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An old seal was discovered some years ago by accident in the ruins of an abbey in the south of Ireland, of which the followings is a description. The workmanship is rude, the material a species of bronze. The impression consists of a circle of raised spots: on either side are two venerable human faces, both bearded; there is a rude cross between them. Above them are the letters--
"S - P - A - S - P - E."
These are supposed to stand for "St. Paul" and "St. Peter." It is said that this seal was used for the purpose of affixing an impression to an instrument which pretended to be a Papal Bull: in fact, that it was used for forging Pope's Bulls. One of the objects of such forgeries would be, to grant dispensations for marriages on account of consanguinity. Some noble families in Ireland had very ancient Papal dispensations of this nature. It would often be convenient that extraordinary despatch should be used in obtaining a dispensation.
Can any of your correspondents compare the seals on those dispensations with the above, or throw any light on the practice of dispensing with the ecclesiastical law against consanguineous marriages?
H. F. H.
Wexford.
A PASSAGE IN "ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL."
J. PAYNE COLLIER.
May 22. 1852.
SURNAMES.
MARK ANTONY LOWER.
Lewes.
Minor Queries.
URSULA.
B. B.
URSULA.
A. N.
INCOGNITUS.
Perhaps some of your readers, in Yorkshire or elsewhere, can throw a light on the subject, or can refer me to a book or MS. where information may be obtained?
W. M. B.
"The wight an' doughty captains a', Upo' their doups sat down; A rangel o' the commoun fouk In bourachs a' stood roun."
I think Forbes states that his place of business on Tower Hill was "hard by the shop of Robbie Mill." Forbes is supposed to have died about the year 1750.
HYPADIDASCULUS.
"The most wonderfull and strange Finding of a Chayre of Gold, neare the Isle of Iarsie, with the true Discourse of the Death of eight seuerall Men: and other most rare Accidents thereby proceeding. London, 1595, 4to. 14 pages, including not only the title-page, but a blank leaf before it, as was frequent about this time."
Can any one inform me where I can obtain a sight of this tract? I have searched the multivoluminous catalogue of the British Museum, that of the Bodleian, Grenville, Douce, and other collections, but in vain; and can find no trace of it anywhere.
R. P. M.
JEROME.
JAMES SPEDDING.
Was any religious edifice standing on this spot at that period?
C. G.
Paddington.
Can any correspondent inform me the meaning of "Spy Wednesday," it being a term I have never yet heard so applied?
JOHN NURSE CHADWICK.
King's Lyn.
PASSEMER'S "ANTIQUITIES OF DEVONSHIRE."--In Bagford's MS. Collections on Writing, Printing, &c., in the British Museum , at fo. 102., among writers on Devonshire appears the following:
"Id. Ye antiquitates of ye same countey is collected out of ye antient bookes belonging to ye Bishopprick of Exeter, by one Mr. George Passemer, vicar of Awliscombe, in ye said countey."
Can either of your correspondents state whether Mr. Passemer's work is known to be in existence?
J. D. S.
TEWARS.
"The difficult passages they shun, And hold their farthing rushlight to the sun."
Again, this:
"And like unholy men Quote scripture for the deed."
"Et corripuit fluxeum;"
and Jekyll, the celebrated wit, rendered the epigram into English, and part of it thus:
"He abridged the river."
H. M.
"His only son perished at twenty-one in an Irish foxchase: a mode of dying not the most glorious or distinguished, though two sons of William the Conqueror, one of whom was a King of England, terminated their lives in a similar occupation."
TEWARS.
UNICORN.
Minor Queries Answered.
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