"Der Ochs besteht aus Fleisch und Bein zum laufen, Darum kann ich das Fleisch nicht ohne Bein verkaufen." J. C. R. {331} In the parlour of the "Three Pigeons," Brentford, is an old painting, dated 1704, representing a landlord attending to his guests seated at a table in the open air, with these lines above: "Wee are new beginners, And thrive wee would faine; I am Honest Ralf of Reading, My wife Susand to name." Wright, in his _Historia Histronica_, 1699, tells us that-- "Lowin (one of the original actors in Shakspeare's plays), in his latter days, kept an inn, the 'Three Pigeons,' at Brentford, where he died very old." At the "Old Parr's Head," Aldersgate Street, was, in 1825, a sign of an ancient gentleman, with these lines under: "Your head cool, Your feet warm; But a glass of good gin Would do you no harm." The author of _Tavern Anecdotes_, 12mo., 1825, records the following: _"Rhyming Host at Stratford._ At the Swan Tavern, kept by Lound, The best accommodation's found-- Wine, spirits, porter, bottled beer, You'll find in high perfection here. If, in the garden with your lass, You feel inclin'd to take a glass, There tea and coffee, of the best, Provided is for every guest; And, females not to drive from hence, His charge is only fifteen pence. Or, if dispos'd a pipe to smoke, To sing a song, or crack a joke, You may repair across the green, Where nought is heard, tho' much is seen: There laugh, and drink, and smoke away, And but a mod'rate reck'ning pay,-- Which is a most important object, To every loyal British subject. In short, The best accommodation's found, By those who deign to visit Lound." EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. 1. At a public-house near Cambridge, known to the natives of Cambridgeshire as "Tew-Pot House," formerly kept by one Cooper, there used to be, I cannot say decidedly is, as I have not passed the place for ten years and more, the following: "Rest, traveller, rest; lo! Cooper's hand Obedient brings two pots at thy command. Rest, traveller, rest, and banish thoughts of care. Drink to thy friends, and recommend them here." 2. The Robin Hood inscription is found, with a very little variation, in front of a public-house at Cherryhinton, at the corner of the road to Fulbourn, in this county. 3. Who can forget the suggestion by Walter Scott, of "Drink, weary traveller, drink and _pay_," as a motto for the public-house at Flodden? (See Lockhart's _Life of Scott_, cap. xxv.) I remember seeing the following in the parlour of a house at Rancton, I believe in Norfolk: "More beer score clerk For my my his Do trust pay sent I I must have Shall if I brewer What and and my."[6] P. J. F. GANTILLON. [Footnote 6: Begin with the bottom word of the right-hand column and read upwards, treating the other columns in a similar way.]