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NOTES AND QUERIES. [n s. VIL JAN. is, 1913.

EDMUND GRAILE. The following infor- mation, obtained from local sources, adds to that given in the ' D.N.B.' There it is stated that Graile was born about 1577, and flourished 1611. From the inscription on the memorial tablet now in Corse Church we learn that he was born in 1574, and that he died, from an attack of fever, on 24 Sept., 1643. Graile was for thirty-six years (one more than the inscription states) physician to the Hospital of St. Bartholomew, Glouces- ter, a minute of the Corporation of August, 1607, recording his appointment, and one of September, 1643, his decease and the -election of Thomas Woodroffe as his suc- cessor. The memorial tablet at Corse was originally in the chapel of St. Bartholo- mew's, which, owing to its ruinous condition, was demolished when the Hospital was rebuilt in 1788. Robert Gegg, Vicar of Corse, who was related through his mother to Graile, removed the tablet to his church in order to preserve it. Originally flat stones in the chapel recorded the names of Oraile and his wife, but the inscriptions became so worn by the feet of those attending service that in 1700 Thomas Graile, son o2 Ezra Graile (Rector of Lassington, c. 1635-48), and grandson of Edmund Graile, caused the tablet to be -erected.

The inscriptions on the tablet are as follow :

Timothy Graile, aged 15 years, set sail by the Cape of Good Hope unto the East Indies, Anno 1630, and passed by the Cape of better Hope into Heaven, August 12, 1636.

Elizabetha, Uxor Edmundi Grail, tilium suum Chariss. secuta, per eundern (optimse spei caput) Jesum in portum aeternae foelicitatis applicuit Februarij 13, Anno Salutis, 1638.

Edmundus Grail, Generosus, Imic Hospitio Medicus aunos 35, febri correptus obiit Septemo. 24, Anno Dom. 1643, setat. 69, et ab hujus Civitatis Obsidione memorabili Septimana 3d.

Dogmatis Christi sciens, & Galeni, Integer vitae, comitate suavis, Possidens coelos, pius, ac furenti Marte quiescit.

The 'D.N.B.' states that only the third Impression of Graile's ' Little Timothe ' is in the British Museum, but the Grenville .Library contains a copy of the first edition, published in 1611. On the title-page of this Graile describes himself as " practi- tioner in Physicke for the Kings Hospitall of St. Bartholmew in the City of Glocester." It was printed by William Hall for lonas .Man. The ' Epistle Dedicatory ' is of some local interest, and shows that Graile was

much occupied in the welfare of the Hos-

Eital and its inmates, who then numbered
 * >rty. In asking those in authority to con-

cern themselves to raise funds for the pro- vision of a chaplain, he says : "HI seeme tedious, if importunate, if clamorous, let it be remembred, that it is no shame for a Bartholmew's man to beg." To the " third impression corrected and amended," pub- lished in 1632, some Prayers were added. This edition was printed by Aug. Mathewes for John Grismond, and I know of a copy bearing the name of a Gloucester bookseller printed on the title (' N. & Q.,' 11 S. iii. 348). No copy of a second edition of ' Little Timothe ' appears to be known.

Thomas, son of Ezra Graile, was also Rector of Lassington, holding the living from 1660 until his death on 25 June, 1709. He was buried in Lassington Church, where also lie Ezra Graile ; Esther, wife of Thomas ; Sarah and Esther, their daughters ; and James Beard, husband of Esther.

ROLAND AUSTIN. Public Library, Gloucester.

DIALOGUES BY MEREDITH. Writing to Frederick Greenwood (1 Jan., 1873), Meredith says : "I am having some fun in The Graphic, and might by and by turn the Dialogues to good purpose " (' Letters,' i. 239). These Dialogues (unsigned, and not in the Bibliography contained in the Me- morial Edition) appeared as follows :

" Up to Midnight." The Argument. Power of Speech of British Islanders Vindicated. The Lesser Parliamentarians and Scandal of Them. Sir John Saxon and Mr. Helion. An Impudent Verse. Reunion of Friends, and a Short Conversation up to Midnight.-2Y>e Graphic, vi. 582, Dec. 21,1872.

"Up to Midnight," II. The Argument. The Proposed Polar Expedition. Polar Madness. Labourer, Tenant, and Landlord. Optimy's Coiv spiracy. The Hypocrisy of Men, and Failure of a First Experiment. The Graphic, vi. 606, Dec. 28, 1872.

"Up to Midnight," III. The Argument. A Review of the Year: the Weather. South West Winds. Extraordinary Fact in Irish History. Mr. Froude in America. Mr. Mundella at Merthyr. France and M. Thiers. Bismarck. Germany and the Gaming Tables. Stanley and Livingstone. The Geneva Arbitration. The Graphic, rii. 6, 7, Jan. 4, 1873.

" Up to Midnight," IV. The Argument. Pros- pects of the Year to Come. Gloomy Views of Mr. Finistare. Recurrence of the Duel between Optimy and Pessimy. Singular Conduct of a Sailor. Illustrations of Force, Jupiter, Prometheus, and the Plan of Humpty-Dumpty. Picture of a Pros- perous Ireland in Attachment. The Prussian Model. Notices of Future Subjects. The Graphic, vii. 34, 35, Jan. 11, 1873.