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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. XL JUNE 26, 1009.

natural daughter Frances Delaval, now residing with my sister Lady Mexborough." Since, however," these two were named as residuary legatees, the first sum may be correct.

According to a paragraph in The Gazetteer of 4 Sept., 1771, Lady Echlin was the sister of Mrs. Quon, the ''famous Mrs. Quon," perhaps, of Walpole, who went to Versailles with Mrs. Pope in 1756. On 7 March, 1751, Sir F. B. Delaval played Othello to the Desdemona of Mrs. Quon at an amateur performance at Drury Lane Theatre. See ' Some Account of the English Stage,' Rev. John Genest, iv. 325 ; ' Life of Macklin,' Kirkman, i. 336 ; ' Walpole's Letters,' Toynbee, iii. 37; Gent. Mag. (1751), 122; cf. Gazetteer, 19 Aug., 4 Sept., 1771.

Apparently the date of Miss La Roche's liaison with Delaval was circa 1750, and it would seem that the date of her separation from her husband is indicated by the follow- ing statement in The London Chronicle for 13-16 Aug., 1763 : " Lady Echlin set out from her house in King's Row for Paris on Wednesday [i.e. 10 Aug.]."

Sir Henry Echlin succeeded to the title in 1757, and died at " Barbriggan " in Ireland in December, 1799 (Gent. Mag., Ixix. pt. ii. 1089).

Can any one supply more details about his wife ? She must not be confused with the Lady Echlin mentioned so often in the letters of Samuel Richardson, who was the wife of the second baronet, and aunt to Sir Henrv. HORACE BLEACKLEY.

'ENGLANDS PARNASSUS,' 1600.

(Conclusion.)

(See 10 S. ix. 341, 401 ; x. 4, 84, 182, 262, 362, 444 ; xi. 4, 123, 204, 283, 383, 443.)

Lodge, Thos. 144 quotations, 13untraced. ' E. P.' gives to Lodge one passage from Drayton, one from Sir J. Harington, one from Sir J. Davies, and one from R. Greene. On the other hand, it leaves unsigned five passages that have been traced to Lodge ; and, moreover, it takes wrongly from Lodge, and gives to Daniel, Spenser, Greene, Sylvester, and Markham, one quotation each, and two each to Drayton and Achelly. No fewer than seven of Lodge's quotations have been found intermingled with matter belonging to other authors, most of the errors occurring in relation to his pamphlet ' Wits Miserie.'

Markham, G. 47 quotations, 25 untraced. c E.P.' assigns to Markham a passage belonging to Lodge, end another which has

been traced to Spenser. Contrariwise, it takes from Markham two quotations and signs them with the names of Marston and Shakespeare. Note that Collier has put. the reference " Sir R. Grinvile, 1595," against ten quotations wrongly, there being no trace of such matter in the poem.

Marlowe, C. 34 quotations, one untraced. 'E.P.' assigns to Marlowe a passage from Sir P. Sidney's ' Arcadia,' and it puts the signature " W. Marlowe " under a line of Marston's ' Pygmalion.' Elsewhere we find Allot calling Christopher Marlowe " Tho. Marlowe." The evidence of such a muddler as Allot is worthless in the case of ' The Tragedy of Selimus,' which he assigns to R. Greene ; and I claim that he should not be heard as a witness against the case I have set up for Marlowe as the author of the drama.

Marston, J. 17 quotations, all traced. ' E.P.' gives Marston a quotation that belongs to Markham ; and it takes from him one passage which it signs with Dray- ton's name, and one with the signature " W. Marlowe."

Middleton, C. 22 quotations, three un- traced. Middleton's name is wrongly signed to a quotation from Drayton.

Middleton, Thos. 2 quotations, one under ' Teares,' and the other under ' World,' both untraced.

' Mirror for Magistrates.' 106 quotations, two untraced. 'E.P.' leaves unsigned two quotations traced to ' The M. for M.' On the other hand, it gives away from these legends one quotation to Gascoigne, two to Sir J. Harington, two to Shakespeare, and one to Sir P. Sidney. The legends from which passages are drawn were written by Baldwin, Cavill, Churchyard, Dolman,. Ferrers, Higgins, Phaer, and Sackville.

Nashe, T. 2 quotations from ' The Un- fortunate Traveller,' traced by Mr. R. B.. McKerrow.

Oxford, Earl of. See Campion, T.

Peele, Geo. 13 qiiotations, one untraced.

Pembroke, Countess of. 1 quotation,, wrongly signed " Ed. Spencer."

Phaer, T. See ' Mirror for Magistrates.'

Roy don, M. 11 quotations, all traced.

Sackville, Thos. See ' Mirror for Magis- trates.'

Scotland, King of. 11 quotations, all traced by Collier.

Shakespeare, W. 96 quotations, one untraced under ' Love,' p. 224. ' E.P. 1 wrongly assigns to Shakespeare one passage from Markham, two from 'The Mirror for Magistrates,' three from Spenser, and one-