Roger Pele was elevated about 1532, and became rector of Dalton, a village near his old abbey, 9th Nov., 29 Hen. VIII. This rectory he held, I believe, during the remainder of his life, in spite of all the efforts made to dispossess him. (See Beck's _Annales Furnessienses_, p. 346. et seq.) What was the origin and early history of this man, remarkable for the firmness and ability which so long baffled all the power and might of Henry, whose vengeance pursued him even into obscurity. ABBATI. _Curtseys and Bows._--Why do ladies curtsey instead of bow? Is the distinction one which obtains generally; and what is the earliest mention of curtseys in any writer on English affairs? E. S. Hampton Court. _Historical Proverb._--I have frequently in youth heard the proverb, "You may change _Norman_ for a worser (worse) horse." This sounds like the wise saying of some unpatriotic Saxon, when urged to revolt against the conquering invaders. If so, it is an interesting relic of the days when "Englishrie," though suppressed, yet became peacefully victorious in transmuting the intruders into its own excellent metal. J. R. P. _Bishop Patrick's "Parable of a Pilgrim."_--Can any of your contributors inform me of any bibliographical notice of Bishop Patrick's _Parable of a Pilgrim_? Its singular title, and the suggested plagiarism of Bunyan, lately attracted my attention; but I incline to the belief that we may still regard the _Pilgrim's Progress_ to be as original as it is extraordinary. Patrick's work appears to have been written in 1663, while Bunyan was not committed to prison until 1660, and was released in 1673: having written, or at least composed, his extraordinary work during the interval. Bunyan might therefore have seen and read Patrick's book; but, from a careful comparison of the two works, I am satisfied in my own mind that such a supposition is unnecessary, and probably erroneous. I may add that Patrick honestly confesses, that not even his own work is entirely original, but was suggested by an elder "Parable of the Pilgrim" in Baker's _Sancta Sophia_. GEORGE WM. BELL. _Dr. Parr's Dedications._--Dr. Parr has dedicated the three parts of _Bellendences de Statu_ respectively to Burke, Lord North, and Fox, subscribing each dedication with the letters A. E. A. O. Can any of your correspondents explain them? BALLIOLENSIS. "_Königl. Schwedischer in Teutschland geführter Krieg_, 1632-1648, von B. Ph. v. Chemnitz."--As is known, the first two parts of this important work were printed in 1648 and 1653. The continuation of the original manuscript exists now in the Swedish Record Office, with the exception, unfortunately, of the third part. The Curator of the Royal Library in Hanover, however, J. Dan, {157} Grueber, testifies, in his _Commercium Epistolare Leibnitianinum_, Pars 1^{ma}, p. 119., Hanoviæ, 1745, in 8vo., that the missing part was then in that library: