slow coaches, fast coaches, and railroads," from one of the most learned pens that ever wrote in "N. & Q." I need scarcely name the writer. This pleasant paper was followed by one on "Sanuto's Doges of Venice," in the introduction to which the writer, that profound antiquary and accomplished palæographer, Sir Frederic Madden, Keeper of the MSS. in the British Museum, expressed his goodwill towards "N. & Q.," and his anxiety to promote its welfare; and this was no mere profession. For years I never hesitated to ask him for advice, or for any of that information with which his mind was overflowing, and always received from him the most courteous and cordial assistance; and though on one occasion I was compelled, by what I believe to be an act of justice, to adopt a line of conduct which greatly displeased him, and which he resented, it did not alter my regard for him or my admiration of his learning. This was the only estrangement between any old friend and myself which, in the course of the two and twenty years which I managed this journal, that management gave rise to. I was the better able to bear his coolness because I knew that what was not in a great degree the result of his state of health was owing to pressure put upon him; and I felt sure that time would heal the wound. It did so; and, long before his lamented death, I had the satisfaction of knowing I had regained my old place in his personal regard. My older readers will remember that "N. & Q." was the first journal which opened its columns to a record of photographic discovery and progressa step which was not universally approved. Among my warmest supporters in this matter was Sir Frederic Madden. My friend Dr. Diamond, whose characteristic it is to carry into any investigation, scientific or antiquarian, which he may be pursuing, as much intelligence as energy, had recognized the value of the Collodion process, and speedily contributed largely to its improvement. He was, I believe, the first to take a negative and print from it a positive copy of an old MS. I remember well his sending me two small specimens of photographic copies of early manuscripts; and I can never forget the delight and admiration expressed by Sir Frederic as he examined them, and saw every line, letter, and contraction copied with a truthfulness no human hand could approach, and learned that, the negative once accurately taken, copies of it might be produced in any number. It was only consistent with his love of truth in all things that the worthy Keeper of the MSS. should encourage the efforts of "N. & Q." to promote an art calculated to be of such service to archæology in all its branches, and to prove a source of delight to thousands. I remember, soon after "N. & Q." was started, the Rev. John Hunter, the learned historian of Hallamshire and com mentator on Shakspeare, congratulating me on being entitled to the prize which Alexander the Great had offered for the discovery of a new pleasure; and soon after the publication of full instructions for the successful practice of the art of photography in these columns, the good Bishop of St. Asaph, Dr. Vowler Short, paid me the same compliment nearly in the same words, adding that I was a public benefactor in publishing such a source of innocent and instructive amusement for the use of those who might have the good sense to avail themselves of it. Before leaving this subject, I must express my conviction that some of the simple processes discovered and published by Dr. Diamond in "N. & Q." have never been surpassed and rarely equalled; and that my worthy friend's services to the art have never yet been sufficiently recognized. The Rev. Alfred Gatty, the editor of the new edition of Hunter's Hallamshire, contributed to this number a series of interesting "Letters from Lord Nelson's brother, written immediately after the Battle of Trafalgar," and the late learned librarian of the Chetham Library some valuable notes on "Herbert's Ames"; while the number, which showed a decided increase in the list of contributors under initials and pseudonyms, was prefaced by a table of