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 280 NOTES AND QUERIES, nos- s. Iv. sm. so. 1905. 'predecessors in havingvconnected with it no name -of any colour, as the hite, Black, or Red Book. It covers a lon er period than Letter-Book F, which extends ?rom circa 1337 to 1352, and em- 'braces the period from the last-named date to 1374. Ve are still in the long reign of Edward III., which, however, is approaching its close. and the wars with France culminate in the field of Poictiers -and the subsequent arrival of the French kin, a prisoner at the Savoy. In October. 1355. the City equipped 20 men-at-arms and 500 archers for service in France. The results of the war were not always successful, and in 1373 the Parliament hesitated to ‘furnish money for its further prosecution. A 'menaced invasion of England took place, indeed, and for a short time Winchelsea was in the pos- session of the French. The mostinteresting literary record is the grant (pp. 327-8) by the Mayor, the Aldermen. and the Commonalty to Geoffrey Chaucer »of the mansion over Al ate, together with the houses built thereon, and a cellar beneath the said gate, to hold the same for life. The grantors covenant not to use the gate as a prison during Chaucer’s lifetime, but reserve to themselves the right of entry into and disposal of the premises 'for safeguardingh the City if necessary. This is -dated 1374, and as already been printed in Riley’s ‘ Memorials’ and elsewhere. An early mention of the Apothecaries is found at p. 204. Dr. Shar e’s introduction serves all the purpose the name cibnotes, and, besides being a guide to the -contents, is a valuable contribution to history. Its -composition must be counted with the other im- portant services rendered by one of the most exact -and erudite of antiquaries. On 4 l)ecember, 38 Ed- ward III. (A.D. 1364), John Penrose was found guilty, by the surveyors of the sale of wine in the °City, of selling unwholesome wine. He was con- demned to drink a draught of his own wine, the remainder to be poured on his head, and he was to “forswear the calling of vintner unless he obtained the king`s favour. The price of wine was fixed, in the case of Vernage, at 2s. a gallon; in that of Ryvere, Mawvesie (? Malmsey), and Romeneye (Romanée) at 16d.; and Trubidiane, Mountrosse, ‘Candye, Greek, Creet, Province, and Clarre at 1211. William F isshe, a ipropriately named, was elected by good men of tlhe mistery of Stokfisshmongers 'to be meter of eels (“ mensurator ceparum "). The phrase “ any vadlet [presumably valet] or servant” 'is of frequent occurrence. John Chancere, men- tioned (F. 59) as collector, is supposed to be the 'father o the poet. .Neolithic Dew-Ponds and Cattle-Wg;/s. By Arthur John Hubbard. M.D., and George ubbard, F.S.A. (Longmans & Co.) VV1: have here a short but important contribution to our knowledge of the works of prehistoric man. It is the result of the researches of two men- brothers. apparently-among the gigantic earth- works of the South of England Downs, notably at ~Cissbur Ring and Chanctonbury Ring, near Vorth- ing, andy Maiden Castle, near Dorchester. A special form of knowledge is necessary to judge of the con- clusions of the writers, who hold the earthworks with which they are concerned to be long prior to the building of Stonehenge, and possibly even of the same date as the Pyramids. Vhat are dew- ponds is explained in the volume, to which our readers must be referred. The word itself is, so far as we can trace, not to be found in the ‘N .E.D.' f-71QD0l't}1DltY for its appearance will be found under _ond, and of this, it is to be hoped, advantage will be _taken. A series of admirably executed illustratlpns adds to the beauty and utility of a book which demands close study. At Maumb Rl_Ug_l8 an oval structure the orientation of whligz coincides accurately with that of Stonehenge. There is held to be a probability that the first solar temples of prehistoric man were built in a manner similar to the hill settlements. i7 AN interesting addition is contemplated to the final vol_ume of the “ Stratford Town Shakespeare,” now being published by the Shakespeare Head Press of Stratford-on-Avon. This consists of a series of essays on Shakespearian subjects by well- known scholars. The services of the followin have been secured :-M r. Robert Bridges, who write on :Shakespeare revealed in his Art’ ; Dr. Richard Garnett, ‘ Cymbeline and Tragi-Comedy’ ; hir. E._K. (,hambers.‘ The Elizabethan and J acobean Stage ; and Mr. Charles Crawford, ‘The Three Parts of Henrv _VI.’ M. J usserand will write on ‘Ben Jonson’s Views of Shakespeare’s Art ’ ; while German scholarship will be represented by Prof. Brandl, of Berlin, who will contribute notes on the so_urce of each play. The editor Mr. A. H. Bullen will write critical notes on the disputed passages i|; the text. Other names will be announced later. gntins is Gormgunbznts. We must call special attention to the following notices:- ON all communications must be written the name and address of the sender, not necessarily for pub. lication, but as a guarantee of good faith. Wa cannot undertake to answer queries privately. To secure insertion of communications corre- spondents must observe the following rules. Les each note, query, or reply be written on a separate slip of paper, with the signature of the writer and such address as he wishes toappear. When answsm- ing queries, or making notes with regard to previous entries in the paper, contributors are requested tg put in parentheses, immediatel after the exact eading, the series, volume, am? page or page; tg which they refer. Correspondents who repeat queries are requested to head the second oem. munlcation “ Duplicate.” R. A._ P. 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