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 186 NOTES AND QUERIES.

[12 S. VI. MAY 8, 1920.

Rank. Second Lieutenants

Name.

f Nicholas Lynch J. Foot Hugh Mackay (3) James Shorte J. Phillips J. Denniss J. Vance Joseph Hall Edward Hosea llichard Patey (3) ^ Vincent Cunningham

(3) In Army List

E of 1755

ate of commissions.

21 Jan. 1741 22 ditto 18 Aug. do. 21 ditto 23 ditto 28 Sept. do. 4 Oct. do. 2 June 1742 4 ditto 5 ditto

, as on half-pay.

Date of first commission.

.

J. H. LESLIE, Lieut. -Col., R.A. (Retired List). (To be continued.)

" BELLUM." Rabelais (iv. 16) wrote : " Peu de chose me retient, que je n'entre en ' 1'opinion du bon Heraclitus, affermant guerre

- estre de touts biens pire ; et croye que guerre soit en Latin ditte belle, non par antiphrase, ainsi comme ont cuid6 certains repetasseurs de vieilles ferracles Latines, parce qu'en guerre, gueres de beaute ne voyent ; mais absolument et simple- znent; par raison qu'en guerre apparaisse toute espece de bien et beau, et soit decedee toute espece xle mal et laidure."

But what Heraclitus said was, according to

Lucian (ii. 4), that War is the father of all

things, not of all good things, IIoAe/zos

cbravTwv 7ra.T?;/o. (See also Plato, ' Theo-

critus,' 179.) As to the derivation of

" bellum " on the " lucus a non lucendo "

principle, Forcellini remarks :

" Putat Festus dictum esse a bellius. quia earum propria est dissensio. Alii tradidere bellum

dictum esse, quia sit minime bellum. Sed hsec levia sunt."

"Who were these others ?

JOHN B. WAINEWRIGHT.

DR. BUTLER'S ALE. (See ante, p. 107, sub 'Izaak Walton's Strawberry.') As a correspondent remarks that : " None of the commentators on the ' Complete Angler ' seems to be absolutely sure who the Dr. Boteler was to whom Walton refers," may I point out that in the Tercentenary Edition of that classic work, which I edited for Messrs. Bagster & Sons in 1893, the following information is given in a footnote to the
 * passage (p. 166) :

" Dr. William Boteler, or Butler, an eminent but eccentric physician, was born at Ipswich about 1535, and was educated at Clare Hall, Cambridge, where he became a Fellow. He was one of the physicians to James I., and is styled by Fuller in his ' Worthies ' (Suffolk, 67) the .aSsculapius of his age. He died in January, 1618, and was buried at St. Mary's Church, Cambridge. He invented a medical drink called ' Dr. Butler's .Ale ' which was sold at certain houses in London

that had his head for a sign. One of these was in Ivy Lane, and another in an alley leading from Coleman Street- to Basinghall Street. The latter is now a noted restaurant, and still bears the name ' Dr. Butler's Head.' There is a public house also with this sign in Telegraph Street, Moorgate Street. Dr. Butler is said to have been a great humorist, and this, joined to his reputation as a physician, would no doubt account for his popularity."

Since this note appeared in 1893 I have come across an old recipe for making this famous ale, from which it would seem that the prefix " medicinal " is needed. It is printed in a curious manual of domestic and agricultural information, ' The Complete Family Piece,' the second edition of which was printed in 1737, and " Dr. Butler's Purging Ale " is given amongst ' Receipts for Distilling.' It runs as follows :

" Take polypody of the Oak and Senna of each 4 ounces ; of Sarsaparilla 2, ounces ; of Aniseeds and Carraway Seeds of each an ounce ; of Scurvy- grass half a bushel ; of Agrimony and Maidenhair of each a handful. Beat all these easily [i.e. gently], and put them all into a coarse canvas bag, and hang them in 3 gallons of Ale, and in three days you may drink of it."

We do not read of any "passive resisters " in those days, but to judge from modern standards one would suppose that it needed some courage to take a glass of Dr. Butler's ale. Nevertheless, as we are told that the beverage had a good sale, we must conclude that there were many courageous enough to drink it. J. E. HARTING.

LONDON INNHOLDERS. In connexion svith the list of London Coffee-houses which has recently appeared in ' N. & Q.' the following should prove of interest : " THE CROWN AND SCEPTRE.

"Indenture 11 July 1709 between John Drury Citizen and Innholder of London assignee of a Commission of Bankrupt awarded against John Davis. Premises (sold to John Prince) late in the