"A(nswer). _The next Abuse you see is_, Black your shoes, your Honour, _and the_ Japanners _stick in his Stomach. We shall not take upon us to answer for these pitiful Scrubs, but in his own words_; the Subject is so low, that it becomes disagreeable even to us, _as it does_ even to himself, _and he may_ clear the Streets of these Vermin _in what Manner he pleases if the Law will give him leave, for we are in no want of them; we are better provided for already in that respect by our Masters and their Sons_." G. N. The following lines by Charles, Earl of Dorset and Middlesex (the writer of the famous old song "To all you ladies now at land"), are an instance of the application of this term to the turbulent link-boys, against whom the proclamation quoted by MR. CUNNINGHAM was directed. Their date is probably a short time before that of the proclamation: "Belinda's sparkling wit and eyes, United cast so fierce a light, As quickly flashes, quickly dies; Wounds not the heart, but burns the sight. Love is all gentleness, Love is all joy; Sweet are his looks, and soft his pace: _Her_ Cupid _is a black-guard boy,_ _That runs his link full in your face_." F. E. E. * * * * * "WURM," IN MODERN GERMAN--PASSAGE IN SCHILLER'S "WALLENSTEIN." (Vol. viii., pp. 464. 624.; Vol. ix., p. 63.) I believe MR. KEIGHTLEY is perfectly right in his conjecture, so far as Schiller is concerned. _Wurm_, without any prefix, _had_ the sense of serpent in German. Adelung says it was used for all animals without feet who move on their bellies, serpents among the rest. Schiller does not seem to have had Shakspeare in his thoughts, but the proverb quoted by Adelung: "Auch das friedlichste Würmchen _beiszt_, wenn man es treten will." In this proverb there is evidently an allusion to the serpent, as if of the same nature with the worm; which, as _we_ know, neither _stings_ nor _bites_ the foot which treads on it. Shakspeare therefore says "will turn," making a distinction, which Schiller does _not_ make. In the translation Coleridge evidently had Shakspeare in his recollection; but he has not lost Schiller's idea, which gives the worm a serpent's _sting_. _Vermo_ is applied both by Dante and Ariosto to the Devil, as the "great serpent:" "... I' mi presi Al pel del _vermo_ reo, che 'l mondo fora." _Inferno_, C. XXXV. "Che al gran _vermo_ infernal mette la briglia." _Orlando furioso_, C. XLV. st. 84. E. C. H. * * * * * With deference to C. B. d'O., I consider that _Wurm_ is used, in poetry at least, to designate any individual of the tribe of _reptiles_. In the _Kampf mit dem Drachen_, the rebuke of the "Master" is thus conveyed: