I should think there is a lake somewhere in the picture, and the lines are probably part of an old Dutch song. As to the painter C. Bega, I have at hand a Catalogue of the Munich Gallery, and find there "Cornelius Bega, geb. 1620, gest. 1664." His picture is described as "Eine Rauch- und Trinkgesellschaft belustiget sich mit Tanz in einer Schenke." In a Catalogue of the Louvre, I have the following description: "Bega, Corneille ou Cornille, ne a Harlem en 1620, mort de la peste dans la meme ville en 1664; eleve d'Adrien Van Ostade." His picture is "Interieur d'un menage rustique. Un homme et une femme sont assis pres d'une table." His subjects appear to be generally of the character of the painting possessed by your correspondent. J.H.L. _Herstmonceux_ (Vol. ii., p. 478.).--Question 4. In the Privy Seal writs of Henry V. frequent mention is made of "nostre maison de Bethleem," a Monastery at Shene, so called because it was dedicated to "Jesus of Bethlehem." It was for forty monks of the Cistercian order. {29} Question 5. In the _Battle of Agincourt_, by Sir H. Nicolas, Sir Rover Fyene's name is given amongst the retinue of Henry V. He was accompanied by eight men-at-arms and twenty-four archers. Sir Roger "Ffynys," accompanied by ten of his men-at-arms and forty archers, also followed Henry (in the suite of Lord Willoughby d'Eresby) in his second continental expedition. (_Gesta Henrici Quinti._) B.W. _Leicester's Commonwealth_ (Vol. ii., p. 92).--See _Gentleman's Magazine_, December, 1845, for many remarks upon this work. J.R. _Midwives Licensed_ (Vol. ii., p. 408.).--I find the following question among the articles of inquiry issued by Fleetwood, Bp. of St. Asaph, in the year 1710. "Do any in your parish practise physic chyrurgery, or _undertake the office of a midwife without license_?" E.H.A. _Volusenus_ (Vol. ii, p. 311).--Boswell, writing to Johnson from Edinburgh, Jan. 8. 1778, asks: "Did you ever look at a book written by Wilson, a Scotchman, under the Latin name of Volusenus, according to the custom of literary men at a certain period? It is entitled _De Animi Tranquillitate_." E.H.A. [Mr. Croker, in a note on this passage, tells us that the author, Florence Wilson, born at Elgin, died near Lyons, in 1547, and wrote two or three other works of no note.--ED.] _Martin Family_ (Vol. ii., p. 392.).--CLERICUS asks for information touching the family of Martin, "in or near Wivenhoe, Essex." There is a large house in the village, said to have been the seat of Matthew Martin, Esq., member for Colchester in the second parliaments of George I. and II. He died in 1749. He had been a commander in the service of the East India Company. Only one party of the name now lives in the neighbourhood, but whether he is of the family or not I cannot say. He is described as "Edward Martin, Master, Royal Navy." A.A.