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NOTES AND QUERIES. in s. i. FEB -x, 1910.

In 1840, it is clear that Bulwer then lived at -the house afterwards occupied by Mr. Andrews the house originally known as 1, Little Stanhope Street, but from 1823 till 1829 (or 1836) as 36B, Hertford Street, and finally as 36.

Thus Bulwer lived three times in the street twice at the present 36, and once it the present 35A, when he added " Lytton ** to his surname. In Mr. Clinch's ' May fair .and Belgravia * it is mentioned that 35A was for some years (it was really only three) the residence of Sir Edward Lytton ; but no knowledge is shown of the fact that it was 36A at the time, nor of the famous novelist having previously resided twice at the present 36.

As, however, Bulwer lived at each of the -corners of Little Stanhope Street, and each .corner had in turn been 36, although the western corner was not 36 when Bulwer lived there, but 3 6 A, it is not surprising that mistakes have been made with respect to the identity of the house which he bought mis- takes which I have done my best in this .article to correct. W. A. FROST.

SHAKESPEARIANA. ' ROMEO AND JULIET * : THE EARL OF SOUTHAMPTON (10 S. xi. 423). The marriage .of Henry Wriothesley, second Earl of Southampton, with Mary, eldest daughter of Sir Anthony Browne, K.G., first Viscount Montague, took place early in May, 1569. The date is given in a paper compiled by Mr. Benjamin W. Greenfield, F.S.A., and .entitled ' The Wriothesley Tomb in Titch- field Church : its Effigial Statues and Heraldry.'- It appeared in the Papers and Proceedings of the Hampshire Field Club, vol. i. part iii. pp. 65-82, issued to sub- scribers for the year 1889.

" The second earl, on his marriage with Lord Montague's daughter, conveyed, by indenture, .dated Wth May, 11 Eliz., 1569, his lordship's manors, lands, &c., to his father-in-law, Lord Montague (and others) in fee," &c. P. 66, foot-note.

" Scheme showing the Acquisition of the .Several Quarterings in the Shield of Mary Browne, daughter and heir of Anthony, Viscount Montagu, Wife of Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of Southamp- ton .... Mary Browne, only dau. of her mother, married Lord Southampton 1569, ob. 1607." P. 78.

" Pedigree of Wriothesley, Earls of Southamp- ton, &c. Henry Wriothesley, 2nd Earl of
 * Southampton, born 30 Nov., 1546, 1 died 4 Oct.,

1581, in his 36th year, M.T. Will dat. 29 June,

" 1 Inq. p.m. of Thomas, Earl of Southampton, 4 Edw. IV., No. 78.

1581, pro. 7 Feb., 1582/3.-= Mary, dau. of Anthony Browne, K.G., Viscount Montague, by his 1st wife, -Jane Ratcliffe, dau. of Robert, Earl of Sussex, mar. about May, 1569,'- died in 1607. 3 "P. 82.

No mention is made of "a masque or similar form of entertainment '* taking place at the wedding.

JOHN L. WHITEHEAD, M.D.

Ventnor. ^ d

' MERRY WIVES OF WINDSOR,' I. iii. 23. In the Quarto ^occurs the line,

bace gongarian wight, wilt thou the spicket wield ? In the Folio ' ' gongarian '* is replaced by " Hungarian.'* Steevens, defending the former reading, added the following note : " This is a parody on a line taken from one of the old bombast plays, beginning, ' O base Gongarian, wilt thou the distaff wield ? '-

1 had marked the passage down, but forgot to note the play.**

Steevens has been called " the Puck of comment ators, n and his sense of humour sometimes led him to refer to " old plays " and " ballads ** which have never been seen by any other student before or since ; so his quotations are not always to be trusted when he does not give references. I should be glad to know the name of this play which Steevens " forgot to note,** or whether, as I suspect, it existed only in his freakish imagination. GORDON CROSSE.

Oxford and Cambridge Club.

' LOVE'S LABOUR'S LOST,' IV. i. 120 (109 Globe) :

Put up this, it will be thine another day.

P. A. Daniel (Athenaeum, 13 Oct., 1883) notes that this is the only instance of Shake- speare's use of the expression " it will be thine another day,'* and from instances in the writings of his contemporaries concludes that it means, " It will be of use to you ; you will find the benefit of it hereafter.'* As H. C. Hart mentions in his "Arden Edition*' of ' L.L.L.,* although this seems to fit the meaning of the examples collected by Daniel, it does not fulfill the demands of the context in this place. He suggests that the meaning here is rather, *' It will be your turn another day,** although he gives no examples to support this interpretation. The following quotation from Dekker's ' Guls Horn-Booke ' (chap. vi. p. 52, J. M. Dent ed.) establishes this meaning as the correct one :

treble their fare, and it will make your Flounder-
 * ' Marry, when silver conies in, remember to pay

" 2 Will of Henry, Earl of Southampton, 1583, in P.P.C. Register, Rowe, 45.

" 3 Chester's ' Westminster Abbey Registers.' "