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 11 S. X. SEPT. 5, 1914.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Clifford Chambers (Gloucestershire), Ather- stone-on-Stour (Warwickshire), Preston-on- Stour (Gloucestershire), and Aldermmster (Worcestershire). The fact remains that we find in the plays words still in use in the !>ourhood of Stratford, but " Shake- speare's Country " is by no means exclusively Warwickshire, as so many writers appear to suppose. A. C. C.

LOWELL'S 'FIRESIDE TRAVELS' (11 S. x. 147). 3. The lines

For Achilles' portrait stood a spear Grasped in an armed hand

should run :

That for Achilles' image stood his spear,

Grip'd in an armed hand.

They are to be found in Shakespeare's ' The K i]i<> of Lucrece,' 11. 1424-5, and are quoted by C'harles Lamb in his Essay on Hogarth.

S. BUTTERWORTH.

5. Fishes building in trees. In the ' Com- pleat Account of the great CountBy of Brasile ' in Harris's ' Voyages ' there are references to crabs that live in the trunks of trees, and in Robert Harcourt's ' Voyage to Guiana ' (same collection) we are told of oysters that may be gathered " from the Branches of the Trees by the Sea-side," but I find nothing of fishes that actually build in trees. C. C. B.

7. " That quarrel of the Sorbonists, whether one should say ego amat or no."

" Incredibile prope dictu est, sed tamen verum et editis libris proditum, in Parisiensi Academia Doctores extitisse, qui mordicus tuerentur ac defenderent, Ego amat, tarn commodam orationem esse quam, Ego amo, ad eamque pertinaciam comprimendam consilio publico opus fuisse. This is quoted as from Freigius's life of Ramus by Motteux in his note on Rabelais, i. 19; and Motteux cites Cornelius Agrippa ('De van. Sci.,' chap, iii.) to the effect that the Sorbonists founded their theory on the Hebrew of Isaiah xxxviii. 5, which, if literally translated, would run " Ecce Ego aililct super dies tuos." S. G.

THE STOCKWELL GHOST (11 S. x. 149). In Hughson's ' Walks through London,' 1817, p. 304, the following occurs :

" Stockwell was the scene of a singular

deception, at the house of Mrs. Golding, m the yt-.-u- 1772, when, it is said, all the furniture lit. rally danced about the house, and was some- lim.'s broken without any visible cause. Mr. l.y^.ns observes, that an auction being held at tliis house, in 1792, after the death of Mrs. Gol.ling and her daughter, ' the dancing furniture sold at a very extravagant price.

WM. NORMAN.

THE ACTION OF VINEGAR ON ROCKS (US. x. 11, 96, 152). When I wrote what I did at the last reference, I did not know that the rocks were previously heated by fire, as in " fire-setting." In that case vinegar would undoubtedly cause disintegration, but I dare say that cold water would do just as well. The use of vinegar seems to have been something like that of " acoustic pots " in churches, based on a supposed advantage that was wholly imaginary. J. T. F.

Winterton, Lines.

I think that the successful use of vinegar to destroy rock was mentioned in ' N". & Q.' not long since. According to my memory, the subject was spoken of in a review of the Intertnediaire, a French priest having formed an excellent road through rocky ground by this method. Holes drilled in rock and thin filled with lime, which is subsequently wetted, result in cleavage. Holes into which dry pegs of wood are driven, the wood being subsequently soaked with water, also tear rock to pieces. As the wood swells the rocks give wav under the strain.

M. P.

EMENDATION IN ' ALL 's WELL THAT ENDS WELL ' (11 S. x. 125).

I see that men make ropes in such a scarre. It is possible that " ropes " here means cries. Roup, roop, or rope is old and pro- vincial English for "cry." Diana, with an ironic touch, pretends to own that men by vehement pleading can scare women away from their better selves. Her words are but a blind to cover her abrupt " Give mo that ring." If my reading of " ropes " is correct, there is no need for the tt after " we," and the two lines should run :

I see that men make roups in such a scare That we forsake ourselves. Give me that ring. W. II. PINCHBECK.

AUTHOR OF QUOTATION WANTED (11 S. x. 148). " The heart desires," &c. Here is a clue. These four lines were inscribed on the four pictures of Pygmalion and Galatea in the old Grosvenor Gallery of blessed memory. I suggest that they may have been Burne-Jones's own.

SILVANUS P. THOMPSON. [MR. H. A. C. SAUNDERS also thanked for reply.]

PEDIGREES OF KNIGHTS (11 S. x. 149). Much information as to the Grafton Staffords would probably be gleaned by looking through the Collections published by the William Salt Archaeological Society. Consult also ' D.N.B.,' s.v. ' Stafford.'