"Que quidem (videlicet) contemptus et inobediencia tam ministris ipsius Domini Regi quam sibi ipsi aut cur' suæ facta ipsi Regi valde sunt odiosa, et hoc expresse nuper apparuit idem Dñs Rex filium suum primogenitum et carissimum Edwardum Principem Walliæ [p=] eo quod quedam verba grossa et acerba cuidam ministro suo dixerat ab hospicio suo fere [p=] dimi[d=] ann' amovit, nec ipsum filium suum in conspectu suo venire [p=]misit quous[q=] dicto ministro de [=p]dicta transgress' satisfecerat. Et quia sicut honor et reverencia qui ministris ipsius Dñi Regi ratione officii sui fiunt ipsi Regi attribuuntur sic dedecus et contemptus ministris suis facta eidem Dño Regi inferuntur." And accordingly the said Edward was adjudged to go in full court in Westminster Hall, and ask pardon of the judge whom he had insulted; and for the contempt done to the king and his court was then to stand committed to the Tower, there to remain during the king's pleasure. (_Abb. Plac._ lib. impres. p. 257.) Roger de Hegham occurs as a Baron of the Exchequer in 26 Edw. I., and died 2 Edw. II. (Madox, ii. 58.) WILLIAM SIDNEY GIBSON. Newcastle-upon-Tyne. NOTE ON THE WORD "Αδελφος." I have attempted to ascertain the _primary_ signification of the word "αδελφος," for the purpose of laying down a rule for its right interpretation in the sacred scriptures. If I have succeeded, we may be enabled to understand rightly one or two disputed passages in the New Testament, of which I hope to treat in a subsequent number. Thus says Scapula on the word: "Αδελφος, frater propriè, frater uterinus; fit enim a dictione δελφυς, uterus; et α significante ομου, pro ομοδελφος." His etymology, as far as it goes, is quite correct: but still, we must trace its different parts up to the fountain-head, in order to understand the word aright. Let us then first take away its prefix α, and its constructive affix ος, and the remaining δελφ will be found to be a compound word, derived from the Sanscrit language, proving its identity therewith by means of the intermediate Semitic dialects.