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 NOTES AND QUERIES. [IIB.X. JULY 11,191*.

I have a folio MS. copy of verses beginning : O Pope, by what commanding, wond'rous Art ? all in laud of Pope, and signed " Judith Cowper | 1720." There are three pages of the poem an even ninety lines. The hand- writing is certainly old, and it is possible that the MS. is an autograph. Are these lines the same as the ' To Mr. Pope, written in his works, 1720,' said by MB. COURTNEY to occur on f. 149 of B.M. Additional MS. 28,101 ? Have the verses ever been printed ? They are not great poetry ; but, written by a young lady, 1 8 and beautiful, they warrant the great poet in exerting himself to turn pretty compliments for the authoress, far more than does the passage usually quoted from her ' Progress of Poetry.'

R. H. GRIFFITH.

The University of Texas.

WILLIAM BELL SCOTT. I should be grateful for bibliographical information as to this poet's work.

To what beliefs do the following lines in ' The Witch's Ballad ' refer ? -

I call'd his name, I call'd aloud, Alas ! I called on him aloud ; And then he filled his hand with stour, And threw it towards me in the air ; My mouse flew out, I lost my pow'r !

F. H.

MEDALLIC LEGENDS. I should be grateful for the sources (chapter and verse) of any of the following medallic legends. I know on what pieces they occur, and some are found in the Emblem Books.

1. Aspice et aspic iar.

2. Auspiciis jam plura tuis.

3. Absentis luce refulgent.

4. Ad spem spes addita. 6. Arte atque metallo.

6. Agiles si postulet usus.

7. Amor meus pondus meum.

8. Amputat ut prosit.

9. Ad nutum educit in auras.

10. Armis mine tota.

11. .^quatis ibunt rostris.

12. Afflictos docet viam suam.

13. A navibus salus.

14. A necessitate libertas.

15. Ambitiosa superbia.

16. A minimis quoque timendum.

17. Alius peccat, alius plectitur.

18. Cui pater eeternas post ssecula tradat habenas.

19. Cuique regas orbem cum seniore senex.

20. Coalum non solum.

21. Coalestes sequitur motus,

22. Concors vera fides.

23. Colligo ut spargam.

24. Ourat majus et minus.

25. Cosli benedictio ditat. 20. Cum sole et aatris.

SLEUTH-HOUXD. (To le continued.)

OLD ETONIANS. I shall be grateful for information regarding any of the following :

(1) Carlyon, Thomas, admitted 2 June r 1764, left 1766. (2) Cartwright, William, admitted 18 June, 1764, left 1768. (3) Cary ( ? Carey), Charles, admitted 20 May, 1758, left 1766. (4) Chaloner, William, admitted 14 May, 1755, left 1762. (5) Chambers, John, admitted 11 Jan., 1760, left 1761. (6) Chambers, Thomas, admitted 7 Oct., 1758, left 1761. (7) Chartres, John, admitted 20 Jan., 1762, left 1763. (8) Che- shyre, Charles Caesar Cholmondeley, ad- mitted 3 May, 1765, left 1773. (9) Che- shyre, John, admitted 6 Sept., 1760, left 1769. (10) Chichester, John, admitted 27 Jan., 1764, left 1769. (11) Churchill, Joshua, admitted 17 Sept., 1763, left 1768. (12) Churchill, William, of Dorset, admitted 25 June, 1756, left 1762. B. A. A.-L.

RECENT WORK OF FICTION SOUGHT. Can any reader tell me the title and author of a work of fiction in which some of the chief characters were a giant, a dwarf, and an Irishman, and a prominent incident in the story was an exciting escape from a prison (or fort ?), in which the above- mentioned men took part, having drugged the guard ?

The book was in existence fifteen years ago, and possibly still earlier, and was illustrated. I shall be very grateful for any help in finding this book.

F. PAPILLON.

55, Vanbrugh Park, Blackheath, S.E.

PORTRAIT OF DRYDEN. In Brayley's ' Surrey ' it is stated that among the pic- tures at West Horsley Place was a portrait of John Dryden, described as " a Head, in an oval, with a large wig, surrounded by several mottoes from the Latin poets .... at the bottom on a scroll Par omnibus unus." Is the whereabouts of this picture known ?

P. D. M.

" GALLEON " IN ENGLISH VERSE. This word seems to be generally pronounced in English verse as "galleon" a disyllable, with accent on the first. Thus Tenny- son :

f hip after ship the whole night long Their high-built galleons came ; and Mr. John Masefield : Stately Spanish galleons coming from the Isthmus.

The present writer, however, remembers that James Anthony Froude used to pro- nounce it as if written " galloon." Does this latter pronunciation occur anywhere in English verse ? L." M. H.