To these lines Mr. Todd has added a note, which gives a clue to the meaning of the word. He says, "Mr. Church here observes, that _ruffin_ is reddish, from the Latin _rufus_." I suspect, however, that the poet did not intend to specify the _colour_ of the dress, but rather to give a very characteristical expression even to the raiment of Wrath. Ruffin, so spelt, denoted a swashbuckler, or, as we should say, a _bully_: see Minsheu's _Guide into Tongues_. Besides, I find in _My Ladies' Looking-Glasse_, by Barnabe Rich, 4to. 1616, p. 21., a passage which may serve to strengthen my application of _ruffin_, in this sense, to garment: "The yong woman, that as well in her behaviour, as in the manner of her apparell, is most _ruffian_ like, is accounted the most gallant wench." Now, it appears, that the _ruff_, or _pope_, is not only, as Walton says, "a greedy biter," but is extremely voracious in its disposition, and will devour a minnow nearly as big as itself. Its average length is from six to seven inches.] _Origin of the Word Etiquette._--What is the original meaning of the word _etiquette_? and how did it acquire that secondary meaning which it bears in English? S. C. G. [Etiquette, from the Fr. _étiquette_, Sp. _etiqueta_, a ticket; delivered not only, as Cotgrave says, for the benefit and advantage of him that receives it, but also entitling to place, to rank; and thus applied to the ceremonious observance of rank or place; to ceremony. Webster adds, "From the original sense of the word, it may be inferred that it was formerly the custom to deliver cards containing orders for regulating ceremonies on public occasions."] _Henri Quatre._--What was the title of Henry IV. (of Navarre) to the crown of France? or in what way was he related to his predecessor? If any {107} one would be kind enough to answer these he would greatly oblige. W. W. H. [Our correspondent will find his Query briefly and satisfactorily answered by Hénault, in his _Abrégé de l'Histoire de France_, p. 476. His words are: "Henri IV. roi de Navarre, né à Pau, le 13 Décembre, 1553, et ayant droit à la couronne, comme descendant de Robert, Comte de Clermont, qui étoit fils de St. Louis, et qui avoit épousé l'héritière de Bourbon, y parvient en 1589." The lineal descent of Henri from this Count Robert may be seen in _L'Art de vérifier les Dates_, vol. vi. p. 209., in a table entitled "Généalogie des Valois et des Bourbon; St. Louis IX., Roi de France."] _"He that complies against his will," &c.; and "To kick the bucket."_--Oblige T. C. by giving the correct reading of the familiar couplet, which he apprehends is loosely quoted when expressed-- "Convince a man against his will," &c. or, "Persuade a man against his will," &c. Also by stating the name of the author.