contents, which had been suggested by several correspondents, who had also urged the necessity of a good index. But I must postpone for the present what I have to say on the subject of our indexes. WILLIAM J. THOMS. (To be continued.) THE "THIRD NOBILITY" ROLL OF ARMS. The writ dated Dec. 29, 1299, summoning a Parliament to assemble at London on March 6, 1300 (Parliamentary Writs, vol. i. p. 82), comprises the names of ten earls-exclusive of the Earl of Cornwall, to whom it is addressed-and ninety-nine barons. In the Roll of Arms now printed (which otherwise corresponds with that writ) four of these barons do not appear, namely, William le Latiner, senior, between Nos. 18 and 19; John de Mohuu, between Nos. 23 and 24; Adam de Welles, between Nos. 55 and 56; and Theobald de Verdun, senior, between Nos. 98 and 99. I have already commented on such omissions in other of these Rolls-see ante, in introductory remarks on "Second Nobility" Roll. That each of these records may be complete in itself, and furnish an independent account of the arms in the respective Parliaments, the coats already described (and for that reason not repeated by Sir Edward Dering) have been brought forward from the Rolls previously published, the blazon being placed within brackets. In giving references to the places from which the blazon thus brought forward is derived, letters of the alphabet from A "These noblemen whose armes are heere in trick we[re] not in any Parli[a]ment before."* 1. "Edm. Plantagen (sic), E. Cornw." [Arg. a lion ramp. gu., crowned or, and a bordure sa. bezantée. A., 1.] 2. "Jo. de Warren, E. Surrey." [Chequy or and az. B., 4.] 3. Rog' Bigod, E. of Norf. & Marshall." [Per pale or and vert, a lion ramp. gu. A., 2.] 4. "Ra. Monthermer, E. of Glo. & Hartf"." [Or, an eagle displayed vert, beaked and membered gu. B., 2.] 5. "Hen. Lacy, E. of Lincolne." [Or, a lion ramp. purpure. B., 3.] 6. "Humfrey Bohun, E. Hereford." Az. a bend arg. inter two cotises and six lions ramp. or. 7. "Ric' fitz Allen, E. Arundell." [Gu. a lion ramp. or. A.. 4] 8. "Guy Beauchamp, E. Warw." [Quarterly, 1 and 4, gu. a fess inter six cross crosslets or ; 2 and 3, chequy or and az., a chevron erm. A., 3.] 9. "Tho. Plantagenet, E. Lancast." [Gu. three lions passant gardant in pale or, and a label of three pendants az each charged three fleurs-de-lis of the second. B., 9.] 10. "Rob. de Vere, E. of Oxford." [Quarterly gu and or, in the first quarter a mullet arg. A., 5.] 11. "Gilb Vmfreuile, E. of Angwish." [Gu. a cinque. foil within an orle of cross crosslets or. A., 6.] 12. "Hen. de Lancast, B. of Monmouth." [Gu. three lions passant gardant in pale or, and a bend az. B., 22.] 13. Aimer de Valence, B. of Montenake." [Barry of ten arg, and az.. an orle of ten martlets gu. A., 7.] 14. Jo. de fferrers, B. of Chartley." [Vair (ancient form) gu. and or. B., 84.] 15. 46 Hen. Percy, B. of Topcliff." [Or, a lion ramp. az. B., 12.] 16. "Jo. de Wake, B. of Lidell." [Or, two bars, and in chief three roundles gu. A., 9] 17. "Rob. fitz Water, B. of Woodham." [Or, a fess inter two chevrons gu. A., 73.] 18. "Hugh le Spencer, B." [Quarterly arg, and gu., in the second and third a fret or, and over all a baston sa. A., 36.] 19. "Rob. Clifford, B. of Appelby." Chequy or and az., a fess gu. 20. "Rob. de Monhalt, B. of Hawarden." [Az. a lion ramp. arg. B., 16.] 21. "Jo. Hastings, B. of Abergueny." [Or, a maunch gu. B., 23.1 22. "Jo. La Ware,† B." Gu. crusilly fitchy and a lion ramp. arg., a label of three pendants az. 23. "Jo. Riu's, B. of Aungre." [...... six lozenges...... B., 70, and see note to same.] 24. "Pet de Malo Lacu, B. Muslgraue" (sic). [Or, a bend sa. B., 51.] 25. "Rob. fitz Paine, B. of Lannier." [Gu. two lions passant arg. and a bend az. A., 40.] 26. "Hugh de Courtney, B." [Or, three roundles gu. and a label of three pendants az. B., 69.] 27. "Edm. Deincourt, B. of Thorgaton." Az. billetty and a fess dancettée or. *To them must be added John le Strange, Baron of Knocking, No. 66, whose arms are not tricked. The only Le Strange previously given is Roger, Baron of Ellesmere, A., 30. † John de la Mare in writ. The Roll seems certainly incorrect here, and the arms of De la Ware consequently out of place. See also notes to Nos. 44 and 105. 