(p. 113), "I have not been able to find Mr. Ellacombe's book on bells in any library to which I have access." I have the pleasure to inform him that this library possesses Mr. Ellacombe's Bells of His the Church: a Supplement to his Church Bells of Devonshire, but not the latter. Besides campana, which has been designated aenea machina, we find campanum and campanarium. See Beyerlinckii Theatrum Vitae Humane and Ducange. BIBLIOTHECAR. CHETHAM. SLEEPERS IN CHURCH (5th S. iii. 266, 414; iv. 71.)-I well remember, half a century ago, it was the custom for the verger (?) to walk about during divine service in the church of Dewsbury, Yorkshire, armed with a long stick. This he applied very vigorously on the heads of sleeping children. He was always called "the dog-nawper.' Anerley. H. E. WILKINSON. "GAY (GEY) AND" (5th S. iii. 286, 414; iv. 52.) -Sir Walter Scott may still further be quoted as to the meaning given to 66 gey" in Scotland. chap. i. of Guy Mannering: 66 In Kippletringan was distant at first 'a gey bit,' then the 'gey bit' was more accurately described as 'aiblins three mile,' then the three mile' diminished into 'like a mile and a bittock,' then extended themselves into 'four mile or thereawa',' and lastly a female voice, having hushed a wailing infant which the spokeswoman carried in her arms, assured Guy Mannering it was a weary lang gate yet to Kippletringan, and unco heavy road for foot passengers.'' In a note, by Mr. Andrew Shortrede, to Lockhart's Life of Sir Walter, it is said that "Some surprise was expressed one morning at breakfast, in my father's house, at the tenaciousness of his memory; and to a remark of my mother, that he seemed to know something of the words of every song that ever was sung, he replied,- I dare say it would be gey ill to kittle me in a Scots ane, at ony rate." J. MACRAY. YORKSHIRE VILLAGE GAMES (5th S. iii. 481; iv. 51.)-The Kentish game referred to by MR. HARLOWE was a popular one with the little boys and girls at a dame's school in the city of Gloucester, which I attended about the year he mentions (1820). As I was then but four years old, and have not seen it played since, I dare say I have forgotten some of the lines, but my recollection of it is that the children stood in a line, and a boy and girl advancing towards them, the boy said: "Here comes a noble knight of Spain, Courting to your daughter Jane." To which one of the girls replied :— "My daughter Jane is much too young To hear your false and flattering tongue." To this the juvenile knight replied:"Be she young, or be she old, For a price she must be sold." 66 Whereupon the lady mother, irate, rejoined :— "Turn back, turn back, thou scornful knight, And rub thy spurs, they are not bright." knightly honour thus assailed, the boy replied: My spurs are bright and richly wrought, For a price they were not bought, Nor for a price shall they be sold, Neither for silver nor for gold. And so good-bye, my lady gay, For I must ride another way.' And then, I think, there ensued some kissing and changing of places, and a repetition of the performance. J. J. P. "Silly old man" is still a popular kissing-ring round one in the middle, then they run round game in Lancashire. The children form a ring singing 'Silly old man, he walks alone, He walks alone, he walks alone; He wants a wife and can't get one. And choose your own; All go round and choose your own, And choose a good one or else choose none." Here the child in the centre chooses some one from the circle, and they take hold of each other's hands :-- Ripon accounts; and in Myre's book (E. E. T. S.) are directions for instructing the people against supposing it is the sacrament of the blood which they receive. It was given professedly to cleanse the mouth with; really, perhaps (at first), as a sort of concession to such as objected to being deprived of the consecrated cup. Rochettis: Used for parish clerks in Queen Elizabeth's time, as at Boothby Pagnell :-"An alb, w'ch we made a rochet for or clerk, A° d'ni, 1563."-Peacock's Mon. Sup., p. 53. J. T. F. Winterton, Brigg. THE "EARLY ENGLISH" CONTRACTION FOR "JESUS" (5th S. ii. 265, 375, 437; iii. 15, 74, 211, 389; iy. 97.)-All I have to rejoin to DR. DIXON is what I said before, that such an assertion as that contained in his letter,-whether his own or anybody else's, whether Masonic or antiMasonic,-requires proof, and that if, for the preserving of Masonic secrets or for any other reason, proof cannot be given, the assertion should either not be made at all, or nobody should be asked or expected to believe it. As for my "call," does DR. DIXON really think I ever expected any Mason to answer it? Human nature is a great deal too fond of mystery or supposed mystery; and I should as soon expect any Mason to reveal the grand secret of Masonry itself-if there be one. Bexhill. C. F. S. WARREN, M.A. THE "SEVEN COMMUNES" OF VICENZA (5th S. iv. 68, 117.)