Aprill now dews the earth with many pleasant showers, The reapers lay on load from sun-rise untill night; The sea and land yields store of Fishe and fruit, most fishe (sic); 66 service was conducted, and proceeds to state that some minister in a surplice, others without, some with a square cap, some with a round cap, some with a hat," &c. In Fox's Acts and Monuments is an illustration, showing Dr. Cole preaching at St. Mary's, Oxford. He wears a common-looking out-door cap, and so do many of his clerical hearers. When Queen Elizabeth visited Cambridge in 1564, the preacher, on Sunday morning, put off had advanced some way in his sermon, his cap out of respect to the Queen; but when he "she sent the Lord Hunsdon to will him to put on his cap, which he did to the end." The head-gear referred to, was most probably a similar cap to that of Dr. Cole, being one commonly worn, and the antecedent of the modern college cap, not then invented. It is likely that the existing usage of clergymen taking their caps into the pulpit, is a remnant of the practice of wearing them there. P. E. M. TEAGUE, AN IRISH NAME (3rd S. xi. 296.) — I have always regarded "Teague" as originally Eate not to muche September wills, it may thy health equivalent to the Spanish "Diego," which is one ympayr. Good fires, warme meates, December so doth stand. Forget not him that sends theis giftes, so prosper shall the land." Inside the box containing these roundels is written, "Monthes 5/;" and opposite to this, "Fran. Harington"; below which is the Harington fret. I find no Francis among the Haringtons mentioned in Sir John Harington's Nuga Antique; but one of that name was legatee under the will of his cousin John Harington of Wickham, co. Lincolnshire, made in 1598. FELIX LAURENT. While this subject seems to interest your readers, it may be worth while to notice an epigram of John Heiwood-the first of his Fourth Hundred (The Workes of John Heiwood, 4to, London, 1598):~ "This booke may seeme, as it sorteth in sute, A thin trim trencher to serue folke at frute. But caruer or reader can no way win, To eate frute thereon, or count frute therein." J. F. M. MEN'S HEADS COVERED IN CHURCH (3rd S. xi. 137.) In reply to SAFA, I beg to give a few notes bearing on the subject. of In Strype's Life of Bishop Parker is a copy a representation made to Queen Elizabeth concerning the irregular manner in which the church of the many Spanish forms of "Jacob." Whether Teague now stands in Irish for Jacob or James, I am unable to say. By as long a pedigree as that of stranger from e, and I might add, by a more correct one, Diego derives its origin thus: Hebr. Yaakov; Gr. lawsos; Sp. Jacobo, and hence Jago-hence (for the saint) S. Iago, or Santiago-hence (taking away the San) Tiago-hence Diego (which I take to be the source of Teague). Is the Irish "Thady" a corruption of Thaddeus, or is it simply our Teddy for Edward? "OF A NOBLE RACE WAS SHENKIN" (3rd S. xi. 316.)-Many years ago I made a note that the words of this song were by Tom Durfey, but now forget where I saw them under his name. CH. will perhaps find the song in one of Durfey's plays. The words and tune were printed in the first volume of Wit and Mirth, or Pills to purge Melancholy, editions of 1699, 1707, and 1714, but were transferred to the second volume in 1719. PHILOMEL. [We congratulate our correspondent in having finally settled the vexed question of the authorship of this ballad. It is printed, with some variations, in D'Urfey's Songs Compleat, Pleasant and Divertive, set to Musick, vol. ii. p. 172, Lond. 8vo, 1719.-ED.] Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC. 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He seems to us from the story told by his grandson-not too partial towards his grandfather, though inclined to denounce somewhat fiercely those who differed from him-to have been unhappy in almost all the relations of life; and we can feel what a good thing it would have been for himself and for letters if he had been blessed-as Lamb quaintly wished his son might be "with something a better temper, and a HAT WILL THIS COST TO PRINT? THE PAPER AND ENVELOPES. THE PUBLIC SUPPLIED AT WHOLESALE PRICES and CARRIAGE PAID to the Country on all orders exceeding 208. Good Cream-laid Note, 28., 3s., and 4s. per ream. Manuscript Paper (letter size), ruled or plain. 48. 6d. per ream. PARTRIDGE & COOPER. 192, Fleet Street, Corner of Chancery Lane.-Price List Post Free. LONDON, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1867. CONTENTS.-N° 279. ES:- Shakespeare, &c., 349-William Collins, 350jam Austin: Princess Olive, 351-Christ-cross-Grey ses in Dublin - Jack a Barnell-Purgatory, 352. 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SHAKESPEARE. OMAS LUCY: THE EARL OF LEICESTER'S PLAYERS. is a contribution to Shakespearian literature I d, by permission of the Marquis of Bath, ies of two original documents lately discovered ong a large collection of Elizabethan papers at ngleat. 