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NOTES AND QUERIES, no s. xi. APRIL 3, 1909

(Fr. aile, wing) designated either the tran- septs or the parts flanking the chancel or choir on either side, and now properly de- scribed as the " chancel-aisles."

In this county a very common plan of the Perpendicular period is a long rectangle, with a smaller rectangle opening from it to the eastward, forming the sacrarium or presbytery. The choir or chancel is in front of this, occupying the first bay of the nave, and the chancel-aisles are merely prolonga- tions of the " alleys," from which they were formerly demarcated by screens, and were often used as chantry-chapels.

Such was the situation of the " Giffard aisle " in Chittelhampton Church, and of the " Wykes " and " Burgoyne aisles " in South Tawton Church still traditionally known as such.

An account of St. Botolph's, Aldgate, mentions the building, in 1418, of a new " He of St. Katherine," but does not locate it. At Ashburton the side-alleys are styled the " ameltories," i.e. ambulatories. The South Tawton accounts of 1561 have an item " for mending ye allyers " ; and the accounts of a Somerset parish (Somerset Record Society, vol. iv. p. 79) allude to a " Rood loft with its Aler," i.e., gangway on the top of the screen.

ETHEL LEGA-WEEKES.

AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED. I should be glad to know who is the author of the following lines :

If sadly thinking with spirits sinking Could more than drinking

Soothe our woe,

A cure for sorrow from care we : d borrow, And hope to-morrow

Would end our woe. But since all wailing is unavailing, And death unfailing

Will strike his woe, Then for this reason and for a season Let us be merry Before we go.

ARTHUR CLAY.

BEWICKIANA. At p. 58 of the ' Biblio- graphy of Eighteenth-Century Art and Illustrated Books,' by J. Lewine, 1898, under the heading ' History of British Birds,' 1797 - 1804, 2 vols., 8vo, first edition, referring to the woodcut at p. 285 of the first volume being immaculate when first issued, the compiler says : " To please the Duke of Newcastle, Bewick's patron, it was afterwards inked over." I shall be glad to know what authority there is for the statement that the Duke of Newcastle was the patron of Bewick.

In the Introduction to the ' Bibliography '' Lewine pays this tribute to the artist- engraver :

" Bewick's greatness was due to his reproduction of true nature ; his observation was correct, and in drawing scenes and figures from life he always- remained faithful to nature."

WHITE LINE.

JENNY WILKINS. In the Whitworth Art Gallery at Manchester is an oil painting depicting a group of women. A young woman who has just entered is apparently being censured by the older women pre- sent. The name of the young woman is stated to be Jenny Wilkins, and that of the principal of the elder ones Dorothy The picture is said to represent some scene well known in history or fiction, but I cannot trace the name. I shall be glad if any of your readers can help me. J. GEO. HEAD.

FAMOUS JEWESSES. Would any readers be so kind as to give me the names of Jewesses who have made their mark in art (of all sorts), science, and literature ? Of course, in each case I desire to know the special branch in which they have excelled.

I shall also be glad of the names of Jew- esses famous in history.

Please reply direct.

(Hon. Mrs.) S. STEWART.

10, Egerton Gardens. S.W.

NANNY NATTY COTE : LUCY LOCKET. Who were the two women who are referred to in the two following rimes ?

Little Nanny Natty Cote

Has a white petticoat.

The longer she lives

The shorter it grows.

Lucy Locket lost her pocket,

Kitty Fisher found it ;

Nothing in it, nothing in it,

But the binding round it. I understand that all the three ladies mentioned here were noted courtesans in the reign of Charles II. I have particulars about Kitty Fisher, but cannot find anything about the other two names. References will greatly oblige. A. G.

[The first four lines are generally considered a ricldle, the answer being a lighted candle.]

LADY'S HERALDIC MOTTO. I understand that a maiden lady has the right to bear her father's arms on a lozenge, without crest, helmet, mantling, or supporters. Can any one tell me if it is permissible for her to have the motto beneath the lozenge ? lean- not find anything precise about this point in the books I have consulted. SPINSTER.