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NOTES AND QUERIES. uo s. x. OCT. 31, im

RUDYARD KIPLING ON SHAKESPEARE. In ' Munsey's Magazine,' December, 1905, vol. xxxiv. p. 282, is the following :

" Kipling has written a charming essay describ- ing Shakespeare's methods in gaining information similar to those we know to be his own." 'The Facts about Shakespeare,' by John Corbin.

What is the title of this essay ; and where is it to be found ? ROBERT PIERPOINT.

SILAS TOLD. Will one of your readers give me some facts concerning the life of this interesting writer on prison life in the eigh- teenth century ? I cannot find his name in the ' Dictionary of National Biography.' CLEMENT SHORTER.

URSULA WARNER. In the ' Diary ' of Dr. Thomas Foxe (Royal Historical Society's Transactions, 1877, vol. v. p. 58) there is the following entry :

" 1648, May 26, my dear wife Arm Honywoocl (her maiden name, and born at Pett, near Charing in Kent, on Nov. 26, 1588) died at my Cousin's Ursula Warner, hir house in Bromley, whose body in y 8 time of y e rising in Kent^was carried to Charing and there buried."

Can any of your readers tell me who this Ursula Warner was ? I have reason to sus- pect that she was the wife of John Warner, Bishop of Rochester 1637-66, who lived at Bromley, Kent. His wife certainly was not Bridget, widow of Bp. Abbot. See 9 S. ii. 87, 155, 433, 476, 512. E. L. W.

LORD LAKE. Lord Lake was created a baron in 1804 for his services in the Maratha war. According to the ' D.N.B.,' he chose as a supporter to his arms a grenadier of the 76th Regiment, which served with unique distinction under him in that cam- paign. According to the original grant of arms in the Heralds' College, his supporter is a grenadier of the 80th Regiment, of which he was colonel. Can any light be thrown on the authority for naming the former ?

R. S. CLARKE, Major. Bishop's Hull, Taunton.

RALEIGH'S HOUSE AT BRIXTON. The following extract is from The Daily Mail of 5 September, and I should be glad to receive some further information about the old buildings which. are described in it, as I can find no reference to them in the ordinary books dealing with London and its suburbs :

" The final stage in the demolition of buildings on Bnxton Hill, with which tradition connects" the name of Queen Elizabeth and Sir Walter Raleigh, has been reached. Ivy Lodge, a red-tiled house of about twelve rooms, which stood at the corner of Cornwall Road, Brixton Hill, and which, it is said,

was used by Queen Elizabeth, has been pulled down during the last few weeks to make room for modern buildings. Local antiquaries, however, assert that the house used by the Queen was a cottage situated at the back of Ivy Lodge, which tumbled down some years ago. But the most interesting story concerning this historic spot is that beneath Brixton Road there ran an underground passage from Sir Walter Raleigh's house to the Queen's cottage. The existence of the passage, however, has long been disputed, and during the demolition of Ivy Lodge a look-out was kept for the entrance, but nothing was found. A Brixton resident, Councillor Ham- blin, however, states that fifty years ago the en- trance to the passage from Raleigh's house was open, but that it was subsequently blocked up."

W. F. PRIDEAUX.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. I cannot find the following line in any book of quotations to which I have access :

When tyrants kiss 'tis time to fear. Who is the author, and in what poem does it appear ? RICHD. WELFORD.

Where can these lines be found ?

Born of butchers, but of bishops bred

How high his Highness holds his holy head.

They refer to Wolsey, no doubt.

D. BAYNE.

COUNTY HERALDRY. I am making a list of the armorial bearings of the families in the county where I live, and I shall be glad if any one will indicate the limits of inclusion. Shall I include quartered arms when the families to whom they belong have no permanent connexion with the county ? Shall I include arms, say, of benefactors commemorated in churches, but not belong- ing to the county ? I do not want to do too little or too much. DIEGO.

NISID OR A AS A CHRISTIAN NAME. I find the above in a Norfolk register of 1754. Is this a fanciful invention, or was there a character in history, mythology, or fiction of this name ? Is the name met with else- where ? W. ROBERTS CROW.

CANADIAN NATURAL DYES. I am anxious to find a book if such is published reating of natural dyes and stains, obtained from bark, plants, roots, &c.

I am more especially interested in those dyes, &c., to be obtained from trees and plants indigenous in Canada, but probably any treatise on the subject would be of use. [n a district of French Canada where I am acquainted with a good many of the peasant people I am very sorry to find many of them, both Indians and French Canadians, making use of cheap aniline dyes both in their