—Mr. Lloyd OWEN will find information about the "Seven Communes" in the following works, quoted by Biondelli, Studii Linguistici, Milano, 1856: "Agostino dal Pozzo. Memorie istoriche delle popolazioni alpine, etc. Vicenza, 1820." "Andrea Schmeller. Uber die Sogenannten Cimbern der VII. und XIII. Communen auf den renedischen Alpen, und ihre Sprache." This paper was read in 1834, and published (the same year?) in the reports of the Royal Academy of Munich (best according to Biondelli). "Gabriele Rosa. Memoria. Published in the Rivista Europea, Nos. 8 and 9. A° 1845." W. v. E. Gardens, in his pamphlet on the Indigenous Woods of New South Wales, mentions two varieties and their properties. As his remarks are brief I give them in full : "Acacia decurrens-Green-Wattle. A tree 30 to 40 feet high; bark much prized for tanning; wood strong, light, and tough; much used by coopers for staves. sized tree; like that of the preceding species, the bark "Acacia dealbata-Silver-Wattle. A handsome smallis much used for tanning; the wood is tough, light, and largely used for staves." The latter tree bears a yellow blossom giving forth a rich aromatic perfume. I have heard that the tree contains medicinal properties, but cannot say what they are. Indeed, the results of investigations into the medicinal or commercial properties of Australian trees or plants are as yet very small. E. A. P. JOHN RIVETT AND THE STATUE OF CHARLES I. AT CHARING CROSS (5th S. iii. 348; iv. 34.)— Some account of this will be found in Brambletye House, but on what authority I can't say. I remember in a very old number of "N. & Q."* a query regarding this same Rivett, who was, it is stated, an iron merchant of London. From him Rivett, M.P. for Derby in the last century, and well known in that town, claimed descent. The daughter of Rivett, M.P. for Derby, married General Carnac, Commander-in-Chief in India. Her picture (lately at Bethnal Green Museum), by Sir Joshua Reynolds, is well known. The General, dying without issue, left his property to his brother-in-law, Rivett, on the condition he should assume the name of Carnac in addition to that of Rivett. The late Sir James Rivett-Carnac, M.P., Governor of Bombay, and the present Sir J. this family, some of whom may be able to give Rivett-Carnac, late M.P. for Lymington, are of further information. ALIQUID. STATUTES AND ORDINANCES OF THE LONG PARLIAMENT AND CROMWELL (5th S. iv. 7, 94.)— I have seen in the Guildhall Library in the City a collection in four or five volumes, which purports to be a complete collection of the ordinances of Cromwell, and is most interesting. Mr. Overall, the ever-obliging librarian, will, I am sure, aid by indicating all that bears upon the subject in this now most valuable library. C. WALFORD. ZAPHNATH-PAANEAH (5th S. iv. 8.)—As an answer to this query, I do not think I can do better than to quote what Bishop Patrick says:— "Which Hierome interprets the Saviour of the World. But the whole stream of interpreters carry it for another signification, which is the interpreter. of secrets, or the revealer of future things. See Sixt. Amamo, and Athan. Kirker in his Prodromos, cap. v., and our countryman J. Gregory, chap. xvi. of his observations. Who, with Mr. Calvin, think it is ridiculous to attempt to [* See 1st S. vii. 134.] make this sense out of the Hebrew language. And yet there are those who think they have done it with success. Traphan being to hide or cover; whence Tzaphnath, that which is hidden or secret; and Panah, signifying to look into or contemplate. So that Campeg. Vitringa thinks Josephus and Philo not to have ill interpreted this word, Ονειροκρίτης and κρυπτῶν εὑρετης (Observ. Sacr., Lib. i. cap. 5), an Interpreter of Dreams, and a finder out of things hidden. But as Jacchiades observes upon Dan. i. 7, that the Egyptian and Persian Kings gave names for Honour and Glory (in token of their supreme greatness and authority), so it was most for their glory to give them out of their own language. And therefore, if this be the meaning of Zaphnath Paaneah, the Egyptian tongue and the Hebrew had a great affinity one to the other." EDMUND TEW, M.A. There are two words about the meaning of which much uncertainty exists, and, I fear, must continue to exist. One is referred to above, the other occurs in v. 43 of the same chapter, "And they cried before him Abrech!" Interpreters are divided into two classes, those who adopt a Hebrew, and those who maintain an Egyptian, origin for the words. The latter seem to have the best of the argument; but CHURCHDOWN may read a pretty full discussion of the quæstio vecata in Rosenmüller's Scholia in Vet. Test. and in Kalisch's Commentary on the O. T. (Lond., 1858), together with the authorities therein referred to. B. E. N. "DRUNKEN BARNABY'S FOUR JOURNEYS" (5th S. iii. 49, 120, 152, 278.)-From an edition in 2 vols. small 8vo., Barnabie Itinerarium (edited from the first edition by Joseph Haslewood, Lond., 1820), in this library, I extract the following: 1. The second volume (of Haslewood) is a verbatim et literatim reprint of the first edition. 2. The second edition is quoted (by Haslewood) as "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Verse. Wittily and Merrily (tho' near one hundred years ago) composed. Found among some musty old books, that had a long time laid by in a Corner, and now at last made publick. To which is added Bessy Bell : 'Hic si quem quæris, ille quem requiris, Toto notus in orbe Britannus.'-Hor. Barnabas Ebrius. London: for S. Illidge [&c.], 1716. Small octavo, 83 leaves." 3. The third edition is quoted as "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, &c. The third edition, illustrated with several new copper cuts. London, printed for S. Illidge under Serle's Gate, Lincoln's Inn New Square, 1723. Small octavo, 102 leaves." 