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"Eione well-in-age, And seeming-still-to-smile Glauconome."
J. H. C.
Adelaide, South Australia.
"O Domine Deus, O Lord, my God, Speravi in Te, I have trusted in Thee: O mi care Jesu, My Jesu beloved, Nunc libera me: Me presently free: In dura catena, In cruel chains, Desidero Te. In penal pains, Languendo, gemendo, I long for Thee, Et genu flectendo, I moan, I groan, Adoro, imploro, I bend my knee; Ut liberes me. I adore, I implore, Me presently free."
Can any of your correspondents inform me where these lines first appear? on what authority they are ascribed to Mary Queen of Scots? and also who mentions their having been repeated immediately before her execution?
ALEXANDER PYTTS FALCONER.
Beeton-Christchurch, Hants.
"Felix was a bad man, and a bad governor. He took away another man's wife and lived with her; and he behaved with extortion and cruelty in the province over which he ruled."
Other particulars followed equally in accordance with the popular charges against the late Governor-General of India, who, to the preacher's dismay, was unexpectedly discovered sitting in the D'Oyley pew. Mr. Gilpin concluded that he then saw the last of his "great" friend. But, not so: on the following morning Warren Hastings came, with his usual pleasant manner, for a chat with the vicar, and of course made no allusion to the sermon.
This was told me by a late valued friend, who was a nephew and curate of Mr. Gilpin; and I am not aware that the anecdote has been put on record.
ALFRED GATTY.
Ecclesfield.
At the end of a postscript to this tract, the following sentence is subjoined:
"Whatsoever hath escaped me in these writings that is against meekness, peace, and brotherly love, let it be all unsaid, and hereby revoked; and I desire the pardon of it from God and Man.
RICHARD BAXTER."
H. E.
Whether this was a common custom at the time when it took place I have no means of knowing. As a fee was probably charged for the registration, it was not likely to be asked for in all instances; and, no doubt, when it was asked for, many clergymen would consider it inconsistent with their duty to grant it.
Queries.
NOTES AND QUERIES RELATING TO SCANDINAVIA.
"Diverses nations ne laissent pas d'habiter ces contr?es" . "Ptolom?e en nomme sept principales. Celle qui s'appelle Adogit, et qui est la plus recul?e vers le Nord, voit durant l'Est? le Soleil rouler l'horizon quarante jours sans se coucher; mais aussi pendant l'Hyver, elle est priv?e de sa lumi?re un pareil espace de temps, payant ainsi par le long ennui que lui cause l'absence de cet Astre, la joye que sa longue pr?sence lui avoit fait ressentir."
"Rome, qui est le centre de la religion, est aussi le Th??tre des plus belles Com?dies du Monde:"
and after giving various accounts, personal and incidental, of her mercurial majesty, and of her pilgrimage to Rome, recites the following epigram on her first intrigue there, which, to give due precedence to the church, happened to be with a Cardinal, named Azolin:--
"Mais Azolin dans Rome Sceut charmer ses ennuis, Elle e?t sans ce grand homme Pass? de tristes nuits;"
adding:
"Dans ce peu de paroles Mr. de Coulanges dit beaucoup de choses, et fait comprendre l'intrigue du Cardinal avec la Reine."
I can find no account of this Reverend Cardinal. Who was he , and what is his history? And who was the author of these odd memoirs of the Swedish Queen?
WILLIAM E. C. NOURSE.
London, April 22. 1851.
THE ROTATION OF THE EARTH.
ROBERT SNOW.
MINOR QUERIES.
W. P. A.
"So geographers on Afric downs, Plant elephants instead of towns."
A. S.
Also, is there any history of the brigades published? I have heard that a Colonel Dromgoole published one. Can any information be afforded on that head?
"Get that great gift and talent, impudence, Accomplish'd mankind's highest excellence: 'Tis that alone prefers, alone makes great, Confers alone wealth, titles, and estate; Gains place at court, can make a fool a peer; An ass a bishop; can vil'st blockhead rear To wear red hats, and sit in porph'ry chair: 'Tis learning, parts, and skill, and wit, and sense, Worth, merit, honour, virtue, innocence."
I quote this passage chiefly with reference to the "porphyry chair," and with the view of ascertaining whether the allusion has been explained in any edition of Oldham's Poems. Does the expression refer to any established use of such chairs by the wearers of "red hats?" or is it intended merely to convey a general idea of the sumptuousness and splendour of their style of living?
HENRY H. BREEN.
St. Lucia, March, 1851.
It is added in a note:
On p. 308. is a representation of the Monte-di-Piet?, borne in the saint's hand. I need not specify the points on which the foregoing extract still leaves information to be desired.
W. B. H.
Manchester.
"How peaceful the grave; its quiet how deep! Its zephyrs breathe calmly, and soft is its sleep, And flowerets perfume it with ether."
The second voice replies--
"How lonesome the grave; how deserted and drear," &c. &c.
"His reason had not the merit of common mechanism. When you press a watch or pull a clock, they answer your question with precision; for they repeat exactly the hour of the day, and tell you neither more nor less than you desire to know."
I believe this work was written about 1711. Can you tell me when the self-striking clock was invented, and by whom?
JINGO.
D. Q.
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