Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 132, May 8, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.Various
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Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 132, May 8, 1852: A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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_White-livered_ (Vol. v., pp. 127. 403.).--Bishop Ridley, in his
conference with Bishop Latimer, whilst they were confined in the Tower,
makes use of the expression: "For surely, except the Lord assist me with
His gracious aid in the time of His service, I know I shall play but the
part of a _white-livered knight_."
CARL.
_Enigmatical Epitaphs_ (Vol. v., p. 179.).--The brasses of John
Killyngworth, 1412, formerly in Eddlesborough Church, now in Pitson
Church, Bucks; and of a priest at St. Peter's, near St. Alban's, have
this inscription upon them:
"Ecce quod expendi habui, quod donavi habeo, quod negavi punior,
quod servavi perdidi."
That at St. Alban's has an English translation:
"Lo, all that ever I spent, that sometime had I;
All that I gave in good intent, that now have I;
That I never gave, nor lent, that now aby[3] I;
That I kept till I went, that lost I."
[Footnote 3: So in my authority.]
The same inscription is on a brass as late as 1584, at St. Olave's, Hart
Street, London. (See _Oxford Architectural Society's Manual of
Monumental Brasses_.)
UNICORN.
_Pelican in her Piety_ (Vol. v., p. 59.).--In Warner's _Glastonbury_,
plate 18, fig. E., is a very _early_ representation of the pelican
feeding her young with her own blood: an emblem of Christ's love for His
church. The stone was dug out of the ruins of the Abbey.
In Parker's _Glossary_ the symbol is explained by a quotation from
_Ortus Vocabulorum_:
"Fertur, si verum est, eam occidere natos suos, eosque per triduum
lugere, deinde seipsum vulnerare, et aspercione sui sanguinis
vivos facere filios suos."
H. F. E.
_Names of Places, Provincial Dialect_ (Vol. v., pp. 250. 375.).--In
accordance with the suggestion of E. P. M., I forward you a few
instances of a change between the spelling, and pronunciation:
Spelling. Pronunciation.
Chadwell Caudle.
Wymondham (Norf.) Wyndham.
---- (Leicestersh.) W[)u]mundham.
Swavesey Swaysey.
Lolworth Lolo.
Whitwick Whittick.
Scarford Scawford.
Croxton Kerrial Cr[=o]son, the _o_ long,
and Kerrial entirely
dropped.
R. J. S.
Examples of these are more numerous to the north of the Tweed than C.
appears to imagine. The following list, which includes a few surnames,
is the result of rather a hurried search:
Spelling. Pronunciation.
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