This coincidence suggests two things: first, the truth of the etymology in question, secondly, the excellency of that spirit which (as in this instance) "thinketh no evil;" and, in so close a resemblance of ideas as that before us, rather than at once start a charge of plagiarism, will believe that it is possible for two persons, with similar habits of thought, to arrive at the same end, and that, too, by singularly identical means, when engaged on one and the same subject. H. C. K. ---- Rectory, Hereford. "_Paetus and Arria_" (Vol. viii., p. 219.).--As I have not observed a reply to the Query respecting the author of _Paetus and Arria_, a tragedy, I beg to state that the work was not written by a gentleman of the University of Cambridge, but by Mr. Nicholson, son of Mr. Nicholson, a well-known and highly respectable bookseller in Cambridge, in the early part of the present century. The young man, who, besides being unfailing in his attention to business, had a literary turn, and was attached to the fine arts, died in the prime of life. After his death, the poor father, with tears in his eyes, presented me with a copy of the tragedy. I am glad to record this testimony to the character of persons well known to me during several years. [Greek: Martus Pistos]. "_That Swinney_" (Vol. viii, p. 213.).--I am well pleased with the manner in which T. S. J. has unearthed "that Swinney," if indeed, as is very probable, Sidney Swinney really was the man who interfered with _the great unknown_. It may not be impertinent to state that Sidney Swinney, who was of Clare Hall, Cambridge, became B.A. in 1744, M.A. in 1749, and D.D. (_per saltum_) in 1763. It may also be worth noting that a George Swinney, of the same college, became B.A. in 1767, and M.A. in 1770. This _George_ Swinney _may_ have been _Sidney_ Swinney's son, or his near relation; and _may_ have been the man who went to Lord G. Sackville in July, 1769; but I think this not likely. I will only observe farther that, in the "Graduati Cantabrigienses," {375} the names are spelled _Swiney_; but changes of this kind, by the parties themselves, are by no means uncommon. The question, whether Swinney had ever _before_ spoken to Lord G. Sackville, remains unanswered, although Junius most probably made a mistake in that matter. VALENTINE WESTON. _The Six Gates of Troy_ (Vol. viii., p. 288.).--The passage of Dares relative to the gates of Troy describes the deeds of Priam on succeeding to the throne: "Priamus ut Ilium venit, minime moram fecit, ampliora moenia exstruxit, et civitatem munitissimam reddidit.... Regiam quoque aedificavit, et ibi Jovi Statori aram consecravit. Hectorem in Paeoniam misit, Ilio portas fecit, quarum haec sunt nomina: Antenorea, Dardania, Ilia, Scaea, Thymbraea, Trojana. Deinde, postquam Ilium stabilitum vidit, tempus expectavit."--Chap. 4.