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Ewell, Surrey. In 1621 the whole tithes being in the hands of two laymen, who only allowed III. out of them for a minis- ter, there was no preacher, but only a poor old half-blind reader who could scarcely read. ' The Unnatiirall Father ' (John Bouse), 1621.

Ghibbes (J. Alb.), " poeta laureatus." Vide Languages.

Ghosts. " Dissertatio de Apparitionibus mortuorum vivis ex pacto factis; praes. Sam. Schelgiagio. Gedani, 1729."

Gibbons (Grinling). Mention of carving executed by him for the King of France. Houghton's ' Letters on Husbandry and Trade,' 1683, vol. ii. p. 138.

Gilbert (St.) of Sempringham. His life in Digby MS. (Bodl. ) 36 contains accounts of miracles wrought by him at these places : An wick (Line. ), Burton - upon - Trenb, Chicksand (Bedf.), Folkingham (Line.), Haverholme (Line.), Leasingham (Line.), Lynn, Moulton (Line.), Newark (Leic.), Nooton (Line.), Ponton (Line.), Sempring- ham, Thorney (Notts), Trickingham, and Watton (Yorkshire).

Glass-painting. At Chilwell House, near Nottingham, there was a great glass window representing the process of vine -growing and wine-making. B. Googe's 'Hus- bandry,' 1615, preface.

Glencoe. The Massacre alluded to (without name) as a. thing " which half of this nation and of the clergy themselves have not yet heard of," ** done about three years ago," in [Hickes's] ' Disc, upon Burnet and Tillotson,' 4to, Lond., 1695, p. 10.

Hair to grow (to make). " Take the toothe of a boores mouth and anoynte wher thou wilt, and it xal make the heer to grow thow ther growthe neuere non beforn." Bawlinson MS. (Bodl.) C. 299, f. 35 b.

Handel (G. F.). Had the use of the Shel- donian Theatre for six evenings for the performance of his oratorios in July, 1733, MS. Chronol. of Univ. of Oxf., Bawl. MS. (Bodl.) Q. f. 6 ; vol. ii. f. 19. He gave per- formances of 'Esther' and 'Samson,' 12, 13 April, 1749, t&., f. 42.
 * by which he got above 2,OOOZ." Pointer's

Harrow-on-the-Hill. Anecdote of George Werke, Vicar, B.D., and Fellow of Queens' Coll., Camb. Whytforde's 'Werke for Housholders, ' printed by P. Treveris in Southwark, sign. D verso.

Stories relating to Stohdon, Herts (death of Master Baryngton), and Holy- well, Flintshire, ibid.

Hartwell, Northants. Condition of the- living, &c., in 1641. ' A Certificate front Northamptonshire,' 1641, p. 4.

Highlanders. Wore their Highland dress- at Bruges in December, 1656. Thurloe's- State Papers, vol. v. p. 645.

Hoods. Description of Civil Law hoods ir* Oxford in 1652. Bawl. MS. C. 902, f. 216.

Horton, Northamptonshire. Condition of the living, &c., in 1641. ' A Certificate- from Northamptonshire,' p. 4.

Hymns. Hymn for Easter Day, in three- parts, with music and refrains : to first part, " Quomodo Judei male dormierunt " ; to second part, " Besurrexit hodie Bex glorie " ; to third part, " Omnes plaudite manus pro gaudio," c. 1270-80. At: end of Bodl. MS. 937.

" xii. divine hymns for the Lord's Supper and the Lord's Day," at the end of M^ Harrison's c Gospel Church,' 1700.

W. D. MACBAY. (To be continued.)

WAS WEBSTEB A CONTBIBUTOB TO

' OVEBBFBY'S CHABACTEBS ' ?

(See ante, p. 313.)

Bur though Webster was assuredly not the author of all the " additional Cha- racters " of 1615, there is a feature appa- rently peculiar to certain of those comprised in the last set of thirty-two, i.e., the ' New- Characters (drawn to the life) of Severall Persons in Severall Qualities/ that raises a strong presumption that he wrote some of them. That certain of these ' New Cha- racters,' like Webster's plays, showed in- debtedness to Sidney's ' Arcadia. ' and Florio's ' Montaigne ' I was aware at the time of writing my previous article, in which several passages derived from these works- are recorded. But of the extent of these borrowings I had at that time no conception,, not having systematically searched the pages of the ' Arcadia ' or essays. The number of passages taken from the ' Ar- cadia ' alone is absolutely amazing. I have detected extensive ' Arcadia ' borrowings in five of the Characters, and I have little doubt that there are many others. The five to which I refer are these :

A Worthy Commander in the Warrei. A Noble and Retired Housekeeper. An Intruder into favour. A Faire and Happy Milk-mayd. A Distaster of the Time.