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A. ASHER. Berlin. Dec. 1849.
B.N.
"The rain rins doun through Mirry-land toune, Sae dois it doune the Pa'; Sae dois the lads of Mirry-land toune. Quhan they play at the Ba'."
"The bonnie boys o' merry Lincoln;"
and it is added, very truly, that with all his haste and petulance, Pinkerton's critical acumen was far from inconsiderable. Now, there appears to me to have been a very simple solution of the above words, so simple that perhaps it was beneath the critical acumen of the said commentators. My note on the subject is, that Mirry-land toune means nothing more than Miry-, Muddy-land Town, a designation that its situation certainly entitles it to; and Pa' is certainly not the Po, but an abbreviated form of Pall, i.e. a place to play Ba' or ball in, of which we have a well-known instance in Pall Mall.
Since writing the above, I recollect that Romsey, in Hampshire, has been designated "Romsey-in-the-Mud."
J.R.F.
B.N.
B.N.
J.B.
"A.D. 1621, July the 17th, Bernart Calvert of Andover, rode from St. George's Church in Southwark to Dover, from thence passed by Barge to Callais in France, and from thence returned back to Saint George's Church the same day. This his journey he performed betwixt the hours of three in the morning and eight in the afternoon."
This appears to me such a surprising feat, that I think some of your correspondents may be interested in it; and also may be able to append farther information.
DAVID STEVENS.
Euston Square, 12th Dec. 1849.
R.T. Hampson.
Oxford.
The answer to the query respecting the meaning of "per serjantiam Marescautiae," is the Serjeantry of Farriery, i.e. shoeing of the king's horses. In Maddox, vol. i. p. 43. you will find a very full account of the office of Marescallus.
J.R.F.
THE ORIGIN OF GROG.
"'Tis sung on proud Olympus' hill The Muses bear record, Ere half the gods had drank their fill The sacred nectar sour'd.
"At Neptune's toast the bumper stood, Britannia crown'd the cup; A thousand Nereids from the flood Attend to serve it up.
"'This nauseous juice,' the monarch cries, 'Thou darling child of fame, Tho' it each earthly clime denies, Shall never bathe thy name.
"A mighty bowl on deck he drew, And filled it to the brink; Such drank the Burford's gallant crew, And such the gods shall drink.
W.H.S.
CEREDWYN.
I give this from the original Dutch now before me. HERMES.
"Compared with the high Dutch copy, and corrected in many places, and ornamented with beautiful copper plates."
There is also a promise of a Latin copy soon to follow.
HERMES.
The explanation of the present word is an instance of this expansion.
J.H.M.
Fettil, Fettle, s. Energy, power.--S.B.
"The Compost of Ptholomeus, Prynce of Astronomye, translated out of the Frenche into Englysshe." London, printed by Robert Wyer, no date, 12mo. There is also another edition of the same work, London, printed by T. Colwell, without date, 12mo.
"The Bounding of Greece-Land, according to Ptolomeus; Englished out of the Greek, by Thos. Wilson." London, 1570, 4to.
"The Geography of Ptolemy, so far as it relates to Britain; in Greek and English, with observations by J. Horsley." London, 1732, folio.
"Quadripartite; or Four Books concerning the Influence of the Stars, faithfully rendered into English, from Leo Allatius; with Notes, explaining the most difficult and obscure Passages, by John Whalley." London, 1701 and 1786, 12mo.
"Tetrabiblos, or Quadripartite; being Four Books, of the Influence of the Stars, newly translated from the Greek Paraphrase of Proclus; with a Preface, explanatory Notes, and an Appendix containing Extracts from the Almagest of Ptolemy, and the whole of his Colloquy, &c. by J.M. Ashmand." London, 1822, 8vo.
W.J. BROWN.
Old Street.
And while on the subject, permit me to remark, with reference to the article on the Domestic Expenses of Queen Elizabeth , that there are plenty of such documents in existence, and that the only test of their value and authenticity is a reference to where they may be found, which is wanting in the article in question.
J.E.
"A peal shall rouse their sleep."--MILTON.
And again Addison:--
"Oh for a peal of thunder that would make Earth, sea, and air, and heaven, and Cato tremble."
Bacon also hath it:--
"Woods of oranges will smell into the sea perhaps twenty miles; but what is that, since a peal of ordnance will do as much, which moveth in a small compass?"
"Ere to black Hecate's summons The shard-borne beetle, with drowsy hums, Hath rung night's yawning peal, there shall be done A deed of dreadful note."
Will not ringing a peal, then, mean a succession of sweet sounds caused by the ringing of bells in certain keys? Some ringers begin with D flat; others, again, contend they should begin in C sharp.
R.J.S.
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