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The imprint of my own copy of the '- Seventh Edition " differs from the fore- going : " London : Printed and Sold by Luke Hinde, at the Bible in George- Yard, Lombard Street fn.d.]."

Apparently both were styled " Seventh Edition." and issued from the same shop, but by different booksellers.

C. ELKIN MATHEWS.

Shire Lane, Chorley Wood, Herts.

THE NAME TUBANTIA. The recent sinking of the largest American liner belonging to the Koninklijke Hollandsche Lloyd aroused my curiosity in respect of its name, Tubantia, Being unable to gain any satisfaction about its source, but finding that a Teutonic tribe which inhabited part of the lower Rhine lands was known as the Tubantes, I applied to my friend Mr. J. F. Bense of Arnheim, who kindly wrote me as follows :

" As regards the name Tubantia, your surmise is correct. The Tubantes were a tribe in the east of Holland, the part which is- now known by the name of Twente (or Twenthe), the east of the province of Overijssel, north of Gelderland, and a couple of hours' journey by rail from Arnheim. This district of Twente is the main seat of the industries in oxir country, and there is all our cotton industry. The Tubantia plied between Amsterdam and Buenos Ay res, and used to bring home large cargoes of cotton."

The principal towns of this region appear to be Enschede, Almelo, Hengelo, and Rijssen. N. W. HILL.

WILLIAM DAY, BISHOP OF WINCHESTER : HIS WIFE. The ' Dictionary of National Biography,' in the lives of William Barlow, Bishop of Chichester, whose five daughters married five bishops, and his two sons-in-law, Herbert Westphaling, Bishop of Hereford, and William Day, Bishop of Winchester, states consistently that Anne Barlow married Westphaling and Elizabeth Barlow married Day. The source of this information is Cooper's ' Athense Cantabrigienses ' (vol. ii. p. 219). Cooper quotes from Day's will as if he derived his information from thence, whereas this, although it mentions Day's wife, does not give her name. The will can be seen at Somerset House (Prerogative Court, Drake 72).

On the other hand, I have before me two original deeds, in both of which her name is given as Anne. The one is a feoffment of William Cox, gent., William Day, mercer, Robert Silitoe, and William Raynor, by Robert Scrope, Thomas Ridley, and Francis Pigott, in the manor of Ockholt, near Bray, Berks, and bears date Aug. 30, 1583. At this time William Day was Provost of Eton,

and the feoffees were to hold the manor for- the sole use and enjoyment of his wife Anne for life, and after for his son and heir ap- parent William.

The other deed is an indenture of Nov. 7, the same year, between the Provost and his wife Anne of the one part and Thomas Ridley of the other part, relating to a fine to be levied of the same manor.

We have thus indisputable proof of the lady's name. It now remains to find a correction for that of Mrs. Westphaling.

HERBERT C. ANDREWS.

" SWANK." In September, 1916, I was told by a maidservant that the well-knowrv slang word " swank " had now an added signification :

" When a man at the front and his young lady,, or his wife if he has one, write to each other, they- put ' Swank ' outside their letters. It means ' Sealed with a nice kiss,' because the initials of the words spell ' swank.' "

Crosses put in letters to represent kisses have, I think, already received notice in ' N. & Q.' L, C. N.

WE must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest? to affix their names and addresses to their queries in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

SECOND FORTUNE THEATRE. Sir Walter Besant, in his survey of London, refers to the above theatre as meeting with a disaster similar to that which overtook the first Fortune Theatre, namely, destruction by fire. I have searched all the authorities, but cannot find any corroboration of this state- ment. Can any one supply it ?

MAURICE JONAS.

" DR. ' BY COURTESY. Poe in his tale of ' William Wilson ' speaks of his old school- master, the Rev. John Bransby, as Dr. Bransby, though he did not hold that degree. Perhaps some of your readers can say if it was customary in England to address clergymen by the title of " doctor," even when they were not entitled to it. In Scotland there would appear to have been some such practice, as Gait in his ' Annals of the Parish,' chap, xlvii., makes Mr. Cayenne address the Rev, Micah Balwhidder as " doctor," but the Rev. Micah is careful to say, " though I am not of that degree." Possibly Poe was following an American custom. In the old Grammar Schools of Scotland the assistant master was styled " the doctor." R. M. HOGG.