oliuete, to the ruin of the metre. Suppressing the minds me to add to my former note, referring to word mount, the first quatrain runs thus: Til his disciplis atte he led such wordes spak he squete." the " Here we at once recognise what Dr. Guest calls common metre " among "Psalm metres," agreeing almost exactly with that in which "Meidan Maregrete" is written; for which see Mr. Cockayne's edition, p. 34. When only two lines are rimed together instead of four, we have the measure of the "Moral Ode" printed at p. 159 of Old English Homilies, edited by Mr. Morris, and only just published. A far more familiar example of the same is Chapman's translation of Homer. The word rime must, I think, be taken in a general sense, for the author of "Cursor Mundi " says he is about to amend his old rime, and to speak in a new rime. Still, the rime most commonly known by that simple name only is, I believe, the one consisting of pairs of eight-syllable lines, the metre of part of " Cursor Mundi," of Hampole's "Prick of Conscience," of the "Romaunt of the Rose," of "Havelok," and of Milton's "L'Allegro;" for this metre is much the easiest to compose in, and has always been a favourite one. Thus in "Havelok": Here schal biginnen a rym` But there are, of course, plenty of rimes of other kinds, as, e. g. Chaucer's "Rime of Sir Thopas." W. W. SKEAT.] I may mention that the English "Cursor Mundi will be edited for the Early English Text Society by Mr. Richard Morris, in two or three years' time, from a Northern and a Midland MS., and doubtless collations from this Fairfax MS. with its squete and squink for suete and swink. F. J. FURNIVALL. MARWOOD FAMILY. In Mr. Papworth's Ordinary of British Armorials (Part IX. p. 437) is given: "Gu. a chev. erm. betw. 3 goats' heads erased arg. MARWOOD or MORWOOD, Little Bushby, co. York; Baronetcy, 1660; extinct. 1740. MERWOOD, Widworthy, co. Devon; coheirs m. Stevens, Wolcot, and Elton." I question the spelling Morwood for Marwood, of Nunthorpe and Little Busby; and, as sharing my doubt, the present representative and lineal descendant of this family (through a daughter of the first baronet), George Marwood, Esq., of Little Busby Hall, writes: "I have never seen the name of Morwood in any old deeds." Marwood is found in wills and inquisitions. Mention of these re the Yorkshire Marwoods (3rd S. iv. 143), that I have met with the entry (Harl. MS. 756) of an inquisition taken at York, "17 Julij, 31 El. p mort. Cut'b'ti Marwood de Nunthroppe in CleaueCuthbert, "ob. 10 marcij vlt. willūs Marwood land"; at which it was found that the said nepos et hæres Cut'b'ti et etat. 9 au. etc. tunc." Again, the printed pedigrees do not mention, among the brothers of Sir George, the name of "Henry Marwood, of the city of York, gentleman." In his will, dated Jan. 15, 1654-5, and proved in London Oct. 9, 1656, he speaks of his "sister Wetherall, brother Matthews and sister, and his nephew Henry Marwood," thus showing his relationship to Sir George Marwood. With regard to the spelling Merwood, for the family seated at Sutton and at Cookshays in "Widworthy," and their branches in other the utmost confidence from reading their wills in parishes lying round Honiton, I can speak with London and Exeter and seeing their signatures, besides making copies of inscriptions on their monuments and gravestones, in addition to extracts from parish registers. They never wrote themselves other than Marwood, nor did their progenitors so far back as the reign of Elizabeth; and this is enough for my purpose, since their residence in Widworthy was comparatively recent, the manor being bought of the representatives of Chichester at the beginning of the last century only. I am not, however, ignorant of the spelling in sistently writes Merwood (Merwoode) for the question; for Sir W. Pole (Collections, &c.) perparish and family in the north of Devon. On the Shobrook in that part of the county), Risdon, and other hand, Thomas Westcote (who came from the Heralds' Visitations for 1565 and 1620, have fact, that the name of the northern parish was Marwood for the same. I shall not resist the spelt formerly with an e, for the manor appears in Domesday-Merehode, Mereude. see in Marwood church (near Barnstaple), on the Moreover, I double doors of an elaborate traceried oak screen, which parts the "Westcott Aisle" on the nave divisions): side, the words (running across the four sub SYR : IOHN BEAPVL PSON OF ME This "Westcott (Westcote) Aisle," which adjoins the chancel northwards, was the buryingplace of the Marwoods of West Marwood, or Westcote,* now represented by Mr. Chichester of cote, the gallant soldier and friend of Kings Henry IV. * From this division of the parish came Thomas Westand V., who, marrying the