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So far as Genoa is concerned, she appears to have adopted St. George as her patron before 1379, when the cry of the Genoese admiral Pietro Doria was, " A Venezia, a Venezia, e viva San Giorgio." The Compera di San Giorgio came into existence in 1407 ; in 1451 this bank became possessed of the old Palazzo del Capitano, and in 1465 Corsica was given into the keeping of this bank. The city of Genoa would appear to have taken her arms and flag from the Compera di San Giorgio.

JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT.

[The history of the English national flag was exhaustively discussed in the Ninth Series. See v. 414, 440, 457, 478; vi. 17, 31, 351, 451, 519; vii. 193 ; viii. 67, 173 ; ix. 485 ; x. 31, 94, 118 ; xii. 327, 372, 398, 454, 508.]

BERRY, ACTOR. When Garrick played Richard III. at Drury Lane, he was supported by " Mr. Berry " as King Henry. Was this a member of the Berry (or de Berry) family, at one period of Barnstaple, South Molton, or that neighbourhood ?

OSCAR COHU BERRY.

Monument House, Monument Street, E.C.3.

D.O.M. What do the letters D.O.M. stand for on a Benedictine bottle ? The following have been suggested to me : " Deus omnium magister " and " Deus omnes ministrat." In a cemetery near Ypres nearly every grave bears these letters, besides R.I.P. in some cases, whether the inscription over the grave is in Flemish or French. ROY GARART.

[Howard Collins in his ' Authors' and Printers' Dictionary,' 1912, expands D.O.M. as " Deo optimo maximo."]

GEORGE GOODWIN'S ' RISING CASTLE.' Can any reader supply me with particulars of the author of this poem (referred to in the article on ' Southey's Contributions to The Critical Review,' ante, p. 95), and with a copy of the poem itself ?

H. L. BRADFER-LAWRENCE,

Paymaster R.N.V.R.

[If a copy is sent to the office of ' N. & Q.' it will be forwarded to the querist.]

ARDAGH FAMILY. I am compiling some notes on the above family, and shall be glad to hear from any one who can supply information. J. ARDAGH.

HENRY NEELE (1798-1828). I shall be glad to have any information about this poet's manuscripts. The MS. of ' Mount Carmel,' an unpublished dramatic sketch, isjin my collection. J. ARDAGH.

36 Church Avenue, Drumcondra, Dublin.

HOLLYHOCKS. Our present camp is a mass of hollyhocks. I am told that they were first brought to England by the Crusaders. Is this true T .and what is the meaning of the second part of the name T

M.D., E.E.F.

Palestine.

[The great Oxford Dictionary says : " The gueee that ' the hollyhock was doubtless so called from being brought from the Holy Land ' has been offered in ignorance of the history of the word." It states that the name is composed of " holy " and " hock." The latter is the old name of the mallow plant, the " hollyhock " being originally the marsh mallow (Althcea officinalis), though the name is now applied to Althcea rosea, a native of China. Under " hock " (which is, the Dictionary says, of unknown origin) a quotation is supplied as early as c. 725, from the Corpus Glossary : " Malva, hocc, cottuc."

For your question about " tally-ho M see ' Notices to Correspondents,' post, p. 17(5.]

THE OAK AND THE ASH. Will somebody be so kind as to give me the correct version of the old weather rime about the oak and the ash ? I should also be graceful for a well-attested instance the year and the place being mentioned of the ash coming into leaf before the oak. G. C.

Tickencote.

[Some versions of the rime will be found at 6 S. i. 514 ; ii. 113. Appended to the note on the former page are numerous references to earlier discussions in ' N. & Q.' Considerations of space make it necessary to confine answers to the second portion of the query.]

DURHAM TITHES AND CHARLES II.'s HOUSE AT YORK. The following order to repair Charles II.'s house at York was issued in 1666/7 :

Henry Darcy, Esquire, for Bepaire of his Ma ties House at York.

Order is taken this fourth day of January, 1666, By Vertue of his Ma" L r " of Privie Seale dat' xxx mo August, 1666, that you deliver and pay of such his Ma tieg Treasure as remaineth in your charge unto Henry Darcy, Esquire, keeper of his Ma tUs House at Yorke, or his Assignes, the some of ffoure hundredde pounds upon Accompt for the present necessary Bepaires of the said House. And these together with his or his Assignes Aquittance shalbe your Discharge herein. .iiijCli. T. SOUTHAMPTON. ASHLEY.

Mr. Squibb. I pray pay this Order & call upon the Tenths of Durham accordinge to the warrant.

BOBjLONG.

Becordatur xii mo die Feb. 1666 /[7]. Exam. B. Long.

Can any of your readers say whatffthe warrant referred to was, and also why the cost should be charged upon the tenths of Durham ? H. C. SUHTEES, F.S.A.

Mainsforth, Ferryhill.