Many MS. copies of "The Soul's Errand" exist. Two of them have been printed at the end of Sir Harris Nicolas's edition of Davison's _Poetical Rhapsody_; the one from Harl. MS. 2296., the other from a manuscript in the same collection, No. 6910.; the readings of which not only differ materially from each other, but in a slight degree also from the printed copies. The title in Davison is "The Lie," which is retained by Percy; that of "The Soul's Errand" was taken by Ellis from Sylvester's _Works_. In some copies it is called "The Farewell." EDWARD F. RIMBAULT. The lines reported to have been written by Sir Walter Raleigh the night before his execution were _not_, I think, those alluded to by ÆGROTUS. In the _Reliquiæ Wottonianæ_ are some few "poems found amongst the papers of Sir Henry Wotton," one of which is headed "Sir Walter Raleigh the Night before his Death," and is this: "Even such is _time_ that takes on trust Our _youth_, our _joyes_, our all we have, And pays us but with _age_ and _dust_; Who in the dark and silent grave (When we have wandered all our ways) Shuts up the story of our days. But from this _earth_, this _grave_, this _dust_, My God shall raise me up, I trust."--W. R. P. 396, 3d edition, London, 1672. In the _Collection of Sacred Poetry_, edited for the Parker Society by Mr. Farr (vol. i. p. 236.), the lines I have adduced are headed "An Epitaph" and attributed to Sir W. Raleigh on the above melancholy occasion. "The Soul's Errand," which ÆGROTUS quotes from, is entitled "The Farewell" in the same collection; but so much ambiguity rests upon Sir Walter's poetry that I shall merely add my conviction that the "Epitaph" is only a fragment--"judicent peritiores." RT. Warmington, Oct. 14. 1851. [BARTANUS, JOHN ALGOR, H. E. H. have also kindly replied to this Query.] THE TWO DRS. ABERCROMBIE. (Vol. iii., p. 209.) It does not appear that David and Patrick Abercromby either studied or graduated at the University of Leyden. Their names are not found in the alphabetic registers of the students matriculated in the University.[3] For this reason the academic dissertations of these two physicians will be sought in vain in the University library. Three works of David Abercromby are, however, here: 1. "Tuta ac Efficax Luis Venereæ, sæpe absque Mercurio, ac semper absque Salivatione Mercuriali Curandæ Methodus. Authore Davide Abercromby, M.D. Londini, impensis Samuel Smith ad insigne principis in Coemiterio Divi Pauli. MDCLXXXIV." Dedicated to Dr. Whistlero (Dubam, Londini, 7th Apr. 1684).