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Taylor, Feb. 1, 1816. I should be glad to know in what form it was published whether separately or in a book. Any information will be gratefully received.

LEONARD C. PRICE. Essex Lodge, Ewell, Surrey.

" OH, DEAR ! WHAT CAN THE MATTER BE?" LATIN RENDERING. I subjoin a truncated version, in the English metre, of the old nursery song " Oh, dear ! What can the matter be ? " Can any of your readers supply the last line ?

Proh ! mi ! Cur lacrimabilis ? Proh 1 mi ! Cur lacrimosima ? Proh ! mi ! Cur lacrimosima ? Tardus ad emporium. Fasciculumque ligare promisit, . . . ." my bonnie brown hair."

J. FOSTER PALMER. 3 Royal Avenue, S.W.3.

REV. HENRY OWEN, M.D., D.D., who

extended the Rev. Henry Rowlands' s ' Mona Antiqua,' 2nd ed., 1766, is said to have been a native of Merionethshire. Where was he born in the county ?

ANETJRIN WILLIAMS.

REV. HENRY OWEN OF STADHAM. Particulars concerning the Rev. Henry Owen, minister of Stadham, father of the Puritan John Owen, D.D., would oblige. ANEURIN WILLIAMS.

Menai View, North Road, Carnarvon.

ROMAN MILESTONES IN CORNWALL. I desire to know how many Roman mile- stones have been preserved in Cornwall, and where they are, and shall be grateful to any one who can supply the infqrmation.

J. G.

WHITE HORSE OF KENT : LANDSCAPE WHITE HORSES. What is the true meaning of the ensign of Kent, the rampant white horse, and of the White Horses cut on Downs in various parts of this country ?

G. W. H.

BILLIARDS : RED BALL. In his ' Litera- ture of Europe,' Part III. chap, viii., Hallam says of Descartes that he fancied " that a smaller body is incapable of communicating motion to a greater ; for example, that the red billiard ball cannot put the white into motion." Hallam does not make it clear whether this example is suggested by himself or by Descartes ; but was there ever a time in the history of the game when the red ball was less than the others ?

B. B.

BISHOP THORNE ON PATIENCE. The following definition is attributed to Bishop Thome : " Patience is the guardian of faith, the preserver of peace, the cherisher of love, the teacher of humility." Finding no mention of him in the ' Dictionary of National Biography,' I should be glad to know the date of his birth and death, and the title of the work in which this quotation may be found. J. E. HARTINQ.

Weybridge.

HERALDIC : AZURE, A LION RAMPANT GUARD ANT. Whose arms are the following ? Azure, a lion rampant guardant ermine, ducally crowned or. They are on a hatch- ment, and may be two hundred years old, or perhaps much less. HATCHMENT.

FRANKLIN AND MILLINGTON FAMILIES. I am anxious to trace the descent of Ann Millington Franklin (born about 1750) from one of Sir Thomas Millington' s sisters. Which sister ? Did she or her daughter marry a Franklin ? Which Franklin did she marry? (Mrs.) E. F. LARKIN.

High Easter C.E. School, Chelmsford.

LEAP YEAR : LADY'S OFFER OF MARRIAGE. ' The Ency. Brit.' in its article on leap year (llth ed., p. 330) states that a few years after 1288 a law imposing a fine on a bachelor who refused an offer of marriage from a maid was passed in France, and that in the fifteenth century the custom was legalized in Genoa and Florence. Can any one give references to the authorities for these statements 1

Any early references to St. Valentine would also be welcome. H. A. ROSE.

Royal Societies' Club, St. James's Street, S.W.I.

SMITH FAMILY, WILTS AND BERKS. In Gloucestershire Notes and Queries, part xxvi. p. 119, a correspondent quotes from a manuscript of James Dallaway (1770) :

" The elder Jenner came from Marston, co. Wilts, of a sturdy race of yeomen, into which family Smith of Boiddown married."

The following extract has been forwarded to me by the Vicar of Black Bourton :

" Richard Finmore of St. John's College, Oxon, Esq., and Madam Elizabeth Smith of Clanfield, were married by virtue of a licence Aug. 19, 1706.'

I shall be glad of any information as to these families. The Jenner referred to married a sister of Dr. Bradley, Astronomer Royal ; a Dallaway also married a Bradley.

Richard Finmore was probably the only son of William Fynmore, Recorder of Abingdon, Berks. R, J.^FYNMORE.

Sandgate.