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Notes and Queries, Number 80, May 10, 1851: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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_Engilbert, Archbishop of Treves_ (Vol. i., p 214.).--There can be no doubt
that the bishop's reference is incorrect, and the suggestion of T. J. (Vol.
iii., p. 291.) to consult the reprint of 1840 affords no aid in setting it
right; for there we find (p. 178.) a note as follows:
"There was no Engilbert, Archbishop of Treves, nor is there any work in
this name in Goldasti."
I have, however, consulted Mr. Bowden's _Life and Pontificate of Gregory
VII._, in order, if possible, to find a clue; and in a note in vol. ii. p.
246. of that work is a statement of the hesitation of the Pope on the
doctrine of the eucharist, with a reference as follows:
"Vid. _Egilberti_ archiep. Trevir. epist. adv. Greg. VII., in Eccardi
Corp. historic. Medii Aevi. t. ii. p. 170."
This reference I have verified, and found in the epistle of Egilbertus the
passage which, no doubt, Bishop Cosin refers to, and which Mr. Bowden
cites:
"En verus pontifex et sacerdos, qui dubitat si illud quod sumatur in
dominica mensa sit verum corpus et sanguis Christi!"
So much for that part of the difficulty, but another still remains. Was
there ever an Egilbertus, or Engilbertus, Archbishop of Treves? To solve
this question I consulted a list of the Archbishops of Treves in the
_Bibliotheque Sacree_ of Richard et Giraud, and I there find the following
statement:
"_Engelbert_, grand-prevot de Passau, fut intrus par la faveur de
l'empereur Henri IV., et sacre par des eveques schismatiques. Il mourut
en 1101."
TYRO.
Dublin.
_Charles Lamb's Epitaph_ (Vol. iii., p. 322.).--According to Mr. Thorne
(_Rambles by Rivers_, 1st series, p. 190.) the inscription in the
churchyard at Edmonton, to the memory of Charles Lamb, was written "by his
friend, Dr. Carey, the translator of 'Dante.'" Mr. Thorne gives an anecdote
concerning this inscription which I venture to transcribe, in the
expectation that it may interest your correspondent MARIA S., and others of
your numerous readers.
"We heard a piece of criticism on this inscription that Lamb would have
enjoyed. As we were copying it, a couple of canal excavators came
across the churchyard, and read it over with great deliberation; when
they had finished, one of them said, 'A very fair bit of poetry that;'
'Yes,' replied his companion, 'I'm blest if it isn't as good a bit as
any in the churchyard; rather too long, though.'"
By "Dr. Carey," of course, is meant the Rev. Henry Francis Cary, M.A.,
Vicar of Bromley Abbots, Staffordshire, and Assistant Librarian in the
British Museum, as he was the translator of "Dante," and an intimate friend
of Charles Lamb.
C. H. COOPER.
Cambridge, April 28. 1851.
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