28. "Jo. St John, B. of Lageham." [Arg. on a chief gu. two mullets, pierced, or. A., 44.] 29. "Geffrey Geneuile (sic), B." [Az. three brays in pale or, and on a chief erm. a demi-lion ramp. gu. issuant. B., 77.] 30. Tho. furnivall, B. of Sheffeld." [Arg. a bend inter six martlets gu. A., 14.] 31. " foils or. 32. 16 Hugh Bardolf, B. Wormgay." [Az. three cinque B., 76.] Rob. Tony, B. of Castle Mantle." [Arg. a maunch gu. B., 33.] and a chevron arg. A., 32.] 33. "Tho. Barkeley, B. Barkeley." [Gu. crusilly patée 34. "Will. Bruse, B. Gower." [Az. crusilly fitchy and a lion ramp. or. A., 46.] 35. "Pet Corbett, B. Caulx." [Or, a raven sa. A., 28.] 36. "Will. Marten, B. of Camois." [Arg. two bars gu. B., 53.] 37. Tho. Moulton, B. of Egremond." [Arg. three bars gu. A., 51.] 38. Jo. ab Ada', B. of Beu'ston." [(Arg.) on a cross (gu.) five mullets (or). A., 80] 39. "Phil. Kyme, B. of Kyme." [Gu. crusilly and a chevron or. B., 31.] 40. "Jo. Segraue, B. of Segraue." [Sa. a lion ramp. crowned gu. A., 16.] arg., 41. "Rob. fitz Roger, B. of Clauering." [Quarterly or and gu., a baston sa. A., 17.] 42. "Hugh de Vere, B. of Swanscamp." Quarterly gu. and or, in the first quarter a mullet arg., a bordure engrailed sa. 43. "Walt' faconbridge, B." [Arg. a lion ramp. az. and baston gobony or and gu. A., 18.] 44. Pet de Champneis, B." Per pale sa. and arg., a lion ramp. gu. 45. "Raff' Bassett, B. Draiton." [Or, three piles meeting in base gu. and a canton erm. B., 29.] 46. Rog La Ware, B. of Ifeld." [Gu. crusilly fitchy and a lion ramp. arg. B., 15] 47. "Jo. Panell, B. of Otteley." Or, a maunch vert. 48. "Alex. Ballioll, B." Gu. an orle arg. 49. "Hugh Points, B. of Cornvalet." [Barry of eight gu. and or. A., 33.] 50. " Rog' Mortimer, B. of Penklin." | Barry of six or and az., an inescutcheon arg., and on a chief of the first, three pales inter two gyrons of the second. B., 49.] 51. Otto de Granson, B." Paly of six arg. and az., on a bend gu. three escallops or. 52.Will. Ryther, B." Az. three crescents or. 53. "Reignold Gray, B. of Ruthin." [Barry of six arg. and az., a label of three pendants gu. A., 21.] 54. "Walt de Mouncy, B. of Thornton." [Chequy arg. and gu. B., 55.] 55. "Rob. Scales, B. Newsells." [Gu. six escallops arg. B., 56.] " 56. Almerick St Amond, Bar. of Windhay." Arg. a fret sa., and on a chief of the second three roundles or. 57. "Will. Cantelop, B. of Rauensthorpe." Az. three leopards' heads jessant de lis or. 58. "Jo. Engaine, B. of Colum." [Gu. crusilly and a fess dancettée or. A., 38.] 59. "Gilb. Pech, B. of Corby." Arg. a fess inter two chevrons gu. 60. "Jo. de Clau'ing, B." Quarterly or and gu., a baston sa. and label of three pendants...... 61. "Eustace de Hach, B. of Hach." [Or, a cross engrailed gu. B., 14.] Peter de Chauvet, i.e. Champvent, in writ, from which correct above. In this case, too, the arms, which are those of Champneis, are entirely out of place. gu. 68.Jo. de Sudley, B. of Sudley." Or, two bends 69. "Sim. Montagu, B. of Montagu." Quarterly, 1 and 4, arg. three lozenges conjoined in fess gu.; 2 and 3, az. "a griffyn segreant" (written in shield) or. 70. "Tho. de Latimer, B." Gu. a cross patonce or, and label of three pendants...... 71. "W' de Latimer, jun., B. of Corby." [Gu. a cross patonce or. B., 75.] 72. "Walt' de Tey, B. of Stangreue." [Or, on a fess inter two chevrons gu. three mullets arg. B., 80.] 73. "Walt' de Huntercombe, B. of Huntercomb." Erm. two bars gemelles gu. 74. Edm. Hastings, B. of Elchenholme." Or, a maunch gu. and label of three pendants arg. 66 75. Jo. de Lancast', B. of Griesdale." [Arg. two bars gu., and on a canton of the second a cinquefoil or. A., 63.] 76.Rob. Tatshall, B. of Buckenham." [Chequy or and gu, a chief erm. A., 31.1 77. 66 Raff Pipard, B. of Limford." [Arg. two bars az., and on a canton of the second a cinquefoil or. A., 39.] 