"_Laus tua, non tua fraus_," &c. (Vol. i., p. 416.).--The lines were written by Philelphus on Pope Pius II., as is stated in the book called _Les Bigarrures du Seigneur des Accords_, p. 173. of the edit. 1662. C. B. In a small work, entitled _Specimens of Macaronic Poetry_, 8vo., 1831, the verses quoted by "O." are stated to have been written by some poet (not named) in praise of Pope Clement VI. or Pius II., but of which learned authorities do not agree. It seems the poet was afraid he might not receive such a reward as, according to his own estimate, he deserved, and therefore retained the power of converting his flattery into abuse, by simply giving {78} his friends the cue to commence from the last word, and begin backwards. The following are other verses of the same sort:-- AD JULIUM III. PONTIFICEM MAXIMUM. "Pontifici sua sint Divino Numine tuto Culmina, nec montes hos petat omnipotens." AD CAROLUM V. CAESAREM. "Caesareum tibi sit felici sidere nomen, Carole, nec fatum sit tibi Caesareum." W. G. S. "O." is referred to a low and scurrilous translation, or rather imitation of the epigrams of Martial and others, purporting to be "by the Rev. Mr. Scott, M.A.," and published in London in 1773. Therein the lines quoted by "O." are given, accompanied by a sorry attempt at translation; and the epigram is attributed to "One Cianconius, a Dominican Friar, in honour of Pope Clement the Fourth." A. E. B. Leeds. _Mother of Thomas a Becket_ (Vol. i., pp. 415. 490.).--Thierry, in the 8th vol. of his _Histoire de la Conquete de l'Angleterre par les Normands_, quotes as an authority for the account of the Eastern origin of the mother of Thomas a Becket, _Vita et Processus S. Thomae Cantuariensis, seu Quadripartita Historia_, cap. ii. fol. 3. W. G. S. _Medal of Stukeley._--In answer to Mr. BRITTON'S Queries (Vol. i., p. 122., and Vol. ii., p. 40.), I beg to inform him that the medal of Stukeley was executed soon after that eminent antiquary's death by an artist of the name of Gaal, who was not a die-sinker, but a modeller and chaser. The medal is rare, but not unique: I have one in my own collection, and I have, I think, seen one or two others. They are all cast in a mould and chased. EDW. HAWKINS June 13. 1850. _Dulcarnon_ (Vol. i., p. 254.).--Has _Dulcarnon_ any reference to the Hindostanee _Dhoulcarnein_, two-horned,--the epithet constantly applied in India to Alexander the Great, or Iskander, as they call him? It seems not a bad word for a dilemma or puzzle. H. W. Nottingham. _Practice of Scalping_.--Your correspondent T. J. will find in Mr. Layard's _Nineveh and its Remains_ (vol. ii. p. 374.) the following note:-- "The Scythians _scalped_ and flayed their enemies, and used their skins as horse trappings."--_Herod._ iv. 64. G. R. Greenock.