"1671, May 26. Baptized Desiderius Dionys, a poor child found in Lyme Street."--St. Dionis Backchurch. Donatus and Deodatus, also, were Latin names on English soil before the seventeenth century came in: "1616, Jan. 29. Baptized Donate, vel Deonata, daughter of Martyn Donnacombe."--St. Columb Major. Desire and Given,[37] the equivalents, both crossed the Atlantic with the Pilgrim Fathers. _Love_ was popular. Side by side with it went _Amor_. George Fox, in his "Journal," writing in 1670, says-- "When I was come to Enfield, I went first to visit Amor Stoddart, who lay very weak and almost speechless. Within a few days Amor died."--Ed. 1836, ii. 129. In Ripon Cathedral may be seen: "Amor Oxley, died Nov. 23, 1773, aged 74." The name still exists in Yorkshire, but no other county, I imagine. Other instances could be mentioned.[38] I place a few in order: "1594, Aug. 3. Baptized Relictus Dunstane, a childe found in this parisshe."--St. Dunstan. "1613, Nov. 7. Baptized Beata, d. of Mr. John Briggs, minister."--Witherley, Leic. "1653, Sep. 29. Married Richard Moone to Benedicta Rolfe."--Cant. Cath. "1661, May 25. Married Edward Clayton and Melior[39] Billinge."--St. Dionis, Backchurch. "1706. Beata Meetkirke, born Nov. 2, 1705; died Sep. 10, 1706."--Rushden, Hereford. (_b._) _Grace Names._ In furnishing instances, we naturally begin with those grace names, in all cases culled from the registers of the period, which belong to what we may style the first stage. They were, one by one, but taken from the lists found in the New Testament, and were probably suggested at the outset by the moralities or interludes. The morality went between the old miracle-play, or mystery, and the regular drama. In "Every Man," written in the reign of Henry VIII., it is made a vehicle for retaining the love of the people for the old ways, the old worship, and the old superstitions. From the time of Edward VI. to the middle of Elizabeth's reign, there issued a cluster of interludes of this same moral type and cast; only all breathed of the new religion, and more or less assaulted the dogmas of Rome. These moralities were popular, and were frequently rendered in public, until the Elizabethan drama was well established. All were allegorical, and required personal representatives of the abstract graces, and doctrines of which they treated. The _dramatis personae_ in "Hickscorner" are Freewill, Perseverance, Pity, Contemplation, and Imagination, and in "The Interlude of Youth," Humility, Pride, Charity, and Lechery. It is just possible, therefore, that several of these grace names were originated under the shadow of the pre-Reformation Church. The following are early, considering they are found in Cornwall, the county most likely to be the last to take up a new custom: "1549, July 1. Baptized Patience, d. of Will{m}. Haygar."--