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 12 S. V. MARCH, 1919.] NOTES AND QUERIES.

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' GREEK ANTHOLOGY ' : WESTMINSTER AND ETON (12 S. iv. 130). I have only just seen H. K. ST. J. S.'s query at the above reference.

I have the following in my own collec- tion :

1. " Anthologia Deutera sive Poematum Graecorum minorum Delectus in usum Scholse Begiae Westmonasteriensis. Oxoniae e typo- grapheo Clarendoniano Sumptibus B. Barker. MDCCXXV."

2. " Anthologia sive Epigrammatum Grsecorum ex Anthologia Edita MS. Bodleiana aliisque autoribus Delectus in usum Scholae Westmonas- teriensis. Londini Sumptibus W. et W. Ginger, ad Insignia Collegii Westmonasteriensis juxta Scholam Regiam. MDCCXC."

Possibly an inquiry addressed to the Librarian of Westminster School might reveal the existence of similar collections in the School Library. J. B. W.

MAW FAMILY (12 S. v. 10). There are several representatives of the Epworth Maw family still left in that town and neighbourhood, some of whom might possibly be able to give information on the subject. The likeliest source known to me is Stone- house's ' History of the Isle of Axholme,' in which there is a brief notice of the family. Unfortunately, the Epworth parish registers were burnt in the rectory fire of 1709, so that this source of information is not avail- able beyond that date. There are, however, several Maws mentioned in Dr. Messiter's little book ' Notes on Epworth Parish Life in the Eighteenth Century,' which is largely founded on researches in the existing parish registers. Among others, the following ex- tracts from these registers are given :

"1710. Mart. 8, (Baptisata) Susanna, filia Johannis Maw junioris Generosi et Marise ejus uxoris."

"1714. Jul. 25. (Sepultus) Johannes Maw, senr., Generosus."

There are other references to Maws of about the same date. C. C. B.

PRUDENTIUS'S ' PSYCHOMACHIA ' (12 S. v. 14). The late Prof. J. E. B. Mayor in his 1 Bibliographical Clue to Latin Literature,' 1875, after mentioning Matthew Prior's verses " to the Rev. Dr. F. Turner, bishop of Ely, who had advised a translation of Prudentius," adds that Turner himself translated the whole, and gives a reference to The Christian's Magazine, 1761, 230. Whether the MS. is in existence and can be traced I do not know.

In the Baker-Mayor ' History of St. John's College,' p. 988, is a memorandum *of Cole

the antiquary in which he quotes a letter of Baker, who tells Hearne that Bishop Turner had a design to write Nicholas Ferrar's life, " but what collections he had made, or where lodged, I do not know. His library was sold." Mayor notes, op. tit., p. 89,, that " Dr. Rawlinson arranged his papers (Nichols, 'Lit. Anecd.,' v. 495)." In the- postscript of a letter from Baker to Hearne- (Rawl. 22, 9) of c. Sept. 14, 1724, we read : " I am told by a Learned Lady (Mrs. Grigg^ that Bp. Turner's Papers were in Mr~ Chiswell's [Chishull's] hands."

The life of Francis Turner in the ' D.N.B.' does not mention a translation of Prudentius.

I am not able at present to consult c Athense Oxonienses ' (Turner was a Fellow of New College before he removed to- St. John's, Cambridge).

EDWARD BENSLY.

" MANTLE -MAKER'S TWIST " (12 S. iv. 272,, 334). I have always known this as " dress- maker's twist," which is, however, only a~ variant.

As regards squeezing the teapot, this was humorously done to extract a few more- drains. It was certainly the custom to make a second brew of the leaves by stewing on the hob by the fire. The second brew was known as " husband tea " and " come love," and the liquor thus served out was the husband's drink when he came in from work, the " come love " being a comforting yet derisive expression which meant much or little as the husband might take it.

THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Southfield, Worksop.

HON. LIEUT. GEORGE STEWART (12 S. v. 12). The inscription on the gravestone- is evidently incorrect in many things. The 8th Earl of Moray was named James, and he died in 1767 (see obituary notices in ' The Annual Register ' and Gentleman's Magazine for 1767). The Hon. Lieut. George Stewart could not therefore be a son of the 8th Earl, as he was not born till 1771. The 9th Earl was named Francis, and he had twin sons born on Feb. 2, 1771, viz., Francis, 10th Earl of Moray, and Archibald, who died Oct. 30, 1832 (see obituary notice in Gentleman's Magazine). No trace of the birth or death of the " Hon. Lieut. George Stewart " can be found iu 'The Annual Register' or The Gentleman's Magazine. The inscription is also worded rather peculiarly. If Lieut. George Stewart was the son of an earl, should not his name- have read "Lieut, the Hon. George