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 12 s. vm. JAN. 1,1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 5. I was not afraid to face them all with courage stout and bold, I marched up to them and to them I plainly told, " Your officers I do defy, and all that they can say, So therefore, boys, I'm not afraid to fight for Liberty." 6. Straightway I engaged them, and soon I beat them all, Soon I beat them all, my boys, for mercy they did call, Saying " Spare our lives, bold Irvine, and we will for you pray, And we'll declare you beat us all, and took your Liberty." 7. I said " You cowardly rascals, what otter can you say ? Now since that 1 have beat you all and you will for me pray, yes, now I shall spare your lives, you may declare and say That noble Irvine beat you all and took his Liberty." 8. Straightways there I left them and set off for Inceleed, 1 worked there a half a year at my shoemaking trade, Rambling notions came in my mind my parents for to see, And I met two of the Train men a coming to take me. 9. A-meeting these two Train men not knowing what to say, A-meeting these two Train men barefaced on the highway, They pulled out their hangers, I winded round my oak, And leathered these two Train men till they weren't worth a groat. 10. Londonderry fair was coming on, that fair I went to see, And"covardly Steward he was there a thinking to take me,. And in that bloody quarrel my hammer they did steal, And pledged it there for seven bobs, wasn't that a precious meal ? The guards did there surround me, I might have beat them all, Till out of the back window I got a shocking fall. The guards did there surround me with a party of the Train, And lodged me in the guard- house my sorrows to bewail. 12. The pretty girls of Belfast, hearing this news of me, Came flocking to the guard-house there me for . to see ; 1 bid them to dry up their tears and weeping to- refrain, For, my pretty maids, I'm not afraid of Liberty again. 13. Oh, but if I was in Paris I would be a va'liant man,. I would fight for my Liberty, but never for the Train, I would beat as many Train men as would stand in a row, And I'd make them fly before me like an arrow from a bow. These three extracts form the chief items of political interest in the book. The other entries call for no particular notice, but the following recipe for making porter is worth quoting for the sake of the prices. No date is given but it is opposite a sales item of 1801. INGREDIENTS FOR 6 GALLONS OF PORTER. s. d. One peck of malt 02 A quarter of a pound of liquorice root 002 do. of Spanish liquorice do. of essentia do. of colour Half a pound of treacle A quarter do. of hops Capsicum and ginger '. . Coals 001 002 002 2 004'

006 3 11 Jr Bought at the Public Houses at Qd. per quart 12 Brewed at home 3 H Leaves clear gain 8 A note of earlier date, from a loose inserted sheet, states that in February ,- 1759, potatoes were " sold out by retail 10 pounds for one penny, and the buyer wanted Trust." F. H. CHEETHAM. ORDERS AND ORDINANCES OF THE HOSPITALS,' 1532. IN endeavouring to unravel the apparent confusion of this scarce work and its several reprints I have experienced diffi- culty in identifying a reprint said to have been prepared for Samuel Pepys, the diarist. I have not traced this statement to its source, but it is evident many oook collectors and even a few booksellers are misled by " the shadow of doubt " that this illusive reprint was an exact facsimile of the original. The perplexity is therefore to identify it definitely. Apparently, the