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He said they were all he knew, but the persor who repeated them to him had told him tha they related to an abnormally severe winte of the date given.

These lines seem to have been compose< by some one who knew nothing of the grea snow of 1614, recently mentioned in these pages. ASTARTE.

" CRUEL OF HEART WERE THEY, BLOODY OF HAND." Amongst the still untracec quotations in Wordsworth's text is the line given above, which occurs in the ' Stanzas St. Bees,' No. XI. of the ' Itinerary Poems of 1833,' 1. 37. Can this be an adaptation of or dimly remembered quotation from Scott's * Talisman,' chap, xviii., where the Hermit of Engaddi says to Coeur de Lion " Thou art proud of heart, loose of life, bloody of hand" ? R. A. POTTS.

GENEVA PERFUMING THE WORLD. Who wrote that the city of Geneva was " Le grain de muse qui parfume le monde " ?

DAVID HUTCHESON.

Washington, B.C.

" HAD I WIST," ANGLO-SAXON BOGY. Can any of your readers inform me of the name of an Anglo-Saxon fairy-tale in which the name of the bogy is " Had I wist " ? C. R. C. HOLT. Oxford.

THE TWENTY-FOUR ACTS OF CHIVALRY. In that interesting publication of 1910 on genealogical subjects, the ' Llyfer Baglan ' (1600-1607), transcribed by Bradney, there is on p. 57 the following quaint reference :

" John Pye of the Mynde [Much Dewchurch, Here- fordshire], son of Jo n pye, seconde sone of Jo n pye of Sadlebowe, Esq. married 3. wiefes ; his first wief was Anne, da. to S r Richard Delabyre, Knight ; his seconde wief was Anne Brigees ; and his third wief was alrothes, da. to Sir Robert Whitney, Lord of Whitney. Hee had bye theme 42. childrene, and hee had bye Concupines 22 childrene ; Soe that in all hee had 64 childrene, as hitt appeareth upon his towmbe in the Churche of muchdewechurche. The said John Pye was ate Rome, ate Jerusalem, and ate the sepulcher of Christ. Hee did the 24 actes of Chilvalrye, w'ch fewe men could do theme all."

Can any reader of * N. & Q.' enumerate and describe the " 24 actes of Chilvalrye " here referred to ? Kindly state authorities.

ALAN STEPNEY-GULSTON. Derwydd, Llandebie.

W. A. BENNETT, ESQ., was a member of the M.C.C. about 1850, and afterwards lived at Cheltenham. Wanted his full name, residence, and dates of birth and death.

P. L.

B. PRING of Bristol, merchant, living 1840- 1850, was a well-known patron of cricket. Wanted his full name, residence, and dates of birth and death. P. L.

W. M. TOLLNER of Cheam, Esq., living 1840-50, was another well-known patron of cricket. Wanted hie full name, residence, and dates of birth and death. P. L.

SCARBOROUGH SPA. When was the term " Spa " earliest associated with Scarborough?

I find it in a letter of Col. Fairfax to General Monk, dated from Kingston-upon-Hull,

II May, 1660, and therefore only a few days before the Restoration. Fairfax incidentally remarks :

" I have never been a stonecast from the works here, not having my [? any] warrant from you, save for a journey at the season of the year to Scarborough Spa." Historical MSS. Commission, 1 Report on the Manuscripts of F. W. Leyborne- Popham,' p. 182.

ALFRED F. ROBBINS.

MURDERERS REPRIEVED FOR MARRIAGE. Can any of your readers refer me to early accounts of a certain town where murderers were reprieved by custom, on an offer oi marriage from any woman ? This is the subject of an Elizabethan ballad at the Society of Antiquaries. F. O. M.

HENRY GINGER was admitted to West- minster School, 12 January, 1778. I should

glad to obtain particulars of his career and the date of his death. In all probability he vas a son of William Ginger, bookseller ,o Westminster School, who died 10 Febru- iry, 1803 (see 11 S. i. 425, 491).

G. F. R. B.

IBBETSON. Samuel Ibbetson was ad- mitted to Westminster School in 1717, kged 14, and Henry Ibbetson in 1732, aged 4. I should be glad to obtain any informa- ion concerning them. G. F. R. B.

JAMES JANEWAY was admitted to West-

ninster School in October, 1722, aged 10.

should be glad of information about him.

G. F. R. B.

" No GREAT SHAKES." When and where lid this phrase originate, and what was its irst application ? HORACE BLEACKLEY.

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