4. The fourth edition is quoted as "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys, &c. The fourth edition, illustrated with several neat copperplates. London, printed by W. Stuart, No. 67, Paternoster Row, MDCCLXXVI. Small -octavo, 102 leaves." 5. The fifth edition is quoted as "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England. London, printed for J. Harding, No. 36, St. James Street, 1805. Large and small octavo, 98 leaves." 6. The sixth edition is thus quoted, "Same title, 1805." 7. The Irish edition is quoted as "Drunken Barnaby's Four Journeys to the North of England. In Latin and English Verse. Wittily and Merrily... (as see No. 2). Dublin, printed for William Williamson, Wholesale Stationer and Bookseller at Mecænas's Head, in Bride Street, MDCCLXII. Octavo, 72 leaves." 8. The seventh edition is quoted as "Barnabie Itinerarium; or, Barnabee's Journal. The seventh edition. To which are prefixed an Account of the Author; now first discovered; a Bibliographical History of the former editions of the Work, and Illustrative Notes. London, &c., 1818." MARCUS CLARKE. The Public Library, Melbourne. THE BISHOPS' BIBLE (5th S. iii. 347.)—This translation of the Bible was made by fifteen different individuals, under the supervision of Abp. Parker. A portion was assigned to each, and each placed his signature at the end of that portion for which he was responsible. In the edition of 1568, at the beginning of the Psalms there is placed a beautifully executed engraving of Secretary Cecil in his robes, placed between two pillars bearing his motto, "Cor unum, via una," and holding in his hand an open book. On the upper right-hand corner of the page there is inscribed in minute character the letter T, followed from right to left by some Hebrew and Rabbinic letters, and underneath the large initial letter of "Blessed." These are the initials, T. B., of the name of the translator, which are also signed at the end. According to Lewis (History of Translations), they stand for Thomas Becon or Beecon, Prebendary of Canterbury; but Whittaker (Historical and Critical Enquiry), with more probability, assigns them to Thomas Bentham. The translator has interchanged the names of Lord and God throughout, even when they occur together, as in Ps. lxxxviii., but I affectation of originality. It must be remembered cannot conjecture the reason, except it be from an that Abp. Parker's object in setting forth this edition was not to produce a new version, but to test and correct Cranmer's Bible, the translation then commonly in use, by a critical examination of the inspired originals. As regards the Psalms, this comparison could not have been favourable. I can find no precedent for the change in any Psalter, either printed or MS., antecedent to 1568. In the edition of 1572, the version of the Great Bible is printed along with it in parallel columns, and in that of 1578, and subsequently, the former alone is printed. With regard to this omission, Lewis remarks: "In 1584 and 1595 the Book of Psalms is according to the translation of the Great Bible only, that of the Bishops' translation being now quite omitted, to save expense I suppose, though when this saving humour commenced I do not find." I have examined all the editions mentioned above, and am of opinion that the omission of T. B.'s version was owing to the growing disfavour with which it was regarded. B. E. N. in his editor, Mr. Lumby. By far the most interesting part of the volume, not excepting the early history of Britain, is the history of the Popes, of one of whom Mr. Lumby says truly,-"The story of the weakness and the want of courage of Pope Marcellinus, which was followed by the deepest contrition and self-reproach, is told in terms which bring to the mind the history of the last days of Archbishop Cranmer." THE TOWNLEY COLLECTION (5th S. iv. 108.)The following notes, taken from information given at the back of my engraving of Clytie (one of a set of engravings of the Townley Marbles), may, perhaps, be of interest to your correspondent E. B. It is called " Bust of an Unknown Female":"It has received different appellations as A Grecian lady'; 'Isis resting upon the flower of the nymphæ lotus'; and Daphne enveloped in the laurel.' Mr. Townley called it Clytie rising from the sunflower.' It is probably no more than the portrait of a lady executed in the Roman period of art by a Greek artist. It was pur-"SEVENTH EDITION "-these words show the just apprechased at Naples in 1772 from the Laurenzano family, in whose possession it had been for many years. "Mr. Townley valued this bust above, perhaps, all his other marbles, and an incident occurred during the riots in London in 1780 which evinced the estimation in which he held it. The fury of the mob was especially directed against the Catholic inhabitants, and the house in Park Street, in which was the principal portion of Mr. Townley's collection, having been marked by these destroyers, he, like others, withdrew in haste, apprehending their immediate attack. He had secured his cabinet of gems, and was taking, as he then feared, a last view of his marbles, when he seized the bust alluded to, and conveyed it to his carriage. He used jocosely to call it his GEORGE MACKEY. wife." The Cambridge Pointed Prayer - Book. 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