78. Jo. de St John, jun., B. of Hanak." Arg. on a chief gu. two mullets, pierced, or; a label of three pen dants az. 79. "Rob. de Ward, B. of Wighterhaule." Vair (ancient form) arg. and sa. 80. "Jo. Lovell, Ba. of Tichmarsh." [Barry nebulée of six or and gu. A., 37.] 81." Alein Zouch, B. of Ashby." Gu. ten roundles, 4, 3, 2, 1, or. 82." Hen. Teies. B. of Chilton." Arg. a chevron gu. 83. "Nich. Segraue, B. of Stoder." [Sa. a lion ramp. arg, crowned or, and a label of three pendants gu. A., 34.] 84. Brian fitz Allen, B. of Bedall." [Barry of ten or and gu. A., 11.] 85. " Edm. Mortimer, B. of Wigmore." [Barry of six or and az., an inescutcheon arg, and on a chief of the first, three pales inter two gyrons of the second. A., 26.] 86. foulke fitz Warren, B. of Whittington." [Quarterly per fess indented arg. and gu. A., 27.] 87.Jo. fitz Renold, B. of Blenleny." [Gu. three lions ramp. or. A., 65.] 88. "Geffrey Camuile, B." [Az. three lions passant A., 29.] in pale arg. 89. "Will. Vauasour, B." [Or, a fess dancettée sa. B., 52.] 90. Will. Samson, B." Arg. a cross moline sa. 91. "Will. ferrers, B. of Groby." [Gu. seven mascles conjoined, 3, 3, and 1, or. A., 67.] 92. Raffe de Grendon, B. of Grendon." chevrons gu. or. Arg. two 93. "Will. Morley, B." Arg. a lion ramp. sa., crowned * Although this person's arms are not given, he had not appeared before. See note to memorandum at commencement of Roll. 94. " Gyles Dawbeny, B." [Gu. four lozenges conjoined in fess arg. A., 25.] 95. "Edm. Stafford, B. of Stafford." [Or, a chevron gu. B., 78.] 96. "Ra. fitz Water (read fitz William), B. of Grinthorp" (sic). [Barry of six arg. and az., three chaplets gu. A, 12.] 97. "Hugh de Knouile, B. of Whitminster." Arg. three mullets of six points gu., pierced or. 98. "Tho. de la Roch, B. de la Roch." Sa. two lions passant gardant arg. 99. "Theobald de Verdon, jun., B. Webley." Or, frettée of eight pieces gu., a label of three pendants az 100. "Jo. de Graistock, B. of Morpith." [Gu. three cushions or. A., 20.] 101. "Will. Tichet, B. of Heuenhals." Gu. ten martlets, 4, 3, 2, and 1, or. 102. "Hen. Pinkney, B. of Wedon." [Or, five fusils conjoined in fess gu. A., 68] 103. " Andrew Estley, B." [Arg. a lion ramp. gu, charged on shoulder a cinquefoil or. A., 35.] 104. "Hen. de Hussey, B." [Erm. three bars gu. B., 83.] 105. Oliu Deincourt,§ B." Az. billetty and a fess dancettée or, a label of three pendants gu. arg 106. "Serlony de Lanladron, B." Sa. three chevrons 107. "Phi. de Willoughby, Chancellor of th' excheker, called by the same Writt." (No arms tricked.) JAMES GREENSTREET. HISTORICAL FALLACIES. Kindly let me correct, through the medium of your pages, two most ridiculous mistakes which English history. may possibly mislead many an unwary reader of In making a pleasant tour in Derbyshire this summer, of course I visited Eyam, so noted for the terrible visitation of the Plague in 1665 and the following year. The story of the heroic Mr. judge of my surprise on reading in two Derbyshire Mompesson is no doubt known to every one; but guide books (viz. those of Messrs. Bemrose, and Adam & Charles Black) that this worthy man, after his heroic exertions, was promoted (as he justly deserved) to two prebendal stalls and a rectory in Notts, and was offered the deanery of Lincoln, which he declined in favour of his friend Dr. Fuller, author of the Worthies of England Now as Thomas Fuller died in August, 1661, and the Plague did not break out at Eyam till four Mompesson could have added to his other virtues years afterwards, one cannot quite see how Mr. that of self-denial in behalf of his friend Thomas Fuller! Mr. Mompesson died in 1708, forty-seven years after the death of Fuller, with whom probably he was never acquainted. Let us see how such errors are perpetuated. In Hone's Table Book (forming vol. iii. of his Every-Day Book), at pp. 482-494, is a full account of the story of Eyam, in a notice of William and Mary Howitt's poem, The Desolation of Eyam. Not having seen that poem, I am unaware whether the writer of the notice or the poets are answerable for the following: . "Mr. Mompesson was presented to the rectory of Eakring, near Ollerton, in Notts. To this gift were added prebends of York and Southwell, and the