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into line (to the front), as distinguished from the " wheel " of columns into line (to a Hank)? I know that it came into use during the wars of Napoleon, but I want to trace its inventor and the date when it was first practised. G. W. REDWAY, Major.

90a, Gloucester Road. S.W.

[The earliest quotation for deploy \n the 'N.E.D.' is 1786, and for deployment, 1796.]

"NUTS IN MAY." Has this children's Volkslied been discussed in ' N. &, Q.' ? I have an etymological guess anent the word " nuts," which I will not particularize till I get further evidence. T. WILSON.

[See 7 th S. ix. 168, 257, 415 ; 8 th S. v. 426 ; vi. 58. vii. 231.]

ORDER OF THE ROYAL OAK. Can any one tell me where I can find a list of the names of those persons chosen by King Charles II. to form the Order of the Royal Oak, which he intended to institute 1 DULCE.

[Lists are printed at vol. i. p. 688 of Burke's History of the Commoners,' ed. 1836, and in Noble's 'History of the House of Cromwell.']

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED:

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind

exceeding small ; So soft and slow the great wheels go, they hardly

move at all, But the souls of men fall into them and are

powdered into dust, And in the dust grow sweet white flowers Love

Hope Trust.

H. T. P.

The lines seem to be an expansion of Long- ow's translation from Von Logau. Consult 8 th S. x. 468 : xi. 358 ; also Bartlett's ' Familiar Quota- tions.']

Friends, when you see I'm like to die

Carry me where the sea is roaring ;

There on my last bed let me lie

And list to the long waves homeward pouring,

Beating, beating, and ever repeating The cry it cried when it first was hurled,

With a myriad shocks, on the barrier rocks, On the very birthday of the world.

HERBERT BURY.

Attain the unattainable, And step by step to gain that mighty stair Whose landing-place is wrapt about With clouds of glory of heaven.

AoiDH.

In * The Wit's Interpreter,' second edition, 1662, is a poem entitled * On a Lady Sing- ing.' The first verse is as follows : Come, with our voices let us war,

And challenge all the sphears, Till each of us be made a star And all the world turn ears.

There are five more verses. Who is the author? R. H.

ST. ANDREW'S, ANTWERP. There is a hand- some monument in this church erected by Mary, Queen of Scots, to the memory of two of her ladies-in-waiting, or it may be to two of her governesses. I should be very grateful to any reader of *N. <fe Q.' who would give me a translation of the long inscription ib bears, or who would inform me where I could get it. F. K. H.

Bath.

BURNEY'S THEATRICAL PORTRAITS. Can you tell me if there is a printed catalogue of "Burney's Collection of Theatrical Portraits," and if so, the name of the publisher and the price? JOHN CHADWICK.

6, Stanley Grove, Sale, near Manchester.

SIR WILLIAM GORDON, BANKER. Sir William Gordon, first Baronet of Inver- gordon, who died at Chelsea in June, 1742, is described as having been a rich banker in London. Where did he conduct his business ? and with whom was he associated ?

J. M. BULLOCH.

118, Pall Mall.

SHAKESPEARE FOR FOREIGNERS. Which would be the best annotated edition of Shakespeare for use by a foreigner who is well up in modern English, but who knows little or nothing of Elizabethan literature?

F. W.

BALASORE. What is the meaning of this ? Anderton Clarke, in his * New Lancashire Gazetteer,' 1830, speaks of a Balasore hand- kerchief. M.A. OXON.

[Probably so named from being originally made in the town or district of the name in Bengal.]

ST. GENIUS. This patron saint of players was an actor who was ordered to be cruci- fied or put to death by Diocletian because of his being suddenly converted to the teachings of Christ, A.D. 285. Where can I find details ? S. J. A. F.

DIRECTION POST v. SIGNPOST. These words appear to be variously used ; but surely "direction post" as applied to cross- roads is alone correct. Punch, I submit, used the word wrongly in a cartoon a few months ago. Information is desired.

JAS. CURTIS, F.S.A.

"MINININ," A SHELL. By the above name the people of Stonehaven, Kincardineshire, call a small shell. JVassa incrassata, dwarf variety. The word does not occur in any dictionary that I have been able to consult, nor have I seen it written. Is it merely a form of Minikin ? or is it perhaps connected