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27 claim to be complete. The probability seems in favour of Greene, as he also "paraphrastically" imitated Persius. Goldsmith, according to the authority quoted by the late John Forster in his 'Life,' was engaged exactly two years—from May, 1768, until its publication in May, 1770—in writing 'The Deserted Village,' and may well have been acquainted with lines which go near to anticipating the "bed by night," &c., and which he perhaps unconsciously utilized for his own oft-quoted poem. W. B. H.

" CASTALIA INTERDICTUS AQUA. INTER- DICTUS ET IGNE PiERio." The author of this was " wanted " by S. W. at 10 S. vi. 149. It was entered on a long list of quota- tions, part, at least, of which I hoped to run down in the cours* of some miscel- laneous reading. The personal construction of " interdictifs " pointed to a post -classical or modern writer, while thought and rhythm suggested that the source was a satirical poem. This proves to be the case. The words (" igne " should bo igni) are by Menage, and come from 146, 147 of 'Gargilii, Macronis Parasito-sophistse Metamorphosis.' See his ' Poemata,' ed. 8, Amsterdam, 1687, p. 7, and ' Epulum Parasiticum,' by Menage, Nicolas Rigault, J. L. Balzac, and others, p. 117, in the Niirnberg edition of 1665.

This quotation and another in 8. W.'s same query have escaped the Index of volume and series. EDWARD BENSLY.

" SATIRE " : PRONUNCIATION OF WORD. With reference to the remarks in the 1 N.E.D.,' the following may not be with- out interest :

Leonard had. candour, honesty, good nature Unbounded Friendship, quite unmixed with Satyr Yet so indifferent as to worldly pelf He was a friend to all but not himself.

M.I., Heston Churchyard, co. Middx.

Leonard Crafts, d. 1752, July 10, aged 23.

M.

CATHEDRAL BELL STOLEN. The follow- ing curious reprint in Berrow's Worcester Journal of 24 May last, from the issue of 30 May, 1863, shows the remarkably lax method of safeguarding cathedral property fifty years ago. Whatever one may think of cathedrals being " restored," such an event as the theft of a bell of 5 cwt. can hardly be now anticipated.

" The depredations at the Cathedral continue, and the thieves' coolness seems to be on the increase. Last week they stole one of the silver maces used by the vergers, and this week it has been discovered that they have stolen one of the

bells. The exact time it was effected is not known, but it must have been between the 10th of March (the Prince's wedding-day, when the bells were rung) and the 24th inst., when the loss was discovered. The missing bell was the second bell of the peal, and weighed about 5 cwt. It is probable that the thieves broke the bell up in the loft, and removed it piecemeal, and a crowbar, with which the heavy work was done, has been found in the belfry."

W. H. QUARRELL.

PETER PETT, 1610-70 (?). The ' D.N.B.'

in a brief notice of this commissary of the Navy (1647-67) says he is lost sight of after being deprived of his office. Some additional information is afforded by two long letters written by him from "London, June 11, 1669 (Old Style)," and " London, October 11, [16]69." Evidently he still held some office at the Admiralty, as they relate to a claim by the King against the Assurance Chamber at Amsterdam for property lost in the ship The Abraham's Sacrifice. The name of the person addressed is not given, but a reference to " your Uncle Povah " (not Povey) may help the identification. It is proposed to give him 50Z. for his zeal and services in the matter. The second letter commences :

" To yours from ye Hague of ye 20th of Sep- tember, S.N. [? unsigned]. I had sooner writ nay thanks for ye favour of it [and] returned an answer, but that I have been ever since my receit ther 'of indispos'd with ye griping of ye Gutts, ye present universal disease of this' towne, which I never knew anyone to have been perfectly free from."

He then asks his correspondent to buy for him certain books on maritime law, sending them by some gentlemen coming to London. " My lodging may be heard of at Mr. Benton's, a Taylors next doore to ye Golden Key in Bow Street, Co vent Garden."

The last of several postscripts reads :

" I had almost forgott to tell you that Captaine Antony Basso (a kinde of Genoese Jew), ye Cap- taine of ye Abraham's Sacrifice and one Em- ployd by ye Genoese and Dutch to looke after theire claims of ye Cargo of that ship, is lately dead, and so I suppose [the] money ye Dutch have give for his sollicitacion is throwne away."

ALECK ABRAHAMS.

" PARABOUES." This word, which I do not find in the dictionaries, occurs in Cornelius Webbe's ' Glances at Life in City and Suburb,' 1836: "Give me my para- boues, my cloak, my umbrella, and let me go, for go I Will " (p. 4). The word, of course, means leggings for protection against the mud. It seems to have perished at its birth, though it deserved a better fate.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.