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NOTES AND QUERIES.

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pendente, Sept. 24, 1527, Epist., lib. v., 14 part ii. p. 905 of his 'Opera,' Lyons, s.a. In this letter Agrippa explains to his oorre epondent that books on magic, astrology, alchemy, and the philosopher's stone are not to be understood literally, but are to be interpreted by a spirit within us : "In no bis, inquam, est ille mirandorum operator "; and then comes the couplet in question.

EDWARD BEXSLY.

A LETTER FROM THE " KINGMAKER. "- The following is preserved among the archives at Arbury, co. Warwick :

Worshipful and withal my hert Bight interly welbeloved cousyn I gret you well and thanke you as hertely as I can of yr good zele and hertely cousyninge to me showed at al tymes in many and diverse behalves And in especial now lat' for ye sendyng of your men to me my last going to the p'liament wherein you did me Eight thonkful service and Eight grete worship c[er]tifyng you that well late the king hath desired and charged me to be with hymm at Saynt Albones on Satur- day next com'yng accompaigned w l suche a feliship as that I may and be content in cas the commones of Kent wel be rebel and be not to abay the lawes, that then I with my feliship to be assistyng and advantyng uppon his p sonne that by the grace of our god lord we schal be of power to w*stand ther malice and evil wil wherefore I pray you with al my hert with suche p'sonnes as ye now arays and s'cure ye wel send to me at Warrewyke y r to be on Wednesday at nyght next com'ynge i n sembleablewyse I wol and shal do to you at suche tyme ye desyre for yo r worship And thus ye wol do as my special and hertely trust in you And our Lord kepe you writen in hast at Warricke the viij day of June. (Signature) EICHARD, EBL OP WARREWYKE. To ye worshipful and withal myne hert Eight interly welbeloved Cousyn ye Lord Ferreres of Charteley.

J. HARVEY BLOOM.

IRELAND : AN EARLY ITALIAN MAP. In his interesting paper on ' Early Italian Maps of Ireland,' published in the Proceedings of the Royal Irish Academy, vol. xxx. Section C, 1913, pp. 411-26, Mr. Westropp has given a list of Irish place-names occurring on early Italian maps from 1300 to 1600. One of the maps used by him (ibid., p. 409) is that of Conte di Ottomanno Freducci of Ancona, dating from 1497, of which a facsimile was given by Nordenskiold ('Periplus,' Eng. trans., 1897, plate xxii.). It has apparently escaped Mr. Westropp's attention that another map drawn by Conte Freducci a chart of the Atlantic including part of the New World, dating from 1514 or 1515 (Nordenskiold, ibid., p. 64) has been re- produced in photographic facsimile by jEugenio Casanova ( ' La Carta Nautica di I

Conte Freducci,' Firenze, 1824, " Fubbl. del R.Ist. di Studi Superiori "). This map is preserved in the R. Archivio di Stato in Firenze.* Ireland is not named on the map, but the coast-line, which is coloured in blue,, bears the following names, reading from North to East, South, West, North. I have attempted with the aid of Mr. Westropp's lists (loc. cit., pp. 411-26) to identify these names so far as possible. The identifications given by Casanova (loc. cit., pp. 65-66) are frequently wrong.

p. ros (Port-rush).

monet (Bonamargy).

verforda (Lame Lough).

chenocfric (Carrickfergus).

caret'orda (Carlingford).

darche (perhaps Greeuore).

c. stet (not identified by Westroppf)..

ordes (Swords).

irlandellea (Irleand's Eye).

arconi (not identified by Westropp).

vicello (Wicklow).

renas (perhaps Eosslare).

ocsorda (Wexford).

elebano (Bannow).

fredit (Fcthard).

condab (Tower of Hook).

ertarnoi (perhaps Tramore).

ormam (Ardraore).

n.inart (Ardigna Head).

valicot (Ballycottin Bay).

adelfronda (Kinsale).

c. veio (Old Head).

camelat (Timoleague).

donborg (perhaps Eoss Carbery).

c. cavcna (perhaps Killaconcnegh).

oroxei (Dorsey Island).

boreal (Iveragh Barony).

dru6rt (Valentia Island).

ledeng (Dingle). K

s. brand an (Mount Brandon). ,. ..

c. astronbre (Kerry Head).

lamerich (Limerick).

ocam (Oranmore).

lacheric (Clew Bay Islands).

bordellai (Burrishoole).

coiniadclla (nerhaps Teeling).

y. tnconel (tTirconnell Isles).

To the west of Ireland are the " Fantastic- Islands " marked " bra9il " and " las maidas."' on which see Westropp, Proc. E.I.Acad.,. vol. xxx. Section C, 1912, p. 241.

It is worthy of note, as showing how great bhe intercourse between Ireland and the [talian maritime states must 'have been in those times, that whereas there are 37 names recorded on the Irish coasts, there are but 48 on those of England, and 2 only on those of Scotland, which appears as an island.

M. ESPOSITO.

as io do.te and personality of the cartographer,, cf. Casanova, pp. 1-52.
 * For a full description of the map, with detail*

t Ibid., p. 423. Casanova (p. 65) give* " Stet-head."