it is, on the other hand, very difficult to intoxicate an inveterate smoker. "He drinks you with facility your Dane dead drunk," &c. ANDREW STEINMETZ. HOLLINGSWORTH'S ANGLO-SAXON POEMS. (2nd S. v. 467.) In answer to the Query of MR. Severin, as to whether the poems of Hollingsworth are in the old alliterative Beowulf style, or in modern metre with rhyme, permit me to say that this poet has left many original works. One of these is a complete dramatic poem in blank verse, varied by modern metres with rhyme; and others, translations of celebrated passages from the principal British poets. Amongst the latter he has brought before us Shakspeare's Richard soliloquising, "Now is the winter of our discontent;" Milton's Satan scoffing, - "Is this the region, this the soil;" and Byron sighing his "Fare thee well" in the language of the Venerable Bede and Alfred the Great. Of these very singular MSS., which show the peculiar learning and genius of Hollingsworth, I can give but a very imperfect idea by submitting | the following two short original pieces. They are the first that have as yet been made public, and should you be able to find room for them in your valuable periodical, they will probably interest some of your numerous Anglo-Saxon readers. GEORGE SEXTON, Editor of Hollingsworth's Works. "Tó þám RúN-GÁSTE. "Ut of sáwle deópan grunde, "Ac hwá mæg his rúna reccan? Sóð þe wiss or-feorme séco :- Ymbe beáh be winnan mæge ;- "Deór ys líf; and wlítig, eorde; Manne ferh-Lá! Hú un-weorde! "Hwanon com ic? Hwider fare? Hwá, Gást, áh þa sóðan láre - "Heofen-weard ic wende eagan ;- "FOR-HWY SWINCEST þú? "Hit swígung ys. Get swincende ic rece, Wið dimmum leohte, wísan dyrnan stæf; And ána, blác, mid Nihte Grimmum, wæcce: þá still' ys eall swá græf. "Hwy swine'? Hit nys for woruld-gilp and áre, þæt ic of-gife eall swá oðrum swæs: Ic wát þæt eom: þurh world ne weord' ic máre,— þurh world, náht næfre læs! "Hér scólu ys: á úton blíðe gréne: "bes læn-dæg swinc-full ys: get fint man reste "Hér eom ic scealc;-wæs hider send on ærend'; "The Bible," in Newgate Street, over against Blue Coat Hospital Gate, William and Joseph Marshall, circa 1700. (Sol Temple.) "The Elephant and Castle," without Temple Bar, Francis Smith, 1672. (Bunyan's Justification.) "The Hand and Bible," on London Bridge, Eliz. Smith, 1691. (Sol Temple.) "The Three Bibles," on London Bridge, T. Passinger, 1684. (Destruction of Troy.) "The Three Bibles," ditto, E. Tracy, 1700. "The Talbots," Paternoster Row, Thomas Man, 1593. (Udall On Lamentations.) "The Three Flower-de-Luces," in Little Britain, George Sawbridge, 1703. "The Dolphin and Crown," west end of St. Paul's Churchyard, Richard Wellington, 1703. (Cocker's Decimal Arithmetick.) "The Tygre's Head," used by Barker, was very singular. He called it in print "The Tygre's Head;" but numerous cuts in which he pictures it, always represent a boar's head and tusks, with a coronet. "The Red Lyon," in Paternoster Row, Bettesworth and Hitch, 1700. "The Sun and Bible," in Amen Corner, R. Ware, 1700. "The Looking-glass," on London Bridge, J. Hodges, 1736. "The Looking-glass," ditto, E. Midwinter, about 1720. "The Goldene ball," in Duck Lane, R. Boddington, 1696. "The Goldene ball," by J. Clarke, 1726, 1736. "The Three Pigeons," Royal Exchange, B. Aylmer, 1688. "The Golden Lion," St. Paul's Churchyard, J. Robinson, 1682, 1715. "The Crosse-Keyes," Paul's gate, R. Thrale, 1658. "The Bible and Crown," in Lumbard Street, near the Stocks Market, E. Parker, 1704-1710. "The Black Boy," middle of London Bridge, J. Back, 1694. "The Black Raven," Poultry, J. Dunton, 1682. |