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NOTES AND QUERIES, m s. XH. SEPT. 25. i9i&

RELICS OF MARY, QUEEN OP SCOTS. McDowell's ' History of Galloway ' relates the following anecdote concerning Mary, Queen of Scots :

" On May 15, 1568, Mary, Queen of Scots, arrived at Hazlefield, which belonged to a gentle- man of the name of Maxwell, one of the family of Maxwell of Dundrennan. Here she partook of the evening repast, and remained during the night. .. .Before departing for the creek from which she embarked, she acknowledged her sense of the kindness received by leaving behind a valuable ring and a rich damask table -cloth, both of which bore the royal arms. These relics, after remaining for years in the family, were gifted by Lucia Maxwell (Mrs. McKie), 1711-1803 to a house of distinction in the county."

Where are the ring and tablecloth now ? E. W. J. McC.

SIB JOHN MAXWELL OF TEBBEGLES, afterwards Lord Herries, who died- 1582, had three sons : William Maxwell ; Sir Robert Maxwell of Spottes and Hazlefield ; Edward Maxwell, Commendator of Dundrennan.

Robert Maxwell was owner of Hazlefield in 1615. Whose son was he ? And who was Queen Mary's host when she stayed at Hazlefield ?

Who was the mother of Sir John Maxwell, Lord Herries ? E. W. J. McC.

THOMAS HABDY AND VICTOB HUGO. In Thomas Hardy's ' Poems of the Past and the Present,' are two stanzas entitled * From Victor Hugo.' They begin,

Child, were I king, I'd yield my royal rule,

My chariot, sceptre, vassal-service due.

I should be very glad if some reader of ' N. & Q.' would send me a copy of the lines in the original French. Barcelona. J * R - WALMSLEY.

BOOTHBY MONUMENTS. Can any of your readers say what has become of the Boothby monuments formerly in St. Antholin's Church in Budge Row ? I have heard that they were taken to Ilford, but this seems scarcely probable with monuments connected with the City of London.

W. E. BOOTHBY-HEATHCOTE.

Oxford and Cambridge Club, S.Wv

GILES KNIGHT. A pedigree states that Giles Knight was born 9 May, 1614, but gives no clue to locality. I should be glad to have particulars of any persons of this name between 1550 and 1650. I have a 1653 administration (P.C.C.) ; also Giles of Dover, marriage licence in 1597. LEO C.

" EUGE, PEBGE, VALE, TENE." To what

episode does this injunction refer ?

LEO C.

J. R. READ BEDFOBD, ARTIST. In the- pavilion at Lord's Cricket Ground, th& head -quarters of the Marylebone Cricket Club, there is an oil painting of an old- fashioned cricket match, wherein two fielders are endeavouring to run the batsman out by putting the ball in a block-hole between the stumps of a low wicket, while he strives to- ground his bat first in the block-hole. The picture is by J. R. Read Bedford, and the costumes seem to indicate that it dates from about the middle of the eighteenth century. Is anything known of this painter ? He is not mentioned in the ' Diet. Nat. Biog.,' nor in Redgrave's ' Dictionary of Artists of the English School.' I am very anxious to- obtain some particulars about him.

PHILIP NOBMAN. 45, Evelyn Gardens, S.W.

ADVEBTISEMENTS ON OFFICIAL DOCU- MENTS. A resident of Tunbridge Wells has a printed receipt for taxes, dated 1757, with advertisements of books at foot and back. For what period, and to what extent, did the custom obtain ? I believe some colonies have advertisements on the back of their postage stamps J. LANDFEAB LUCAS.

Glendora, Hindhead, Surrey.

" DBAGON'S LAMP." Japan abounds with sacred places Shintoist and Buddhist formerly reputed for the appearances of the so-called " Dragon's Lamp " (Ryuto). This is a mysterious light that comes out of a pond, lake, or sea, and alights on a certain tree, mostly on a certain night. It was held that the light was dedicated by a dragon dwelling in the water to a god whose shrine stood near the trees. For example, the famous Ryuto of the temple of Avalp- kites'vara on Nagusa Hill, province of Kii, made its annual ascent from the sea to a pine tree in the precincts every ninth night of the seventh moon. At the midnight of the sixteenth of every month, a Ryuto came from the north-east offing to the so-called " Dragon's Lamp Pine," near the shrine of Mandjus'ri at Kiredo, province of Tango ; whereas on the same tree another light, named " Celestial Lamp " (Tento), made its descent from the heavens every sixteenth night of the first, fifth, and ninth months (see Mr. Oshiba's and my articles on ' Dragon's Lamp ' in the June and September numbers of the Kyoto Kenkyu, Tokyo, 1915).

Is there any instance of such phenomena recorded from beyond Japan ?

KUMAGUSU MlNAKATA. Tanabe, Kii, Japan.