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 10* S.V.MAY 12, 1906.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Collected by an impartial hand," 6 vols., London, 1720-31, 4to. The work was written by the Rev. Thomas Cox, vicar of Broomfield, Essex ; and the introduction, or account of the ancient state of Britain, was contributed by Anthony Hall. For further particulars refer to 6 th S. vii. 69, 338.

GEORGE A. STEPHEN. Bishopsgate Institute, E.G.

The work mentioned is part of 'Magna Britannia et Hibernia,' and is a revision and amplification of Camden's 'Britannia.' The separate counties often occur in old libraries, generally without title-pages, and cause much trouble to cataloguers unacquainted with the parent work. WILLIAM JAGGARD.

139, Canning Street, Liverpool.

This is part of vol. v. of the Rev. Thomas Cox's 'Magna Britannia et Hibernia.' The maps of the counties are by Robert Morden, who began business as a map and globe maker in London about 1668, and died in 1703. His maps are said not to bear a high reputation. Lives of both Cox and Morden will be found in the * Diet. Nat. Biog.'

BENJ. WALKER.

Gravelly Hill, Erdington. [Other correspondents thanked for replies.]

THE WATERLOO CAMPAIGN (10 th S. v. 107, 152, 293). In further reply to DR. KRUEGER'S very interesting query, I may say that Lieut.- Col. T. A. Cox died at Cawnpore in 1877 (Boase, ' Modern English Biography '). I should think that " the little book" referred to at p. 107 was * Waterloo Lectures: a Study of the Campaign of 1815,' by Lieut.-Col. C. C. Chesney, R.E., 1868, 8vo. Chesney died 1876 (Boase, 'M.E.B.'). RALPH THOMAS.

The present owner of the letter in question has unfortunately been struck with a fit of apoplexy ; his family have informed me that he is a little better, and have promised that they will broach the matter to him as soon as he has recovered sufficiently. When this has taken place I will write to MRS. CHRISTIAN direct. G. KRUEGER.

Berlin.

^AXHOLME PRIORY (10 th S. v. 328). In the sixth volume of the ' Monasticon ' (1846), p. 25, is a short and by no means satisfactory account of the Carthusian "Priory in the Wood, or house of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin near Eppeworth, in the Isle of Axholm, in Lincolnshire." No charter- book or register of the records of this house seems to be known, but the editors give from Tanner a considerable number of references to documents relating to this priory, all, or

by far the greater part, of which are, I believe, now accessible to students. Augus- tine Webster, the prior, was put to death for high treason by Henry VIII. The sentence- was carried out in what seems to have been a more horrible manner than usual. The- quartering began before the victim was dead. See Abbot Gasquet's 'Henry VIII. and the English Monasteries ' (1888), i. 223 ; Ric~ Stanton's * Menology of England and Wales,' 197; Chauncy, 'Hist, aliquot Martyrum Anglorum.' EDWARD PEACOCK.

A very interesting account of this priory may be found in the 'History and Topo- graphy of the Isle of Axholme,' by the Rev. W. B. Storehouse, London, 1839, 4to. See- also ' Notitia Monastic*, 1 by Thomas Tanner, London, 1744, p. 286, or the edition of 1787.

THOMAS MILLS.

BLACK EWE IN THE ' ILIAD ' (10 th S. v. 328).. In 'Iliad,' iii. 103, a male white lamb and a black female lamb are ordered to be offered to the sun and the earth respectively. Amei on the passage explains that the former is for the male and bright-shining god, the latter for the goddess whose power comes from the dark depths. See also La Roche and Faesi on the same passage.

Mr. J. G. Frazer, in his ' Lectures on King- ship/ lect. iv. p. 97, says :

" In order to procure rain the Wagogo of German East Africa sacrifice black fowls, black sheep, and black cattle at the graves of their ancestors, and the rain-maker wears black clothes during the rainy season."

He refers to H. Cole, ' Notes on the Wagogo- of German East Africa,' Journal of the Anthro- pological Institute, xxxii. (1902), p. 325, and adds :

" The religious appeal to the spirits of the dead- is strengthened by the black colour of the victims- and of the clothes, which is an imitation of dark rain-clouds."

R. SPENCE.

Would not modern Greek folk-lore throw light on the peculiar significance of giving a black ewe with her lamb? When I was a child, some forty years ago, although black wool sold for less than white, old- fashioned ple used to say it was lucky to have a lack sheep in every flock.

One ancient dame, when speaking of a family good - for - nothing, would observe, " There 's a scabbed sheep in every flock,' y but she never used *' black sheep" as a equivalent for a worthless man. Probably "scabbed sheep" is the older form of the- saying. Dr. Murray may be able to enlighten, us on this point.

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