offer of the deanery of Lincoln. But the good man, with an admirable disinterestedness, declined this last substantial honour, and transferred his influence to his friend, the witty and learned Dr. Fuller, author of The Worthies of England, &c., who accordingly obtained it." Really this is too much. Fuller never was Dean of Lincoln, and, moreover, when he died, Mompesson could only have been twenty-three years old, as he died in 1708, in his seventieth year. While acknowledging that Mr. Mompesson was truly an "admirably disinterested" man, I think we cannot admit this proof of his disinterestedness. "changed thing," we all know from Snout's Proper deformity seems not in the fiend These words prove that she no longer attempted But Shakspeare occasionally uses the verb to cover in the sense of to shelter, to protect; as in Much Ado (iv. 1) :— "O, what authority and show of truth "Cover my defenceless head The next case I wish to notice is more serious, as the authority I quote would be probably more trusted. I had often heard persons talking of the notorious Dr. Dodd as if his execution might have been prevented by the celebrated Lord Chesterfield, whose name, they said, had been forged by him. The reason generally given was that Dr. Dodd had been Lord Chesterfield's tutor. Now, when one reflects that Philip Dormer Stanhope, the Lord Chesterfield of the Letters to his Son, was famous in the reigns of George I. and II., and died in 1773, and that Dodd was born in 1729, and executed in 1777 (four years after the Lord Chesterfield's death), one cannot imagine how And Cowley says:— such a foolish story could have arisen. Yet there has been some such a notion, for the English Cyclopedia (published by Charles Knight, in 1856), under the title of Dodd, says, "In 1763 he was entrusted with the education of Philip Stanhope, afterwards the famous Earl of Chesterfield." Can anything be more absurd? Dr. Dodd's pupil was Mr. Philip Stanhope, a distant relation of the famous Lord Chesterfield, who succeeded to the title upon that lord's death. He was the father of the Lord Chesterfield whose widow now lives at Bretby. The famous Lord Chesterfield was Dr. Dodd's senior by thirty-five years. a RICHARD HOOPER. SHAKSPEARIANA. "KING LEAR": Alb. Thou changed and self-cover'd thing, for shame, "His calm and blameless life Does with substantial blessedness abound, And the soft wings of peace cover him round." With covered, then, in the sense of shielded, it is my conjecture that the poet wrote, in this passage, "Thou changed and sex-cover'd thing, for shame," &c. that is, "Thou devil in woman's garb, nothing but thy sex protects thee, or I would tear thee to pieces." And this corresponds exactly with what Albany immediately says :— "Were't my fitness To let these hands obey my blood," -i.. were it becoming me, as a man, to lay hands upon a woman, and follow the natural promptings of my passion, "They are apt enough to dislocate and tear Thy flesh and bones: howe'er thou art a fiend, The last line is, indeed, a literal paraphrase of A woman's shape doth shield thee." sex-covered." I may add that this slight alteration of sex for self gives us an epithet that is in 66 (Act iv. sc. 2, 1. 62.) "BUSYLESS" (5th S. iv. 181, 365; v. 105; vi. 25, 104, 143, 185.)-I am quite aware of the fact that grammarians identify the terms active and transitive, as differentiating the verb. All the same, I am bold to say that a reflective verb is not transitive. MR. J. BEALE might as well argue that the ostrich is biped, and therefore human, as to say that the verb to busy is active, and therefore transitive. I do not fear contradiction when I assert that this verb cannot be so used that its action shall " pass on to an object," distinct from the subject who employs it. But be the correct terminology what it may, the idiom of the English language does not permit the formation of a privative in less from a verb like busy. It is, I think, discreditable to Theobald, who invented this monster, and to succeeding editors who followed him in placing it in the text of The Tempest, that they allowed busyless to pass current for Shakspearian English. JABEZ. Athenæum Club. I hope the discussion on busyless has settled that we can legitimately use the comparison, busy, busyish, busiless. Still, all commentators are not agreed upon the reading of the passage. 