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 12 S. X. JAX. 7. 1922.1 NOTES AND QUERIES. Latin version, is it certain that it is taken j from a Latin poem ? Even if occurring in I such, may not the proverbial phrase have been independently couched in a metrical form ? One finds so many Latin mottoes, which are presumably not quotations, shaped like parts of hexameters. The future tense domindbitur, apart from its metrical convenience, could be explained as an example of the same tendency which we get in " Love will find out a way," and which has perhaps been at work in- pro- j ducing the misquotation " Magna est veri- j tas et praevalebit," though some other j possible reasons for this change were j suggested at 11. S. x. 494. Much Hadham, Herts. EDWARD BENSLY. GEORGE TRAPPE (12 S. ix. 354). C.A.F.H.A.R.I.N. should be CATHARIN, as j the " Kayserinn " is Catharine II. of Russia, j Shortly after the incorporation in the j Russian Empire of the Government of ; Taurida, which includes the Crimean penin- sula, a number of Mennonites from Priissia were settled in the new territory. The sect : of Mennonites was derived from the Ana- baptists under the influence of the Frisian reformer Menno Simonis (Menno, Simon's son), who was born in 1496. EDWARD BENSLY. THE GENDER OF " SHIP " (12 S. ix. 511). In the same way many other things without life are regarded as feminine. Ringers call : a church bell " she " and " her." Cooks I an oven, as in the riddle, " When is an oven not an oven ? When she's agate " (a-going, ' baking). A football ("chuck her up "), j a ladder, a pianoforte, anything that one ! makes use of and regards with affection. It is the same in Hebrew, in which many things used by men are denoted by nouns feminine. It was suggested in the earlier ; editions of * Davidson's Grammar ' that this i might be " with reference to woman as the serviceable inferior sex." This explanation does not appear in the later editions, but j while it stood, one of my pupils gallantly asked me whether the feminine gender j might not rather denote " affectionate intimacy." Cities, countries, &c., are often feminine, and may be regarded as mothers of their inhabitants. Names of things productive, unseen ' essences, &c., are feminine in Hebrew, as I sun, earth, fire, soul. J. T. F. WinUTttm. Lines. PRINCIPAL LONDON COFFEE-HOUSES AND TAVERNS IN THE EIGHTEENTH CENTURY. 1. Fountain (12 S. vi. 61 ; vii. 465 ; ix. 474). I beg to thank MR. McMuRRAY for his cor- rections, which are noted. On turning to the revised MS. lists I find no entry such as appeared at the second reference, having reason apparently to doubt its accuracy. 2. Mourning Bush (12 S. vi. 61 ; ix. 474). I am likewise obliged to MR. McMuRRAY for pointing out that this house stood in Alders - gate ; I discovered the mistake shortly after passing the proof. 3. Pie Tavern (12 S. ix. 386, 499). The authority for this entry is an item in a book- seller's catalogue offering a " unique collec- tion of 10 old Water-colour Drawings of Old Inns and Taverns in the North of London." The detailed list ends with the note, " At the back of the drawing of The Cock is a letter, addressed to the gentleman for whom the drawings were made, dated from 'Hackney, 26th day of August, 1762,' and signed H. R." I delayed answering MR. POWER in the hope of being able to make an inquiry respecting the possible whereabouts of this collection, but it has been impracti- cable to give the necessary time. If Mr. Power cares to send me his address I should be pleased to let him have the excerpt from the catalogue to institute his own in- quiries. 4. Cannon Coffee-house (12 S. ix. 517). I thank MR. BLEACKLEY for his information ; this house was " listed " at 12 S. vi. 59. 5. Philazers' Coffee-house (12 S. vi. 126). The sole authority I can find for this house is G. A. Sala's ' W T illiam Hogarth ? (1866, at p. 128), where says the author : I delight to fancy that the successful party [in the litigation] straightway adjourned to the Philazers' Coffee-house, in Old Palace Yard, and there, after a slight refection of hung beef and Burton ale, betook themselves to steady potations of Lisbon wine in magnums. What further authority is there for the existence of this house ? I should be obliged for any assistance ; having never met with it in any " coffee-house literature," I am wondering whether I have been the dupe of a gifted writer who possessed a remakably fertile imagination. J. PAUL DE CASTRO. VICE-ADMIRAL SIR CHRISTOPHER MINGS (12 S. ix. 461, 513). The funeral of Sir Christopher Mings forms the subject of a brilliant little sketch by Colonel Drury, ' A Deputation from the Lower Deck,'