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the Coronation,, some other Charles Dymoke must have acted as Champion for the 'infant heir.

The second Charles Dymoke is said to have " impoverished his estate by largely helping the King with advances of money in his lifetime." The pedigree states that he died unmarried at Oxford in 1644. and that his will was proved 8 July, 1644. There is an error in the dates here. His will, in which he is described as of Kyme, esquire, is dated 12 Oct., 1642, and was proved in P.C.C., 17 Aug., 1643 (Crane, O.W.). He charges his estates with annuities to his cousins Elizabeth Rawleigh, Margery Raw- leigh, and John Walpole, Mr. Cyprian Day, and seven servants, amounting altogether to 550?. a year ; and a codicil, dated 7 July, 1643. contains this bequest to the King :

"I give unto the King's Maiestie two thouzarid pounds to be payd out of my rents wch are now in arreare in my bayliffs and tennts. hands, and out of my stock in case my rents doe not amount to the said sume."

He must, therefore, have died between 7 July and 17 Aug., 1643. Is it known where he was buried ?

W. G. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A.

Oxon Vicarage, Shrewsbury.

AUTHORS WANTED. Is the origin known of the following distich ?

Dat Galen us opes, dat Justinianus honores

Pauper Aristoteles cogitur ire pedes, or

Sed vacuos loculos semper Homerus habet. There are perhaps other variants of the pentameter. ROBERT F. ARNOLD.

Hofbibliothek, Vienna.

Where can I find this quotation ? Quanto piace al mondo e breve sogno.

J. D.

Camoys Court, Barcombe, Lewes.

CROUCH FAMILY or RYE, SUSSEX. I am compiling a pedigree of the above family, and shall be glad to receive any information relating thereto.

I am particularly anxious to know the parentage of Chas. Crouch, Mayor of Rye in 1686-7, and also that of Thomas Crouch, who, after serving the office of Mayor several years, died in 1682, aged 49. How were they related ?

One branch settled at Hastings in the latter half of the seventeenth century, and others elsewhere. The family were living in Rye in the latter half of the fifteenth century.

In a deed I have Thomas, the Mayor, is described as " armiger,'* but I do not know what arms he bore.

CHAS. HALL CROUCH.

62, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N.

"A CELEBRATED CARDINAL" IN LYTTON' S

' THE DISOWNED.' On the last page of chap. xxx. of ' The Disowned ' Lord Lytton makes Talbot, one of the most interesting characters of this novel, remark :

" A celebrated Cardinal said, very wisely, that few ever did anything among men until women, were no longer an object to them." And Talbot continues :

" Look round at the various occupations of life. How few bachelors are eminent in any of them I "

Had Lytton historical authority for the dictum as that of a Cardinal ? and, if so, is it known to whom he was referring ?

Possibly ' The Lives of the English Cardinals,' by F. Williams, 2 vols., 8vo, published by W. H. Allen, 1868, which, unfortunately, I have no means of consulting, may throw some light on the subject.

Cardiff. F "

" HASTIE ROGER." If any reader of ' N. & Q.' has heard the above name applied to any native British plant I should be glad of information as to the plant so called, and the county in which the name is current.

In 1688 Thomas Lawson told Ray that, in Westmorland, Scropkularia nodosa was known by that name. ^In the ' E.D.D.' it is said, on the authority of a writer in Science Gossip for 1873, p. 235, that it is a Devonshire name for Lapsana communis, As the name is, or has been, used in counties so far apart as Westmorland and Devon- shire, it is most likely a popular or local plant- name in other counties, and very probably applied to various plants. I believe it is a corruption of Hastula regia. J. A. M. Westmorland.

CURIOUS STONE VESSELS. I have recently in different localities come across two square stone basins, the cavity being round, measuring about 6 in. across, and having notches cut in the corners a few inches from the bottom, presumably for holding clamps. I understand that there are others also in this district. Could any one tell me what they were originally intended for ? Two antiquaries of repute in North Wales have recently given expression to divergent opinions. One maintained that they were mortars formerly used for pounding ingredi- ents for veterinary purposes, and the other