daughter and heiress of Sir Thomas Littleton, of Frankley, Knt., on the undertaking that their male heir should bear the mother's name, became the father of the famous judge, and direct ancestor of Lord Lyttelton. Hall, whose ancestor married one of the two coheiresses temp. Elizabeth. On my visit (Sept. 18, 1865) I could find but two flat stones recording the burial of members of this family, both "John Marwood, of Westcotte, Esqvier." One remains in the "Aisle" with an inscription much worn, the name remaining, but the date, &c. hidden by a block of pewing to half the depth of the lettering; the other has been moved into the centre gangway of the chancel from its former position alongside the east wall of the Westcott aisle, and immediately beneath the monument of Mrs. Anna Chichester, widow of John Chichester, of Hall, Esq., and daughter "of the Honble Arthur Bassett, of Heanton, Knight." My informant was the old clerk, Henry Hill, then (1865) in his eighty-ninth year, who "minded it quite well." But I have strayed from my text, which is, or should be, the correctness of the arms given. They are undoubtedly so quartered by the descendants; at the same time it is worthy of notice that I find in Widworthy church, on a monument to "three brothers"-James, Thomas, and Benedictus Marwood (the second being the continuator of the line, and grandfather of the coheiresses) the goats' heads ermine, instead of argent. The same distinction was visible in 1791 (Gent. Mag., vol. lxi. p. 609), on the monument of Robert Marwood, of Cookshays (nephew of the three brothers, and only son and heir of John Marwood of Bere); but, when I explored the church (Aug. 21, 1861), the bearings had peeled off the marble on which they had been painted, and left it bare. "Coheirs m. Stevens, Wolcot, and Elton." Now, there were four coheiresses, thus in order of birth: 1. Sarah Bridget: married, first, Henry Stevens of Cross; secondly, John Inglett Fortescue of Buckland Filleigh. No issue. 2. Frances: married Edward Elton of Bristol (great-grandson of Sir Ab. Elton, first baronet); issue, represented by Sir Edw. Marwood Elton, Bart., of Widworthy Court. 3. Mary married Rev. George Notley of Combe, Sydenham Hall;* issue represented by James Thomas Benedictus Notley, Esq., of the same. 4. Bridget: married James Huyshe Wolcott (two t's) of Lyme, Dorset; their sole daughter and heiress, Sarah, married Rev. Harry Farr Yeatman of Stock House, Dorset, whose grandson is the present representative. A final word as to the crest. That of the East Devonshire Marwoods was a ram couchant argent (or proper), attired or. This crest (though mistakenly called in Polwhele a goat) I find, on a The scene of the "Legend of Sir Francis Drake " (3rd S. iii. 506). wreath sable and gules, in a well-cut figure on the above-mentioned monument of Robert Marwood, who died in 1733 (not "1755," as misprinted in Polwhele). A similar ram is on a hatchment hung up in the church tower, and also on the seals to deeds executed by members of the family. But the Yorkshire Marwoods, from an exemplification of their arms and crest made at Heralds' College in 1809, and kindly copied for me by Geo. Marwood, Esq., add a mound vert: "Crest on a wreath of the colours. On a hill vert, a ram jacent argent, horned and hoofed gold.". JOHN A. C. VINCENT. THE SEAL FOR VIRGINIA. It was not until the year 1619 that anything was done by the London Colony of the Virginia Company relative to a seal for Virginia. Then at one of their meetings a committee was appointed to meet at the residence of Sir Edwin Sandys "to take a cote for Virginia, and agree upon the seale." Subsequently, on November 15, 1619, the following statement appears in their manuscript Transactions: the Auditors at their assembly have therein taken some "Concerning the legal seal, spoken of in the last Court, pains, which they now present to this Court, and whereas they had spoken to one for the cutting of it, there is one Mr. Hole, who would appropriate that unto himself, under pretence of having a patent for the engraving of all seals, which hath the king's arms, or any part thereof: and therefore appoint them to repair to Mr. Christopher Brooke of Lincoln's Inn to examine it; and to bring his opinion, under his hand, in writing, and accordingly it should be determined." The Mr. Hole referred to in the minute was William Hole or Hoole, engraver of the Map of Virginia, printed in 1612, and re-issued in 1624 in Smith's General History. In 1618 he obtained a life grant as sculptor of the iron for money." 