Your correspondent E. D. might have gone much farther back for an example of the use of the word _party_ for a particular person. In the _Tempest_, Act III. Sc. 2., we have: "_Cal._ I say by sorcery he got this isle. From me he got it. If thy greatness will Revenge it on him--for, I know, thou dar'st; But this thing dare not. _Ste._ That's most certain. _Cal._ Thou shalt be lord of it, and I'll serve thee. _Ste._ How now shall this be compass'd? Canst thou bring me to _the party_." ERICA. Warwick. _"Mater ait natæ," &c._ (Vol. vii., p. 155.).--In reply to your correspondent who asks where the following lines "Mater ait natæ," &c. are to be found, I refer him to the following note in Greswell's _Account of Runcorn_, p. 34.: "Leland, in his _Itinerary_, mentions an old woman, a native of Over in Cheshire, who lived in the family of Downes of Shrigley, and died at the age of 140 years. Zuingerus reports of a noble lady of Worms, in the {248} archbishopric of Mentz, who lived to see the sixth generation, that she might thus address her daughter: '(1) Mater (2) natæ die (3) natæ filia (4) natam Ut moneat (5) natæ plangere (6) filiolam.' That is, 'The mother says to her daughter: Daughter, bid thy daughter, to tell her daughter, that her daughter's daughter is crying.'" ANON. Warrington. I have in my possession a scrap-book, compiled by one Edward King in the year 1743, which consists of extracts from newspapers of that date; and while perusing your last Number, meeting with W. W.'s (Malta) Query, I immediately recollected having noticed the quotation some short time ago. Turning to the volume I find the following extract: "Sarum, April 30.--We hear from Limington in Hants that one Mrs. Mitchel was lately brought to bed there of a daughter, whose great-great-grandmother is still living, and has already seen her fifth generation, and all daughters. So that she may say the same that the distich doth, made on one of the Dalburgh's family of Basil: 1 2 3 4 'Mater ait natæ die natæ filia natam 5 6 Ut moneat natæ plangere filiolam.' 1 2 3 'Rise up, daughter, and go to thy daughter, 4 5 6 For her daughter's daughter hath a daughter.' She is about 92 years of age, is in perfect health, has all her senses clear, and hopes to see five generations more." TYE. Norwood, Surrey.