"We command ye, cause the town of Doncaster to be inclosed with _hertstone_ and _pale_, according as the ditch that is made doth require; and that ye make a light _brecost_ or barbican upon the bridge, to defend the town." I shall be obliged by being informed if _hertstone_ is the correct translation of the word "heritone," and, if so, what species of fortification it was. _Pale_ is probably a defence composed of high wooden stakes. _Brecost_ is questionable, I imagine, and should most likely be spelt _bretesk_ or _bretex_. I shall be glad, however, of explanations of the words. C. J. _Newton and Somers._--It has been said that there is a complimentary allusion to Somers in Newton's writings. Where? M. _Daventry, Duel at._-- "Veni Daintreo cum puella, Procerum celebre duello." "Thence to Daintree with my jewel, Famous for a noble duel."--_Drunken Barnaby's Journal._ Can any Northamptonshire reader of "N. & Q." say between whom, and when, this duel took place? J. H. L. _Passage in Burial Service._--Whence comes the expression in the Burial Service, "In the midst of life we are in death." I have observed that Mr. Palmer, in his _Origines Liturgicae_, refers for a parallel passage to ancient liturgies, but, if I mistake not, to none but those used in England. The passage is very scriptural: but I do not believe it exists in the Bible. J. G. T. "_They shot him on the nine-stane rig._"--Where is the ballad beginning with the words-- "They shot him on the nine-stane rig, Beside the headless cross." to be found? Who is the author? BORDERER. _Wardhouse, and Fishermen's Custom there._--In a MS. local history, written in 1619, there is this {79} passage: "They bought herrings during the season, and then departed, _as those fishermen which kill fish at Wardhouse do use to do at present_." Where was Wardhouse, and what was the custom there? C. J. P. Great Yarmouth. "_Adrian turn'd the bull._"--In an old MS. in my possession, the following verse occurs:-- "Of whate'er else your head be full, Remember Adrian turn'd the bull; 'Tis time that you should turn the chase, Kick out the knave and take the place." Would any of the correspondents of "N. & Q." be so good as to explain to me the reference in the second line of the verse? G. M. _Cary's "Palaeologia Chronica._"--I have an old book entitled: "Palaeologia Chronica; a Chronological Account of Ancient Time. Performed by Robert Cary, D.LL., Devon. London: printed by J. Darby, for Richard Chiswell, at the Rose and Crown in St. Paul's Church Yard, 1677." and shall be glad to be informed whether the author was any relation of Dr. Valentine Carey, who was consecrated bishop of Exeter in 1620, and died in 1626. (See Walton's _Life of Dr. Donne_.) CHRIS. ROBERTS. Bradford, Yorkshire.