"_Houd maet of laet_" (Vol. ix., p. 148.).--One of your correspondents desires an explanation of _this_ phrase, which he found in the corner of an old Dutch picture. It is a Flemish proverb; I translate it thus: "Keep within bounds, though 'tis late." It may either be the motto which the artist adopted to identify his work while he concealed {258} his name; or it may be descriptive of the picture, which then would be an illustration of _this_ proverb. Inscribed either by the artist himself, or by some officious person, who thus "tacked the moral full in sight." I think I have seen a similar inscription somewhere in Flanders on an antique drinking-cup, a very appropriate place for such wholesome counsel. I should like to know the subject of the picture your correspondent refers to. In modern Dutch the proverb reads thus: "Houd maat of laat." E. F. WOODMAN. The above Dutch proverb means, in English: "Keep within bounds, or leave off." [Greek: Halieus.] _Captain Eyre's Drawings_ (Vol. ix., p. 207.).--The mention of Captain Eyre's drawings of the Fortifications in London, and the editorial note appended thereto, remind me of an inquiry I have long been desirous of making respecting the curious, if authentic, drawings by this same Captain Eyre, illustrative of Shakspeare's residence in London, described in one of your earlier volumes (Vol. vii., p. 545.). I have not myself had an opportunity of consulting Mr. Halliwell's first volume, but a friend who looked at it for me says he could not find any account of them there. In whose possession are they now? M. A. Shrewsbury. _Sir Thomas Browne and Bishop Ken_ (Vol. ix., p. 220.).--Had MR. MACKENZIE WALCOTT referred to a preceding volume of "N. & Q." (Vol. viii., p. 10.), he would have seen that the "coincidences" between these writers had been already noticed in your pages by one of the bishop's biographers. The life of Ken, from the pen of your correspondent, is omitted in MR. MACKENZIE WALCOTT'S list, and may be equally unknown to that gentleman as the note before mentioned; but in the _Quarterly Review_ (vol. lxxxix. p. 278.), and in many pages of Mr. Anderdon's valuable volume, MR. MACKENZIE WALCOTT will find ample mention of the work in question. J. H. MARKLAND. _Unfinished Works_ (Vol. ix., p. 148.).--J. M. is informed that Dr. Shirley Palmer's _Medical Dictionary_ is finished. From the Preface it appears to have been finished in 1841; but not published (in a complete form) till 1845, with the title _A Pentaglot Dictionary of the Terms employed in Anatomy_, &c.; London, Longman & Co.; Birmingham, Langbridge. M. D. "_The Lounger's Common-place Book_" (Vol. ix., p. 174.).--The editor of this publication was Jeremiah Whitaker Newman, who died July 27, 1839, aged eighty years. Some information respecting him and his work, supplied by me, appeared in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, June, 1846. J. R. W. Bristol. * * * * * Miscellaneous.