1. We see that Ferdinand is making great haste to remove some thousands of logs in a given time; 2. That while thus very busy his thoughts wander to Miranda; 3. That in giving expression to his musings he misses count, and says "I forget." I therefore now propose, as another reading, to take the word labours in the possessive case, singular or plural, and instead of busyless to read busy haste. We shall then have "I forget: But these sweet thoughts do even refresh my labour's "CYMBELINE," i. 6, 32.-Crop has the metaphorical meaning of “fulness" (cf. crop-sick, sick with repletion) or "wealth" here. "The rich fulness, the wealth, of sea and land" is not "exceedingly harsh," I think. The use of the word crop also gives you another image, that of the long, calm-sea level of standing crops of corn, to contrast with "this vaulted arch" of the bent heaven above, the string of land and sea beneath the bow of sky. F. J. FURNIVALL ALMANAC OF 1386.-There is a somewhat rare little volume, published sixty years ago, and bearing the following title : "Almanac for the Year 1386. Transcribed verbatim from the Original Antique Illuminated Manuscript, in the Black Letter. Omitting only the Monthly Calendars and some of the Tables. Containing many curious Particulars, illustrative of Astronomy, Astrology, Chronology History, Religious Tenets and Theory, and Practice of Medicine of that Age. Printed for the Proprietor by C. Stower, Hackney, 1812. The Manuscript to be disposed of. Apply to Printer." 12mo., pp. 74. The printing has been very inaccurately performed; probably the transcript was made by some one not very familiar with mediaval caligraphy and contractions. It opens with a statement of the astrological "houses" of the planets, and proceeds to state the properties attributed to them. Then follow the "exposycions of the synes" (p. 7. Taurus, we read, es a syne of rayne in ye whilk ye son es in Apl, and it es sayde in Taurus for Iacob worstelyd in Bethlam wt an angel as a bul (p. 11). Again, the "son es sayde in Libra for Iudas Scarioth pposyd his counsel to betray Criste God Son of Heven. And who so es born in yat syne sal be an ille doar and a traytor, and he sal dye an evel dede, but if it be lettyd by ye nature of hys planet or by ye mone" (p. 15). After a few historical entries and a table of primes there are 'urinallys diverse." This is followed by another treatise on the same subject (p. 27); "of Blode latyng" (p. 32); of the hours and influences of the planets (p. 36); "ye tabul of ye synes" (p. 40 tabul of meweabyl festes" (p. 42); “Quantitates diei artificial" (p. 45). There is a good deal of matter which shows the intimate connexion of medicine and astrology, drugs not being regarded as efficacious except when taken with due regard to the position of the planetary bodies. i.e. forget. That is to say, Although, in musing on Miranda, I forget, or miss count, and have to make up lost time in consequence, these sweet thoughts do nevertheless refresh even the most My copy of this curious tract contains the autobusy haste, or greatest pressure of my labours, to graph of Archdeacon Nares, and has a pencil which I am thereby subject, in performing my memorandum, "on sale from Mr. Titford of Cranignominious and laborious task"; the word even, brook." The frontispiece shows that the MS. conor ever if preferred, seeming to emphasize busy, tained a drawing of the Homo Signorum, attributed the adjective to haste, as now suggested. Other- to Peter de Dacia. What became of the MS. which wise we might read, objectively, "my labours-was to be disposed of in 1812 As the earliest most least busy-when I do it "= my labours-known English almanac, it should have a resting most busy least-when I do it" (i.e. forget), and place in one of our great public libraries. confirm the very text. J. BEALE. WILLIAM E. A. AXON. |