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NOTES AND QUERIES. [11 s. VIL MAY 10, 1913.

THE WORKS OF JOHN PECHEY. PHYSICIAN (US. vii. 328). I have a copy of

" The | Whole Works | of that Excellent I Practical Physician, | Dr. Thomas Sydenham. | Wherein | not only the History and Cures | of Acute Diseases are treated of, after a | New and Accurate Method ; but also the | Shortest and Safest Way of Curing most | Chronical Diseases. I


 * The Third Edition, corrected from the

College of Physicians in London. | | Lon- don, | Printed for R. Wellington, at the Dolphin | and Crown, at the West-End of St. Paul's Church- Yard, 1701."
 * Original Latin, by John Pechey, M.D. | of the

The translator's Preface occupies 2 pp. ; the author's Preface 11 pp. ; List of Books Printed for the Publisher, 1 page ; 453 pp. of text ; Index, 1 page ; Further List of Books Printed for R. Wellington. 2 pp. Amongst the first of these lists of books there is another of Pechey's works :

" A General Treatise of the Diseases of Infants and Children, Collected from the best Practical Authors. By John Pechey of the College of Physicians. Price Is. 6d."

At the end of the text there is also an advertisement to the effect that " Excellent purging Pills, prepared by John Pechey, are to be Sold at his House, at the Angel and Crown in Basing-Lane, London," &c. The copy is an 8vo bound in the original ca tf- G. YARROW BALDOCK.

South Hackney, N.E.

THE DATE-LETTERS OF OLD PLATE (US. vii. 289, 338, 350). Mr. Octavius Morgan gave all his marks and copyrights to Mr. Wilfred Cripps, C.B., who for some years previously had been collecting information on his own account, preparatory to bringing out a book of his own on the subject. This was published by Mr. Murray in 1878 under the name of ' Old English Plate,' and is now running through a ninth edition.

H. A. C.

OBELISK AT ORANGE GROVE, BATH: ME- MORIAL OF MARY QUEEN OF JAMES II (11 S. vii. 309). 1. A Prince of Orange and Beau Nash. In the centre of the Orange Grove, Bath, is a small obelisk, erected by Beau Nash, M.C., in compliment to a Prince of Orange who came to Bath for the benefit of the waters. The obelisk bears the following inscription, composed by Borlase, the Cornish historian :

. IN. MEMORIAM.

. SANITATIS.

. PRINCIP1. AURIACO. . AQUARUM. THERMALIUM. POTU.

. FAVENTE. DEO. . OVANTE. BRITANNIA. FELICITER. RESTITUTE. . MDCCXXXIV.

2. Mary, Queen of James II. In the year 1687 Mary, the Queen of James II., came to the Bath waters to cure her barrenness ; she bathed in the Cross Bath. The Queen conceived, and a memorial marble cross was afterwards erected in the centre of the bath. It was later removed, and was for many years kept (in fragments) in a corporation lum- ber-room. A portion of the old erection was used a year or two ago in the make-up of the summer open-air hot mineral-water fountain in the Institution Gardens, in the rear of the Orange Grove, Terrace Walk. The following inscription originally ran around the cornice and frieze of the old " Melford Cross " :

" In perpetuam | Reginae Marite Memoriara, | Quam, Ccelo in Bathonienses Thermas | Irradiante, Spiritus Domini, qui fertur | Super aquas, | Trium regnorum hseredis | Genetricem effecit. | Utrique parenti, natoque principi | Absit gloriari, | nisi in Cruce Domini nostri Jesus Christi ; | Ut plenius hauriant | Aquas cum gaudio | ex fontibus salva- toris. | Deo trino et uni, | Tribus digitis orbem appendenti, | Ac per crucem redimenti, I Hoc tri- columnare trophseum | Vovet dicatque | JOHANNES COMES DE MELFORT."

WILLIAM MACARTHUR.

Beau Nash, the uncrowned king of Bath, seems to have been responsible for the trifling Orange monument. In 'A Guide to .... Watering and Sea Bathing Places,' London (1810), occurs the following, under ' Bath,' p. 58 :

" Orange Grove, between the Abbey Church and the Lower-rooms, is a beautiful open area, 190 feet long and 170 broad, planted with rows of elm, periodically topped and lopped, which gives them

a stunted appearance In the centre stands a

small obelisk, which a Bath waggon might carry to London at once without being overloaded, erected by King Nash, in honour of the Prince of Orange, with the subsequent elegant inscrip- tion : [ut supra]

which the author of the ' Guide ' translates as follows:

" In memory of the happy restoration of the health of the Prince of Orange, by the drinking of the Bath waters, through the favour of God and to the joy of Britain, 1734." WM. NORMAN.

[CoL. HAROLD MALET also thanked for reply.]

ST. KATHARINE'S-BY-THE-TOWER (11 S. vii. 201, 310). The admirable letter of J. C. Buckler kindly transcribed by MR. J. DE BERNIERE SMITH at the latter reference is of interest, as it suggests that J. B. Nichols's work on this foundation was in a measure prompted by Buckler. The antiquarian value of this artist's numerous drawings is not sufficiently appreciated, but valuable