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NOTES AND QUERIES. [IIS.TI. JULY 20, 1912.

describing, and sometimes satirizing, political and social events of the period ; in fact, one of the earliest examples of a roman a clef. Twenty-six editions had appeared by 1770 ; but the book is now very scarce, and it is an interesting conjecture whether a modern edition would be a success.

ERNEST A. BAKER. Woolwich.

' The Letters of a Turkish Spy ' are now known as the work of Giovanni Paolo Marana. They were exceedingly popular, and they are interesting in their way.

The Letter of Publius Lentulus is one of the many New Testament apocrypha. The text has often been printed. See Giles, ' Codex apocryphus Novi Testament! ' (Lon- don, 1852, pp. 457 and Ivi), and Cowper, ' The Apocryphal Gospels ' (London, 1867, p. 221). WILLIAM E. A. AXON.

Manchester.

MISSING LINE WANTED (11 S. v. 468). I have frequently seen the four lines men- tioned, but never a fifth or a portion of one. The difficulty is the rime to " brun," and also there being no other place available. I can only suggest an ending in the style of some old country epitaphs :

Les yeux bruns vont a 1'un ou 1'autre.

MATILDA POLLARD. Belle Vue, Bengeo.

ABERCROMBY FAMILY (11 S. v. 489). Anderson (' Scottish Nation,' 1868, i. 3-4) says that " Dr. Patrick Abercrombie wrote the memoirs of his family," but he does not include it in the list of his published works. I do not think any copy of it exists ; and Dr. Grosart (' D.N.B.,' s.v.) is probably correct in stating that the memoirs were only in manuscript form, and have probably perished. D. O. HUNTER BLAIR, O.S.B.

Fort Augustus.

According to the ' D.N.B.,' i. 43 (original edition) : " A MS. entitled ' Memoirs of the Abercrombies,' elaborately drawn up by [Patrick Abercromby], seems to have perished." " A. R. BAYLEY.

REV. GEORGE JERMENT (11 S. v. 448; vi. 37). My query contained two inaccu- racies one apparent, the other real which demand redress : (1) It was certainly, not " presumably," Leicarraga's Baskish New Testament which Jane of Navarre (cf. 10 S. vii. 215) caused to be printed in 1571. England possesses four copies of this excellent version, the finest of which is owned by the John Rylands Library in

this city. (2) Jerment's ' Memoirs of Jane of Navarre ' is included in the first, not the second, volume of Dr. Gibbons's ' Memoirs of Eminently Pious Women.'

It may be of interest to add that our Art Gallery has been enriched by a large water- colour drawing by Sir John Gilbert, R.A.. of ' King Francis I. with the Queen of Navarre, Madame d'Estampes, and the Cardinal of Lorraine in the Workshop of Benvenuto Cellini.' J. B. McGovERN.

St. Stephen's Rectory, C.-on-M., Manchester.

FORLORN HOPE AT BADAJOS (11 S. v. 288, 394, 492). The " Lieut. De Gruber of the Artillery " mentioned in MR. PIERPOINT'S reply should be Lieut. William von Goeben of the King's German Legion Artillery. Jones gives the name as " de Goeben " on p. 168, but transcribes it as " de Gruber " on p. 227.

I cannot find "Girsewald" in any of the regiments of the King's German Legion. There were two lieutenants of that name (Henry and Carl) in the Duke of Brunswick Oels's Corps in 1811, and it is probably one of these who is referred to. Carl died in 1812. The name is spelt Girsewaldt.

Second Capt. John Archer Williams and Lieut. Anthony Emmett, who were wounded at the storm of Badajoz, and Lieuts. Edward A. de Salaberry and Thomas Lascelles, who were killed, all belonged to the corps of Royal Engineers. Williams was killed later in the year (24 Sept.) at the unsuccessful siege of Burgos.

Capt. William Nicholas, also of the R.E., was wounded at Badajoz on 6 April, 1812, and died there on the 14th.

J. H. LESLIE.

I sent to Baron W. von Girsewald, the Master of the Horse to the Regent of the Duchy of Brunswick, the paragraph in which it is stated that Girsewald, an officer of the German Legion, was one of the first who mounted, and that he caught hold of a Frenchman's bayonet so firmly that he pulled himself up by it, and then cut off the French- man's head. The following is the reply I have received from Baron W. von Girsewald :

" It was very kind of you to send me the copy of Notes and Queries concerning the storming of Badajos. It greatly interested me to read the authentic publication of what I had heard from my grandfather, when I was a boy. The Capt. von Girsewald who acted so bravely in this affair was a brother of my grandfather, and was severely wounded after the taking of the Citadel in the streets of Badajos. He died a few days later from blood-poisoning."

HENRY HOWARD.