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NOTES AND QUERIES. [ii s. xn. JULY 3, 1915.

SAM BOUGH : VIEWS IN INVERNESS AND ABERDEEN. I wish to discover the present whereabouts of two landscapes by Sam Bough : ' Inverness from the Isles ' (in the Ness), engraved in William Keddie's ' Highland Tour,' No. VI., Glasgow, circa 1 850 ; ' University and King's College, Old Aberdeen ' (from the south-east), en- graved in vol. iv. of Robert Chambers's ' Biographical Dictionary of Eminent Scots- men,' Glasgow, 1855. Neither of these is noted in the lists appended to Sidney Gilpin's ' Sam Bough, R.S.A.,' London, 1906. P. J. ANDERSON.

University library, Aberdeen.

" GENTLE AND PROTABLE STRANGERS." In a leading article in the Belfast Northern Whig dealing with the refugees in England, the above phrase was used, and placed between inverted commas. Whence comes the expression, and what is the meaning of " protable " ? W. L. S.

AUTHOR or QUOTATION WANTED. Who is the philosopher who, on being shown over St. Paul's in London, compared man- kind to a fly which was groping its way over an uneven floor ? J. D.

" ALL IS NOT GOLD THAT GLISTERS." At

US. xi. 393, H. C. quoted the line

Non teneas aurum totum quod splendet ut aurum

from the Winchester College Hall- book of

1401-2.

Is any earlier version of this proverb known ? JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

ALDERMAN FOWLER OF ROCHESTER. In the Poll Tax Roll for Rochester, 1660, occur " Mr. Robert Fowler and his wife." A note describes him as " now an Alderman." Can any one supply. any further information about him ? ALFRED SYDNEY LEWIS.

Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue.

INSCRIPTION TO BE DECIPHERED. In a picture of St. Jerome by Marinus van Reymerswael an inscription borders a niche in the wall wherein stands a crucifix. Of this inscription only the opening and closing words are clearly decipherable :

' * Adoram vs Te qvia per sancta. ' ' What

is the full inscription, and whence is it derived ? M. H. S.

CLERKS IN HOLY ORDERS AS COMBATANTS. I wish to collect examples of bishops or priests of the Roman or Anglican Com- munion serving voluntarily as combatants m war. The gallant French priests now lighting in their country's cause could not

be included, as they are all conscripts. Among Anglican priests Walker, who com- manded the garrison of Londonderry during its famous siege, is a clear case ; but I do not think there are many such.

KOM OMBO.

" WHAT THE DEVIL ! " The earliest

example of this phrase quoted in the 'N.E.D.' is circa 1385, Chaucer. 'L. G. W.,' 2694, ' Hypermestre ' (' N.E.D. ' vol. iii. p. 285, col. 3) :

What devel have I with the knyfe to doo ?

An earlier instance is found in 1. 196 of the alliterative Middle English poem en- titled ' Patience ' :

What J>e deuel hat} ]>ou don, doted wrechche ? The exact date when ' Patience ' was written is not known, but it is probably about 1360. Is there extant any earlier example of the use of this phrase in the English language ? C L C. B.

" FELIX OPPORTUNITATE MORTIS." Would

any of your correspondents inform me who was the author of this phrase ? I am not sure whether it is of classical or of more modern origin. I. have looked in several dictionaries of classical quotations and cannot find it.

H. H. S. C.

THE SITE OF THE GLOBE. (11 S. x. 209, 290, 335; xi. 447.)

I WAS interested in reading MRS. STOPES'S note and to learn that her late husband's opinion was in favour of the attribution of the site to the south of Maid Lane, within the premises of the brewery of Messrs. Barclay, Perkins & Co., Ltd., an opinion in accordance with continuous and unvarying tradition. The evidence which I have collected since writing my paper on ' The Site of the Globe ' (Surrey Archaeological Collections, vol. xxiii. ) is either confirmatory of the southern position of the site or is not inconsistent with it, or is such that nothing can be gathered as regards the position, whether to the north or south of Maid Lane. In my paper I dealt, I think, with all the points that MRS. STOPES raises, except as regards the records of the Sewer Commissions, which have since come to light, and concerning which I expressed the opinion (US. x. 335) that they did not state the Globe to be on the south of Maid Lane nor even suggest it to be