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1567, and I have read it cost Five hundrec thousand Ducats. The Duke of Alva's Statue in Brass was erected in the Middle of the Place oJ Arms : he was represented in compleat Armour but without a Head-piece : his right Arm was extended toward the City, and his Hand open Under his Feet was a monstrous Figure with two Heads and six Arms, that had two Dishes hanging at its Ears, and at its Neck a Wallet or Satchel out of which issued two Serpents. The six Hands held a Torch, a Leaf of Paper, a Purse, a torn Cloak, a Club, and an Ax, and at the Feet of the Monster there was a Visor. On the Face of the Pedestal that look'd towards the City were these Letters : F. A. A. T. A. D. P. s. H. K. A. B. p. Q. E. s. R. P. R. P. I. c. P. P. F. R. o. M. F. P. [i.e., Ferdinando Alvarez ;\ Toledo, Albse Duci, Phil. Secundi Hisp. Regis apud Belgas Praofecto, quod extincta sedi- fcione, Rebellibus pulsis, Religione procurata, Justitia culta, Provinciis Pacem firmaverit, Regis Optimi Ministro fidelissimo posituin]. This Statue was not long after broken by the People. The Manner in which that great Prince (the Prince of Orange) whom we have just now heard, has spoken of this Figure, well deserves our Relation of it here. ' The Duke of Alba,' says he, ' has arrogantly trampled our Liberties under Foot, &c. His insupportable Contempt of all these Countries has above all appear'd in this Superb, Ambitious, Prophane, Heathenish, and Foolish erecting his Statue in the Middle of the Cittadel of Antwerp, marching impudently over the Belly of the Lords the States, and of the whole People ; a Monument of his Tyranny, and an evident Proof of his Pride, &c.' (' Apol.,' p. 89, 93). Some- body has very well applied to this barbarous Murderer what was formerly said of a cruel Roman Emperor, That never any Person had drank so much Wine as he had shed Blood (' Tantum . vini hausit nemo, quantum fudit Sanguinis ')." Vol. iv. p. 537.

W. R. B. PRIDEAUX

HUMPHREY H ALLEY : " THE UNICORN." The Newberry Library, Chicago, one of the four largest public libraries in this city, contains a copy of ' " The Grasshopper " in Lombard Street,' by John Biddulph Martin (London, 1892). On pp. 202-5 are some remarks about " The Unicorn," which was probably identical with "The Unicorn" occupied at one time by Humphrey Halley, vintner, grandfather of Dr. Edmond Halley the astronomer.

The following extract is from a letter dated 25 Feb., 1910, from Mr. J. Wrench Towse of the Fishmongers' Company, Lon- don, addressed to Mr. B. J. Beevor of St. Albans :

I gladly give you what particulars I

can of Humphrey Halley.

" The first mention of him in this Company's books appears in a Court Minute dated the 13th January, 1631, where he is described as ' Humfrie Halleye of the Company of Vintners, London, dwelling in a tenement, belonging to this Com- pany, called " The Unicorn," in Lombard Street, &nd petitioned to have a new Lease, &c.'

" In a Minute dated 24th March, 1650, ' Mr. Humfrie Halleye offered 200Z. fine to make up his time in Lease on his house in Lombard Street, <fcc.'

" At a meeting of the Court on the 29th day of May, 1651, he i again mentioned as a citizen and Vintner of London ; and on the 14th April, 1652, his name appears in regard to a lease of the same premises.

" I have also found confirmation of your statement that he assigned his lease of the pre- mises to his son William Halley on the 25th April, 1669.

"....I should think that the Vintners' Com- pany could probably give you more information about him, and from the first quotation from our Court proceedings given above. .. .1631, it appears fairly certain that he actually lived at ' The Unicorn ' in Lombard Street before sub- letting it."

EUGENE F. McPiKE.

135, Park Row, Chicago.

" FRAP." "The two ostensible senses* are so irreconcilable that the supposition of a blunder seems justifiable." So the ' Ox- ford English Dictionary.' Maj' I venture to suggest an instance in which the two uses might practically coincide ? William Cat- ton, Keeper of the ships of Henry V., in his account for the period ended in 1420 (' For- eign Ace., 3 Hen. VI.,' m. F 2 dorso) credits himself with a payment for " ij. haunsers de filo Burdegalie pro fraplynesf et Warp- ropes inde faciendis." Probably ropes that beat noisily on (e.g.) cleeks and other fixed tackle were " f rapped," in sense 2, to prevent their fraying. Q. V.

lORWERTH AB ESPUS OF AvAN, GLA- MORGAN, 1194. In the Rot. Cur. Reg., 6 Ric. I., Somerset (Essoigns, 3 Nov., 1194), occurs a case of Juel de Mainne against Richard fitz Pagan of Avene. For the plaintiff appeared as his essoigns Jord' ftl Espus and Jord', prior. In the Calendar of the Roll both of these essoigns are indexed as " Jordanus."

Now at this time, and till c. 1225, there was in the Lordship of Avan (Avene), Gla- morgan, a Welshman named Joruard (lor- werth) fil, or ab, Espus, his father being son of Caradoc ab Jevan, du, of Newcastle n the same county. Joruard and his an jestors named were homagers of the Welsh Lords of Avan, Newcastle, &c., who in 1194, and till 1213, were represented by that Morgan ab Caradoc ab lestin whom Giraldus r 'ambrensis (' Itin. of Wales') in 1188

Obs. exc. dial, fb- intr. To strike (at, on). Obs. 2. Naut. To bind tightly. (So also in
 * "l.a. trans. To strike; to beat; also -fig.

f On m. K 2, " Frapelinea et Warpe."