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position in the wooden men-of-war of former days above the gun-room, as well as from the fact that the senior officers, with the exception of the captain, were quartered there. N. W. Hnx.

MOTTOES OF WILLIAM III. (12 S. ii. 26, 96, 336, 454). More than a year ago these mottoes were discussed, but it was not noted that

Non rapit imperium vis tua, sed recipit, comes from Ausoiiius, Tetrastichon XX., ' Didius Juliaiius,' or Carmen 280, line 4. It is quoted concerning the restoration of Charles II. in the tail-piece of Sir Winston Churchill's ' Divi Britannici,' 1675.

ROBEKT PlEKPOINT.

A POETICAL ENIGMA (12 S. iii. 249). No solution of this has appeared in ' N. & Q.' I would suggest that " the letters 3 " are " yes." and " the letters 2," " no."

The version of the lines given by your correspondent has apparently been taken from a manuscript copy, and seems a little suspicious in one or two places. Ought not lines 20 sqq. to be punctuated as follows ? Plus therefore, Q.E.D., They class themselves and dance about With us, the letters 3.

EDWARD BENSLY.

[Another correspondent also suggests " yes " and "no."]

THE KNIFEGRINDER (12 S. iii. 210, 312). The barrow of the travelling knifegrinder is apparently of considerable antiquity, and was not an institution of this country alone. It may have been thought by some that the place of its origin was the home of the cutlery trade ; but it is just as possible that the first of these travelling workshops made its appearance on the Continent. In vol. i. of ' La Coutellerie,' by Camille Page (1896), p. 53, is a short account of the gagne-petit, who appears to have been known as long ago as the fifteenth century. There is also the reproduction of a print of the seventeenth century showing a grinder and his barrow. CHARLES DBTJKY.

PRE-RAPHAELITE TAPESTRIES (12 S. iv. 74). William Morris began tapestry weaving at Merton Abbey in 1881, and the first work of importance executed there was ' The Goose Girl,' a panel designed by Walter Crane. Nearly all the figure work in the Morris tapestries was by Sir Edwarc Burne-Jones, while the flowers and foliage were the work of Morris and Dearie. The list of tapestries executed by " Morris & Co.' is fairly large, and information about then


 * an be obtained from ' The Art of William

Morris,' by Vallance, and in Thomson's

History of. Tapestry.' Some of the most important hangings are in the Victoria and Albert Museum for instance, ' The Seasons ' and ' Angeli Laudantes,' whilst the magni- ficent set representing the ' Quest of the Holy "rail ' is at Stanmore Hall. ' The Star of Bethlehem ' is at Exeter College Chapel, but may be seen elsewhere, as it has been repeated more than once. ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

[Miss L. I. GUINEY, DR. J. B. MAGRATH, and MR. J. B. WAINEWRIGHT also thanked for replies.J

ANTHONY ARMS AND ANCESTRY (12 S. iv. 13). The 1884 edition of Burke's ' Armory,' and the Heralds' Visitations, give the arms of Anthony as Argent, a leopard's head gules between two flaunchea sable. Only a bird can be heraldically " displayed." Perhaps MR. LLOYD may have referred to an earlier edition of the ' Armory ' in which a slip had occurred. There is a pedigree of this family in the ' Visitation of London, 1568,' published by the Harleian Society, but I can find no mention of them in Suffolk.

H. J. B. CLEMENTS.

Killadoon, Celbridge.

REV. GEORGE JERMENT (11 S. v. 448 ; vi. 37, 56 : 12 S. iv. 29). He was born in 1759 at Peebles, Scotland, his father being then pastor of the Anti-burgher Church in that town. A particular account of his life and labours is given by Samuel Jaines Button in J. A. Jones's ' Bunhill Memorials,' where Dr. Jerment was buried in May, 1819. A fine portrait of him appeared in The Evangelical Magazine for September, 1797. Dr. Ritchie of Edinburgh corrected S. J. Button's account. R. H.

SAINT AND THE DEVIL (12 S. iv. 48). This is a mediaeval legend. The saint con- cerned is St. Martin of Tours, and the story appears in ' The Golden Legend ' (' Legenda Aurea'), compiled by Jacobus de Voragiiie, Archbishop of Genoa, about 1275. It wa& translated into English in 1470 by William Caxton as follows :

" It happed on a day that the devil appeared to him in the form of a king, in purple, and a crown on his head, with hosen and shoes gilt with an amiable mouth and glad cheer and Yisage. And when they were both still awhile, the devil said : ' Martin, know thou whom thou worshippest ? I am Christ that am descended into earth, and will first show me to thee.' And as St. Martin all admarvelled, said nothing, yefc the devil said to him : ' Wherefore doubtest thou, Martin, to believe me when thou seest that I am.