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 io* s. iv. SEPT. 16. iocs.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 229 Another is dated 1789. Design, a pike and bayonet, with a pole surmounted with a cap of liberty. The motto " VV la liberte." One, with the date 1791, has a design of a man holding a cloth in both hands, raised archwise over his head. The motto "Vivre libre ou mourir." Two others are dated 1792. One has an oval shield containing a scythe; from behind the shield on both sides appear cannons. At the top of the shield "II," and below (apparently) C.D. The other has a figure of a man, seated, and holding a scroll inscribed "a ca ira"; above is the motto " Le patriote satisfait." Two others dated 1793, one with a tree surmounted with a cap of liberty and a tricolour banner. "Liberte ou la mort" is the motto. The other has a cannon on its carriage, with tricolour banner and cap of liberty, and the motto " a ca ira." There are two undated—one with a female figure holding a pole surmounted with a cap of liberty, and below ''VV la liberte." On the other the design is a house exhibiting a sign inscribed "H6tel de la paix," and a man pointing to it, and with the motto "Je desire y arriver." J. F. R. Godalming. BROUGHAM CASTLE.—I shall feel much obliged if any reader will tell me whether there are any books relating to the history of Brougham Castle, on the junction of the rivers Eamont and Lowther. Who is the present owner of this ruin 1 S. BIENBAUM. ICELANDIC DICTIONARY.—I cannot find that there is a compendious dictionary of Icelandic to be got in London. We sadly want an epitome of Cleasby - Vigfusson, which no doubt will come in due time. Perhaps some correspondent can let me know if there is any prospect of it. EDWARD SMITH. GIBBETS.—It is rather curious nowadays to hear of a gibbet yet existing along a high road. I write this at Hindhead, Surrey, where there is a "Gibbet Hill," now distin- guished by a tall and handsome lona cross, reared in 1851, on the site of the gibbet •which formerly awed travellers passing it on the Portsmouth Road. But we read to-day that somewhere among the Cheviot Hills General Booth and his motoring party passed "a gibbet, on a hill a few yards from the road, from the arm of •which was suspended a block of wood, carved into the shape of a face with a horrible leer- ing smile. In the wind the head swung to and fro as we sped down the hill" (Daily Telegraph^ p. 8, Aug. 28). The face, or head, and its purpose^ need further explanation. But I would ask if any veritable gibbets of the olden time are yet known to exist on high roads. W. L. RUTTON. " O ! FOR A BOOKE." (See 3rd S. iv. 288; 7th S. xii. 489 ; 8th S. i. 99, 219.)— O ! for a booke and a shadie nooke Eyther in-a-doore or out, With the grene leaves whisp'ring overhede Or the streete cryes all about. The non-success attending two previous inquiries on this subject may be partly due to the extreme obscurity surrounding the printed source. A generation ago a volume of early Eng- lish poems and ballads passed through my hands, of which; unfortunately, I retained no record, save that it contained the above lines, which I transcribed at the time with others. I should now be grateful to any one who can recall the title or author of the volume in question. The poem is referred to as an " old English song" by Lord Avebury in 'Pleasures of Life,' and by Ireland, to whom I sent the lines for inclusion in his 'Enchiridion.' WM. JAGGARD. 139, Canning Street, Liverpool. SPANISH VERSE. — Where can I obtain a volume of translations from the Spanish by Archdeacon Churton, from which Mr. Fitzmaurice - Kelly so often quotes in his 'Spanish Literature'? At Mr. Heinemann's suggestion, I wrote to Mr. Kelly many moons ago, but up to the present have received no reply. S. J. A. F. CUMBERMERE ABBEY.—Is there a cartulary of Cumbermere Abbey, Cheshire, in existence in separate form, MS. or otherwise? If so, where? S. B. BERESFORD. 76, Cambridge Road, Ilford. LODGE, ULSTER KING OF ARMS.—In the British Museum MS. Department are several volumes of Lodge's manuscripts (Add. MSS. 23693-23702), which, being for the most part written in shorthand, are unreadable by the ordinary student. Can any reader tell me whose system it is, and if a key to it is obtainable ] FITZGERALD. AMERICAN CIVIL WAR VERSES.—Can you or one of your numerous readers furnish me with the words of a poem which appeared during the progress of the American Civil War ? It related to a period when the feel-