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In addition to the information given at the latter reference, it may be worth while to mention that there are two copies of the first edition in the British Museum. The Catalogue states that in one, 568. a. 28, the ' Liber Singularis de Forma Reipubl. Venet.' does not appear. This is an error. The ' Liber Singularis,' though mentioned sepa- rately on the title-page, is printed as the last of the ' Nbtae,' and the running heading remains the same. The first engraving, that of the Rialto, is missing in this copy.

The other, 165. a. 18, is defective, though the Catalogue does not notice this. The ' Notse ' are wanting, the book ending at p. 288, and containing consequently none of the engravings.

Giannotti's work appeared originally in Italian in 1540. It is npt the only instance of a volume in the " Respublicae " series which is a translation.

EPIGRAM ON ST. LUKE (11 S. v. 28). DR. J. A. OWLES asked for the source of the following words :

Lucas evangclii et medicinae munera pandit,

Artibus hinc, illinc relligione potens. On reading this I was reminded of a couplet quoted by F. W. Farrar on p. xxv of the ' Gospel according to St. Luke,' in ' The Cambridge Greek Testament for Schools and Colleges,' and on p. 18 in his ' Gospel according to St. Luke ' in the
 * Cambridge Bible for Schools ' :

Utilis ille labor, per quem vixere tot aegri ;

Utilior, per quem tot didicere mod. Farrar does not name the author.

This latter distich, I find, is the conclusion of a quatrain that begins with the words quoted by DR. OWLES. The epigram ap- peared in 'N. & Q.,' 1 S. vi. 507 (27 Nov., 1852). It was sent by LORD BRAYBROOKE (the third lord, editor of Pepys's * Diary '), with the introductory remark, "If the subjoined Latin verses have never appeared in print, as I suspect, they may be worthy of a place in ' N. & Q.' ' The author was stated to be the Rev. Richard Lyne, " one of Eton's most poetical sons, who became a Fellow of the College in 1752. and was living in 1764." LORD BRAYBROOKE was mis- taken, however, in suspecting that the lines had never appeared in print. They were given on p. 2 of the Rev. James Ford's

' The Gospel of S. Luke, illustrated

from Ancient and Modern Authors.' London, 1851. Ford, however, did not know by whom they were written. See ' N. & Q.,' 1 S. x. 243. EDWARD BENSLY.

. Univ. Coll., Aberystwyth.

TOWN CLERK'S SIGNATURE (11 S. viii.. 179, 246). Your correspondent gives an. example of the use of surname in connexion, with orders issued by the Court of Quarter Sessions for Bucks " up to the year 1880." Here is one quoted from The Bolton Journal for 9 July, 1913 : " Cannon, Clerk of the Peace." ARCHIBALD SPARKE, F.R.S.L.

Bolton.

Besides the instance given by your corre- spondent at the latter reference, I can say that Mr. J. H. Ellis, who is Town Clerk of Ply- mouth, and also Clerk of the Peace, signs his surname only on notices relating to the Quarter Sessions. There is one on the church and chapel notice-boards at this very date so signed.

In his capacity, however, of Town Clerk he signs in full " J. H. Ellis." The late Devonport Town Clerk and Clerk of the Peace, Mr. G. E. Rundle, signed the respec- tive notices in the same way. May I ask r therefore, if the person named on p. 179 also held the two offices ? or did he sign his- surname as Town Clerk only ?

W. S. B. H.

John Carpenter's " foible " of signing only his surname spread rather extensively into the provinces, as may be seen by a reference to the law newspapers even in the last few years. This became a little weakness, especially among officials of certain smaller boroughs. It is interesting to note that in this week's Law Times (27 Sept.) the Clerk of the Peace for the County of Norfolk, the Town Clerk of Cam- berwell, and the Town Clerk of Birmingham have the sound good sense not to indulge in this practice. W. H. QUARRELL.

ROBIN HOOD ROMANCES (US. viii. 203 r 297). If MR. FROST will turn to 9 S. viii. 263 he will see there a note of mine headed ' Robin Hood Literature,' in which I attempt a list similar to, though wider in range than, his own, embracing plays (10 S. viii. 70). and foreign papers, articles, or pamphlets- (10 S. v. 468) on or in connexion with the great outlaw. MR. FROST'S hobby has been mine for many years, only with the added difference that I have been and am collecting materials for as exhaustive a monograph on the subject of our common hero as I may be able to produce. Hence your correspondent's list of romances, pleaded for at the first quoted reference, was very acceptable. My own excursion into this particular branch of literature has, in spite of a vigilant eye, been limited. I