It seems there was some romance in the case, as, according to memorandum (_Lib. Coll. Arm._, c. 19. p. 48., and _Harl. MS._ 1101. p. 29. [1582]), the arms granted by the duke to his son-in-law were--"azure, per pole, a rose and thistle, pper;" crest, "a horn, or." This union of what I apprehend to be the royal and plebeian flowers, would seem to indicate that the husband was merely a "roturier;" and, indeed, the "horn" itself may point to his occupation, as it is the simple hunting instrument of the time. Arnold Bilson after his marriage left Germany, and settled in England. T. C. _Exeter Controversy._--W. Gifford, in his _Autobiography_, says, that the shoemaker to whom he was bound apprentice "was a Presbyterian, whose reading was entirely confined to the small tracts published on the _Exeter Controversy_."--Transl. of _Juvenal_, ed. 2. p. x. What controversy, and whose, was that? A. N. _Education in the Time of Elizabeth._--What means were employed in the time of Queen Elizabeth for the education of the people? Were there any schools at that time, such as we have now, for the education of the lower classes? Or was it confined chiefly to the higher orders of society? JAMES COE. Manchester. _Sword Swallowing._--If some one of your learned correspondents could point out any other references to the useful accomplishment of sword swallowing, the information would confer a favour on me. The reference to which I allude is about the date of B.C. 326, and is, unless my memorandum be inaccurate, _Plu. Lycur._ c. 19, and runs thus: "Ἄγις μὲν οὖν ὁ βασιλεὺς, σκώπτοντος Ἀττικοῦ τινὸς, τὰς Λακωνικὰς μαχαίρας εἰς τὴν μικρότητα καὶ λέγοντος, ὅτι ῥᾳδίως αὐτὰς οἱ θαυματοποιοὶ καταπίνουσιν ἐν τοῖς θεάτροις, Καὶ μὴν μάλιστα, εἶπεν, ἡμεῖς ἐφικνούμεθα τοῖς ἐγχειριδίοις τῶν πολεμίων." ÆGROTUS. _Livy quoted by Grotius._--Grotius, in his _Commentary_ on Matt. v. 13., gives as a parallel passage to "τὸ ἅλις τῆς γῆς," the following quotation from Livy: "Græcia sal gentium." Can any of your correspondents inform me where in Livy this passage occurs? T. K. R. _Eleanor, Lady of the Ring._--In a family pedigree I find-- "Eleanor, lady of the ringe, daughter and heir of Thomas Ddu, married John, first cousin of William Herbert, first earl of Pembroke." What is the meaning of the sobriquet "Lady of the ringe?" W. R. D. S.