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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. vm. NOV. 15, 1913.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED (11 S. viii. 348). George Puttenham, in ' The Arte of English Poesie,' 1589, chap, xx., " The Last and Principall Figure of our Poeticall Ornament, i.e. Exargasia, or The Glorious," says :

" In a worke of ours, intituled Philocalia, we have strained to shew the use and application of this figure and al others mentioned in this booke, to which we referre you. I find none example in English nieetre so well maintayning this figure as that ditty of her Maiesties owne making passing sweete & harmonicall."

Then follow the verses on the disloyalty of the supporters of the Scots Queen :

The doubt of future foes exiles my present joy,

And Wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine annoy.

For falsehood now doth flow, and subjects' faith doth ebb,

Which would not be if Reason ruled, or Wisdom wove the web ;

But clouds of toys untried do cloak aspiring minds,

Which turn to rain of late repent by course of changed winds.

The top of hope supposed, the root of ruth will be.

And fruitless all their grafted guiles, as ye shall shortly see.

Those dazzled eyes with pride, which great ambi- tion blinds,

Shall be unsealed by worthy wights, whose fore- sight falsehood blinds.

The daughter of debate, that eke discord doth sow,

Shall reap no gain where -former rule hath taught still peace to grow.

No foreign banish'd wight shall anchor in this port;

Our realm it brooks no stranger's force, let them elsewhere resort ;

Our rusty sword, with rest, shall first his edge employ,

To poll their tops that seek such change, and gape for joy.

A. R. BAYLEY.

For the " sonnet " by Queen Elizabeth, 1569, see ' Reliques of Ancient English Poetry' by Percy, new ed., 1857, vol. ii. p. 214. It is there stated that " it seems to have been composed in 1569, not long before the Duke of Norfolk and others were taken into custody," and that

" My Lady Willoughby did covertly get it on her Majesties 'tablet, and had much hazzard in so doing ; for the Queen did find out the thief, and chid her for spreading evil bruit of her writing such toyes, when other matters did so occupy her employment at this time."

" The daughter of debate," we are told in a foot-note, was the Queen of Scots.

R. J. FYNMOBE.

The two verses quoted by W. B. H. may be found in Puttenham's ' Arte of English Poesie,' 1589, lib. iii. chap, xx., where they constitute 11. 11-14 of a sixteen-line (so- called) sonnet. Bishop Creighton thinks it

must have been written soon after the exe- cution of Norfolk (1572), who had formed a project of marriage with Mary, Queen of Scots, the " daughter of debate." But Puttenham expressly says it refers to Eliza- beth's alarm at the intrigues of her prisoner,. Mary. R. A. POTTS.

(US. viii. 247, 298.)

I observe that Percy's ' Reliques of Ancient Poetry ' is no longer quoted in ' N. & Q.' as an authority ; nevertheless, it is probably the immediate source of many nineteenth - century quotations. The song beginning

Come, follow, follow me, You fairy elves that be, is printed in vol. ii. book viii. No. xxvi., under the title of ' The Fairy Queen.' It is given (with some corrections by another copy) from a book entitled ' The Mysteries of Love and Eloquence,' Lond., 1658. The other copy is printed among the 'Roxburghe Ballads.'

(US. viii. 348.)

The lines attributed to Queen Elizabeth The daughter of debate

That discord still doth sow

are given by Percy in vol. i. book v. No. xv. from Puttenham's ' Arte of English Poesie T (Lond., 1589). The little poem is called a sonnet, although it is nothing of the sort, and begins

The doubt of future foes Exiles my present joy.

Percy mentions that another copy, from the papers of Sir John Harrington, was printed in ' Nugae Antiquae,' London, 1769. The poem is attributed to Elizabeth, and dated 1569, on Puttenham's authority.

M. H. DODDS. Home House, Low Fell, Gateshead.

[DiEGO also thanked for reply.]

MICHAEL LIVINGSTON (10 S. xii. 490 ; 11 S. i. 155). My attention has been called to the above query concerning Michael Livingston of Bantaskine, the author of ' Patroiius Redux ' and other poetical works, temp. Charles II.

Quite recently, while examining the title- deeds of Mr. Thomas L. Livingstone- Learmonth of Parkhall, Stirlingshire, I came across some documents relating to a property in Falkirk called " The Holm," of which the above Michael Livingston, the poet, was the superior. From these deeds it is proved that the poet was the son of David Livingston of Bantaskine and