66 The following anecdote from the Weever manuscripts is told by Hunter: King James evidently did not like the proceedings of the Virginia Company, and when the device of the seal was presented to him, where on one side was St. George slaying the dragon, with the motto "Fas alium superare draconem," meaning the unbelief of the natives, he commanded that the motto should be omitted. The motto on the other side, "En dat Virginia quintum," allusive to the four crowns, was in the taste of the times. The device after this criticism seems to have been modified, and in 1624 appears in the engraved frontispiece to Smith's General History. It may be briefly described as a crested escutcheon, with the arms of England and France, Scotland and Ireland, in chief; bars in base; surmounted by Neptune, trident in hand, riding on a sea-horse. Supporters: On one side a female with a dove on the shoulder, one hand on the es cutcheon, a book in the other, probably a representation of Christianity: on the opposite side also a female holding instruments, perhaps the symbol of civilisation. Motto: "Incognita gens serviet mihi." The device of the reverse is also in the frontispiece, and is more familiar, having been used, with a slight alteration of the motto, as the coat of arms of Virginia until its separation from Great Britain. The escutcheon is quartered with the arms of England and France, Scotland and Ireland, crested by a maiden queen with flowing hair and eastern crown. Supporters: Two men in armour, beavers open, helmets ornamented with three ostrich feathers, each holding a lance. Motto: "En dat Virginia quintum." Spenser, Raleigh's friend, dedicated his Fairy Queen to Elizabeth, "Queen of England, France, Ireland, and Virginia." After James of Scotland succeeded to the throne of England, Virginia would be called the fifth kingdom. On the title-page of the Revised Statutes of Virginia for 1733, 1752, and 1759, the arms appear with the motto "En Virginia dat quartam," the adjective agreeing with "coronam," understood. This alteration was probably made after the Act of 1707 uniting England and Scotland. Washington City, U.S.A. E. D. N. PIECES FROM MANUSCRIPTS.-No. III. HOW CATO WAS A PAYNYM AND A CHRISTIAN TOO. (From the Fairfax MS. 14, Bodleian Library.) Here is a pleasant character of Cato-the MiddleAge philosopher identified with the Roman senator-with a lesson for those who are fond of leaving people "to the uncovenanted mercies of God." The piece is from the end of a MS. of the English Cursor Mundi, with strong dialectal peculiarities-squa for swa, squink for swink, squeche for which, &c.;-about which we shall, doubtless, hear from Mr. Richard Morris when he edits the poem for the Early English Text Society. His "ticket" mentioning the other MSS. of the Cursor is pasted inside the cover of the Fairfax MS. F. J. FURNIVALL. (End of MS.) Curtaise catoun bus endis his resoun of mannis manere, as he tazt his sone. alle þat in werlde dos wone, witte mai pai lere. Catoun was a paynym, and na bing knew him in þe cristin fay. in his worde ne writte fande we him neuer zitte againis our lay. In alle he accordis, In his wonyng. Amen. Stokynbrig scripsit istum librum. Willelmo Keruour de Lance. PEDIGREE SOCIETIES.-It has often occurred to me to suggest in your columns, that it would be a very good thing if the members of our historic families would take a hint from what has been done in America. There, I understand that in several instances societies have been formed for the investigation of the pedigree of a particular house. It would be very useful if we had a Cromwell society for this purpose. Surely no one sprung from the great Protector would grudge a small yearly sum towards the elucidation of that pedigree. There are few things which I desire to see more ardently than a complete pedigree, with proofs, of all the descendants of Oliver Cromwell. CORNUB. is here a misprint for window, or does the text mean letting down the window as forming part of the door? F. C. H. FRENCH DROVE, WHITTLESEA.—In a case tried at the Cambridgeshire Assizes to-day, a witness was called, a thoroughly English labourer, but answering to the apparently French name of Forvague. He described himself as living at "French Drove, Whittlesea." I was informed that there has been a French colony at this place for a long period. This witness in telling his story spoke of a "back-jetty," which was explained to mean a causeway at the back of his house-evidently from the French jetée. I am not aware if anything is known of the history of this French immigration to the Fens. Norfolk Circuit, July 31. C. G. PROWETT. DANIEL DEFOE AND JOHN DOVE, D.D.