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truly know/' Can it be ascertained from what edition of Calvin's French, which he follows generally very faithfully, or from what other source, D'Urte may have taken this interpretation of o<W('eTcu? The Trini- tarian Bible Society of London means, I be- lieve, to publish a third edition of 'Etorkia' ; and in that, if I am allowed again to revise the text, I propose to change the words, and read cenaz asmatzen baitic? i.e., "whereby indeed he divineth ?"

In the Chapel of Jesus College, in Oxford, the window nearest to the entrance from the ante- chapel, on the north side, was filled with stained glass to commemorate the editor of the said volume of "Anecdota," Mr. Llewelyn Thomas, whom I met at Bayonne, at St. Jean de Luz, and at Biarritz, when he was chaplain to the Anglican Church in the last-named town in the summer of 1892. This page of ' X. & Q.' may possibly outlast that window ; so let it bear a copy of the inscription which runs at the foot thereof :

AD MAJOREM DEI GLORIAM ET IN MEM : LEOLINI THOMAS, A.M. HUJU3 COLLEGII SOCII, QUI IN CHRISTO OBDORMIVIT DIE XII MENS : MAII A.S. MDCCCXCVII.

Has the epitaph of another distinguished British Bascophile, Sir Thomas Browne of Norwich, been published ? Where does it exist] E. S. DODGSON.

IRISH POTATO KINGS. Is any reader able to give me any information as to the antiquity or historical uses of the Irish potato ring ?

H. W. D.

MAIR AND BURNET FAMILIES. According to the grant of arms on record in the Heralds' College, made 7 November, 1774, to Arthur Mair, Esq., of the parish of St. Martin's-in- the-Fields, his father, the Rev. William Mair, minister of Kincardine O'Neil, in Aberdeen- shire, married " Katherine, daughter of the deceased Robert Burnet (formerly minister in Aberdeenshire, related to the family of Leys, of which family was Bishop Burnet)." I shall be grateful for any information as to the parentage of this Robert Burnet and his connexion with the Burnets of Leys. Was this Arthur Mair one of the founders of the firm of Cox & Mair, army agents ?

JOHN COMBER.

High Steep, Jarvis Brook. Sussex.

ANTIQUITY OF JAPAN. I recently read that the present Emperor of Japan claims that his dynasty has occupied the throne "from time immemorial," but have not the reference at hand. The Daily Chronicle, of 11 February, in its ' Office Window ' column, states that

11 February "is the anniversary of the coro- nation of the first emperor, who ascended the throne at a place called Kashiwara, near the modern town of Nara, some five-and- twenty centuries ago." Now how far is this claim to antiquity borne out by historical evidence ? And what are the earliest records of Japan ] Long as the boast of 2,500 years is, it pales before that of Menelik, the present Emperor of "Ethiopia" or Abyssinia, who claims to be lineally descended from King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba.

FREDK. A. EDWARDS. 56, Eyot Gardens, Hammersmith.

"LAMB" IN PLACE-NAMES. (10 th S. iii. 109.)

THE index to Kemble's 'Charters' contains A.-S. Lamb-burne, i.e., Lamb-bourn ; Lamla- hcim, i.e., " lambs' home," unless it is an error for Lamba-ham, i e., "lambs' enclosure," which is far more likely ; Lambe-hith, i.e., "lambs' hithe or landing-place," familiarly known as Lambeth ; and Lamb-hyrst, i.e., Lamb-hurst, said to be in Hampshire.

From a philological point of view, the sb. lamb is of considerable interest, as it is one of the few words which, like child, made the plural in -ru, Mod. E. -er. Hence Laniber- hurst, in Sussex, is simply " lambs' hurst '' ; not from the singular, but from the plural. Like the Latin corpus (pi. corp-ora\ it was once a " neuter in -os."

WALTER W. SKEAT.

In Stephen Whatley's 'England's Gazetteer,' Lond., 1751, vol. i., will be found the three following "Lambs," which I think are worth transcribing :

" Lambcote, or Lorncote (Nott.), near the Trent, S.W. of Bingham, was sold by Geo. Pilkington in the reign of Queen Elizabeth to John Rosell, whose posterity had it lately, if they have it not still.

" Lambcole (Warw.) was originally a member of Lower Eatendon, and belonged to Kenilworth Abbey, but at the Dissolution was granted to Rich. Andrews and Leonard Chamberlain, Esqrs., and the heirs of the former. It came afcerwarda to George Ld. Willoughby of Brook.

" Lamborne (Essex), 4 m. from Epping, between Waltham Abbey and Rumford, belonged anciently to the said Abbey. This manor is held by the service of the ward-staff, viz., to carry a load of straw, in a cart with 6 horses, 2 ropes and 2 men, in harness, to watch the said ward-staff, when it is brought to the neighbouring hamlet of Abridge. There were certain lands in this parish formerly called Minchin - Lands, which belonged to the monastery at Stratford le Bow, and were granted by K. Henry VIII. to Sir Ralph Sadler, who sold them to Owen Low, Esq."