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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. xn. OCT. so, 1909.

or the Rev. J. Newton. Does any reader of 1 N. & Q.' know if they still exist ? If Cowper thought highly of them, it is not likely that they would be lost.

C. O. BURGE, M.Inst.C.E. 24, Park Road, Chiswick, W.

RICHARD PATRICK, M.D. I am compiling a list of medical men who have also been members of Parliament. I have been able to gather biographical notes of all of them except Dr. Patrick, who represented Hunt- ingdon in the first Parliament of Queen Elizabeth. Scrutiny of the usual works of reference, and inquiry in the town he represented, have failed to supply the slightest information about him. Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' kindly help me ?

S. D. CLIPPINGDALE, M.D.

36, Holland Park Avenue, W.

"L.E HOLE BOLE," HONEY LANE. This sign is mentioned, thus spelt, in 1459 ; but in 1550 James Yarford, Kt., died seized of the " Hole Bull " in the same street (see Topographical Record, vol. iv. p. 87). What was the Hole Bole (or Bull) ?

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

" LE STOPLES." This is a sign men- tioned as being in St. Michael's, " Corn- hulle," in 1356 (Topographical Record, vol. v. p. 169).; What was a " Stoples " ? J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL.

" UNE CATALOGUE RAISONNEE." On Good Friday, 5 April, 1776, Johnson's know- ledge of the world and his acquaintance with a great variety of characters impressed Boswell so much that he recorded the thought " that if he had made out what the French call une catalogue raisonnee of all the people who had passed under his observation, it would have afforded a very rich fund of instruction and entertainment." t i- During the recent Johnson celebrations this passage was quoted by a leader-writer on the staff of one of the principal dailies. I wrote privately to the editor, questioning the propriety of perpetuating Boswell's mistake in gender. The editor, who can justly claim to be a competent French scholar, replied that the French word catalogue has in its history wavered between the two genders, and that I should find this to be the case on consulting any historical dictionary. I have consulted Littre, who gives no support to the editor's assertion, as in all his quotations the word is con- sistently masculine. I should therefore be much obliged if any correspondent of ' N. & Q.' could furnish me with quotations

from one or two French authors of repute who in their writings employ the word catalogue in the feminine gender.

W. F. PRIDEAUX.

CHARLES, DUKE OF ORLEANS: " DEUX S." In his ' Jeanne d'Arc,' i. 419, Anatole France, speaking of Charles the poet-duke of Orleans, the son of a murdered father, himself wounded at Agincourt, and long years a captive in England, writes of "la chantepleure [watering-potj, les deux S de Soupirs et de Souci, emblemes et devises de < son deuil, qui revelaient l'41gance d'un esprit inge"meux jusque dans le desespoir.

In a note he refers to A. Champ ollion- Figeac's edition of the poems (1841). In these the words soin, souci, soupir, are^ of frequent occurrence ; but there is nothing to show that SS was adopted by the poet as a devise. Nor can I find anything in the editor's notes to that effect. Can any of your readers direct me to such a passage in the poems or notes, or to any other evi- dence of what Anatole France appears to assert ?

S or SS was, of course, a badge affected by our Henry IV., his house, and his adherents. It is, I believe, generally held to stand for Soverayne,the word so of ten found on Henry's tomb at Canterbury. It would be ingenieux indeed if the captive prince adopted his captor's badge, putting so different a sense upon it. W. A. Cox.

49, Chesterton Road, Cambridge.

AUTHORS or QUOTATIONS WANTED. Having been seeking for the authorship of the subjoined lines in a desultory way, I admit for the last forty years or more, I shall be very glad if readers of ' N. & Q.* can assist me in the matter. The com- position seems to me very tasteful and classical, and reminds one of Mrs. Browning or Christina Bossetti at her best : Kiss me, and do not grieve. I believe love, I believe That He who holds the measure of our days,

And did thus strangely weaye Our opposite lives together, to His praise He never will divide Us so wide, love, us so wide ; 3 ut will, whate'er befalls us, clearly show

That those in Him allied, In life or death are nearer than they know !

Q. E. D.

Will some one tell me the rest of the following lines by Heber ?

I see them on their winding way, Among their ranks the moonbeams play.

DELTA.