_Derivation of "Caul."_-- "Guianerius, cap. 36., _De Ægritud. Matr._, speaks of a silly, jealous fellow, that, seeing his child new born, included in a _kell_ (meaning a _caul_), thought sure a Franciscan, that used to come to his house, was the father of it, it was so like the friar's _cowl_, and thereupon threatened the friar to kill him!"--Burton's _Anatomy of Melancholy_, part iii. sec. 3. By this may we judge that _caul_ and _cowl_ are cognate? _Coif_ (Martial.), in Latin _Reticulum_; whence a lady's _reticule_. B. B. _"Pandecte," an entire Copy of the Bible._--Dr. Maitland, in his valuable essays on the _Dark Ages_, has drawn attention to this use of the word _Pandecte_, but was not at the time aware that it is so employed by any writer before Alcuin (p. 194. n. 9. ed. 1844). It will be found, however, in the following, extract from Bede's _Chronicon_ (in _Monument. Britan._, p. 101. A). The historian is speaking of certain presents which his abbot, Ceolfrith, was carrying with him on his pilgrimage to Rome, when death cut it short at Langres: "Qui inter alia donaria quæ adferre disposuerat, misit ecclesiæ S. Petri _pandectem_ a B. Hieronymo in Latinum ex Hebræo vel Græco fonte translatum." C. H. St. Catharine's Hall, Cambridge. * * * * * Queries. BOY BISHOP AT ETON. In Heywood's edition of the _Statutes of King's College, Cambridge, and Eton College_ (Longman, 1850), a MS. is quoted under the title of _Consuetudinarium vetus Scholæ Etoniensis_ (sic), Harl. MSS. 7044, p. 167. From a MS. in Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. It is a sort of _Fasti Etonenses_, recording in somewhat quaint terms the old customs which were then traditionary in the school. In the month of November, according to this authority, "in die {558} Sti Hugonis Pontificis solebat Etonæ fieri electio Episcopi Nihilensis, sed consuetudo obsolevit." Again, in the statutes as given by Mr. Heywood, p. 560., it is provided that on the Feast of St. Nicholas, but "nullatenus in festo Sanctorum Innocentium," the Episcopus puerorum Scholarium, who was to be elected from among the boys every year for the purpose, might celebrate all the divine offices except the "missæ secreta." Can you, or any of your correspondents, inform me-- 1st. What is the date of the MS. in question, with any further particulars of its history? 2nd. What is "Pope St. Hugo's Day," and whether it was in any way connected with the election of the boy bishop in other places as well as Eton? 3rd. Whether any reason can be assigned why Holy Innocents Day, being that on which the boy bishop was usually appointed, should have been expressly excluded by the founder. L. C. B. * * * * * "¶ SPECULUM CHRISTIANORUM MULTA BONA CONTINENS."