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had the first two letters only printed as capitals, whatever the length of the word. "And" was printed " ANd," "Then" as " THen,". '" Moreover " as " MOreover," " Remember " as " REmember," and so on. In my edition of 1683 the same prac- tice occurs. When we come to an edition of 1772, short words, as AND, THEN, PRAISE, are found so printed ; but words of more than one syllable had only two letters in capitals at the beginning, as " BEhold," " BLessed," "MOreover," " AWake," and so or, regardless of the break in the syllabic uniformity.

An exception seems to occur in 2 Chron. xxvii., where the name of JOTHAM is printed in. full, while in chap. xxv. the name " AMaziah " is of the older fashion. AHAZ and HEZEKIAH at the beginning of chaps, xxviii. and xxix. show that the practice was not yet uniform ; and we again revert to " MAnasseh " in chap, xxxiii.

By 1790, which is the elate of the Bible I am next able to refer to, the modern practice seems to have completely gained the ascendancy. Subject to correction (for of course I cannot affirm that I have now examined every chapter), the rule is that the first word, no matter of what length, is printed in capital letters, and hence includes many proper names, as Nebu- chadnezzar, Belteshazzar, &c. The pro- noun I and the exclamatory O do not monopolize the capital, where they occur at the beginning, but the following word is also printed with capitals, especially in the Psalms, where we find I WAS, O GIVE, O PRAISE, I LOVE, I WAITED, O SING, &c.

I hope that I have said enough to show that the question raised is a very interesting one.

I have not time to go into the method of the use of capitals in Prayer Books of early and later date, but I believe it will be found that similar practices were followed in printing them. W. S. B. H.

WILLIAM HETHERINGTON, BENEFACTOR OF THE BLIND (12 S. iii. 319). MB. COMP- STON'S reference to William Hetherington's Kirklington origin induces me to send the following notes relating to the Kirklington family.

The Rev. Thos. Storey, presented to the rectory of Kirklington, Carlisle, in 1679, had issue a daughter Elizabeth, who married Mr. Hetherington, of The Mount, Kirkling- ton, the head of an old family of repute in those parts. This Mr. Hetherington had

issue three children : the Rev. Francis Hetherington, Rector of Lenton and Evedon,- Lincs, who died a bachelor ; John Hether- ington, who went to London in early life, and died a bachelor in 1778 when Receiver of First Fruits in the Temple Office ; and a daughter Elizabeth, who married, Jan. 28, 1721, John Bacon of Louth, and Biscoe,. Carlisle. This John Bacon had a son John, who in early life (perhaps at his uncle Hetherington's instance) went to London and entered the First Fruits Office, and eventually succeeded to the Receivership after the death of Edward Mulso in 1782.. John Bacon, jun., died at Friern Barnet Manor House in February, 1816, having inherited all the Hetherington property.

W. L. KING. Paddock Wood, Kent.

" MALBROOK S'EN VA-T-EN GUEBRE " (12 S. iii. 358, 402, 428). An English version of this old song is to be found in ' Rondes avec Jeux et Petites Chansons tradition- nelles,' published by Augener, the English translation being by E. M. Traquair. The following is the first verse :

To fight the French in Flanders, Miroton, miroton, mirotaina, To fight the French in Flanders, Duke Marlborough has gone.

FLORENCE A. ELLIS. 10 Leyburne Road, Dover.

" BONIFACE," AN INNKEEPER (12 S.- i. 168, 257). I may add to my own query at the former reference that I find that " Bonifazio," an innkeeper, is one of the characters in Ariosto's ' La Scolastica.' It is possible that the expression may have originated from this.

A. COLLING WOOD LEE.

Waltham Abbey, Essex.

BRISTOL CHANNEL FROZEN OVER (12 S.. iii. 189, 302). The 1683 frost mentioned at the latter reference is confirmed by an entry in the parish register of Dymchurch, in the same neighbourhood as Lydd :

" Memorandum, that upon the 28th day of January, 1683, the sea at dimcmirch wall was ffrpzen about 3 miles from high water mark.' ' (Signed) Basil Kennett.

The rector was the father of Dr. White Kennett, Bishop of Peterborough.

In The Kentish Gazette of Jan. 13, 1789, there is an extract from a letter from Folke- stone of Jan. 11 :

" On Wednesday night last the weather was so very severe on the coast near this place that the sea froze for near half a mile from the shore,