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'referred to by the spy Nicholas Berden, who makesFmention, May 15, 1586,! of '* certen speches uttered by one Oliver Warneford, gentillman of Hampshire, whoe broke pryson out of Wynchester, viz. that they would relese the yerle [of Arundel] & others then in the Tower, or ells they woulde shed moch warm blod for yt."

See Cath. Rec. Soc. Publ., xxi. 88. This volume contains many interesting details about other Wykehamists, e.g., Dr. Edward Atslow and Anthony Twichenor or Tuchenor, as to the latter of whom see 11 S. xii. 340, 388, 430, 505.

JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT.

" WHEN YOU DIE OF OLD AGE, I SHALL QUAKE FOB FEAR " (12 S. v. 235, 278). The saying was already familiar in Swift's day :

Lord Smart. .Miss, if it is Manners, may I ask, which is oldest, you or Lady Scuttle?

Miss. Whv, rny Lord, when I die for Age, she may quake for Fear.

' Polite Conversation,' Dialogue I.

EDWARD BENSLY.

A common Warwickshire saying round Stratford - on - Avon.

J. HARVEY BLOOM.

CHESS : THE KNIGHT'S TOUR : ANOTHER METHOD (12 S. v. 92, 136). This method although based upon the cross, diamond, square principle differs from Dr. Roget's in the rule prescribed to effect the same end. I am doubtful at present of its [validity in all specific cases. I have before me an instance of its successful application iwhere the starting point is White's Q R jSquare and terminal White's K B square. The course is as follows. The Knight goes first twice round the board covering 24 of the border squares as distinguished from the 16 central ones. He then covers 8 of these 16, the last being White's Q 3. He then passes by way of White's K B 2 to White's K R square, makes a third round on the border squares, entering the central one 5 again at White's K 3 ; completes the occupation of these, passing to White's K R 2 by way of K B 3 ; finally goes round the border squares for the fourth time and jrests on White's K B square.

Following this idea, I achieved the fellow- ling results. My starting point is Black's IQ Kn 4 and terminal Black's K Kn 4. (The result coincides exactly with the key- board's configurations of the squares and liiamonds and crosses, although in the pourse of the tour these are apparently discarded by breaking away from one (system to another before completing the former, as the prescribed rule necessitates.

Can any experts in this Knight's tour puzzle tell us if the above method avails in every case ? I have hitherto met with none of the startling arithmetical com- binations one reads about in the " books." How are such arrived at ?

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JOHN W. BROWN.

[While we welcome references to geometrical or mathematical proofs in books or periodicals, their exhibition in detail is, we think, somewhat outside our scope.]

DERIVATION OF NAMES (12 S. v. 266). From a reference to various books on Nomenclature I have pleasure in suggesting the following derivations :

Amphlett. Cf. "Amfleet," suffix fleet, meaning a

.shallow creek. Devey. 1. French De Veil or De Vay. the ford.

2. A variHiit of Davey, Anglo-Hebrew for

David. Eykyn.- Variant of Aikin, a Saxon personal name,

Acen, apparently Oaken, O.E. Acen. Also the

son or Adam, diminutive Adkin Gittins or Gettins. From the Celtic Gaitfcen,

Gaitkin, straight. Nock. At the oak. from residence beside the ok

tree. Similar lo Noakes, Noke, Noack, Nocke.

ARCHIBALD SPARKE.

Crowther, or Crowder, is quite distinct from Crowthers (Carruthers). It denotes a fiddler, from M.E. crowthe or crowde, a viol ; Wei. crwth, a violin.

Gittins, Gettings, or Gethin is Welsh and may be connected with Ir. gaithean, a straight branch.

For Hoord see ante, p. 241, s.v. ' Hoorde or Kurd.'

Devey is probably the Welsh Dev/i, or Davey.

Nock may be Knock, cognate with Ir. cnoc, a hill or knoll ; but it is sometimes