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NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. in. JAN. 27, 1917.

brain by over learning; (D. not 1810-1705.) iii. 96...., said the touched Sophia; (D. only 1625.)

Track, i. 70. . . ., wrote to let the old gentleman .know he was well, and pursuing a valuable track, (Not D. 1864-1785. Of. T. ii. 49.)

Tragedy-work, ii. 13 . . . ., and all this tragedy work only for being the friend of the orphan and fatherless. (Not D.)

Tranquil-minded, iii. 71. He found Zoriada much improved in her appearance, and tranquil- minded beyond his utmost hopes, (Not D.)

Trepan ( entrap), ii. 10 . . . ., which shot through and through the mean soul of the intriguing and trepanning parson, ii. 25 . . . ., and had prepared myself for a stroke of address, not trepanning ; iii. 122 . . . . ; of barbarity, of savage barbarity, to trepan his only child,

Trip, i. 110.... ; and away they tripped it down the lobby together ; (D. not 1833-1712.)

Twit (with], iii. 35. . . ., I would twit him with it to his face, (D. not 1855-1743.)

Unexperience, iii. 4 . . . ., and her unexperience in life and mankind excuses her to me :

Unison, i. 40.... your temple of praise,..., would have been a unison to their principles of

- devotion; i. 173....; however it is clear,..., ^that our minds are not unisons ; iii. 128 . . . . ; but

my husband's heart is in unison with my own,

Unknoicing, iii. 25. This young creature, unknowing of life and mankind, (Cf. i. 97 ; ii. 27, 41.)

Unlord, ii. 128...., and had better provide yourself with a crook and a flock of sheep, and unlord yourself at once, (Very many words begin- ning with the negative " un " occur in ' Zoriada,' sis in ' The T.O.' Cf. inter alia T. i. 24, unactive.)

Vibration, ii. 122. .. .assured him they should soon get over the vibration he had thrown their nerves into ; (Cf. T. iv. 167, " vibrated.")

Whip-hand, i. 106, that he had always kept

the whip hand of poverty,

Widow-state, iii. 151, and a widow-state shall

be unrenounced by me.

Wire-drawing, i. 150. . . ., but there are methods

- of wire drawing, in conversation, and extracting intelligence. ..

Wonder-working, i. 78.... more valued for the curiosity of the prism, than the wonderworking hand that suggested its formation : (' Zoriada '

- abounds, like Toldervy's 'History,' in compound Adjectives.)

In i. 55 the construction in the phrase, " you, ^no doubt, have many friends to rejoice on your . joy," is to be noted.

EDWARD S. DODGLON.

' "> POSSET POT RIME. On two-handled posset pots of brown ware, made at Denby near Derby about 1805, dated, the following 'lines were impressed :

Fill me full and drink about ;

I'll make you merry before I'm out.

One of these pots was to be seen in nearly every house in the district, and filled a post of honour, when not in use, on the side table .in the best room. THOS. RATCLIFFE.

AN ENVOY OF HENRY VIII. TO TURKEY. William Harborne, who went to Turkey in 1577, has hitherto been considered the first English ambassador to Turkey (see 'D.N.B.'), but Mr. Charles Feleky of New York has recently called my attention to several entries in the ' Calendar of State Papers ' (vols. xx. and xxi.) temp. Henry VIII. in one of which Edmond Harvel, the English ambassador at Venice, reports on Oct. 18, 1545, that " the Hungarian who serves Henry" arrived there on the 3rd inst. " sorely bruised from the fall of a horse, and four days later left for Constantinople." On the 31st idem Harvel states that he " wrote in his last of the Hungarian who is gone in Henry's service to Constantinople," and expects letters from him shortly. On Nov. 22 he writes that he " has heard nothing of the Hungarian, Henry's servant, who went to Constantinople." There is a gap after this, and we know nothing further about the mission to Turkey. The Hun- garian in question was no doubt the indi- vidual mentioned in Vaughan's letter to Paget from Antwerp, dated Aug. 12, 1545, the bearer of which was a Hungarian who is described as "a good tall fellow and speaketh pretty Latin, Italian, and other languages. Please hear him." On Aug. 25 Paget writes to Norfolk that he has received his letters with the Hungarian, whom " he suspects to be a man much of that sort you write of." On July 1, 1546, there is an entry of a payment " to Joanne Berdlano [sic], Hungarian, the King's servant, in reward 251. "; and during the same month (No. 1382, 62) an annuity is mentioned " for Johanne Berslao [sic], Hungarian (preferred by Mr. Secretary Paget)." Finally, in the record of the meeting of the Privy Council on Dec. 7, 1546, there is an entry that

"Messyr Bellislavo [sic], Hungarian, had passport over seas and letters to Cavendish for his year's pension beforehand and 5W. in reward, and to Mr. Harvell, ambassador at Venice, for conveyance of his advertisements."

50Z. besides an annuity was a substantial reward in those days, so King Henry was evidently pleased with the man's services.

He is also mentioned in a letter dated from Worms, July 17, 1545, from King Ferdinand of Hungary to Cardinal Farnese. The King states that " by the mouth of John Berislaus [he] has learnt for what causes he came to the Pope." This is the nearest approach to the true spelling of the name of the man, who was no doubt a member of the Beriszlo family of Hungary, the most famous of whom was Peter Beriszlo,