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that the Mayor of Lyme Regis, Mr. Alban J. Woodroffe, wrote to me last July that Lyme was raised to the dignity of a Royal borough in the reign of the first Edward, and became included in the " King's Demesne." Thenceforth it assumed its present style and title, Lyme Regis or King's Lyme. Its charter of incorporation is dated 3 April, 1284, so it ranks as the third oldest borough. J. LANDFEAB LUCAS.

PABODY OF DBYDEN BY DANIEL O'CON- NELL (US. VI. 411).

" In the days of Daniel O'Connell beards were not usually worn, and in the House of Commons, Col. Sibthorp, M.P. for Lincoln, was the only member who wore one. O'Connell, wishing to retort to some attacks made on him by Col. Sibthorp, Col. Verner, M.P. for Armagh County, and Col. Gore, M.P. for Sligo County, compose'd the following parody :

Three colonels in three distant counties born, Armagh, Sligo, and Lincoln did adorn ; The first in direct bigotry surpass'd, The next in impudence, in both the last. The force of nature could no farther go, To beard the third she shaved the other two. This version is taken from Notes and Queries of February 24, 1883 ; but The Athenceum, in quoting the lines, said they referred to Cols. Verner, Percival, and Sibthorp, thus omitting Col. Gore ; whilst another paper named three totally different constituencies :

Three members, in three distant counties born, Cork, Clare, and Tipperary did adorn : The first in strength of impudence surpassed ; The next in lying ; and in both the last. The force of nature could no further go To beard the third, she shaved the former two." ' Parodies of the Works of English and American Authors,' collected and annotated by Walter Hamilton, vol. ii., 1885, p. 233.

Alexander Percival and William Richard Ormsby Gore represented Sligo County to- gether for a short time, viz., 8 July to some date in September, 1841, when the former was appointed one of the Lords Commis- sioners of the Treasury. His successor was elected 28 Sept., 1841. Hamilton does not give the exact reference to The Athenceum, or even the name of " another paper/'

ROBEBT PlEBPOINT.

The colonels referred to were Col. Verner, M.P. for Armagh County, who afterwards became Sir W. Verner, Bart. ; Col. Gore, M.P. for Sligo County ; Col. Sibthorp, M.P. for Lincoln.

Col. Sibthorp is discussed in the second volume of Justin McCarthy's ' History of our Own Times from the Accession of Queen Victoria to the Berlin Congress ' (1879), where O'Connell's impromptu parody is mentioned (p. 109).

It is very probable that O'Connell's- version was suggested by the following : Three majors once annoyed a city's peace, And each contended for supreme disgrace ; The first o'er thefts and tortures did preside, The second excelled in foulest homicide ; The palm to grant old Satan long was loth, Till the third robbed and murdered more than

both.

This appeared in 1810, in the third volume of The Irish Magazine, a Catholic organ directed to a great extent against those who suppressed the rebellion of 1798, and best remembered as the magazine in which Moore's " Harp that once through Tara's hall " first appeared.

THOMAS WM. HUCK,

Saffron Walden.

[COL. R. J. FYNMORE and C.L. S. also thanked, for replies.]

MILTON'S ' LYCIDAS '(US. vi. 328, 395). I am obliged to your readers for giving me their views on this query. A learned divine recently informed me that the "nuptial song" in question was undoubtedly the ' Song of Solomon,' and referred to the marriage of Christ to His Church. I find,, up to date, that your readers do not support this view. Personally, I regard the ' Song of Solomon ' as a beautiful Hebrew lyric from a man to a woman, and I cannot under- stand why the question of the marriage of Christ to His Church should be introduced into it. It is possible, however, that John Milton in his time may have had this ' Song ' in his mind. Do your readers think so ?

I am aware of the use of the word " un- expressive " in the quotations cited by your correspondents, although Calverley takes a somewhat different view. He translates : Audit in-auditos nobis cantari Hymenaeos. TBIN. COLL. CAMS.

FBANCIS WILKINSON OF LINCOLN'S INN (11 S. vi. 369). His will was proved in P.C.C. and is registered 168 Brook. He was born at Croft in Yorkshire, and desired to b& buried at Teddington, Middlesex. He seerm to have been childless, though married, but possessed kindred, both of his own and other surnames. No connexion with Newcastle is apparent. SUSSEX.

BOTANY (US. vi. 368, 416). The lichen cudbear (Ochrolechia tartar ea) was called crottel in the Highlands of Scotland two hundred years ago, and was largely used at Glasgow to dye woollen, but not vegetable substances. " Crohil " would appear to be a different spelling. IDA M. ROPEB.

Bristol.