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 10 S. VII. MAKCH 30, 1907.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Inaugural Address of President Lincoln (4 March, 1865), in which he speaks of the length of the civil war, and of an aspect in which it might possibly be regarded as a requital for the sufferings of the slaves ? In the ' Life and Public Services of Abra- ham Lincoln,' by Raymond (New York, 1865), p. 671, this passage is given in full, with the rest of the address. But in ' Lin- coln's Speeches and Letters, with Introduc- tion by the Right Hon. James Bryce " (London, 1907), p. 224, it is entirely omitted, though the rest of the address is given. What is the reason for this ? The utter- ance is one which, to say the least, many would regret to lose. M. MATTISON.

" NON SENTIS, INQUIT, TE ULTRA MALLEUM

LOQUI ? " This question, addressed to a blacksmith criticizing music, appears, with the name of Athenaeus, in ' Cassell's Book of Quotations,' by W. Gurney Benham, p. 599, in a foot-note to " Ne sutor ultra crepidam." Erasmus in ' Adagia,' in illustrating " Ne sutor," &c., s.v. ' Arrogantia,' attributes " Non sentis," &c., to Stratonicus, the cithara player in Athenseus.

In ' English Proverbs with Moral Re- flexions,' second ed., 1709, p. 157, Oswald Dykes, commenting on "A Shoe-maker must not go beyond his Last," has the follow- ing :

"Twas witty enough of Stratonicus, an eminent Musician, trying Masteries in his own Way with a Blacksmith : Why, Sirrah ! says he, you do not percewe that you talk beyond your hammer."

I cannot find the saying in Athenaeus, s.v. Stratonicus. ROBERT PIERPOINT.

O. W. HOLMES ON CITIZENSHIP. In a recent lecture by Dr. Hunter, of Glasgow, on ' Citizenship,' he said :

" There was a serious truth underlying the state- ment made by Oliver Wendell Holmes, that to produce a good citizen it was necessary to begin back at least one hundred years before he was born."

Can any of your readers help me to find the

Siotation ? So far, I have searched in vain, r. Hunter is sure he read it in Holmes, but he cannot say where. W. G.

REV. HENRY LEIGHTON. I shall feel greatly obliged for any notes or references to the Rev. Henry Leighton or his family. He was minister of an independent con- gregation in London rather more than a hundred years ago. He was born at Unthank, in the parish of Shotley, North- umberland, somewhere about 1740, and was a nephew of the Rev. John Angus, who for

fifty-four years was minister of the congre- gation at Bishop Stortford. Old directories might give some information about him.

H. R. LEIGHTON. East Boldon R.S.O., Durham.

' REPONSE ATJX QUESTIONS D'UN PRO- VINCIAL.' Required the author's name of this 12mo, printed at Rotterdam, " chez R. Leers," 1704. C. K.

COURT ROLL TERMS. In a Court Roll of 10 Henry VII. is an account of flotsam and jetsam thrown up as " wreck of the sea," in which, among other things, are enu- merated

" 1 pec. de cabill, 1 par. Bregandiris [the word occurs three times], 1 cathen ferri [cathen also occurs three times], 1 gravell ferri, dim. ligac. ferri, 1 cadum de Orenzado ad valens 5 marc." Can any one inform me what are Bregan- diris ? what is a cathen, and what a gravell ? Can " cadus de Orenzado " be a case of oranges ? OSWALD J. REICHEL.

A la Ronde, Lympstone, Devon.

DR. JOHNSON'S FRANKS. Who franked Dr. Samuel Johnson's letters ? J. S.

RICHARD II. : HIS ARMS. (10 S. vii. 188.)

THIS king's favourite device was the white hart, lodged, ducally gorged and chained or, which he is supposed to have adopted^ from his mother Joan, " the Fair Maid of Kent," daughter of Edmund of Woodstock, Earl of Kent (younger son of Edward I. by his second wife), whose cognizance was a white hind. Richard's badge forms a conspicuous decoration of the string moulding which connects the trusses in Westminster Hall, being sculptured thereon no fewer than eighty-three times, alternating with the royal crest.

The white hart also occurs in the portrait of Richard, when about thirteen years of age, at Wilton House. This picture repre- sents the young King kneeling in adoration before the Madonna and Child, who are attended by angels. Richard, introduced by his three patron saints St. John Baptist, Edward the Confessor (holding the fisher- man's ring), and St. Edmund the Martyr (delicately fingering one of the arrows which slew him) is dressed in a splendid crimson robe, which is diapered with this badge in gold. He also wears a jewel representing