1. The first is an original letter, with seal, from omas Lucy, Esq., of Charlcot, co. Warwick, dressed to "Lord Robert Dudley, Master of the rse." The date of year is omitted, but the ter must have been written between Nov. 1558 d Sept. 1564; because Dudley was not Master the Horse before 1558, and after 1564 he was longer "Lord Robert," but Earl of Leicester. he owner of Charicot during that time was homas Lucy, who succeeded his father William ucy in 1551, and continued owner till 1605. he writer of this letter was, therefore, no other ian our old friend "Justice Shallow." Shakepeare having been born in 1564, the letter of ourse can have no reference to him, or to anyhing that he did; but as an undoubted original rom the pen of so famous a Warwickshire squire, t must be pronounced an interesting curiosity. That it should ever have appeared before is, I think, from the circumstances under which it was discovered, next to impossible. "Thomas Lucy of Charlcot to Lord Robert Dudley. "Right honorable, and my singuler good lorde, pleasith it youar honor to be advertised that according [sic] youar lordships request and my one [own] promise, I have sent you my sarvaunt Burnell, whom I feare will not be hable to doo yor lordshipp such sarvice as I could wish nor as his hart woold sarve, for that by occasion of longe sicknes his strength is greatly decayed, and thereby his shuting much hinderid. Youar lordshipp must take hede in making of yor matches that Burnell be not overmarked, for that at this instante he is hable to shute no farr ground, which if youar lordshipp forsee, I doo not mistrust but he will be hable to shute with the best. Thus as one of the lest of youar lordships friends in power or habilite to doo youar lordshipp any sarvice or pleasure, allthough as willing as the greatist in hart and good will as youar lordshipp shall well understand when occasion shall sarve, I comend you unto God with increas of honor according to youar lordshipps one desier. From Charlcot, the viijth of Aprill, "at youar lordships comaundment during life, (Address). "To the right honorable Dudley, Mr of the Quene's louses by saying: "The luce in my old family 2. The other original document found at Longleat is a letter to the Earl of Leicester from the players in his service. In "N. & Q." (3rd S. vii. 331) there was some discussion of the point whether" Will, my Lord of Lester's jesting plaier," might not have been Will. Shakespeare himself. The document now produced presents the names of the Earl's players; but in what year I cannot say, as unluckily there is no date upon the paper: "To the right honorable Earle of Lecester, their good Lord and Master. "Maye yt please your honor to understande that forasmuche as there is a certayne Proclamacion out for the revivinge of a Statute as touchinge retayners, as your Lordshippe knoweth better than we can enforme you therof: We therfore, your humble Servaunts and daylye Orators your players, for avoydinge all inconvenients that maye growe by reason of the saide Statute, are bold to trouble your Lordshippe with this our Suite, humblie desiringe your honor that (as you have bene alwayes our good Lord and Master) you will now vouchsaffe to reteyne us at this present as your houshold Servaunts and daylie wayters, not that we meane to crave any further stipend or benefite at your Lordshippes handes but our Lyveries as we have had, and also your honors License to certifye that we are your houshold Servauntes when we shall have occasion to travayle amongst our frendes as we do usuallye once a yere, and as other noble-mens Players do and have done in tyme past, Wherebie we maye enjoye our facultie in your Lordshippes name as we have done hertofore. Thus beyinge bound and readye to be alwayes at your Lordshippes comandmente we committ your honor to the tuition of the Almightie. Long may your Lordshippe live in peace, A pere of noblest peres : In helth welth and prosperitie Redoubling Nestor's yeres. "Your Lordshippes servaunts most "JAMES BURBAGE, ferred to might perhaps easily be ascertained that would supply a date to this document. J. E. JACKSON. Hon. Canon of Bris Leigh Delamere, Chippenham. [Our readers are greatly indebted to the Mar Bath for enriching the pages of "N. & Q.” (and it s the first time they have been so enriched by the tresse of Longleat) with these curious Shakspearian rsa as also to the Rev. Canon Jackson for his kindnes transcribing them. The grant of the first Royal F WILLIAM COLLINS. 1. I lately had occasion to speak in "N. & Q ̈ this elegant poet, and this induces me to c few remarks on some of his Odes, which may perhaps be devoid of interest. It has never, that I am aware of, been obser that the sentences in Collins's Odes are le than those of Milton or any other English p In this, however, he was far exceeded by French contemporary Gresset, in whose poen "La Chartreuse" I have actually met with single sentence of ninety lines! Thus his ( on the Poetical Character" of seventy-six li consists, I may say, of but three sentences which the first is very much involved, containing two long parentheses, and hence neither in the poet's own, nor in any other edition, has it eve been correctly punctuated. In like manner the concluding paragraph or sentence of "The Man ners " has from the very beginning been divida into two distinct paragraphs, and the first of the has been supposed to be connected with the pre ceding one; and as Humour is the adperson dressed there, it has seemed absurd to characterise Le Sage by his "Mariage de Vengeance;" the fact is that from "By old Miletus" to the end is a single sentence, and the whole an address to Nature, commencing with a long adjuration: and surely that tale belongs to Nature. It has been observed that of the allegorical Odes, with a single exception, the