Physick,' 1596 (ed. 3, p. 369), "Take and
rape it [wood]"; ibid., "Take one pound of
raped wood"; and from J. Partridge,
1633, Treas. Hid. Secrets' (cxvii.), Put
into the pot one pound and halfe of your
Wood small raped.' But instances relating
to such minute quantities hardly account
for the existence of a special occupation of
wood-rasping.
ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

NAHUM TATE.-On consulting the Dic tionary of National Biography' and the Schaff-Herzog Encyclopædia I find it stated that Nahum Tate, the poet laureate, was (1) born in Dublin in 1652, and was (2) son to the Rev. Faithful Teate. I shall be glad if any of your readers can inform me as to the original authorities for these statements, and will kindly reply direct to

me.

(Rev.) ST. JOHN D. SEYMOUR. Donohill Rectory, Cappawhite, Tipperary.

BURT, MINIATURE PAINTER.-I shall be glad of any information regarding a man of tnis name who painted miniatures in the early part of the nineteenth century. I have a nice one of a great-aunt by him; it is dated 1814. I have been unable to find his name in any of the ordinary books on the subject, and I do not know where the painting took place.

HERBERT SOUTHAM.

ST. MARTIN DE LONDRES.-Can any of your readers tell me who was "St. Martin de Londres ? A church near Montpellier is dedicated to him, and, I believe, another near Dax. A. B. C.

WATER-COLOUR PICTURES.—I am anxious to trace the whereabouts of the following water-colour pictures :

by

manufactured in large numbers to enable
the manufacturer to recoup himself for the
original outlay. It is, I think, just possible
that an entry might be found in some
manufacturer's old price list, or perhaps
in some school accounts. It would be
almost impossible to identify "St. Paul's
Infant School," as
we are without any
indication of the locality.

The horn book is interesting from another point of view, as infant schools have always been regarded as having been first formed in the early part of last century, or perhaps in the latter part of the eighteenth. It would be very interesting to establish the fact that there was an institution known as the Infant School "in the year 1729.

R. B. P.

THOMAS WHITEHEAD, RECTOR OF BIRDBROOK: WESTMINSTER ABBEY PRESENTATIONS.-Was a boy named Thomas Whitehead (Whithed) at the old Westminster School circa 1483-90 He was afterwards for about half a century Rector of Birdbrook, Essex, a living in the gift of Westminster Abbey. Was he presented by the Abbey Or was there an exchange for that turn? I presume the Abbey has a record of all its presentations. Where can these be seen? The printed books show a gap from about 1490 to 1548 for this and other benefices in the diocese of London. BENJAMIN WHITEHEAD.

PARCY REED OF TROUGHEND (NORTHUMBERLAND) AND SIR REGINALD READE.—I shall be obliged if any of your readers can tell me in what year in the sixteenth century the murder of Parcy Reed of Troughend, in Redesdale, took place, and where I can obtain an account of the murder, also his ghost story and ballad.

E. L. HORN BOOK IN BRASS: EARLY INFANT SCHOOL.-In Messrs. Maggs's Catalogue, April-May, 1913, there was an illustration at p. 44 of a brass horn book, 5 by 23 in. On the back it bore the inscription, "St. Paul's Infant School, A.D. 1729." I believe there appeared in 'The Gem' of It was stated in the catalogue that brass 1828, an annual edited by Thomas Hood, a horn books are extremely uncommon. poem entitled 'Death of Keeldar' (Reed's They were probably stamped, and as favourite dog), accompanied by an engraving expense of sinking 8 die would from the painting of the same title by A. be considerable, they must have been Cooper, R.A. ; but so far I have not managed

the

ENIGMAS OF LUBERIUS.'-I should be very grateful to any of your readers who could give me information as to the Enigmas of Luberius.' The book is mentioned in Dr. Arnauld's Mémoire sur le Règlement des Études dans les Lettres humaines (Euvres,' vol. xli. p. 93), and is recommended as a textbook for boys in the sixth or lowest class of the schools of the Faculty of Arts at Paris.

SIR EDWARD AND SIB FRANCIS WALSINGHAM.-Will some reader of N. & Q.' give me the names of the parents of the brothers(?) I know that enigmas were used in the Sir Edward Walsingham, Lieutenant of the teaching of elementary Latin in the sevenTower, and Sir Francis Walsingham, Secre-teenth century-the Jesuit Jouvency, for tary to Queen Elizabeth? Please reply example, has a chapter on the subject in his WM. JACKSON PIGOTT. 'Ratio discendi et docendi'; but as to the Manor House, Dundrum, co. Down. particular collection ascribed to Luberius I can find nothing, and I should greatly value any information on this point. H. C. BARNARD.

direct.

THE BLUE BOAR AT ISLINGTON.-An interesting allusion to this inn occurs in The Counter Rat' ("The Counter Scuffle, whereunto is added The Counter Rat,'

by R. S., 1680). A party of fiddlers having been thrust into the Compter by the watch, one of them relates their adventures:

"

Quoth he, Being met by a mad crew,
In these poor cases-up they drew
Our fiddles, and like tinkers swore
We should play them to the Blue-bore,
Kept by mad Ralf at Islington,
Whose hum and mum, being poun'd upon
Our guts, so burnt 'em, we desir'd

BROWNING'S RING AND THE BOOK Can any readers of 'N. & Q.' identify the following quotations in Tho Ring and the Book'?

1. iv. 1577-8, fons et origo malorum.
2. viii. 503-7:-

I mind a passage much confirmative
I' the Idyllist (though I read him Latinized)
"Why," asks a shepherd, "is this bank unfit?"
&c.

