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11. 2156-7.

that braue monument of Perseus fame With Tursos vaild to vs her vanting pride. " Tursos " is of course " Torsos " (so M.). As Torsos claimed to be founded by Perseus, it is itself the " monument," and the word <; With " seems to have replaced an epithet like " Wide," or " Great," or " High."

I. 2168. Fauonia. Query " Fauonius " ?

II. 2175-6.

"Vnto the Sea which yet weepes lo's death Slayne by great Hercules repenting hand. Unless these lines cover a lacuna, which they do not appear to do, they are hard to understand. The " Ionian sea " was connected with lo's wanderings, hardly with her death, and she was not slain by Hercules. The last line would seem to apply to Iphitus, but it is hardly possible to suppose that the dramatist confused Iphitus and lo.

1. 2178. Zanthus=Xanthus.

1. 2196, Daercean =Dircean.

I. 2199. ^Erastusr=Erastus.

1. 2215. thouthen. For the reverse corrup- tion see 11. 1325, 2288, 2493.

1. 2221. Cp. I. 1019.

1. 2239. Cp. 1. 120, note.

I. 2249. And. Query " All " ? The " And " seems to have crept in from the line above.

II. 2264-5.

As when that Boreas from his Iron caue

With boysterous furyes Striuing ih the waues. . ..

-For " furyes " read " Eurus " (cp. note on

356). Cp. Hor., ' Carm.,' I. iii. 12, " praecipitem

Atricum Decertantem Aquilonibus " ; Ovid,

' Tristia,' I. ii. 25-30 ; Seneca, ' Agam.,' 495-7 :

Undique incumbunt simul Rapluntque pelagus infimo eversum solo Aduersus euro zephyrus, et bore* notus. 1. 2276. vpbraues. Query " vpbrades " ? 1. 2288. See 1. 2215, note.

1. 2312. to shunne the honour of the fight. "For " honour " read " horror." Cp. 1. 2119, " the terror of thy dismall sight" ( = fight) ; 1. 2397, "' shunne the horror of this dismall day " ; 1. 2441, " the horror of this dismall fight " ; 1. 1082, " Hilias dismall sight" (=fight). It is possible that here and in 1. 2441 " fight " should t>e "sight.""

1. 2327. dismall triumphes sound my fa tall knell. For " triumphes " read " trumpets." Op. 1. 03, where " triump " stands for " trump," and 1. 2353, " the dreadful trumpets fatall sound."

1. 2352. armes. Read " armies."

1. 2360. Should this line follow 1. 2368 ?

2363. When Echalarian soundes. Read "' When ech alarum soundes."

1. 2375. foyld. Read " soyld " (M.).

1. 2398. colour'd. Query " cloth'd " ?

1. 2415. lost. Read " toss." Cp. Shakspeare, Rich. II.,' III. ii. 3.

1. 2440. protected. Query ?

1. 2441. fight, See 1. 2312, note.

1. 2460. hearts-thrilling. Query " hearte- thrilling " ?

1. 2493. ^Cp. 1. 2215, note.

1. 2500. " this " is possessive ( =" this's ").

I. 2552. But, The Malone editors suggest

Nor, but " But " may stand. The line qualifies the word " like " above : " Like, except in this that "

1. 2559. Elysium pleasure. Read " Elysian pleasure." The mistake is perhaps due to 1. 2541, " Elisium." In three passages in the old editions of ' Tamburlaine ' we have the reverse mistake, " Elisian " standing for " Elisium " (cp. ' I. Tamb.,' V. ii. 184, 404 ; ' II. Tamb.,' IV. ii. 87), where it is impossible to attribute the mistake to Marlowe.

1. 2564. breath = breathe (ui passim).

Sheffield. G ' C " MOOBE SMITH '

GREATEST RECORDED LENGTH OF SERVICE The death of Dr. Edward Atkinson, Master of Clare College, Cambridge, brought into public notice last year the remarkable fact that there have only been three holders of that office since 1781. In that year Dr. John Torkington was elected, and he held the post until 1815, when he was succeeded by Dr. Webb, who was Master until 1856, when Dr. Atkinson, who died last year at the age of 95, became his successor. Thus the official lives of these three Masters of Clare cover no less a period than 134 years.

I know of only two other cases that can be compared with this, but doubtless other readers could supply more, although the list is hardly likely to become a very lengthy one.

The .first of these falls a year or two short of the Cambridge example, but is unique in another respect, because the three men were grandfather, father, and son. They were the first three Professors of Anatomy in the University of Edinburgh. All of them happened also to have the same name Alexander Monro and, to prevent confusion, they are described in the University Calendar as primus, secundus, and tertius. The same nomenclature is applied to them in the ' Dictionary of National Biography.'

Monro, primus, was professor from 1720 till 1754, when his son, Monro secundus, succeeded him. He held the chair until 1798, and was followed by his son, Monro tertius, who occupied the position until 1846. The three rulers in this remarkable Monro dynasty thus covered a period of 126 years.

The other instance of a like lengthy tenure was established in the Church of Scotland a vear or two ago. The death then of Dr. Duke, the minister of St. Vigeans in Forfar- shire, completed an extraordinary length of service on the part of the three successive ministers of that parish. The first of the
 * rio was the Rev. Mr. Aitken, who was

ordained minister in 1754, and held office intil 1816. The Rev. John Muir succeeded aim in that year, and preached, until 1865. The Rev. Dr. Duke, who had been already