_Hats worn by Females._--Were not the hats worn by the _females_, as represented on the Myddelton Brass, peculiar to Wales? An engraving is given in Pennant's _Tour_, 2 vols., where also may be seen the hat worn by Sir John Wynne, about 1500, apparently similar to that on the Bacon Monument, and to that worn by Bankes. A MS. copy of a similar one (made in 1635, and then called "very auntient") may be seen in the Harleian MS. No. 1971. (_Rosindale Pedigree_), though apparently not older than Elizabeth's time. With a coat of arms it was "wrought in backside work"--the meaning of which is doubtful. What is that of the motto, "Oderpi du pariver?" A.C. _Feltham's Works, Queries respecting._-- "He that is courtly or gentle, is among them _like_ a merlin after Michaelmas in the field with crows."--_A Brief Character of the Low Countries_, by Owen Feltham. Folio, London, 1661. What is the meaning of this proverb? As a confirmation of the opinion of some of your correspondents, that monosyllables give force and nature to language, the same author says, page 59., of the Dutch tongue,-- "Stevin of Bruges reckons up 2170 monosillables, which being compounded, how richly do they grace a tongue." Will any of your correspondents kindly inform me of the titles of Owen Feltham's works. I have his _Resolves_, and a thin folio volume, 1661, printed for Anne Seile, 102 pages, containing _Lusoria, or Occasional Pieces; A Brief Character of the Low Countries_; and some _Letters_. Are these all he wrote? The poem mentioned by Mr. Kersley, beginning-- "When, dearest, I but think of thee," is printed among those in the volume I have, with the same remark, that it had been printed as Sir John Suckling's. E.N.W. {134} _Eikon Basilice._-- "[Greek: EIKON BASILIKAE], or, _The True Pourtraiture of His Sacred Majestæ Charles the II_. In Three Books. Beginning from his Birth, 1630, unto this present year, 1660: wherein is interwoven a compleat History of the High-born Dukes of _York_ and _Glocester_. By R.F., Esq., an eye-witness. "Quo nihil majus meliusve terris Fata donavere, borique divi Nee dabunt, quamvis redeant in aurum Tempora priscum." _Horat_. "[Greek: Otan tin' Euraes Eupathounta ton kakon ginske touton to telei taeroumenon]." _G. Naz Carm_. "----more than conqueror." "London, printed for H. Brome and H. March, at the Gun, in Ivy Lane, and at the Princes' Arms, in Chancery Lane, neer Fleet Street, 1660." The cover has "C.R." under a crown. What is the history of this volume. Is it scarce, or worth nothing? A.C. "_Welcome the coming, speed the parting Guest?_" --Whence comes the sentence-- "Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest?" E.N.W. _Carpets and Room-paper._--Carpets were in Edward III.'s reign used in the palace. What is the exact date of their introduction? When did they come into general use, and when were rushes, &c., last used? Room-paper, when was it introduced?