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 11 S. V. JAN. 13, 1912.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

It is decided Dr. Speed, being himself a person of good desert and expectation, " and sonne of a father who had taken great and usefull paines in severall pubHque workes," is to be allowed to continue his patent for seven years, and then to release it according to the order.

20 May, 1634. Mr. Prynne complains of the seizure of his books. An inventory to be made.

1636. A copy of Mr. Selden's book ' Mare Clausum ' to be deposited in the Council chest. The King praised the book.

10 April, 1637. 'An Introduction to a Devout Life ' to be burnt.

29 Nov., 1637.

" Their Lordships heard the report of Mr. Staples, Mr. Hayne, Mr. Brooke, and Mr. Busby, Schoolmasters, concerning ye grammar sent unto them. And thereupon their Lordships doe admire and wish Mr. Farnaby, who presented the said Grammar, to reduce the said Grammar as neare both in words and examples to ye old Grammar as may be where there is no necessity for him to vary from it, and to require Mr. Farnaby and these four schoolmasters to meet together and conferre bothe concerning ye wayes of re- ducing ye grammar as aforesaid, and concerning such other observations as ye Schoolmaisters have made thereupon."

7 April, 1639. A letter to the Lord Bishop of Chester.

" We have been made acquainted with an informacion taken before your Lordship and returned hither concerning some scandalous books and writings against the King's Majestie and his government found in the hands and custodie of one William Arderne of Stockport in the county of Chester, gent, [jn margin "clerk"], and we authorize you or other justices to cause not only due examinacion to be taken of the matters conteyned in the said Informacion, but a diligent search to be likewise made in the Studdy and house of the said Arderne for all books and other papers of the nature aforesaid, and them to seize and bring away, and to send the said William Arderne up thither in safe custody, with a certificate of the examinations and such books as you think fit."

11 Aug., 1639. A proclamation to be issued about a scandalous paper. Whereas a paper containing many falsehoods, tending much to the dishonour of his Majesty's proceedings in Scotland, had been printed and circulated, the King having seen it at Berwick : it was to be suppressed.

17 May, 1640. Whereas there was lately found in the house of Alexander Lea, a tailor, dwelling in Bloomsbury, " a Truncke belonging to one Mary Silvester, wherein was locked up to the number of 200 Popish Books in English, ' Jesus Psalters,' 'Invectives against Luther and Calvin,' ' Eheims Testaments,' preparative prayers to ye masse,

Mauncells, and other superstitious prayer books and catechisms,"

such as by law should be burnt. Ordered, The Sheriff to burn them in the market-place.

There may be more notices, as I did not read the whole Register straight through, but I referred to all entries in the index coming under the head of " Books." The index is, however, far from perfect. .There is naturally a gap in the Register from the time when the troubles of the King became acute until the Restoration.

C. C. STOPES.

FLORENTINE STREETS: THEIR OLD NAMES.

I HAVE no doubt that many persons, reading the histories, diaries, " Novelle," auto- biographies, and biographies relating to Florence and the Florentines, have, like myself, been puzzled to identify the streets and localities named therein, for the majority have had their names altered some, many times in the course of the centuries. The municipal authorities have of late years affixed, in a great number of cases, the old name (" Gia ") under the modern name. The following list, made from these municipal tablets and from various books and records, may be of value to students of Italian lite- rature. It, though long, has no pretensions to be complete. Some future day I may be able to supply the omissions.

Former Name or Names. . . Via de' Marignoli.

/Via Baccano. ' ' \ Via de' Cavalcanti. . . Pozzo delle Acque.

/"Corso degli Adimari.. . . 1 V. dei Pittori. vV. dei Cacia<>li. V. del Renaio. (V. di S. Leppoldo. . . -j V. Salvestrina.

[V. Larga. . . V. Cennini. . . P. S. Maria sopra Porta.

{V. de' Balestrieri. V. de' Pilastri. V. de' Librai. V. della Nunziatina.- . . V. delle Pappe. . . V. de' Contenti. /V. San Martino.

\ V. Ricciarda.

/V. del Garbo.

t V. degli Antellesi.

V. della Giustizia^ /V. delPalagio. ' I V. degli Aranci. . . V. Vergognosa.

Present Name. Via'de' Cerretani Porta Rossa. .' Croce al Trebbio

V. Calzaioli - ;. V. delle Cascine. . V. Cavour

V. Nuova Piazza S. Biagio

V.'Proconsolo

V. della Chiesa. . V. Folco Portinari V. de' Cerchi

V. Dante Alighieri

V. della Condotta V. Vigna Vecchia V. Ghibellina. . V. dell' Acqua