William III. not only preferred that colour, but he thought it degrading to the dignity of his soldiers that the colour should be adopted for the dress of any inferior class of persons; and there is an order now extant, signed by Henry, sixths Duke of Norfolk, as Earl Marshal, dated Dec. 20, 1698, "Forbidding any persons to use for their liveries scarlet or red cloth, or stuff; except his Majesty's servants and _guards_, and those belonging to the royal family or foreign Misters." William IV., who had as much of true old English feeling as any monarch who ever swayed the English sceptre, ordered scarlet to be the universal colour of our Light Dragoons; but two or three years afterwards he was prevailed upon, from some fancy of those about him, to return to the blue again. Still, it is well known that dressing our Light Dragoons in the colour prevailing {56} with other nations has led to serious mistakes in time of action. A. * * * * * Minor Queries. _Berkhampstead Records._--Where are the records of the now extinct corporation of Great Berkhampstead, co. Herts, incorporated 1618? And when did it cease to exercise corporate rights, and why? J. K. "_The secunde personne of the Trinetee_" (Vol. viii., p. 131.).--What does the "old English Homily" mean by "a womanne who was the secunde personne of the Trinetee?" J. P. S. _St. John's, Oxford, and Emmanuel, Cambridge._--Can your readers give me any information respecting Thomas Collis, B.A., of St. John's College, Oxford, ordained priest by Richard (Reynolds), Bishop of Lincoln, at Buckden, 29th May, 1743? What church preferment did he hold, where did he die, and where was he buried? Also of John Clendon, B.D., Fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, who was presented to the vicarage of Brompton-Regis, Somerset, by his College, in or about the year 1752? His correspondence with the Fellows of Emmanuel is amusing, as giving an insight into the every-day life of Cambridge a century ago. You shall have a letter or two ere long as a specimen. THOMAS COLLIS. Boston. "_Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre._"--Some years ago, at a book-stall in Paris, I met with a work in one volume, being a dissertation in French on the origin and early history of the once popular song, "Malbrough s'en va-t-en guerre." It seemed to contain much information of a curious and interesting character; and the author's name, if I remember rightly, is Blanchard. I have since made several attempts to discover the title of the book, with the view of procuring a copy of it, but without success. Can any of your readers assist me in this matter? HENRY H. BREEN. St. Lucia. _Prelate quoted in Procopius._--In the 25th note (a), chap. xl., of Gibbon's _Decline and Fall_, there is a quotation from Procopius. Can any of your readers conjecture who is meant by the "learned prelate now deceased," who was fond of quoting the said passage. [Sigma].