to them.

J. F. F.

Dublin.

"Dilamgabendi."—What is the precise meaning of the word Dilamgabendi; is it of ancient British origin, or to what language does it belong?

A Traveller.

Mr. Plumley.—In the Literary Intelligencer for March, 1822, No. 131., in an article entitled "Extremes Meet," it is said:

"Mr. Plumley concludes one of his tragedies with a dying speech and an execution. And gives an appendix of references to the passages of Scripture quoted in his plays."

Who was Mr. Plumley, and what did he write? I cannot find any book to which the above passage can refer in the British Museum.

C. L.

Designation of Works under Review.—I shall be much indebted to the Editor of "N. & Q.," or to any of his correspondents, if he or they will inform me of the designation under which the works, whose names stand at the head of a review, should be technically referred to by the reviewer.

C. Mansfield Ingleby.

Birmingham.

North-west Passage.—In 1612, Captain Thomas Button made a voyage to discover the north-west passage, and was afterwards knighted by King James. Can any of your readers refer me to a pedigree, or other particulars, of Sir Thomas Button's family? They appear to have been seated at Duffryn, in Glamorganshire, as early as the fourteenth or fifteenth century. Sir Thomas' daughter Ann married General Rowland Langharne, of St. Bride's, Pembrokeshire, a noted character in the civil war.

Notary.

Fountains.—Will some kind reader obligingly state the names of any works that give representations or descriptions of foreign fountains?

Aquarius.

Pope and John Dennis.—What is the authority for the universal assumption that Pope wrote The Narrative of Dr. Robert Norris? It is said, in the notes to the Dunciad, to have been published in Swift and Pope's Miscellanies, vol. iii. This does not prove that Pope wrote it. Farther, it is not

in the third volume of the Miscellanies as republished in 1731. What are the facts?

P. J. D.

Minor Queries with Answers.

The Irish at the Battle of Crecy.—I should feel obliged if any of your readers could inform me where the authority is for the Irish at the battle of Crecy having been the first to come to close fight with the French, and doing, "after the manner of their own countrie," effective service with their skenes or long knives.

M. P.