_Hurrah_ (Vol. vi., p. 54.; Vol. vii., p. 595.).--Wace's _Chronicle of the Norman Conquest_, as it appears in Mr. Edgar Taylor's translation, pp. 21, 22, mentions the war-cries of the various knights at the battle of Val des Dunes. Duke William cries "Dex aie," and Raol Tesson "_Tur aie_;" on which there is a note that M. Pluquet reads "Thor aide," which he considers may have been derived from the ancient Northmen. Surely this is the origin of our modern _hurrah_; and if so, perhaps the earliest mention of our English war-cry. J. F. M. _Purlieu_ (Vol. vii., p. 477.).--The etymology of this word which Dr. Johnson adopted is that which many others have approved of. The only other derivation which appears to have been suggested is from _perambulatio_. Blount, _Law Dict._, s. voc., thus explains: "_Purlue_ or _Purlieu_ (from the Fr. _pur_, i. e. _purus_, and _lieu_, locus) is all that ground near any forest, which being made forest by Henry II., Richard I., or King John, were, by _perambulation_, granted by Henry III., severed again from the same, and became _purlue_, i. e. pure and free from the laws and ordinances of the forest. Manwood, par. 2., For. Laws, cap. 20.; see the statute 33 Edw. I. stat. 5. And the perambulation, whereby the _purlieu_ is deafforested, is called _pourallee_, i. e. _perambulatio_. 4 Inst. fol. 303." (See also Lye, Cowel, Skinner, and especially Minshaeus.) B. H. C. _Bell Inscriptions_ (Vol. vi., p. 554.).--In Weever's _Ancient Funeral Monuments_ (London, 1631) are the following inscriptions: "En ego campana nunquam denuncio vana; Laudo Deum verum, plebem voco, congrego clerum. Defunctos plango, vivos voco, fulmina frango. Vox mea, vox vitae, voco vos ad sacra, venite, Sanctos collaudo, tonitrus fugo, funera claudo." . . . . . . "Funera plango, fulgura frango, Sabbatha pango, Excito lentos, dissipo ventos, paco cruentos." There is also an old inscription for a "holy water" vessel: "Hujus aquae tactus depellit Demonis actus. Asperget vos Deus cum omnibus sanctis suis ad vitam aeternam. Sex operantur aqua benedicta. Cor mundat, Accidiam fugat, venalia tollit, Auget opem, removetque hostem, phantasmata pellit." At page 848. there is a beautiful specimen of an old font in the church of East Winch, in the diocese of Norwich. CLERICUS (D). Dublin. _Quotation from Juvenal_ (Vol. vii., pp. 166. 321.).--My copy of this poet being unfortunately without notes, I was not aware that there was authority for "abest" in this passage; but my argument still remains much the same, as regards quoters {634} having retained for their own convenience a reading which most editors have rejected. I observe that Gifford, in his translation, takes _habes_ as the basis of his version in both the passages mentioned.