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Henry Crumwell, esq.," and further bequeaths to " my daughter Elizabeth Crumwell a twenty-shilling piece of gold, only that she hath already had her marriage portion." This reads like a double marriage between the two families. I have failed to identify these two names in any Cromwell pedigree, and should be obliged by assistance.

W. D. PINK.

LINES USED BY BURNE-JONES. Who is the author of the lines below ?

The heart desires ; The hand refrains ; The Godhead fires ; The soul attains.

They seem to have formed the subject of four pictures of ' The Story of Pygmalion,' by Sir E. Burne- Jones, and I wonder whether they are his. Louis SAMSON.

GILBERT SUBNET'S ' LETTERS FROM SWITZERLAND, ITALY,' &c. (Rotterdam, 1686), called forth some subsidiary litera- ture. I have

" Reflexions on Dr. Gilbert Burnet's Travels into Switzerland, Italy, and Certain Parts of Germany and France, &c. Divided into Five Letters. Written originally in Latin by Monsieur *** and now done into English. London, printed, and are to be sold by Randal Tayler, near Stationers-hall, 1688."

The ' Reflexions ' are not friendly. Another book is

"Three Letters concerning the Present State of Italy, Written in the Year 1687 Being a Supple- ment to Dr. Burnet's Letters. Printed in the Year 1688."

They refer to Molinos and the Quietists, to the Inquisition, and to the polity and interests of some of the States of Italy, and are not uninteresting.

Any information as to the authorship, &c., of the two works would be acceptable.

A. J. BUTLER.

LISLE : ARBUTHNOT. Will some Dorset- shire correspondent kindly give me informa- tion about the family of Lisle of Upway, Dorset ? William Clapcott Lisle m. in 1773 Lady Hester Cholmondeley, by whom he had a dau. Mercia, m. 1799 the Right Hon. Charles Arbuthnot. Apropos of the latter, where can I find particulars of his parentage ? KATHLEEN WARD.

Castle Ward, Downpatrick.

" SPELLICANS." This is the name of a game introduced from Holland into this country, and also the name of the pieces used in playing the game. I have an old box, with a label on the lid " Round ivory spellicans." In the box are twenty-six

finely carved " spellicans," nearly all differ- ent in shape, each about four inches long. Most of them bear Roman numerals. What is the game, how played, and how many " spellicans " should there be in a complete set ? THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

' ROBIN HOOD AND THE BISHOP OF HERE- FORD.' Who was the author of this old song ? It begins :

Some will talk of bold Robin Hood,

And some of barons bold ; But I'll tell you how he served the Bishop of

Hereford, And robbed him of his gold.

F. F. K.

GLENARA. Can any of your readers give me the origin of the word Glenara ? I find a poem of Campbell's written on a Scotch chieftain of that name. Has it an existence apart from this ? G. T. JOHNSTON.

CHARLES I.'s BOOKS. I am searching for a reference to the books used by Charles I. while in Carisbrooke Castle. Amongst them there was a book of plays. Can you give me any clue that I can follow up ?

M. PETHERBRIDGE.

52A, Conduit Street, W.

" TRIGS." In Harleian MS. 1550, fo. 5, in reference to the arms of Riggs (Gu., a fesse erm. between three water spaniels arg., each holding a bird bolt in the mouth or, flighted arg.), the word " Trigs " is written on the margin of the trick, and a line drawn therefrom to the water-spaniel in the base. I shall be glad to be referred to any use of the word " trig " as signifying a water- spaniel. JOHN T. PAGE.

" LIGGERS," c. 1474. I should be obliged if any of your readers could give an explana- tion of, or throw any light upon, the word " liggers " as used by William Canynges (1474) in his will, whereby he gave to the church of the Blessed Mary of Redcliff at Bristol two books, " voc' liggers cu' Integra legenda." None of the meanings given in the ' N.E.D.' to the word " ligger " seem applicable. T. W. WILLIAMS.

MOTHERHOOD LATE IN LIFE. What is the greatest age at which a woman is authentic- ally recorded to have borne a child ? In ' The Annual Register ' for 1806 it is stated that Mrs. Elizabeth Cook, aged sixty-four, of Hertford, was delivered of her first-born, a daughter, twenty years after her marriage (p. 465). MEDICULUS.