_Shakspeare's "Twelfth Night"_ (Vol. vii., p. 51.).--If the term "case," as applied to apparel, requires any further elucidation, it may be found in the "Certaine opening and drawing Distiches," prefixed to Coryat's _Crudities_, 4to., 1611. And the engraved title, which the verses are intended to explain, places before the eye, in a most unmistakeable form, the articles which compose a man's "case." F. S. Q. _Catcalls_ (Vol. vi., pp. 460. 559.).--For a long and humorous dissertation upon this instrument, I beg to refer your sceptical correspondent M. M. E. to page 130. of a scarce and amusing little work, entitled _A Taste of the Town, or a Guide to all Publick Diversions, &c._; London, printed and sold by the booksellers of London and Westminster, 1731, 12mo. The passages are not unworthy of transcription; but, I fear, would be too long for insertion in your columns. WILLIAM BATES. Birmingham. "_Plurima, pauca, nihil_," (Vol. vi., p. 511.; Vol. vii., p. 96.).--The following couplet will be found in Jo. Burch. Menckenii _De Charlataneria Eruditorum Declamationes_, page 181. of the edit. Amst. 1727. The lines are there given as a specimen of "versus quos Galli vocant _rapportez_:" "Vir simplex, fortasse bonus, sed Pastor ineptus, Vult, tentat, peragit, plurima, pauca, nihil." N. B. I have met with the following metrical proverb, which may afford satisfaction to your correspondent, which dates certainly before 1604: "Modus retinendorum amicorum. Temporibus nostris quicunque placere laborat, Det, capiat, quærat, plurima, pauca, nihil." Also this: "Plurima des, perpauca petas, nil accipe: si nil Accipias, et pauca petas, et plurima dones, Gratus eris populo, te mille sequentur amici. Si nihilum trades, citò eris privatus amico: Plurima si quæres, multam patiêre repulsam: Si multa accipias, populus te dicet avarum. Nil cape, pauca petas, des plurima, habebis amicos." W. C. H. _Ben Jonson's adopted Sons_ (Vol. v., pp. 537. 588.).--I had made some Notes on this subject, but have never seen stated that their number was limited to _twelve_. I have got _ten_ on _my_ list, but am unable at present to give my authorities; but I can assure your INQUIRER, at p. 537., that their names are _honestly_ come by: "Thomas Randolph, Richard Brome, William Cartwright, Sir Henry Morrison, James Howell, Joseph Rutter, Robert Herrick, Lord Falkland, Sir John Suckling, Shackerly Marmion." S. WMSON. _Mistletoe_ (Vol. vi., p. 589.).--Mistletoe grows on _one oak_ in Hackwood Park, near Basingstoke, where it is extremely plentiful on hawthorns. J. P. O. {168} * * * * * Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, ETC.