-Everyone knows the opening lines of Defoe's True-born Englishman, originally published in 1701: "Wherever God erects a house of prayer, The devil always builds a chapel there." Nearly a century before, and about half a century before Defoe was born, viz. in 1613, Dr. John Dove, in a book very rarely to be met with now— "The Conversion of Salomon, a direction to holinesse of life, handled by way of Commentarie vpon the whole Book of Canticles. . . Nicæa being probably the port sailed from. The only points not accounted for are the "barks," more than one, and the "perfumed sea"; both of which, I think, may well be set down to the free play of imagination in the modern poet. An agreement on points so minute is not to be looked for in such a case. It need hardly be pointed out how the charm of the modern poem, and the compliment to the lady addressed, are enhanced by an allusion which is not simply to the fact of the return home, but also to the deeply felt poetical sentiment with which the verses of Catullus have invested it. QUATENUS. POEM OF THREE LANGUAGES IN ONE. - The following composition by a Jesuit, Tornielli, is perhaps worthy of a place in "N. & Q." from the singularity of its being at the same time Latin, Italian, and Portuguese. F. C. H. "In mare irato, in subita procella, CULLEN POTS.-It would appear from the following entry in the Calendar of State Papers (Domestic), under the date of October 7, 1626, NICEAN BARKS.-The allusion intended in that the above name, given to certain stone-ware E. A. Poe's lines "Helen, thy beauty is to me Like those Nicéan barks of yore, has been already the subject of discussion in “N. & Q.”* I would now suggest whether the allusion may not be to the return of Catullus from Bithynia, a very prominent event in his biography as known from his poems? Of these Car. IV., Phaselus ille, shows him returning in a boat of Pontic pine to the neighbourhood of Verona, his birthplace, Car. XXXI., Pane insularum Sirmio, bears out the " weary way-worn wanderer," in the lines: "Cum mens onus reponit, ac peregrino [* See "N. & Q.," 3rd S. iii. 8, 99, 287; v. 268.] jugs, may probably not have been, as hitherto supposed, from their being made at, and imported from Cologne, but from the name of one of the manufacturers of them in this country: "Privilege to Tho: Rouse, alias Ruis, and Abraham Cullen, merchants, for the sole making of stone pots, jugs, and bottles, for 14 years, they being the first inventors; but with proviso that none be prohibited importing the same from beyond seas." W. C. TREVELYAN. PETER PINDAR AS AN ARTIST.-Much has been said in "N. & Q." as to the literary productions of Dr. Wolcot, and some slight reference has been made to him as an artist, but I do not recollect that notice has been taken of a work of his entitled "Six Picturesque Views from paintings by Peter Pindar, Esq., engraved in Aquatinta, by Alkin, with poetical allusions to the different scenes, &c. London, 1797. Price One Guinea plain, and Two Guineas coloured." R. BENNET, Master of Carlisle House School, Lambeth, author of Poems, 1820. Can you give me the date of the author's death, or any biographical particulars regarding him? R. INGLIS. W. CHURCHEY of Hay, Brecknockshire, is author of Poems, 1789, 4to. Can you give me the date of his death or any other biographical particulars regarding him? R. INGLIS. FOUR AISLES. Kendal church has four aisles coextensive with the nave and chancel. It is one of the largest churches in the kingdom, being 140 feet long and 103 feet wide. This arrangement of aisles (two on each side) is very rare in England. Examples: Chichester Cathedral; Ot tery St. Mary; All Saints, Yelvertoft, Northants; and St. Andrew, Collompton, Devon. Wanted other examples. JOHN PIGGOT, Jun. HESSEY.-Can any of your correspondents give me the correct spelling of Hessey or Hessay, a township in the parish of Moor-Monkton, in the East Riding of the county of York? It is spelt Hessey in Lewis's Topographical Dictionary of England, London, 1837, and Hessay in the Gazetteer of the World, 1856, and the railway bills adopt the latter spelling; but I want some older authority. My impression is, that the former is the more correct. I should be glad also to obtain any information as to the tract of land, now I believe enclosed, called Hessey Moor, or Hessay Moor. D. C. L. ISIAC BRONZE TABLE, taken at the sack of Rome in 1527, and preserved in the Royal Gallery of Turin. In what (if any) printed work are the subjects engraved on this table figured? J. B. M. "The song we had last night. N. Mark it, Cesario, it is old and plain: I should like to know if any of the songs which the lacemakers of times past sung are in existence, and where they are to be found. Am I right in believing that the free maids, noticed by Shakspeare in the above passage, were lacemakers? Any information on this subject will oblige SIDNEY BEisly. LEACH, BALL, Coffin, and EdES FAMILIES. John Leach, born in London about 1724, said to have been á midshipman, and went to America |