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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io* s. v. MAY 12, im

Motto, "Moriendo modulor," and described as of " Depford." GEORGE B. MICHELL. Radnor Club, Folkestone.

PHILIP NYCOLLS AND THE CORNISH RE- BELLION. In Boase's 'Collectanea Cornu- biensis' is this entry in column 627 :

" Nicoll or Nycolls, Philip, of Devon, flourished 1558. Cf. Tanner's 'Bibliotheca Britannise-Hiber- nica ' (1748), p. 554. ' Contra Cornubiensium Rebel- liones,' lib. i. By P. Nycols."

On turning to Tanner we are referred to Bale, and in the new edition, printed at Oxford, of Bale's 'Index Britannia? Scrip- torura,' p. 324, we find :

"Philippus Nicols, vir christiane pius, scripsit, 'Historian) xij. hominum,' &c. 'Aduersus Cornu- biensium Rebellionem,' li. i. ' Ad Auglie Protec- torem,' &c."

The history of the "XII. Men" is in Eng- lish, and two editions are in the British Museum. It seems probable that the account of the Cornish rebels is also in English, because the word "against" is rendered adversus in one instance, and contra in the other. Mr. Barwick, of the British Museum, and Mr. Courtney, Boase's collaborator, are inclined to think that this book was not printed, but remained in MS.

Any information likely to aid in tracing the book would be most acceptable, as almost all ordinary sources, and some extraordinary ones, have been searched in vain. A reply direct would be appreciated.

(Mrs.) F. KOSE-TROUP.

Ottery St. Mary, Devon.

VANDECAR. This name is undoubtedly Dutch or Flemish. What is its etymology ]

W. T. WlNTEMBERG. Toronto.

^ EPITAPH AT BOWES, YORKSHIRE. Whilst visiting the church at Bowes, Yorkshire, on 14 September last, with the Cumberland and Westmorland Antiquarian Society, I noticed the following curious epitaph on the west wall, outside the church. So far as I can see. it has not hitherto been recorded in "N.& Q.' J :

"Rodger Wrightson Jun r . and Martha Railton both of | Bowes, buried in one grave. He died in a fever and | Upon tolling his passing bell she cry'd out My heart is j Broke and in a few hours expired purely thro' love | March 15, 1714/15.

" Such is the brief and touching record. | Con- tained in the Parish Register of Burials fit has been handed down | By unvarying tradition that the grave | was at the west end of the Church | Directly beneath the bells | The sad history of these true and | Faithful lovers forms the subject of ' Mallet's pathetic Ballad of | 'Edwin and Emma.' '

Can any Yorkshire contributor say what

if any) connection David Mallet, who was a ^erthshire man, had with this pretty York- shire borderland 1

Is there any good illustrated account of /his quaint Yorkshire church and its relics? I noticed especially the font and its pedi- ment, which appeared to me to have an nscription wrong side up ; but whether this s a Roman altar used for the purpose I was unable to decipher. There is another Roman altar in the church. Perhaps some one can tell us more of this.

T. CANN HUGHES, M.A., F.S.A.

Lancaster.

LISBON PLOT. In September, 1810, a French-Portuguese plot was discovered at Lisbon, and several noblemen and merchants were arrested, amongst them being Gaspar ia Pessoa, Braamcamp, Don Miguel Saldanha, Jondessa de S. Miguel, and Conde de Redinha. Where can details of the persons implicated and of the plot be found ?

J. H. LESLIE, Major.

DIVES AND LAZARUS. An anonymous writer states that the parable of Dives and Lazarus is very old, and that in the original story Abraham continues as follows :

' But hear what the Lord saith unto thee, ' For- asmuch as thy heart is turned from evil and hard- ness, and thou hast thoughts of mercy and com- passion towards thy brethren, I will also have mercy on thee; for My compassion is great towards thee as much greater than thine as the heavens are greater than the earth. Therefore, behold, I will quench thy thirst and sustain thee even in the fires.'"

Can any of your readers kindly say what is the authority for the above extract ?

E. B.

SURNAMES IN ENGLAND : THEIR NUMBER. In the Introduction to 'A Dictionary of the Aneityumese Language,' by the Rev. John Inglis, 1882, occurs the following :

" Among both Malays and Papuans the natives have only one name. They often change their names, but there are no surnames. When I went to Aneityum the population was 3,500, and there could not be fewer than 3,000 distinct names. Dr. Geddie and I wrote down every one of them. The surnames in England, according to the report of the Registrar-General, are only about 4,000."

The italics are mine. What do readers of ' N. & Q.' say to this statement ? If the Registrar - General is correctly quoted, it would be very interesting to be referred to an " exhaustive " list of "about 4,000" sur- names. I would guarantee to add a few names from my collection of notes on English surnames, even after the Registrar-General had done his best. CHAS. A. BERNAU.