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Pot-valiant, iii. 66. (who had been pot-valiant the preceeding evening). . . . (The D. has it but thrice, namely, from 1641, 1771, and 1845.)

Quills, ii. 184, I'll wind quills for the

weavers,

Regulating, iii. 163 . . . ., and the whole examination of, and charge laid against Humphry, before a regulating captain ; (This term occurs on p. 182 of vol. ii. of ' The Woman of Honor,' London, 1768.)

Ring, iv. 157 . . . ., who had stood as the timorous hare does with open ears upon an hillock after her first ring, (Not before 1810 in the D.)

Sally up, ii. 199. The tuneful bells are sally'd up. (Quoted in "an extract from Cambria, a poem, written by our truly-respected friend, Mr. Holt." This work of Richard Kolt appeared in 1749, in London.)

Serve in, i.- 52...., and tea being served in, i. 69. . ., when dinner was served in ; iii. 183. . . : when the dinner was served in; iv. 26. Supper was served in, (Not in the D. before 1827.)

Snacks, iv. 51 . . . ., we will all go snacks in the winnings ; (Cf. ' The Humourist,' by Thomas Gordon, 1725, vol. ii. p. 22 : " for the Sake of going Snacks.")

Stage-play, ii. 155.... to behold a theatric entertainment, commonly called a stage-play ; (Cf. ' Zoriada,' iii. 6.) iv. 123. In his hand Humphry carried the identical towel that he fought with at the stage play ; (It is not in the D. between 1843 and 1693.)

Step for (= approach), iii. 101 (and elsewhere). ' Step (said the manager to the officer) for this Mr. Snip,

Strawberry-coloured, iv. 196. In an open chaise, drawn by a pair of strawberry coloured horses, (The D. has not reached this point.)

Susception, iv. 189 . . . ., but those whose susceptions are adequate to their task 1

Tape, iii. 111. ' Call for some tape first, said the woman, or I am dumb, I assure ye.' ' What d'ye mean by tape ? ' cried Copper. ' Bead that list,' answered she, taking a dirty paper out of her bosom, in which was written the following words : " Tape, glim, rushlight, white port, rasher of bacon, gunpowder, slug, wild-fire, knock-me-down, and strip-me-naked ". . . .Accoixirnglyl/wttp/m/sent for some gin for the woman, and beer for the watchmen ;

Thingamy, iii. 196.... and were so highly delighted with the humour of Mr. Thingamy what d'ye call 'em, Mr. What is it,

Toddy, iv. 95 .... ; and Copper insisted on his drinking a little toddy : (Not before 1786 in the D.)

Tongue-discipline, iii. 63. . ., and gave Copper some tongue discipline,

Trick ( = neat, smart), iii. 173. That married had a trick and bonny lass, (Quoted from Sir P. Sydney. Not after 1630 in the D.) Twink, i. 71. I can tell you in the twink of a bedstick, (l>r. W. W. Skeat mentioned it under " Twinkle.")

Uncle ( = pawnbroker), iv. 113. The next week carried the new cloaths, which they bought at Bath, to their uncle's, (if Humphry's expression may be used)

ifp-a-daisey, ii. 24. ' Up-a-daisey, said Miss 'Bella, (This is said to be common in Somerset, for instance at Pill.)

Usquebaugh, i. 122. . . ., which shook down from a shelf below a bottle of usquebaugh, ... 140..., enjoy themselves with his green and yellow usque- baugh.

Versal, iii. 111...., and now am reduced to the state of a beggar owing to the biggest, most notoriousest, scandalousest rogue, as breathes in the versal world, (Cf. p. 302 of ' Visiting my Relations,' by Mary Ann Kelty, London, 1851 z " there's them two boys has had nothin all this- varsal day. . . .")

Vexatious (= vexed), iv. 106, Heartley

grew vexatious with himself for having parted! with the watch,

Vibrate, iv. 167 : and as this strange news-

had vibrated about the town,

Vulgaria (= plain English), i. 182...., an adept in that sort of vocal harmony, which r in vutgaria,. is called psalmody ;

Waggish, iv. 130. But, O fortune I what a waggish damsel art thou I

Wastive, ii. 13. A blessing greater far than wastive wealth.

Watch-cobler, i. 177. ' Good ! ha, cried a great greasy watch-cobler,

Westwardly, iv. 76. After steering their course- westwardly for a few days,

Woollen-head, iii. 31...., but proving to that, woollen-head justice,

Woundy, ii. 183 : I'll tell you the business,-

tho' I am woundy dry, and should say it better,, if you'd let me have half a pint of the same- October.' This word occurs on p. 44 of vol. i of ' Rebecca ' (Uttoxeter, 1808), which has been- discussed by MB. CECIL CLABKE and others in. ' N. & Q.'

Since these notes were compiled the quotation containing twink has enterecL 'The Oxford Dictionary.'

The British Museum does not contain a~ copy of this novel. That in the Bodleian- collection lacks the title-page, and all pre- ceding p. vii in the initial ' Contents,' The- author tells us on p. 145 of vol. iv. that he was a friend of Christopher Smart (' D.N.B.,' 1722-71), some of whose verses he quotes* on p. 142 of that, and p. 34 of the third volume, as also on th,e title-page of vol. ii. Robert Watt, in his ' Bibliotheca Britannica ' (Edinburgh, 1824), says that these volumes cost 12s. Each contains 216 pp. In the ' List of Books published in November ' on p. 549 of vol. xxvi. of " The Gentleman's Magazine. For the Year 1756," under the heading ' Poetry, <fcc.,' one finds : " 38. The history of Two Orphans,, 4 Vols. By Wm Toldervy. 2s Owen. " ; and on p. 441 of vol. Ivi., for 1786, there is the- brief obituary note : "At Ludlow, W. Toldervey, esq." Was the latter the same- gentleman ? Did he write 'Zoriada' (London, 1786) ? Was this published after his death ? The French version (London, 1787) bears the title 'Zoraide,' suggesting that the name ought to be Zoraida, as in ' Dons