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 10* s. ii. DEC. si, 1904.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Gentleman, that the Exchange recommended in the Papers now accompanying this Certificate does not originate in any Regimental Proceeding of any kind, or in any cause affecting the Honor and

Character of, nor are there any grounds of

personal objection to the Individual, of which I am aware, that have in the smallest degree induced an application for such Exchange."

w. s.

HELL, HEAVEN, AND PARADISE AS PLACE- NAMES (10 th S. i. 245, 332 ; ii. 354). II y a a Madrid une petite rue qui porte aujourd'hui le nom de "Arco del Triunfo," et qu'avant on nommait " Callejon del Infierno," a cause des grandes flammes qui se produirent par un grand incendie qui detruisit la Plaza Mayor presque entiere en 1631.

Comme cette ruelle servait d'entree a la comitive royale lorsque les rois honoraient de leur presence les fetes populaires qui se celebraient dans tous les evenements propices a la dynastie autrichienne, cet incendie fut le pretexte pour 1'elargir, ce qui donna occa- sion a 1'aumonier du couventdes "Recogidas," 1'abbe Salas, pour ecrire cet epigramme : I En que estado se hallaran

Las costumbres de este pueblo

Cuando es precise ensanchar

El callejon del Infierno !

Dans une maison de cette ruelle demeurait 1'abbe Merino, regicide, qui en 1852 pretendit assassiner la reine Isabelle II.

FLORENOIO DE UHAGON. 46, Gran via, Bilbao, Espagne.

SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY PHRASES (10 th S. ii. 425).

Parragen. By this I presume parragone is intended, which is a richly embroidered cloth, imported principally from Turkey. See 7 th S. v. ; 8 th S. vi.

Danceing the ropes. To be hanged.

" If any of them chanc'd to be made dance ith j rope, they thought him happy to be so freed of the care and trouble attends the miserable indigent." 'Comical Hist, of Francion,' 1655.

To putt for thepoore children. Putt, a clown, a silly fellow, a simpleton, an oddity (Annan- dale). EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

Perhaps the "Spaniards discipline" was a relic of the religious observances partially introduced by Philip of Spain. In Shelvocke's 'Voyage round the World ' (1757), 227, quoted in the ' H.E.D.,' is a similar phrase, " Having regulated themselves according to the dis- cipline of Jamaica."

A parmgen is probably a "barracan," a kind of woollen stuff; a sort of camblet (Ash's ' Diet.,' 1795), of which coat and trousers were made.

the pale. Looked to his ex- penditure. To leap the pale was to exceed one's expenses (Halliwell).

A "compliment" was a gift or present. Capt. Marcie seems to have been " shown the door " in default of something of this kind.

Possibly when Sir Humphrey Mildmay rode to Putleigh " and remained there all the day to putt for the poore children," he went to amuse the children by means of a game of cards, now obsolete, called " putt" (Nares).

Danceing the ropes. Would not this be an item of expenditure devoted to the plea- sures of the time ? Pepys records going " to Jacob Hall's dancing on the ropes."

To beat sticke. Query to depart, like " to beat the hoof," i.e., to go on foot.

J. HOLDEN MACMlCHAEL.

A new suit of parragen, i.e., "paragon," gu.in'N.E.D.'

Sir Will Water, i.e. "Sir William Wal- ler," q.v. in 'D.N.B.,' lix. 132. W. C. B.

EPITAPHS : THEIR BIBLIOGRAPHY (10 th S. i. 44, 173, 217, 252, 334 ; ii. 57, 194). The fol- lowing may be added :

"The Antiquities of St. Peter's, or the Abbey- Church of Westminster : containing All the In- scriptions and Epitaphs." In two volumes, third edition, 1722.

"The Monumental Remains of Noble and Emi- nent Persons, comprising the Sepulchral Anti- quities of Great Britain, engraved from Drawings by Edward Blore, F.S .A. "London, 1826.

"Gleanings in Graveyards: a Collection of Curious Epitaphs. Collated and Compiled by Horatio Edward Norfolk." London, 1861.

" Mottoes for Monuments or Epitaphs selected for Study or Application." By F. and M. A. Palliser. London, 1872.

"Guide to the Remarkable Monuments in the Howff, Dundee, by A C. Lamb, P. S.A.Scot. Pre- sented by the Author." British Association for the Advancement of Science. Visit to Dundee, 6 August, 1892. Printed by John Leng & Co., Dundee.

According to the late Dean Stanley in his 'Memorials of Westminster Abbey,' third edition, 1869, p. x, 'The Antiquities of St. Peter's ' is by J. Crull. This is confirmed by Allibone, s.v. 'Crull, Jodocus, M.D.' Dean Stanley says of the book, "Usually signed J. C., sometimes H. S." In my copy (third edition) the dedication of vol. i., to the Earl of Orrery, is signed H. S., while that of vol. ii., to Sir Richard Steele, is signed J. R. What do H. S. and J. R. stand for 1

' Mottoes for Monuments ' is of little use as a book of reference. '* When the name of the author is known, it has not been thought necessary to mention the churchyard where it is to be found."

Of books relating chieHy to the monu- ments in Westminster Abbey Dean Stanley