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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. vn. APRIL 20, 1907.

' LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST,' V. ii. 750-53 : The extreme parts of time extremely forms All causes to the purpose of his speed, And often at his very loose decides That which long process could not arbitrate. In " extremely forms " the idea of com- pleteness, finality, seems prominent. The extreme of the formative process is suddenly reached an ultimate stage of " All causes," corresponding to " the extreme parts of time," and adapted to " the purpose of his speed." It is as though the intermediate formative steps of " causes " had been skipped with the abrupt termination of given periods of time. This adjustment is rather happy and free than otherwise, and without opposition such as is implied in " unflinch- ingly, inexorably, severely, relentlessly," suggested by Furness as the meaning of " extremely." I believe we should retain the correspondence between " extreme " and " extremely," the extreme parts of time being matched by causes which are formed extremely, or which take on extreme forms. E. MERTON DEY.

' HENRY IV.,' PART I., II. iv. 134 : " PITI- FUL-HE ARTED TITAN, THAT MELTED" (10 S. vi. 504 ; vii. 145). Theobald's emenda- tion, which receives the support of MR. DAVEY, has been adopted by several modern editors. The first edition which I consulted

Charles Knight's follows this reading,

and it is difficult to see how sense can be made out of the passage otherwise. I cannot understand MR. FORREST MORGAN'S difficulties. He asks, " Who is Titan, and why should he be dragged in by the heels ? " Helios, the Sun-god, was son of the Titan Hyperion, and the poets applied the name Titan to him, as being the offspring of Titans. What the Prince means is that Falstaff, rushing into the tavern after his flight from Gadshill, and dripping with perspiration, reminded him of a dish of butter exposed to the too-melting rays of the sun. Neither the waxen wings of Icarus nor the chariot of Phaethon, who was burnt up, not by a sun-stroke, but by the lightning of Zeus, have any relevance to the Prince's rather ill-natured chaff. Those who are acquainted with the mythology of Helios will recognize the force of the epithet " pitiful-hearted." AGLAUS.

There seems to me no room for doubt that Theobald's emendation is right. The pre- terit " melted " is quite suitable, as it refers to the special case witnessed in the past ; Titan is euphuistic for the sun, and the latter comes in naturally, as a face running

with perspiration may be well compared to* butter melting in the sun. G. KRUEGER. Berlin.

FLEET WOOD OF PENWORTHAM, CO. LANCASTER.

(See 10 S. v. 405.)

THE account of this family given in ' The* Priory of Penwortham ' (Chetham Society ,. O.S., vol. xxx.), contains some errors.

Sir William Fleetwood, father of Sir Miles Fleetwood, Receiver of the Court of Wards, is also said to have been the father of George, the Swedish general. Sir William had a son George (baptized at St. Mary's,. Baling, 3 Aug., 1586), who was executor to his mother in 1625. The Swedish general was son, not brother, of Sir Miles. The same confusion occurs with regard to William,, son of Sir William, and Sir William of Ald- wincle and Woodstock Park (buried at Aldwincle 12 Feb., 1673/4), son of Sir Miles.

The account makes Col. George Fleet- wood the Regicide and General Charles Fleet- wood brothers, and sons of the second Sir William Fleetwood. The Regicide's parent- age has been correctly given in 10 S. i. 422 ; while General Charles was son of Sir Miles,. Receiver of the Court of Wards, and there- fore brother to the Swedish general.

Recorder Fleetwood was not knighted. The remark " stated by some authorities to have been illegitimate " is not borne out by the context of his father's will, and appears to have arisen from a misunderstand- ing regarding his coat of arms, which is explained in ' Lancashire Funeral Certifi- cates ' ; moreover, the heralds style him son and heir of Robert Fleetwood (Chetham Society, O.S., Ixxv. 28-9, and 10 S. vi. 265, 436).

The Recorder had six sons and two daughters. As Robert (the second of the two sons assigned to him in ' The Priory of Penwortham ') was dead in 1593, according to the funeral certificate above mentioned, it is obvious that he could not have been the knight who was Attorney-General to Prince Henry, son of James I.

Thomas Talbot (p. Ixi) is said to have been baptized at Penwortham, 15 Feb., 1627. This is a misprint ; the year should be 1617.

MR. PINK'S interesting note on the de- volution of the Penwortham estates can be amplified from other sources, as I discovered Arthur Fleetwood's parentage some years ago from his will. The following pedigree gives a good deal of information in a concise form :