opening always the same. Four begin with "O thou, and one with "Thou," which is rather curious, and shows some want of skill in the poet. Johnson's criticism on him is confessedly beneath con tempt. How he could write in such terms of a man whom he knew and loved, is almost incomThe date of the "certayne Proclamacion" re- prehensible. But it really does surprise me to (Docketed by a Secretary.) "Yr L. players." JOHN PERKINNE, 2 y he last words I suppose he alludes to "bad'st "sought'st thy," and "hear'st thee"; but the clogging is only to the eye, the final t always suppressed in reading. To my ear, Ode to Peace" is fully as harmonious as in the collection. It must, however, be cona that Collins made too frequent use of 'midst amidst; in his "Ode to Home," however, he led this error. wo of the Odes, that on the "Death of Col. reprinting it in The Union, followed the version in Dodsley's Collection. But it is well known how careless T. Warton was, and he probably made no inquiry, but took what first came to hand. On the whole, my decided opinion is that the alterations, all of which are for the worse, were made either by Dodsley himself, or some poetaster among his friends. This I shall, I think, demonstrate in another Number of "N. & Q." by a critical examination of the several passages. What I have here written is merely preliminary. ," and the "Ode to Evening," require parti- the examination; for we have different editions hem. The former first appeared in Dodsley's eum in June 1746; it was reprinted, and the r printed for the first time in the volume of Odes published by Millar at the end of that Dodsley printed them both, greatly altered, His Collection" in 1748. t has been asserted that these alterations must e been made by the poet himself, for Dodsley In ld never have ventured to make them withthe poet's consent, and that, if he did, it would e called forth a protest from him. But how we know that the protest was not made? and ides, Collins was so disgusted with the recepa his Odes had met with, that he may have ed nothing about them, and have left them to ir fate. As to Dodsley's not tampering with m, that is a thing I am by no means sure of. en at the present day, literary booksellers are t to be somewhat meddlesome; and I think we ve proof, in Mr. Willmott's edition of Dyer, that dsley was given to meddling in this way. e beginning of "The Fleece," we meet with aces of his handywork; and it was probably е "protest" of the author that put an end to s mischief-making. In the Ode "To Fair idele's," &c., Cave would have Pastora, and so is printed in the Gentleman's Magazine. Bye-way, the most curious instance I have ever met rith of this audacity is the following: In 1816, a printer of a literary turn took it pon him to print and edit Phineas Fletcher's Purple Island. His taste, it appears, revolted gainst the homeliness of THOS. KEIGHTLEY. WILLIAM AUSTIN: PRINCESS OLIVE. property of the late Mr. Thelwall, of political Turning over a number of letters which were notoriety, and who was editor of a newspaper called the Champion, I find a very curious production respecting a certain Mr. William Austin, who was the protégé of Her Majesty Queen Caroserved in the columns of "N. & Q." I give it at line, and as it may be of sufficient value to be preThe date of the post-mark corresponds length. with that of the letter, viz. Feb. 2, 1833: [Addressed.] "Sir, "J. Thelwall, Esq., "Dring, 66 near Aylesbury. "I beg to apologise for this intrusion upon your attention, and take leave to inform you that I am a brother of Mr. William Austin, the protégé of Her late Majesty Queen Caroline. "I have read your letter of the 15th ult. to the Editor of The Times (which appeared in that paper yesterday), respecting certain dormant subscription funds, particularly that which was raised to purchase Her late Majesty a service of plate, and submit that such fund ought in justice and charity to be transferred to my poor and un fortunate brother. "Her late Majesty, by her will, bequeathed to my brother, with a few exceptions, the whole of her property, including plate, but being in insolvent circumstances at the time of her decease her effects were sold to pay her debts. There was, however, a small property given to the Queen by her mother the Duchess of Brunswick, which Her Majesty bequeathed to my brother, as a specific legacy. That property produces only 1004. per annum, and is all he has to subsist upon; thus, my brother having been brought up by Her late Majesty from the age of four months, and treated and educated by her in every respect as her own son, is left all but destitute. The circumstance has so preyed upon his mind as to drive him into a state of insanity, and he has now been confined in a lunatic asylum in Italy nearly four years, upwards of two whereof were suffered to elapse without the circumstance being communicated to his relatives. Had the ser vice of plate been purchased previous to Her Majesty's decease it would have come to my brother by the will; and as the money was subscribed for and given to the Queen, in my humble opinion it ought long ere this to have been handed to her executors for the benefit of my brother, who is Her late Majesty's residuary legatee. "The only benefit my family ever derived by Her late Majesty's adoption of my brother was a situation procured for my father in the Customs, at the small salary of |