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the Jews,' from which (p. 46) Southey extracts this passage ( ' Commonplace Book,' First Series, p. 101) :

" As to the Sabbatical River, I heard it from my father, saith Menasseh Ben Israel (and fathers do not use to impose upon their sons), that there was an Arabian at Lisbon in Portugal, who had an hour-glass filled with the sand taken out of the bottom of this River, which ran all the week till the Sabbath, and then ceased ; and that every Friday in the evening, this Arabian would walk through the streets of that city, and shew this glass to the Jews, who counterfeited Christianity, saying, Ye Jews, shut up your shops, for now the Sabbath comes ! I should not speak of these glasses, saith he, but that the authority of my father has great power over me, and induces me to believe that the miracle is from God."

The ' Remarks ' were first published in 1685 ; but Southey probably quoted from the edition of 1786.

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

" MADE IN GERMANY." The first occur- rence in literature of the phrase " Made in Germany " probably occurs in Cowper's letter to Samuel Rose, the barrister and author, dated June 5, 1789 (Hayley's ' Life,' vol. iii.) :

" You must buy for me, if you please, a cuckow clock ; and now I will tell you where they are sold, which, Londoner as you are, it is possible you may not know. They are sold, I am in- formed, at more houses than one, in the narrow part of Holborn which leads into broad St. Giles. It seems they are well-going clocks, and cheap, which are the two best recommendations of any clock. They are made in Germany, and such numbers of them are annually imported, that they are become even a considerable article of commerce."

ANDREW DE TERNANT.

36 Somerleyton Road, Brixton, S.W.

We must request correspondents desiring in- formation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that answers may be sent to them direct.

MARVELL : ' LITTLE T. C. IN A PROSPECT OF FLOWERS.' Has any private student interested in Andrew Marvell identified the subject of one of his best-known poems, entitled as above ? Certainly no editor has taken the trouble to do so. Marvell' s younger years had many associations with literary Royalists. This set me guessing some time ago, and I pitched upon Theodosia Capel as a not unlikely candidate. But this little girl grew up to marry into the Hyde family, and no portrait of her childhood exists at Cornburv Park, or has ever been

heard of by her descendants. It now occurs to me that " little T. C." might just as well have been Theophila Carey, one of the seven daughters of that charming person, linguist, and scholar, Henry Carey, second Earl of Monmouth, and of Lady Martha Cranfield his wife. Theophila died in Charles I.'s reign, and died young. Is there any portrait of this child, with a garden background ?

L. I. G.

ARMS OF ENGLISHMEN REGISTERED IN PARIS. On reading through a back number of ' N. & Q.' I came across the following passage (8 S. i. 313), referring to Thomas Drake in France :

" In 1696, in obedience to an order of Louis XIV. r he enregistered his arms at Paris, where they may be seen at the Herald's Office."

As I am quite ignorant of matters per- taining to French heraldry, I should be much obliged if any correspondent could tell me what was this order of Louis which caused Thomas Drake to register his arms in Paris. Did it refer to him alone ? to all foreigners residing in France ? or was it a general order to all armigeri in France regardless of their nationality ?

I should also like to know if there is procurable a list of the names of all English- men who have had their arms registered in Paris. NoLA -

Baluchistan.

UNANNOTATED MARRIAGES AT WEST- MINSTER. (See ante, p. 65.) The next twelve unannotated marriage entries are:

7. Dec. 9, 1673. Joseph Embry and Barbara

8. Aug! 30, 1677. Edmund Clark and Ellen

Oldfield.

9. Feb. 10, 1680-1. Robert Fisher and Eliza-

beth Eyre.

10. Dec. 15, 1687. Richard Leighton and Mary

Caper.

11. Nov. 2, 1690. Joseph Damsell and Joanna

Kidder.

12. June 23, 1692. Robert Silke and Mary Dowse. 13 Feb. 2, 1692-3. John Ward and Lucy

Walker. f ....

14. Feb. 11, 1696-7. Thomas Crow, of Colhton,

co. Devon, widower and Elizabeth Gill, of St. Margaret's, Westminster, single woman. , ...

15. July 25, 1703. John Paul and Mary Smith,

both single.

16. Jan. 27, 1712-3. Mr. William Keylway and

Patience Aubery, single woman.

17. Jan. 28, 1714-5. William Edwards and

Sarah Colbourn.

18. Nov., 1721. Thomas Brown, widower,

and Mary Grumball, widow.

GERTRUDE FLEWKER. Ambleside, Letchworth.