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 10 S. VII. MARCH 1), 1907.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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" Mordechv " in ed. 7), " Thamisis at

Oxford" (58, 45) as Thames (107, 7),

and " Luke & Senes " (55, 6 : the names do not occur here until ed. 4) as " Lucca and Sienna" (100, 29, "and" instead of & already in ed. 7). But the hand of the reformer has worked in a mysterious way, " Bulgary," e.g., and "Spruce" having been spared.

According to the Publishers' Note (i. p. v), " the text of the sixth edition has been followed " and " Burton's use of italics and capitals has been kept, but his erratic spelling has been somewhat altered in order to make it more consistent throughout." This is far too high an estimate of the fidelity of this edition to the earlier text. The copy from which Shilleto's ed. was printed was evidently not of the sixth, but of the seventh (1660) edition, which is not in the very strictest sense a literal reprint of the sixth, as stated in the above-men- tioned note. The affiliation of the 1893 text to that of 1660 can be shown by an examination of the facsimile of the engraved title-page and by the fact that in numerous places Shilleto and the 1660 ed. have the same variants ; e.g., time after time Shilleto agrees with ed. 7 against ed. 6 in substituting & for " and " (see many instances on p. 135 of vol. i. compared with 75 of ed. 6). To take another example, on p. 136, 1. 10 (D. to the R.), Shilleto gives ' The Pope is more than a man, as his parats make him," agreeing with ed. 7, whereas ed. 6 has (75) " as his parats often make him." More than one suggestion on " parats " is offered by the editor, who regards the word as a crux. It is merely an error for " parasites." See ed. 1, p. 68, 1. 28, "as his parasites often make him." "Parats" first appears in ed. 5. Cf. iii. 384, 1. penult. ; 650, 17, " The Bishop of Rome (saith Stapleton, a parasite of his. . . . ) hath." EDWARD BENSLY.

University College of Wales, Aberystwyth. (To be continued.)

' CARTULARIUM SAXONICTJM.' The great value of Dr. Birch's collection will never be revealed in all its merits until the place- names are thoroughly investigated. There are some instances in which the editor has not succeeded in identifying places, where he has given them in his charter-titles. I beg leave to submit a few annotations.

C. 50. Pecganham, Pagham.

69. Geddingge, Gedding, in Wootton.

75. Heanburg, (?)Henbury, Gloucester, near Westbury-on-Trym (cf. Cs 272, 273).

81. Ricingham, Rainham, Essex. This very interesting charter (Barking Abbey) has several names of places familiar enough to us, but disguised most thoroughly, e.g., Angelabesham, East Ham (? lonely Ham) ; Hanchemstede, Wanstead ; Uuidmundes- felt, Withfield or Wyfield, in Barking.

97, 98. Wieghelmestun, Wielmestun, Wig- elminstun, Pleghelmestun, Wilmington, in Selling.

113, 142, 143, 147. Poelt, Pouelt, PohohV Pouholt, Pedwell, in Shapwick.

128, 142. Bledeneye,Bledenhithe, (?)Blead- ney, in Henton.

154. Husmere, Ismere, Easmore.

156, 217, 299. Tillath., TillnoS, river Colne.

159. Andscohesham, Stoke, in Hoo Hun- dred.

161. Limenea, river Limen (now Rother)..

165. Eastune, Aston Blank.

176, 199, 247, 248, 263. Perhamstede,. Parmsted, in Kingston.

179. Cleran, (?) Highclere.

EDWARD SMITH. (To be continued.)

" FORWHY." This old English conjunc- tion (see 'N.E.D.') in the Prayer Book and other old versions of the Psalms (xvi. 11 ;

v. 41 ; cxix. Ill ; cxxxv. 4) is almost invariably printed in two words, and with a note of interrogation, although it repre- sents the Vulgate Latin quoniam, "because." 1 Similarly " and why ? " stands for quia in Ixxiii. 3 ; cxvi. 8 ; cxix. Ill ; and for quoniam in Ixix. 7 ; Ixxv. 8 ; and cii. 14. Both expressions appear, so far as I have seen, always as two words, but without the note of interrogation in exceptional cases. I have noted cii. 14, Coverdale, 1550 (an oblique pause mark) ; cv. 41, facsimile of MS. P.B. attached to Act of Uniformity stop) ; cxxxv. 4, Psalter, 1552 (comma) ; Matthews (no stop) ; Coverdale, 1535 x comma). My late friend E. A. Freeman was very fond of using " for why " as a con-

unction. Quot. 1883 in ' N.E.D.' is from a letter addressed to me.

There is no need to refer to the Hebrew and Greek. Suffice it to say that the Vulgate is right, and that the English versions are mostly wrong. J. T. F.

Durham.

TOAD'S IMMUREMENT. The foil owing para- graph was cut from The Standard of 6 Sept.,. 1906. Stone is a town in Staffordshire :

"TOAD'S Lose: REST. Twenty years ago, Mr. George Lewis built a house at Stone, in front of which were some lai-ge stone steps. This week the