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upon the omission of the Farnley Hall near Leeds ; and DE. FORSHAW (p. 346), writing on the same subject, hints at "other dis- crepancies and omissions." May I inquire whether this particular Farnley Hall pos- sesses any interest, internal or external, for the intelligent tourist? Dn. FOKSHAW cites nothing in its favour, except that it is mentioned in the 'National Gazetteer,' and all the ' National Gazetteer ' seems to be able to say for it is that it is the principal residence." This in itself is not enough to render obligatory its inclusion in a work which, after all, is not a gazetteer, but a guide-book. J. M.

12-14, Long Acre, W.C.

WILLIAM WAY, ALIAS WYGGE, ALIAS FLOWER. Under the heading 'Kecusant Wykehamists,' in 9 th S. xi. 227, 350, it was shown that William Wygge, the Catholic martyr, was not the Winchester scholar of 1570 (though it is asserted he was by Dodd, * Church History,' vol. ii. p. 131), but is to be identified with William Way.

The further identification of William Way with Mr. Flower was left uncertain. Dom Bede Camm, O.S.B., now writes to me to point out that this further identification is certain, as 4 S. P. Dom. Eliz.,' ccii. 61, contains the name of "William Flower, alias Way, Seminary in the Clink."

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

" CLOSURE - BY - COMPARTMENT." In the appendix to 'H.E.D.,' which will naturally be looked for when the series of volumes now being issued is completed, it will be neces- sary to include " closure-by-compartment," a phrase used by the Prime Minister and all the leading speakers in the recent House of Commons debate on a particular proposal in regard to the Licensing Bill, as an extension of the meaning of closure as " the closing of a debate in a legislative assembly by vote of the House or by other competent authority."

POLITICIAN.

"KABOOSE." The other day a friend of mine, who plumes himself upon the purity of his English, said to me, "I'll sell you the whole kaboose." I was so surprised to hear mm indulging in Yiddishisms that I begged him to tell me how he came to know the word. ^ All I learnt was that he had often heard it used by art-dealers. He was ignorant of its origin. I have often heard it used in Hebrew circles. We say "chaboose." Its etymology is nebulous. The nearest thing I can find m Hebrew to it is "chaboos" from
 * chabosh," to subjugate. " Kaboose " would

thus mean anything acquired or property. " Kaboose "=job-lot. M. L. JR. BRESLAR.

[Obviously a variant of " caboodle," says Farmer's 'Slang and its Analogues.' Derivation disputed.]

EPITAPH ON ANN DAVIES. The following is from an old tombstone in memory of one Ann, the wife of Edward Da vies, who departed this life 9 January, 1795, aged thirty-nine, in Ruyton-of-the-Eleven-Towns Churchyard, in Shropshire :

Pain was my portion,

Physic was my food,

To groan was my devotion

When drugs did me no good.

Christ was my physician ;

He knew what way was best

To ease me of my pain

And set my soul at rest.

H. T. B.

Shrewsbury.

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 the answers may be addressed to them direct.

I.H.S. One is so apt to look upon 'N. & Q.' as an "inquire within for every- thing," that I confess to a feeling of disappointment when, on consulting the Indexes, I could find no reference to the origin of the use of these letters for " Jesus hominum Salvator." In Griesinger's 'History of the Jesuits' (I quote from Scott's trans- lation), chap, ii., is the following :

" There were 6 associates [four Spaniards, one Por- tuguese, and one Savoyard] whom Loyola selected for the accomplishment of his designs ...... They

agreed all seven to assemble on the festival of the Ascension of Mary (15th August, 1534) at daybreak, in the Faubourg St. Jacques, and thence ascended the heights of Montmartre and immediately betook themselves to a subterranean chapel situated there, in which, some centuries before, Dionysius the Areopagite had been beheaded. This was a kind of dismal grotto, of coarse, rough construction, with bare dark grey walls dripping with moisture, and quite unadorned with flowers, gold, or precious stones. On the contrary, all appeared dull and dreary, bare and silent, while hardly a breath of air could penetrate from without : the lighted tapers emitted a sickly pale yellow light, which rendered the chapel even more awful in appearance than it might otherwise have seemed. A frightful impression was given by the plain rough stone altar, behind which rose an old ruinous statue which held the head severed from the trunk in its outstretched arms that of the holy Denis. Before this altar the seven men kneeled, on entering, and muttered their low prayers. Then one of them rose up it was Le Faber, who alone of all of them had been consecrated to the priesthood and read a solemn mass, after which he administered the