"To God the Son and Holy Ghost, Let man give thanks, rejoice, and sing, From world to world, from coast to coast, For all good gifts so many ways, That God doth send. Let us in Christ give God the praise, Till life shall end!" Query, Is this the origin of our own doxologies? L. A. M. Great Yarmouth. _Arrow-mark._--On an ancient pump of wood, extracted from the Poltimore mine in North Devon, I perceive a deeply cut arrow-mark. What is the inference as to the age of this relic from the mark referred to? The fragment is that of a large oak tree hollowed out, and now decomposing from exposure after its long burial. J. R. P. _Gabriel Poyntz._--There is a portrait here inscribed "Gabriel Poyntz, an. Domini 1568, aetatis suae 36:" and having a coat of arms painted on it, Barry of eight, or and gules, with a crest very indistinct; but apparently a lion's head, and the motto "Clainte refrainte." Can any of your correspondents inform me of the meaning of this motto, and the language in which it is expressed; and also what the crest is? G. Poyntz was of South Okendon in Essex, and there is an account of his family in Morant's _Essex_; from which it appears that he was descended from the family of Poyntz of Tockington in _Gloucestershire_, of which there is an account in Atkins' Gloucestershire. He was afterwards knighted.--Any information as to him, in addition to that which is contained in Morant, would be very acceptable. S. G. C. Bradley, Ashbourne. _Queen Elizabeth's and Queen Anne's Motto, "Semper eadem."_--Upon what occasion, and by what authority was the motto "Semper eadem" used as the royal motto in the reign of Elizabeth? The authority for Queen Anne's motto has been afforded by your correspondent G. (Vol. viii., p. 255.); though he has not fully answered the original Query (Vol. viii., p. 174.), as the motto in question was signified to the public in the _London Gazette_, Dec. 21-24, 1702; was ordered to be _continued_ in 1707, and to be _discontinued_ (by an order in council) on the accession of the House of Hanover in 1714, when the old motto "Dieu et mon droit" was resumed. Z. Z. Z. _Bees._--In these parts the increase of the apiary is known by the three following names:--The first migration from the parent hive is (as all your country readers are aware) a _swarm_; the next is called a _cast_; while the third increase, in the same season, goes under the name of a _cote_. Perhaps some one will kindly inform me if these names are common in other parts of England; and if there are any other local designations for the different departures of these insect colonists. JOHN P. STILWELL. Dorking. _Nelly O'Brien and Kitty Fisher._--Perhaps some of the readers of "N. & Q." can tell me where information is to be found respecting these two celebrated women, who have been immortalised by Sir Joshua Reynolds, and whose portraits are sometimes to be met with.