To part; being out o' th' house e'en fired." The fiddlers then return to London, passing the Play-House in St. John's Street to Smithfield Bars. We may infer that the Blue Boar was one of the many inns in the High Street, but John Nichols in reprinting Dr. Berdoe is mistaken, I think, when he says that the satire in his Collection of Poems,' 1780, vol. iii. p. 275, adds a note: "This mad landlord's house is now unknown." I shall be glad of any aid to its identificaALECK ABRAHAMS.

tion.

DAME MARY ROE, née GRESHAM.-I find that Mary Gresham, who married Sir Thomas Rowe or Roe, was closely connected with no fewer than three Lord Mayors of London.

1. Her father, Sir John Gresham, was Lord Mayor of London. He was brother of Sir Richard Gresham, also Lord Mayor, besides being uncle to the famous Sir Thomas Gresham, founder of the Royal Exchange, and Lord Mayor of London.

2. Her husband, Sir Thomas Rowe or Roe, was Lord Mayor of London, in 1568.

3. Her son Sir Henry Rowe or Roe was Lord Mayor of London.

Here we have a case of a lady whose father, whose husband, and whose son were all Lord Mayors of London. Are there any parallels ? C. H. M.

"the Idyllist " is Theocritus.

3. viii. 1200:

"Plus non vitiat," too much does no harm, Except in mathematics, sages say.

4. viii. 1054-5 :

Ere thou hast learned law, will be much to do,
As said the gaby while he shod the goose.
5. ix. 240-41:-

Discedunt nunc amores, loves, farewell!
Maneat amor, let love, the sole, remain !
May I add two further queries ?

1. To whom does the Pope refer in x. 293 ? How do they call him ?-the cagacious Swede Who finds by figures how the chances prove, Why one comes rather than another thing. Dr. Berdoe says that the sagacious Swede" is Swedenborg, but the Pope is speaking in 1698, when Swedenborg (who did not, I think, pursue such inquiries) was a ten-year-old.

2. What historical incident or incidents

gave rise to the proverbial phrase ("what
folk call," says Browning, xii. 295)

Pisan assistance, aid that comes too late?
A. K. C.

RYAN OF INCH, CO. TIPPERARY.-Wanted to that business. Now in the official information of the pedigree of this family registers of Dundee and district, under date from about 1660, when Daniel Ryan was the owner. PHILIP H. BAGENAL.

Sept. 21, 1768, there is recorded the baptism of a John Brown, son of John Brown, weaver, and Janet Mackenzie: name-fathers John Thomson and John Stewart. This is the John Brown in whom I am interested, for he died in 1836, aged 68, and so was born in 1768. Family tradition says he came from Dundee shortly before 1791 to settle in London; also that he was the son of a

Mackenzie.

What I want to know is, was this John Brown the weaver identical with Dr. John Brown? Was the daughter of Lamond named Janet? Did she first marry a Mackenzie, and afterwards the weaver and doctor? If any one can answer one or other of these queries, I shall be very grateful. JOHN WILLIAM BROWN.

SERPENT AND ETERNITY.-Can any one tell me where the figure of a serpent swallowing its tail is used as an emblem of eternity? L. R. MACAULAY: LINES WRITTEN AFTER THE EDINBURGH ELECTION.-The legend told in these lines, of the fairies visiting the child's cradle, is said by Macaulay (in his essay on Byron) to have been also narrated of the birth of the Regent of Orleans. I should be glad to know in what book this can be 2. found-also whether the fable has a still earlier origin. L. R.

1.
Still the race of hero spirits pass the lamp from

hand to hand.

Can any one tell me where in Kingsley's works these words are to be found? L. R.

preface to an English topographical volume of
3. The following occurs as a quotation in the
1831:-

Were every hand a scribe by trade, and every
stick a quill.
From what author and work was it taken ?

4.

W. B. H.
When prodigals return great things are done;
But then the prodigal must be a son.
P.

Unholy is the sound

DR. JOHN BROWN, alias JOHANNES BRUNO."-This Scotch celebrity is said to have married the daughter of Lamond or Lamont of Edinburgh in 1765. Upon what authority does this assertion rest? In none of the biographical records of this man which I have seen is the baptismal name of this lady mentioned. The well-known family of Browns claiming descent from the doctor through his son Ford are also silent here. There was another son, William Cullen, who rose to be President of the 5. Of loud thanksgiving over slaughtered men. Royal Medical Society of Edinburgh, 1804. Has any life of him been published? If so, in 1913, given as having been used by Lord Morley I first heard this quotation in a sermon delivered is the full name of his mother recorded? in a speech during the Boer War. The author was stated to be Eschylus, but I have been unable to find the passage in the poet's works. I have recently read the quotation in W. T. Stead's Hymns that have Helped,' p. 11, where it is said to be from "an ancient heathen poet." I should be very glad to have the exact source (author, play, and line), with, if possible, the original Greek. P. H. LING. Bristol.

Dr. John Brown is said to have had twelve children, eight of whom survived him on his death in 1788-to wit, four sons and four daughters. Surely one of his sons must have been a John, as it was the custom for fathers to hand down their names to their sons (usually the eldest). John Brown was not known as a doctor in 1768-not, indeed, until many years afterwards, when, it is said, he obtained his degree at St. Andrews University, mainly through the influence of two young doctors (his pupils), named Mackenzie and Ford respectively. In those earlier years he was known as a weaver, having been apprenticed

PICKWICK: ORIGIN OF THE NAME. eventually coach proprietor. His Christian name