_Phoenix--by Lactantius._--"Seleucus" is informed, in answer to his query in No. 13. p. 203., that he will find the Latin poem of the _Phoenix_, in hexameters _and pentameters_, in that scarce little volume, edited by Pithaeus, and published at Paris in 1590 (see Brunet), _Epigrammata et Poematia Vetera, &c._ (of which I am happy to say I possess a most beautiful copy), where it is headed "Phoenix, Incerti Auctoris;" and again at the end of the edition of _Claudian_ by P. Burmann Secundus Amsterdam, 1760), with the following title,--_Lactantia Elegia, de Phoenice; vulgo Claudiano ad scripta, &c._, where also another correspondent, "R.G." (in No. 15. p. 235.), will find much information as to who was the author of the poem. C.J.C. Feb. 9. 1850. _Catsup_ (no. 8. p. 125.).--"Catsup" is to be found thus spelt in Todd's _Johnson's Dictionary_ (London, 1818). He describes it as a kind of Indian pickles imitated by pickled mushrooms; and quotes these two lines of Swift: "And for our home-bred British cheer, Botargo, catsup, and cavier." An eminnet Sanscrit scholar informs me that "kuck-hup" is the Hindostanee word for Turtle; it is to be met in the Vocabulary attached to Gilchrist's _East Indian Guide_ (8vo. London, 1820). May not the name of the sauce take its origin from the use of it in preparing the turtle for the table? In the _Cuisinier Royal, par Viart_, p. 75., it is mentioned among the "petites sauces," as ket-chop, "ou Soyac;" and the receipt for making it ends with "servez le avec le poisson." (Published at Paris, 1840.) C.I.R. _The Buckingham Motto_ (No. 9. p. 138., and No. 16. p. 252.).--On examining the original manuscript the true reading of this motto appears to me to be, Sovente me sovene, Harre Bokynghame. I should translate it, "souvent me souvenez;" an Anglo-French paraphrase of "sis memor mei;" or, "Ne m'oubliez pas." I have great doubt {284} whether the original MS. can be safely assumed to be an _autograph_. S. [Our correspondent "P." writes, "It surprises me your OEdipi should be so wide of the mark in this motto. It is simply, 'Oft remember me.'"] _Devices of the Standards of the Anglo-Saxons_ (No. 14. p. 216.).--The arms, i.e. the standards of the successive rulers of Britain, may be found in Sir Winston Churchill's curious work, _Divi Britannici_, which gives (as your correspondent supposes) the White Horse for Kent, the White Dragon for Wessex, and the Raven for the Danes. C. _Prutenicæ_ (No. 14. p. 215.).--The work to which your correspondent alludes is, I presume, _Prutenicæ Tabulæ Cælestium Motuum, autore Erasmo Reinholdo_: Tubingæ, 1562. This work is dedicated to Albert, Duke of _Prussia_. In the dedication is the following passage: "Ego has tubulas _Prutenicas_ dici volui, ut sciret posteritas tuâ liberalitate, Princeps Alberte, nos adjutos esse, et tibi gratiam ab iis, quibus profuturæ sunt deberi."