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one another, is not, of course, disputed. But I have seen it definitely denied that there is a form of c which can be mistaken for n. A glance, however, at plate 23, part ii., facing p. 115 of tome ii. of Dom de Vaines's ' Dic- tionnaire raisonne de Diplomatique ' (Paris, 1774), will remove this impression. The particular form of n depicted there is such that the more usual forms of c resemble it very closely. The second limb of the letter is involute towards the first, and it also suggests confusion with p. * Dom de Vaines classified this form as " Carlo vingienne," and thereby assigned its vogue to the eighth and ninth centuries.

Many instances of n misrepresenting c could be given ; e.g., nau for Cau (' Vita Oildae auct. Caradoc,' ed. Mommsen, u.s., p. 107 ; from the C.C.C.C., MS. No. 193, oaec. XII.); pandente for pandecte (' Bedae Chronica,' ed. Mommsen, ibid., p. 320 ; from the Milan MS. Ambros. D. 30 inf., formerly belonging to Bobbio, Saec. IX.) ; Gloinestir for Gloicestir (in the thirteenth century MS. ' Lebar Brecc.,' p. 94, quoted by Dr. Whitley Stokes, * Tripartite Life of Patrick,' p. 505) ; and Tunnacaestir (with T::C) for Cuncacaestir (Bede, ' H.E.,' IV. xxii. p. 250). To these must now be added Hwinca, one of the folk- or land-names in the 'Tribal Hidage.' This form, then, stands for Hwicca, the genitive case of Hwicce, the A.-S. folk-name meaning the Hwiccas. The belief that Hwinca misrepre- sents Hwinta, and denotes a district in Hampshire, is not tenable. The 7,000 hides allotted to the Hwiccas indicate that their country was about as large as Essex or Sussex, both which kingdoms had 7,000 families. The position of Hwiccaland is well known : compare Mr. Plummer's ' Bede,' ii. 74, and his ' Two Chronicles Parallel,' ii. 95, 197. ALFRED ANSCOMBE.

FIFTEENTH LIGHT DRAGOONS. Outside a public-house w ith the sign of " The Flying Horse," in the Borough, not far from St. O eorge's Church, the following inscription is painted :

" A century ago | the old | Enlisting House | of the 15th (or King's) | Regiment | of Light Dragoons
 * in the Year 1804."

On turning to the official history of the regiment, we find on p. 70 :

"In June, 1804, the regiment proceeded to the vicinity of the metropolis, and was reviewed on the 12th or that month on Wimbledon Common."

AYEAHR.

tome ii. p. 159.
 * Cf. the so-called Carlovingian p, plate 25,

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

N. LE FEVRE, CHEMIST TO CHARLES II. Mr. Gordon Goodwin publishes in the ' Dic- tionary of National Biography ' (vol. xxxii. p. 399) a notice of Nicasius or Nicolas Le Fevre, in which he states that an engraved portrait exists of this chemist, who was a fellow of the Royal Society. He adds the following reference : " Evans, ' Cat. of Engraved Portraits,' ii. 150." This portrait of Le Fevre cannot be found either at the British Museum or the Royal Society. Can any reader state where it is to be seen ?

The name of Le Fevre is perhaps more correctly spelt Le Febvre, the latter being the orthography adopted by him in his publications. He was * ' Chymist to the King ' ' (Charles II.) in 1660-68, and was buried in St. Martin' s-in-the-Fields.

DR. DORVEAUX.

Superior School of Pharmacy, Paris.

KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. Among Ebs worth's papers I have found the following cutting from The Liverpool Daily Post of the 27th of February, 1897, and at the back is a note written by Ebsworth : "Dr. Richard Garnett died in his 71st year at London on the morning of Good Friday, 13 April, 1906." I should like to know if the lines are by Dr. Garnett. The editor of the Daily Post has kindly made search for me, but cannot trace the author. Perhaps some reader of ' N. & Q.' will be able to settle my doubts.

" KING CHARLES THE MARTYR. The revival of the Stuart cultus has reached Pennsylvania, and has led some American Episcopalians, with the sanction of their bishop, to put in a Philadelphian church a window dedicated to the memory of ' King Charles the Martyr.' Not far from it is the City Hall, the dome of which is surmounted by a gigantic statue of William Penn. Hereupon a humourist has imagined this dialogue :

Quoth William Penn to Martyr Charles

' You'll scarcely feel at home Down there upon a window-pane

While I enjoy the dome. ' Let me step down and out, I pray,

And you be patron saint. A Friend ought not to stand in bronze,

And leave a King in paint.' Quoth Martyr Charles to William Penn,

' 'Tis best to let things be ; They 're used to looking up at you, And they can see through me.'"

JOHN C. FRANCIS.