Cartwright, the great Puritan, attacked these names in 1575, as "savouring of paganism" (Neal, v. p. xv. Appendix). It was a pity he did not include some names in the list of his co-religionists, for surely Tamar and Dinah were just as objectionable as Venus or Lais. The doctrine of a fallen nature could be upheld, and the blessed state of self-abasement maintained, without a daily reminder in the shape of a Bible name of evil repute. Bishop Corbett brought it as a distinct charge against the Puritans, that they loved to select the most unsavoury stories of Old Testament history for their converse. In the "Maypole" he makes a zealot minister say-- "To challenge liberty and recreation, Let it be done in holy contemplation. Brothers and sisters in the fields may walk, Beginning of the Holy Word to talk: Of David and Uria's lovely wife, Of Tamar and her lustful brother's strife." One thing is certain, these names became popular: "1610, March. Baptized Bathsheba, d. of John Hamond, of Ratcliffe."--Stepney. "1672, Feb. 23. Buried Bathsheba, wife of Richard Brinley, hosier."--St. Denis Backchurch. The alternate form of Bath-shua (1 Chron. iii. 5) was used, although the clerks did not always know how to spell it: "1609, July 1. Baptized Bathshira and Tabitha, daughters of Sir Antonie Dering, Knight. "1609, July 5. Buried Bathshira and Tabitha, ds. of Sir Antonie Dering, Knight, being twines."--Pluckley, Kent. "1601, Jan. Baptized Thamar, d. of Henry Reynold."--Stepney. "1691, Nov. 20. Baptized Tamar, d. of Francis and Tamar Lee."--St. Dionis Backchurch. "1698, April 10. Buried Tamar, wife of Richard Robinson, of Fell-foot."--Cartmel. As for Dinah, she became a great favourite from her first introduction; every register contains her name before Elizabeth's death: "1585, Aug. 15. Christening of Dina, d. of John Lister, barbor. "1591, Aug. 21. Buried Mrs. Dina Walthall, a vertuous yong woman, 30 years."--St. Peter, Cornhill. Crossing the Atlantic with the Pilgrim Fathers, she settled down at length as the typical negress; yet Puritan writers admitted that when she "went out to see the daughters of the land," she meant to be seen of the sons also! Taylor, the Water-poet, seems to imply that Goliath was registered at baptism by the Puritan: "Quoth he, 'what might the child baptized be? Was it a male She, or a female He?'-- 'I know not what, but 'tis a Son,' she said.-- 'Nay then,' quoth he, 'a wager may be laid It had some Scripture name.'--'Yes, so it had,' Said she: 'but my weak memory's so bad, I have forgot it: 'twas a godly name, Tho' out of my remembrance be the same: 'Twas one of the small prophets verily: 'Twas not Esaias, nor yet Jeremy, Ezekiel, Daniel, nor good Obadiah, Ah, now I do remember, 'twas Goliah!'"