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 NOTES AND QUERIES, ru a.vn. Ja*. 4. i«& her 111 her trim. I would not come of with dis- honour, nor come on with griefc, or ominous hesitations."—C.M.H.S., Series IV., vol. vii. pp. 200-1. One other letter from Peters to Winthrop indicates the close of this extremely peculiar courtship. It is dated " Salem. 4 Sept.," and the year was probably 1639:— " My wife desires my daughter to send to Hanna that was her uiayd, now at Charltowne, to know if shee would dwell with us, for truly wee are so destitute (having none but an Indian) that wee know not what to doe." " Hanna " would seem to be the heroine of the tale of the " seaman's wife." It is frequently stated that the second Mrs. Peters was " distracted " (though she survived her husband for many years), but the following reference to her places a different construction on her behaviour, and seems to warrant the suspicion that her " distractedness " was only a euphemism in order to explain the accusations she made against Peters. Roger Williams, writing to John Winthrop, jun., from Providence on " July 12. 54 (so call'd)," states that Peters " cries out against New England Rigidities and Persecutions ; their civil injuries and wrongs to hiiuselfe, and their unchristian dealing with him in excommunicating his distracted wife.... His wife lives from him not wholy but much distracted. He tells me he had but 200 a ycare, and he allowed her 4 score per annum of it."— C.M.H.S., Series III., vol. x. p. 2. Surely excommunication was most in- appropriate medical treatment ! And what were the wrongs to himself of which Peters complained ? J. B. Williams. (To be continued.) Queen Elizabeth and Richard II.— In No. XLII. (vii), ' Bibliotheca Topo- graphica Britannica,' is printed wha^ is said to have passed between Queen Eliza- beth and William Lambarde at an inter- view on 4 Aug., 1601. The following is an extract:— " So her Majestie fell upon the reign of King Richard II., saying, ' I am Richard II.. know ye not that ? ' " W. L. : ' Such a wicke 1 imagination was determined and attempted by a most unkind gent, the most adorned creature that ever your >Injestic made.' " Her Majestie : ' He that will forget God, will aho forget his benefactors ; this tragedy was played 40,1<! times in open streets and houses!' " Then returning to Richard II. she demanded ' Whether I had seen any true picture, or lively representation of his countenance and person.' " W. L. : ' None but such as be in common hands.' " Her Majestie : ' The Lord Lumley, a lover of antiquities, discovered it fastened on the back- side of a door of a base room ; which he pre- sented unto me, praying, with my good leave, that I might put it in order with the ancestors and successors ; I will command Tho: Kneavet, keeper of my house and gallery at Westminster, to shew it unto thee.' " What is the reference ? And where is the picture ? The interview is stated to have taken place on 4 Aug., 1601. William Lambarde died on the 19th of that month. With regard to the MS. from which this was printed, at the end of it is written :— " This was given ine by Mr Thomas (iodfrey 26 November 1650. He marryed Mr Lambard daughter or grandchild. Richard Berwick brought it." On the back is written :— " Queen Eliza: and Mr Lambard. Given me by Sir Tho: Tysden who found it amongst his grandfathers Sir Roger's papers, with Sir Roger's remarks. T. Lambard. '• Mr Tho: GoJfrey married y* daughter of Wm Lambard. T. L." This Thomas Godfrey, who was the father of Sir Edmundberry Godfrey, married as his first wife Margaret, the only daughter of William Lambarde. • F. L. The Leek as Welsh National Emblem. —In connexion with the controversy which took place recently on the question whether the leek was correctly described as the national emblem of Wales, the following extract from Richard Blome"s ' Analogia Honorum, a Treatise of Honour and No- bility,' printed by Thomas Roycroft. 1677 (pt. ii., fo. 76), may be of interest to readers of ' N. & Q.' The note occurs under the achievement of a lady named Gam, and the mantling of the achievement is designed apparently from the leek. " Katherine Gam('s) daughter and coheire of Hoo Gam('s) of Newton in Brecknockshire Esq' Granddaughter to Sr John Gam('s), discended by the elder house from the mighty S' David Gam' of Newton aforesd who did wonders at y" battle of Agencourt, who was discended from Tudor y« great King of South Wales. The oeratioii [«ic] of wearing y" I^ek uas from //' family." John Livesey. Marlborough in Dublin.—It is perhaps not generally known that John Churchill, the famous Duke of Marlborough, resided for several years of his boyhood in Dublin. His father. Sir Winston Churchill, a Devon- shire Cavalier who had suffered great losses for Charles I. in the Civil War. was recom- pensed by Charles II., shortly after his