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NOTES AND QUERIES. [io s. viii. NOV. ao, 1907.

thing has answered admirably, and no doubt it will be found, when occasion shall arise for an examination, that both stones and the inscriptions are in the same condition as when they were buried nearly twenty-five years ago. A copy of all the inscriptions is to be consulted in the vestry of the church.

W. E. HABLAND-OXLEY. Westminster.

MB. HABBY HEMS will find a full account of the improvements in St. Margaret's Churchyard at 10 S. i. 23, 62, contributed by MB. HABLAND-OXLEY. As the latter observes at p. 64, " The improvement has been much appreciated on every side," yet, strange as it must appear to most of those who, like myself, remember its former condition, well described at p. 23, the late Mr. Augustus J. C. Hare in his ' Walks in London,' ii. 284, condemns it utterly, and writes of " the mean and flippant result " of the alteration. ALAN STEWABT.

ATTTHOBS or QUOTATIONS WANTED (10 S. viii. 388).

The Orthodox said, &e.

is from ' A Parable,' by Sir A. Conan Doyle.

ST. SWITHIN.

V. T. will find the lines

From youth to age % &c.,

in Clough's ' Poems on Life and Duty ' ('In the Great Metropolis'). In the last line " take " should be takes.

A. R. WALLEB.

SIB GEOBGE MONOTJX (10 S. viii. 10, 90, 133, 214). The following is from 'The English Baronetage,' 1741 (Wotton and Collins), vol. iii. pt. i. p. 188, s.v. ' Monnoux, of Wotton ' :-

" He lies buried in Walthamstow church, on the north side of the communion-table (k), where is an ancient fair table monument, of him, and his lady; the brass plates pulled off; but Weaver has this inscription for him, and Anne, his second wife (1) :

" ' Here lyeth Sir G-eorg Monox, Knight, somtym Lord Maior of London, and Dame Ann, his wyfe, whych Sir Georg dyed . 1543, and Dame Aiin 1500.'

"There is also a label, with these words on a brass plate, coming out of his mouth (m), Lord, shew thy mercy upon us. Another label with these words out of hers, O Lord, give us thy salvation."

"(k) Stow's App. p. 118. (1) 'Funeral Monu- ments,' p. 598. (m) Stow, Ibid. 118."

The date 1500 as that of the death of Dame Ann is probably a misprint. The date of death of Sir George was according to Wotton and Collins (p. 189), 9 Feb., 1543. The inscription would lead one to believe

that MB. McMuBBAY was mistaken in saying (ante, p. 90) that Sir George never was in reality knighted. It is noticeable that he is described as " Lord Maior," not " Maior "

Only. PvOBEBT PlEBPOINT.

" DOWN IN THE SHIBES " (10 S. viii. 329, 372). The phrase " in the sheers " is a most common expression in West Cornwall.

W. ROBEBTS.

ABUNDEL CASTLE LEGEND (10 S. viii. 390). May I first of all call attention to the fact that the reference to p. 79 of a reprint is no reference at all ? The right reference is to book i. chap. 17 the very chapter which appears in my ' Specimens of English Literature from 1394 to 1579 ' ; see p. 201. My note at p. 439 says that

" Arundel Castle was connected with the legend of Sir Bevis of Southampton solely because of the similarity of the names. The exploits of Sir Bevis are narrated in the second book of Drayton's ' Poly- olbion.'"

See also the long note by Sir H. Croft in his marvellous edition of Elyot's ' Governor,' vol. i. p. 184. It was by help of his index that I readily found the passage.

The original passage connecting the horse with the locality occurs in Kolbing's edition of 'Sir Beves of Hamtoun ' (E.E.T.S.), pp. 166, 167, 11. 3527-42 of the earlier text, where we read that Sir Bevis told his horse Arondel that, if he would only go fast, he would build a castle in his honour. The horse at once did his best, and Bevis accord- ingly " made the castel of Arondel." No wonder that Selden, in his notes on Dray- ton's poem, wished that " the poetical monks had contained themselves within bounds of likelihood."

WALTEB W. SKEAT.

Arundel was the wonderful horse given to Sir Bevis of Hamptoun by the fair Josyan. MB. CUBBY will find the marvellous per- formances of the animal duly set forth in Ellis's ' Early English Metrical Romances.' Sir Bevis, his wife (Josyn), and Arundel all died within a few minutes of each other.

ST. SWITHIN.

The romance referred to by Sir Thomas Elyot is clearly that of Sir Bevis of Hamtoun (Southampton). A reprint of the Auchin- leck MS. was issued by the Maitland Club in 1838. A free rendering was published about twenty years ago by H. M. Gilbert of Southampton.

A unique copy of an edition of circa 1650 (London, C. W. for W. Lee) was in Messrs.