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 io* s. iv. OCT. 2i. 1906.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. 327 The Den arms, which have never been registered, are Arg., three lions rampant sa., a chief or. The Brice anus are Sa., a griffin passant, wings addorsed, or. There is no information in Dublin about James Den. nor was any will proved between 1760 and 1780 of any James Den who could have been the man, although there is a tradition he was Irish. Perhaps a query in your valuable journal may produce some information as regards the Dens and the Brices. It is possible it has been tried before, as several people are, and have been for some time, trying to find out about James Den ; but even in that case genealogical studies have so increased in the last few years that fresh information may be forthcoming. . RAGLAN. Government House, Isle of Man. CHAPBOOKS AND BROADSIDES.—I have in my library a collection of chapbooks and broadsides published by the following printers: W. Brooke, Lincoln; A. & G. Swindells, 8, Hanging Bridge, Manchester ; Willis, Old Churchyard, Manchester : Hark- ness, 121, Church Street, Preston ; C. Warker, Bridge Street, Runcorn ; W. Ford, York Street, Sheffield ; Todd, Easingwold. Any information concerning these printers, and Ithe period covered by their work, would be highly appreciated by R. F. BEOTANEK, Assistant Keeper of the Imperial Library. I. Josephsplatz, Vienna. "VAULTING AMBITION."—I should like to know whether the famous line in ' Macbeth,' I. vii. 27 [31 Furness], Vaulting ambition which o'er leaps itnelf, has ever been printed as follows, Vaulting ambition which o'er leaps its adle, in some old accepted edition of the play ; or •whether selle for self is merely one of the emendations suggested by previous commen- tators (Singleton, perhaps) before the Cam- bridge editors issued their version. Can any Shakespeare student enlighten me on the subject? HENRY, Frencli translator of the Sonnets, [Such reading is, we believe,only conjectural, and is found in no early or authoritative edition.] WILLIAM EDWARD WEST, an account of whose portraits of Shelley appears in The Century Magazine for October, and who painted a well-known portrait of Byron (of which some replicas are supposed to have been made), painted the portraits oi several other notabilities. When in Paris. in 1824, he painted the Catons, afterwards Lady Wellesley, Lady Stafford, and the Duchess of Leeds, respectively. He was in London from 1825 till 1839, and during that period painted Mrs. Hemans, several mem- jers of the Baring family, probably Samuel Rogers and Joseph Bonaparte. I am very anxious to obtain information about all of where the paintings are. West also painted various fancy subjects, from the writings of Washington Irving and others, and several of these pictures are said to have been exhi- bited at the Royal Academy. Particulars of these also will be greatly valued. J. H. INGRAM. CLUB COP.—Can you give me any assist- ance in finding out the history of some club [supposed) whose custom it was to drink out of cups in the shape of a hand in china, with a heart in the centre of the palm? The fingers and thumb are, of course, hollow, to Tiold the liquor, which would have to be drained at once, as the proper position of the cup, when standing, is with the wrist down- ward. A friend of mine has two such _ cups, and he is anxious to find out something of their history. If you by chance know of any club called the Heart and Hand, and could refer me to any book on the subject, I should be very much obliged. F. P. PENNY. WORFIELD CHURCHWARDENS' ACCOUNTS.— I shall be most grateful to any reader of 'N. & Q.' who can throw any light on the following extracts from the churchwardens' accounts of Worfield, Salop, which I am now editing:— 1529. It' for glovers shreddes vjd. [In the accounts of Roydon, Essex, for 1604, there is a similar payment for " wool glovers' shreds."] It' for caryeng of blood from bruge [Bridg- northl xijfi. 1530. It" paid for hurting his rope xij</. 1533. It" John Barker & Ric' fflecher be chosen into light of halhallows. 1534. It' for wax to Rondull' roodes vjd. 1535. It' for y" hoper for hopyng the gret vessell St. makyng a weugh [wough ?] ixrf., H. B. WALTERS. REGISTERS OF ST. KITTS.—Are there any registers extant of the births, deaths, and marriages that have happened at St. Kitts since that island came into our possession t GREGORY GRUSELIER. [See 9th S. xii. 455.] SCALLIONS.—The lich-gate of the church- yard at Presteign, Radnorshire, bore some sixty years ago the name of " The Scallions," but having left there in childhood I cannot
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