Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 127, April 3, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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Questions and answers -- Periodicals
_Gabriel Harvey's Notes on Chaucer._--It appears by a note of Park's in
Warton's _Poetry_, vol. iii. p. 86. (ed. 1840), that Bishop Percy had in
his possession a copy of Speght's _Chaucer_, in which was a note by
Gabriel Harvey to the effect that some of Heywood's _Epigrams_ were
supposed to be "conceits and devices of pleasant Sir Thomas More." Is
the copy of Speght in existence, and where? If it contain many notes by
Harvey, they would probably prove to be worth recording.
PHILO CHAUCER.
_The Cholera and the Electrometer._--During the late visitation of
cholera, observations were made tending to establish a relation between
the state of the Electrometer and the quotidian fluctuations of the
disease.
Where can any authentic account of these observations be found, and what
is the name of the observer?
T. J.
_Terre Isaac._--Can I be referred to any source of information
respecting Isaac, mentioned in _Domesday Book_ as holding lands in
Norfolk of the gift of the Conqueror, and whether he had any
descendants?
G. A. C.
_Daundelyon._--One of the earliest Queries kindly inserted in Vol. i.,
p. 92., requesting information regarding the legend and tradition of the
tenor bell at Margate, being still unanswered, be pleased to append as a
note the following lines from a descriptive poem called _The Margate
Guide_, 1797, by the late Mr. Zechariah Cozens, an esteemed local
antiquary, now buried within its sound:
"But on the north John Daundelyon lies,
Whose wondrous deeds our children yet surprise;
Still at his feet his faithful dog remains,
Who with his master equal notice claims;
For by their joint exertions legends tell,
They brought from far the ponderous tenor bell."
"_Note._--Concerning this bell the inhabitants repeat this
traditionary rhyme:
"John de Daundelyon with his great dog,
Brought over this bell upon a mill cog."
Page 31.
E. D.
_Mallet's Death and Burial._--Where did Mallet the poet die, and where
was he buried?
F.
_Classical Quotations in Grotius._--I have been told that Grotius quoted
from memory _alone_ when writing his _Commentary_; is this possible,
considering the number and variety of the quotations? One thing is
certainly very remarkable, and goes some way towards favouring this
notion, viz., in many of the quotations there are mistakes,--words are
inserted, or rather substituted for others, but without destroying the
sense. This I have frequently observed myself; but the observation
applies only, as far as I know, to the _poetical_ quotations;--may he
not have quoted the _poetry_ from memory, and, for the _prose_, had
recourse to the original?
L. G.
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