Vol. V.—No. 127. NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

Bonaparte and Lord Whitworth, by Lord Braybrooke 313

Notes on Prynne's Breviate, by Archbishop Laud 314

Epitaph on Voltaire 316

The Miller's Melody, Fragment of an Old Ballad 316

Minor Notes:—Dr. Johnson, a Prophet—Coleridge and Plato—Epitaph in St. Giles' Church, Norwich—Hair in Seals—To "eliminate" 317

Algernon Sidney, by Hepworth Dixon 318

Old Irish Tales 318

Political Pamphlets 319

Minor Queries:—The Book of Nicholas Leigh—Gabriel Harvey's Notes on Chaucer—The Cholera and the Electrometer—Terre Isaac—Daundelyon—Mallet's Death and Burial—Classical Quotations in Grotius—The Authorised Version—Rector's Chancel—Duchess of Lancaster—Cheke's Clock—Ruthven Family—"The Man in the Almanack"—Arkwright—Burial, Law respecting—Mr. Borrow's Muggletonians—Puritan Antipathy to Custard—"Corruptio Optimi," &c.—Miss Fanshawe's Enigma—Mary Ambree 319

MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED:—Sir W. Stanley—Mires —Somerlayes—Wyned—Cromwell Family—Beholden—Men of Kent and Kentish Men—Bee-park—A great Man who could not spell—Glass-making in England—Eustace—Mas—John Le Neve—Meaning of Crow 321

Presbyterian Oath 323

The Old Countess of Desmond, by the Knight of Kerry 323

Shakspeare's Sickle or Shekel 324

A few more Words about "Dulcarnon," by S. W. Singer 325

English Surnames, by Mark Antony Lower 326

Rev. John Paget 327

Letter to a Brigadier-General 328

Maps of Africa 329

Replies to Minor Queries:—James Wilson, M.D.—History of Commerce—Ecclesiastical Geography—Butts Family—Friday at Sea—A Pinch of Snuff from Dean Swift's Box—English Translation of the Canons—Few Descents through a long Period—Tandem D. O. M.—Land Holland—Arc de Arbouin—Derivation of "Martinique"—Bigot—Davies Queries—Fawsley, Heraldic Atchievement—Old Scots March—Periwinkle—Erasmus' Paraphrase—"Black Gowns and Red Coats"—Arms of Manchester—Sir Thomas Frowyk—John Goldesborough—Corrupted Names of Places—Story of Ginevra—Ornamental Hermits—Dr. Fell—List of Prothonotaries—The Vellum-bound Junius—Plague Stones—George Trehern—St. Christopher—White Livers—Torshel's Design to harmonise the Bible 329

Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 334

Books and Odd Volumes wanted 334

Notices to Correspondents 334

Advertisements 335