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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. iv. JULY i, 1911.

list is ' k a Booke of the Paraphrasys of Erasmus." Would this be the edition of Udall's translation published in 1548/9 or that of 1551 ?

In the Stratton accounts (ed. Peacock, Archceoloqia, xlvi.) we have in 1547 "paid to Mr. Vicar for halfe part of a buck called Erasme vj s ." In those of St. Mary the Great at Cambridge in 1550 we find " for dim' the paraffrycys of Erasmy v 8 vj d ." Was this the first volume containing the Gospels, or what ? Was the purchase of half deemed a compliance with the injiinc- tions of 1547 ?

In 1601 there appear amongst the books of the parish (no distinction was drawn between church and parish ) " one booke called Cesar's Dyologe, one new booke of j prayer for the fastinge and cominge to j Cliurche on the Wednesday, one booke of Articles." I shall be grateful for iden- tification of these, especially ' Cesar's Dyologe.' Was it some work by Sir Julius Csesar ?

I take this opportunity of suggesting that the Stratton entry in 1566, "paycl for peteres fethings at the visitation xvjV refers to the contribution made to the Cathedra! Church of St. Peter at Exeter. The same " Peter's farthings " occur in other Devon and Cornwall accounts, just as at St. Mary the Great, Cambridge, in 1535 they collected -; Ely farthynges."

YCREC.

BRISTOL BOARD. When was this first made ? Application to the B.M. met with no success. ~ The V. and A. M. referred me I 1o the ' Xew English Dictionary,' which gives 1800 : but ''Bristol board "'is known to have been made earlier.

Are there variations of the impressed i mark donor ing dates of manufacture ?

AITCHO.

GUILD OF CLOTHIERS. A Guild of Clothiers flourished in England in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. I shall be glad of any information concerning it (Rev.) J. W. OSMAN.

.*, St. Mellons, St. Owen Street, Hereford.

MILITARY EXECUTIONS. Will any rmli- tary reader tell me the modus operandi on such occasions ? When a dozen soldiers told oft tor the gruesome task, are eleven Mank cartridges served out, or only one ? J have heard both points warmly discussed. My own view is that the former would be pretty nearly futile, as the solitary weapon charged with ball might inflict unnecessary

pain or miss altogether, in either case pro- longing the victim's suspense, whereas the- latter could not fail to achieve its ghastly object. The alleged custom of supplying one or several blank charges arose, of course, from the desire that no one of the firing party might either charge himself or be charged individually with being his com- rade's executioner. J. B. McGovEBN. St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

AUTHORS OF QUOTATIONS WANTED. Many years ago were given to me the follow- ing lines, said to have been written by William Smith O'Brien, leader of the abor- tive rising of 1848 in Ireland. Can any one tell me if they were his own, or, if not, who- was their author ?

Whether on the scaffold high,

Or in the battle's van, The best way for a man to die Is to die for a man.

W. B. C.

The following lines were recently quoted by the Lord Mayor in a speech at the Mansion House. Who is their author ?

The more he saw, the less he spoke ;

The less he spoke, the more he heard,

So let us he like that old bird.

LEWIN HILL.

I seek a quotation which runs somewhat as follows : " Give me the child until he is seven years old, and after that you may do what you like with him," inferring that a child's character is formed or bent before that age. Who is the author ?

ETHEL WYATT.

HUGH FAMILY. I should be much obliged if some reader could give me the name of the parish in Wales in which Thomas Hugh, Lewis Hugh, and Moses Hugh were born between 1696 and 1720. Moses Hugh was serjeant at mace in Brecon town, 1730 to 1740. I also wish to know the plape of birth in Wales, 1740 to 1770, of the eight children of Lewis Hugh, tanner. Please reply direct. LEWIS HUGHES.

48, PZmerald. Street, Roath, Cardiff.

MAJOR BENJAMIN WOODWARD. In- formation wanted with regard to the parentage of Major Benjamin Woodward, a Cromwellian, who went to Ireland with seme forces he had raised, and in 1668 was rewarded for his services by a grant of land at Drumbarragh, Kells, co. Sleath. Any particulars regarding the names and origin of his father and mother will be welcome.

Y.