_Symbols of the Evangelists_ (Vol. i., pp. 375. 471.; vol. ii., pp. 13. 45. 205.).--Should the inquirer not have access to the authorities which, as is stated in p. 471., are referred to by DR. WORDSWORTH, or not have leisure to avail himself of his copious references, he may be glad to find that in the _Thesaurus Theologico Philologicus_ (vol. ii. pp. 57.-62.), there is a dissertation containing an analysis of more than fifty authors, who have illustrated the visions of Ezekiel and St. John, and an explanation of the Sententiarum Divortia of Irenaeus, Jerome, and Augustine, respecting the application of the symbols, or of the quaestio vexata--quodnam animal cui Evangelistae comparandum sit. Thomasius, the author of this dissertation, suggests that to recall to mind the symbol applied to Luke, we should remember the expression denoting elephantes, _boves lucas_. Abundant information is also supplied on this subject by that hierophantic naturalist, Aldrovandus, _de Quadrup. Bisulcis_, p. 180. et seq. Nor should Daubuz be neglected, the learned commentator on the Revelations. T. J. _Becket's Mother_ (Vol. ii., pp. 106. 270.).--In support of the view of MR. FOSS with regard to Becket's mother, against that propounded by J. C. R. (Vol. ii., p. 270.), I would mention that _Acon_ is the ordinary mediaeval name for the city of _Acre_, and appears in the earlier deeds relating to the hospital in Cheapside, while the modern form occurs in those of later date; _e.g._ Pat. 18 Edw. II., "S. Thomae Martyris _de Aconia_;" Pat. 14 Edw. III., "S. Thomae Martyris Cantuarensis de _Acon_;" but Rot. Parl. 23 Hen. VI., "Saint Thomas the Martir of _Acres_," "the Martyr of Canterbury of _Acres_." (Deeds in Dugdale, _Monast._ vi. 646, 647.) This would seem to identify the distinctive name of the hospital with the city in the Holy Land but the following passage from the _Chronicle_ of Matthew of Westminster (p. 257.) seems quite conclusive on this point, as it connects that city with Becket in a manner beyond all dispute:-- "Anno gratiae 1190. Obsessa est _Acon_ circumquaque Christianorum legionibus, et arctatur nimis. _Capella Sancti Thomae martyris ibidem aedificatur_." If, as J. C. R. supposes, there was no connexion between the saint and Acre in Syria, the foundation of a chapel to his honour in or near that city would seem quite unaccountable. However this may be, the truth of the beautiful legend of his mother can, I fear, be never proved or disproved. While on this subject, let me, at the risk of being tedious to your readers, quote the amusing tale told by Latimer, with regard to this hospital, in his "Sixth Sermon preached before Edward VI." (Parker Soc ed., p. 201.):--