The regicide in his will styles himself "Sir Richard Norton, of Paul's, Covent Garden, in the county of Middlesex, Bart." It bears date 12th March, 1651, and was proved by his relict, Dame Martha Norton, 24th Sept., 1652. He states that his land at Penn, in the county of Bucks, was _mortgaged_, and mentions his "disobedient son, Henrie Norton;" and desires his burial-place may be at Richmond, co. Surrey. The descent of Gregory Norton is not known. There is no evidence of his connexion with the Rotherfield or Southwick Nortons. His assumption of the title was not under any claim he could have had, real or imaginary, connected with the Rotherfield patent; for he uses the title at the same time with Sir Richard of Rotherfield, whose will is dated 26th July, 1652, and not proved till 5th Oct, 1652, when Sir Gregory was dead; and, what is singular, the will of Sir Richard was proved by his brother, John Norton, by the style of _Baronet_, to which he could have had no pretension, as Sir Richard died without male issue, and there was no limitation of the patent of 1622 on failure of heirs male of the body of the grantee. G. * * * * * SHAKSPEARE'S WORD "DELIGHTED." That the Shakspearian word _delighted_ might, as far as its form goes, mean "endowed with delight," "full of delight," I should readily concede; but this meaning would suit neither the passage in _Measure for Measure_,--"the delighted spirit,"--nor (satisfactorily) that in _Othello_,--"delighted beauty." Whether, therefore, _delighted_ be derived from the Latin _delectus_ or not, I still believe that it means "refined," "dainty," "delicate;" a sense which is curiously adapted to each of the three places. This will not be questioned with respect to the second and third passages cited by {251} MR. HICKSON: and the following citations will, I think, prove the point as effectually for the passage of _Measure for Measure_: 1. "_Fine_ apparition".--_Tempest_, Act i. sc. 2. 2. "Spirit, _fine_ spirit."--Ditto. 3. "_Delicate_ Ariel."--Ditto. 4. "And, for thou wast a spirit too _delicate_, To act her _earthy_ and abhorred commands." Ditto. 5. "_Fine_ Ariel."--Ditto. 6. "My _delicate_ Ariel."--Ditto. Act iv. sc. 1. 7. "Why that's my _dainty_ Ariel."--Ditto. Act v. sc. 1. I do not know the precise nature of the "old authorities" which MR. SINGER opposes to my conjecture: but may we not demur to the conclusiveness of any "old authorities" on such a point? Etymology seems to be one of the developing sciences, in which we know more, and better, than our forefathers, as our descendants will know more, and better, than we do. To end with a brace of queries. Are not _delicioe_, _delicatus_, more probably from _deligere_ than from _delicere_? And whence comes the word _dainty_? I cannot believe in the derivation from _dens_, "a tooth." B.H. KENNEDY. * * * * *