_Windows._--It has been said that the dates of many houses may be ascertained by a comparison of the regulations of the window-tax with the windows. The tax occasioned a marked change of style by diminishing the number of windows. Then ingenuity was exerted to effect evasions by bays, bows, and double or treble windows. These again were successively met by alterations in the law. Could any one be induced to let in some light upon the subject by examining the acts of parliament, and illustrating the result by reference to examples in London houses? C. T. _Angel-beast; Cleek; Longtriloo._--Can you, or any of your readers, inform me what was the nature of the game at cards called _Angel-beast_, which was in vogue in the seventeenth century? Also, the game of _Cleek_; can it be a misprint of "Check?" Also, _Longtriloo_; is this an abbreviation of "Long three card loo?" R. B. _Royal Arms in Churches._--What is the origin of the common practice of putting up the royal arms in churches? E. M. Oxford. "_Cease, rude Boreas._"--Can any of your correspondents tell me why the song, "Cease, rude Boreas," has been occasionally attributed to Falconer. I remember seeing this song appended to an old edition of the _Shipwreck_, with a prefatory remark stating that G. A. Stevens _could_ not have written it, as the moral of the verses was of too high an order for him. Occasionally the last stanza is omitted, on account of the sentiment being somewhat questionable; though it cannot be denied that the feelings there expressed are exactly those of a sailor. In a few copies another stanza of a very different tendency is inserted in its place; and at times I have seen the commencement of the third stanza altered thus: "Now all you at home in safety, Shelter'd from the howling storm, Tasting joys by heaven vouchsaf'd ye, Of our state vain notions form." I should wish to obtain some information regarding the authors of these alterations, and when they first took place. [Greek: Boreas]. _Pictorial Proverbs._--I have now lying open before me a small 12mo. book (binding modern) containing sixty-seven old prints (averaging in size 5¾ by 3¾ inch), but wanting a title-page. The subjects appear to be in the shape of pictorial proverbs; they are evidently very old, the distich before each plate is in Latin, which is again written in old German. The views in each background are places generally in Germany, and the names are written on the plate itself. In _one only_ plate I discover the name "M. Merian, fe" (Qy. Matts. Merian, or his daughter, of Frankfort?); and in some few others the following mark, "[ST]." All the plates _seem_ done by the same person. If you can enlighten me as to the authorship of them, I shall feel much obliged. H. S. S. _Inscription on George Inn, Wansted._--Will you kindly give me information respecting the origin of the following inscription, which is affixed to the side of the George Inn at Wansted?--