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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[12 S. V. JAN., 1910.

King James the Saxt. | Be Maister Jhone Hamil- ton Doctor in | Theologie. | At Louvan | Im- printed be Laurence Kellam | Anno Dom. MDC."

This is the priest and scholar John Hamilton, ^active in the cause of Queen Mary Stuart and in the opposition to Henry of Navarre, who lived the hunted life usual to recusants, and died in prison in 1609. Following the last section of the book, entitled * A Cata- logue of Heresies,' we come upon a poem " Composit be L.F.S.E.B.C.P.," and there- fore not Hamilton's own. It is headed :

" The Trew Use of the Crucifix : with a detection

of lies (1) That the crucifix and vther Images

of Christs [sic] and of his Saincts and Angels are Idols ; (2) That the Catholiks adoris thame for their God."

Below is a woodcut of a Calvary, with this tag : " A comfortable standard to Catholiks And feirful to Sathan and his supposts." lastly, the dialect lyric :

In passing be the Crucifix

Adore upon thy knie Nocht it, bot Christ whome it presents,

With all humilitie : For God is he whome it raports ;

No irrage God can be ! Adore what thow beholdis in it :

Tak it for memorie.

-Caluin dou say that we transgres

Ane of the ten commands Whilk bearis we suld adore na thing

Wrocht be the grauers hands. We do confirme what he dois say,

And knawis better nor he What difference is of God aboue

From clay, from stone or trie.

So \^ha to Idols dois Compair

The image of our lord That he ane fals God is ? as thay

Thairto be maist accord. . For nather stok nor stone wil we

[T]o worschep nor adore, Bot him whais image they present Wha sits in heauenlie gloire.

Than when }e sie the crucifix

Giue prayse to Christ (I say, 3e guid and constant catholiks

In hymnes and cantiques ay), Wha be his figure on the croce

Presents unto }our eies His woundis, his forme, his passion,

His bluidie sacrifice.

So it ends, though there is more of it than is here given. At the bottom are the tring of difficult initials already quoted, and a charming colophon : "Excuse, guid reider, the erreurs committit in ye preting : Considder the difficultie to prent our langage in a strage countrey. God Keip $ow ! "

No one can reasonably doubt that the -maker of this rough serviceable rhyme, ^possibly a fellow - exile of Hamilton's at Xouvain, was familiar with the old rood-

screen inscriptions cited by PROF. BENSLY. The eight lines with which the Scotsman leads off are to all intents and purposes a close translation of

Effigiem Christi dum transis semper honora, Non tamen effigiem, sed quern designat adora : Nam Deus est quod imago docet, sed non Deus

ipsa ; Hanc videas, et mente colas quod cernis in ilia.

The vernacular muse had a hard time of it, A.D. 1600, with Kellam' s printers, and the author himself leaves something to be desired in the way of suavity ; but the apologetic is of the best.

L. I. GUINEY.

DESSIN'S HOTEL, CALAIS (12 S. iv. 187, 248). The following extracts from old guide-books, &c., give some information :

" The most superb inn is the hotel formerly the celebrated Dessin's, Rue Boyale. The apart- ments are elegant and the accommodation every thing that can be wished ; but the charge is proportionable, and will not suit every pocket." ' A New Picture of Paris,' by Edward Planta, 16th ed., London, 1827, p. 24, s.v. Calais Inns.

(Apparently " formerly " refers to Dessin, the original innkeeper.)

" At Dessin's Hotel, is still shown a room in which it is said Sterne wrote part of his ' Senti- mental Journey.' Over the door is the following inscription, ' This is Sterne's Boom.' " Ibid., p. 30.

" The inns of Calais are excellent. The H6tel Dessin is mentioned by Sterne in his ' Sentimental Journey.' King George IV slept here on his way to Hanover, in 1823, as did the Duke of Northum- berland, when proceeding to Bheims as the representative of his Britannic Majesty at the Coronation of King Charles X. It is the finest house in Calais, and presents every comfort that travellers can desire, including baths, a theatre, music, and a fine garden." ' Galignani's Tra- veller's Guide through France,' 9th ed., Paris, 1828, p. 631.-

" The far-famed inn, Dessejns, still exists, and with very superior accommodations [sic], for which the guests must pay, but the charges are not unreasonable. It is situated in the Bue Boyale, where, in imitation of Dover, a small foot-path of flat stones is placed, to the astonish- ment of all France, such a phenomenon having scarcely elsewhere obtruded itself." ' The New Picture of Paris,' by Peter nerve", Esq., and M. Galignani, 4th ed., London, 1829, p. 25.

In ' Bradshaw's. .. .Continental Railway

Guide' of November, 1864, p. 562,

among the advertisements is one of the

" Hotel Dessein. L. Dessein, the Proprietor,

has the honour to inform his numerous patrons,

and travellers in general, that since the 1st of


 * January, 1861, his establishment has been trans-

' f erred to the Hotel Quillac, which has been entirely

newly done-up, and which has taken the name of

' Hotel Dessein.' The premises of the old Hotel