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 70 NOTES AND QUERIES. [12 s. vn. JULY 24, 1920. PELADAN. Can any one supply informa- tion about the author who writes under this name ? ' Les amants de Pise' (1912), a romance published in Nelson's series of " chefs-d'oeuvre de la litterature " is stated on the title-page to be " par Peladan," and a fly-leaf gives a long list of books on a variety of subjects by the same author. C. A. COOK. Sullingstead, Hascombe, Godalming. ARMS OF JOAN OF ARC. Required, the authority on which W. Sneyd (at 1 S. vii. 295) states that the family of Joan of Arc was ennobled by Charles VII. in Dec., 1429 with a grant of the following magnificent armorial coat, viz., Azure, between two fleur-de-lys, or, a sword in pale, point upwards (the hilt or, the blade argent), in chief on the sword's point an open crown fleur-de-lys z, or. NOLA. " AIRWORTHY." The Daily Mail of June 28, 1920, describing an accident to an aeroplane, says " The machine was inspected by engineers. . . .and passed as airworthy." Is this word, formed on the analogy of " seaworthy," likely to be established in the language ? Are there previous instances of its use ? PENRY LEWIS. ILLUSTRATOR OF GARCILASSO DE LA VEGA. An English verse translation of this Spanish poet's works, bearing date 1823, is enriched with exquisite vignette head- pieces by a master hand in the Bewick style. Can the artist designer be identified ? The Translator of this edition was Jeremiah Holme Wiffen. ANEURIN WILLIAMS. ENIGMATICAL EPITAPHS. At 1 S. iii. 242 is quoted an epitaph from Bishop Joseph Hall's ' Discovery of a New World, by an English Mercury,' p. 140, on one " Andrew Turncoate " supposed to have been put up by I. H. This produced (atl S. iii. 339, 504) references to the well-known enigmatical epitaph on ^Elia Lcelia Crispis. De Blain- ville in the second volume of his ' Travels ' (after discussing this latter on pp. 198-203) at pp. 203-4 gives " a Modern one of the same Cast " which is practically identical with that on "Andrew Turncoate" except that he appears as Titus Andronicus Vor- tunius, and the erector of the epitaph as Publius Herennius Pansa. I conjecture that this is taken from Hall's ' Mundus Alter et Idem : sive Terra Australis Ante Hac Semper Incognita, Auctore Mercurio Britannico,' published in 1673, from which the " Discovery " was a translation by John Healey : but have been unable to verify. Can anyone interpret the Epitaph, and was it written by Bishop Hall ? It runs : Viator, Mane, Lege, Ambula. Hie Jacet Titus Andronicus Vortunius Nee Servus, Nee Miles, Nee Medicus, Nee Sutor, Nee Sartor, Nee Lanista, Nee Fur, Nee Causidicus, Nee Foenerator, Sed omnia. Nee in Urbe yitam egit, Nee Donii, Nee Foris, Nee in Mari, Nee in Terra, Nee in Aere, Nee hie, Nee illic, Nee Alibi, Sed ubique Sublatus Nee Fame, Nee Siti, Nee Veneno Nee Ferro, Nee Capistro, Nee Morbo, Sed omnibus. Posui Publius Herennius Pansa, Nee Debitor, Nee Creditor, Nee Haeres, Nee Cognatus, Nee Vicinus, Nee Necessarius, Hanc Nee Molem, Nee Lapidem, Nee Tumulum, Sed omnia Nee Illi, Nee Tibi, Nee Mihi, Nee moerens, Nee bene Nee male volens Sed omnibus. JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. " HONIE PRESSE " : " CEIFE " : " CRES- CLOTH." Martha Whately of Banbury by her will dated Dec. 2, 1641. left a "home presse " to an old servant, and to each of two young women a " ceife " and a " cres- cloth." Halliwell gives " seave " as a name for a gown, and explains " crescloth " to mean fine linen cloth. I should like to know more about these two words, and to be told the meaning of " honie presse." A " presse " seems to have been a cupboard. A. D. T. KETTY COSTAR (1736 ). Is anything known of this lady, daughter of Richard and Mary Costar, or Costard, born at Benson, Oxfordshire, in 1736, and mother by, it is said, the then Earl of Abingdon, of William Costar ? William Costar, family tradition says, was " intended for the law, but became an innkeeper." He was also a coach painter and part proprietor of the Light Stage Coach, which he " worked " in 1784, in partnership, between Henley, Benson and Oxford. He owned " The Red Lion " at Benson and " The Angel " at Oxford, as shewn by proceedings in the Exchequer (Bills and Answers, Oxon., Geo. III., No. 54, Costar v. Harder). His descendants are pretty fully set out in ' The Pedigree Register,' I. 346 ; III. 317. Of those I have known personally it may be said that they were full of character, tall, and well-built. Costars are found in Oxford-