"The Rainbow in th' marnin' Gies the Shepherd warning' To car' his girt cwoat on his back The Rainbow at night Is the Shepherd's delight, For then no girt cwoat he lack." No one, we believe, has yet remarked the philosophy of this saying; namely that in the morning the rainbow is seen in the clouds in the west, the quarter from which we get most rain, and of course, in the evening, in the opposite quarter of the heavens. William J. Thoms. * * * * * BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTES. 1. A pleasant Dialogue between a Soldier of Barwicke and an English Chaplain; wherein are largely handed such reasons as are brought in for maintenance of Popish traditions in our English Church. 8vo. _circa_ 1581. This work is frequently attributed to Barnaby Rich; but from Bancroft's _Dangerous Positions_, p. 42, the author is ascertained to have been Anthony Gilby. 2. The Trumpet of Fame; or Sir Francis Drake's and Sir John Hawkin's Farewell: with an encouragement to all Sailors and Souldiers that are minded to go in this worthie enterprise, &c. 12mo. London, by T. Creede, 1595. This poetical tract is of the greatest rarity, and was unknown to Ames, Herbert, Warton and Ritson. A MS. note, in a contemporary hand, says the author was one Henry Roberts, whose initials are appended to the work. 3. The Mastive, or Young Whelpe of the Olde Dogge. Epigrams and Satyrs, by H.P. 4to. London, by T. Creede, _circa_ 1600. As an Epigram in this collection also appears in Henry Peacham's _Minerva Britanna_, with a slight variation, it is fair to surmise that he was the author of this very rare volume, in preference to Henry Parrott. 4. Pasquil's Jests, mixed with Mother Bunch's Merriments. Whereunto is added a dozen of Gulles. Pretty and pleasant to drive away the tediousnesse of a winter's evening. 4to. 1608. In the _British Bibliographer_, vol i., may be seen an account of the edition of 1609, with extracts from it, and a statement that "an earlier edition is without the Gulls." The present copy (which passed through my hands some years ago), although earlier, has the Gulls. 5. Holie Historie of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ's Nativitie, Life, Actes, Miracles, Doctrine, Death, Passion, Resurrection, and Ascension. Gathered into English Meeter, and published to withdraw all vajne wits from all unsaverie and wicked rimes and fables &c. 12mo. London, by R. Field, 1594. Ames and Herbert say this book was written by _Henry_ Holland; but the author's name {414} was Robert Holland. It is not mentioned by Warton. 6. News from the Stars; or, Erra Pater's Ghost, by Meriton Latroon. 12mo. 1673. "Richard Head, a broken bookseller, and the author of the _English Rogue_, writ this. He turned Papist, and in his voyage to Spain was drowned."--_MS. note in a contemporary hand._ Edward F. Rimbault. * * * * * POPE, PETRONIUS, AND HIS TRANSLATORS.