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 ii s. vm. NOV. 22. 1913.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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ANDREAS GISALBERTUS. An old violin in the possession of a friend of mine has in the inside (visible through one of the sound-holes) the following inscription :

" loseph Guarnerius | Alumnus Andrese Gisalbert
 * fecit ih' Cremonae 1714."

The word " Alumnus " is indistinct, but I think I have read it correctly, though the last letter but one looks more like n than u. The character w r hich I have represented by h is an h with a cross-stroke near the top ; I see no trace of the following s or c needed to complete the abbreviation for Jesus. It seems likely that the violin either is or pre- tends to be the work of the famous Giuseppe Guarnieri, called " del Gesu " from his practice of putting the abbreviation IHS on his tickets. I do not find the name of Andreas Gisalbertus in such books of refer- ence as I have been able to consult. I should be glad to be informed whether anything is known of him, and whether the form of the inscription affords any reason for disbelief in its genuineness. HENRY BRADLEY.

BODDIE FAMILY. An American gentle- man has compiled for publication a genea- logy of the Boddie families in the United States, as derived from co. Essex, England. Can any reader give references to the earlier history of the family in Essex ? Any data would be gratefully received.

EUGENE F. McPiKE.

135, Park Row, Chicago.

PUNCTUATION SIGNS. I should be glad of any information as to the origin of punctuation signs, and of references to any books or articles upon them. J. S. C.

[See 10 S. ii. 301, 462; iv. 144, 262; v. 502; viii. 222.]

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED. I should be glad to obtain any information concerning the following boys, who were educated at Westminster School: (1) Pat- rick Copinger, admitted 1744, aged 12 ;

(2) John Copley, admitted 1726, aged 12 ;

(3) Dugnan Corbet, admitted 1720, aged 14 ; (4) Robert Cornthwaite, admitted 1733, aged 9 ; (5) John Cossey, admitted 1729, aged 9; (6) John Cottingham, admitted 1719, aged 11 ; (7) Christopher Cotton, admitted 1729, aged 12 ; and (8) Windham Cowley, admitted 1716, aged 13.

PAMELA. What are the derivation and the meaning of the Christian name familiar- ized to us all by Richardson's first novel ?

G. F. R. B.

[Pamela's name was discussed at 9 S. xii. 141, 330 10 S. i. 52, 135, 433, 495 : ii. 50, 89, 196 ; vii. 265.]

'ANGELUS AD VIRGINEM.' A well-known passage in Chaucer (' Millere's Tale,' 11. 17-20) refers to this ancient carol. Can any one throw light on its origin and authorship ? Of the eight (?) texts preserved in English and Continental libraries, none goes back earlier than A.D. 1260, but a tradition con- nects it with Pope Urban II., 1084. Any information not given by Ludwig, Skeat, Mone, Missen, and Weale will be gratefully received by W. TUCKWELL.

Pyrford Rough, Woking.

HALL FAMILY, FRIENDS OF STRAFFORD. I should be most grateful to learn more of Dr. Hall, a friend of the great Earl of Straf- ford, and presumably a Yorkshireman, who was appointed tutor to Strafford's young nephew, afterwards the poet Earl of Ros- common. Had this Dr. Hall sons ? and was one of them with Col. John Morris at the second siege of Pontefract, 1648 ? All the Visitations, books about Pontefract, and notices of Strafford have been scanned in vain for more than a mere mention of Dr. Hall. L. I. GUINEY.

Longwall Cottage, Oxford.

PAOLI ': PEOLI. I am interested in know- ing if my grandfather, Juan Jorge Peoli of Venezuela, who, with Lemus, directed the conspiracy known in Cuban history as " Los Soles de Bolivar," was a descendant of one of the famous Paoli of Corsica, Italy, and how and when the name was changed from Paoli to Peoli. I should also like to know if the celebrated Pasquale Paoli had a brother called Cesare, and if Cesare had children. Luis A. BAR ALT Y PEOLI.

Institute of Havana, Cuba.

THOMAS BUTLER, WINCHESTER SCHOLAR.

See 9 S. xi. 227, 350.) Dr. Nicholas Sander's * De Visibili Monarchia Ecclesise ' was printed at Louvain, at the expense of John Fowler, by Reynerus Valpius at the sign of "The Golden Head" in 1571. One wonders why Fowler did not print it himself. [t begins with a letter to Pius V., and next comes a letter to Cardinals Giovanni Morone, Stanislaus Hos, and Gianfrancesco Com- mendone, dated 30 June, 1571, in the course of which Sander thanks Morone for having 'eceived him into the English Hospice at Rome, and for having obtained for Thomas Butler, J.U.D., " quern virum ego non modo meum, sed et alterum me semper iudicavi," the office of one of the Judges of the States of the Church. I should be much obliged

f any one could tell me how long Dr. Butler leld this office, and when and where he died.