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 ii s. vi. JULY 6, 1912.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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Moss - TROOPERS. Lord Macaulay, in chap. iii. of his ' History of England",' briefly refers to these marauders. E. A. Baker, in ' A Descriptive Guide to the Best Fiction, British and American,' supplies eight names of novelists who have written of them. I shall be glad, however, to learn, through the pages of ' N. & Q.' or direct, of any writer or historian who has dealt with this subject at length otherwise than in a fictitious way. F. C. WHITE.

26, Arran Street ,"Roath, Cardiff.

[This is properly a seventeenth - century nick- name for the Borderers who for generations had at intervals harried the north of England, v. ' N.E.D.']

AUTHORS or QUOTATIONS WANTED. Can any of your readers tell me who is the author of tho following lines ?

Be thou happy, be thou kind ; Ecirn a little and spend less ; Where thou dwellest, leave behind Memories of happiness. Keep of friends a resolute few ; To thyself be grimly true ; And where life prove wilderness Wander without bitterness.

M. L.

Whence comes the following distich ?

For the good saint little knew What the wily sex can do.

J. C. HODGSON. Alnwick.

BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION WANTED.

1. ADAM NEALE. When and whom did he marry ? The ' D.N.B.,' xl. 137, does not mention his wife, though it has separate biographies of two of their children.

2. RICHARD PEERS. When and whom did he marry ? The ' D.N.B.,' xliv. 230, does not say.

3. THE REV. JOHN PETTINGALL, D.D. Who was his wife ? Did his son Thomas ever marry ? If so, when and whom ? The ' D.N.B.,' xlv. 109, does not throw any light on these points.

4. THOMAS SCOTT, OR SCOT, THE REGI- CIDE. According to the ' D.N.B.,' Scot is said to have been educated at Cambridge University. What was his college ? When did he matriculate and graduate ?

G. F. R. B.

DINGWALL FAMILY. John Dingwall of Corsindae .died at Carlisle 26 Oct., 1840. He is said to have been murdered by his valet after the races there. What is known of the incident ? J. M. BULLOCH.

123, Pall Mall, 8.W.

SHIPS LOST IN THE GREAT STORM,

1703. (US. v. 348.)

As far as I am aware, the lists already exist- ing of ships lost in the storm of 27 Nov., 1703, are very incomplete. The fullest list which I believe has hitherto been printed names thirteen ships. The particulars given in this article contain details of seventy-one ships which suffered entire ship'ttTeck or were in some way disabled.

I had proposed to print all the matter I have at hand on this subject, but it is so ex- tensive that I have been compelled to reduce it, and instead I have made an alphabetical index to the names of the ships, and given, in each case, references to where fuller infor- mation "may be found. This fuller infor- mation I have in MS. myself, and shall be pleased to let MR. PEACOCK have all the facts relating to any or all of the ships named, if he requires this. It is well known that Defoe's book ' The Storm ' (1704) is the only detailed book upon the subject. That work deals in a general way with the disasters of all kinds which hap- pened during the storm, and scattered through its unindexed pages are numerous references to casualties at sea. In some copies (though not in all) there is, or should be, facing p. 222, " A List of such of Her Majestie's Ships that were lost," &c. This list was not printed as a part of any sixteen- page section of the book, but is on different- sized paper, and the binder has failed to insert it in many copies. Defoe names only twelve ships, and those are of Her Majesty's Navy.

As soon as the storm was over Defoe, who was then in prison, advertised through his publisher for information to be sent relating to accidents of all kinds. Letters were to be sent to John Nutt, the book- seller near Stationers' Hall, whose name later on appeared on the title-page of the volume.

Doubt has been cast upon Defoe's Narra- tive, but after comparing various independent authorities with him, I believe that his facts are correct, although he may have changed the endings and signatures to the letters he received before printing them. As far as particulars relating to the ships go. there are other lists to compare with Defoe's, and these are the lists which appeared in The Postman, 7 Dec., and in The Daily