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 130 NOTES AND QUERIES. [is aix. AUG. is, 1921. PARSONS FAMILY. Miss Mary Anne Par- ! Anything throwing light on this most extra- sons, born 1781, married as her second ordinary document, which, from its being at husband, in 1827, John Blagrave, Esq., of Loseley, would seem to have been addressed Calcot Park, Co. Berks. Any information as | to Sir' George More (as to whom see the to this lady's parentage very gratefully | ' D.N.B.'), would be of great interest to received. J. C. RUSSELL PARSONS. Forest Garth, near Christchurch, Hants. ' students of the period. JOHN B. WAINE WRIGHT. RoCHE-PiCHMER. I shall be glad if any- one can tell me what is the origin of this name of a chateau near Montsurs in Mayenne, France. P. ALLSOPP. 9, Walpole Street, S.W.3. COL. KUTCHINSON THE REGICIDE. I am; wanting to hear of any contemporary j)or- j trait of Col. John Hutchinson the regicide, other than one already known to me at Peterhouse, Cambridge. E. BASIL LUPTON. 10, Humboldt Street, Cambridge, Mass., U.S.A. ! ENGLISH . RAILINGS IN AMERICA. The Outlook of New York states that the iron railings surrounding the old Bowling Green in Lower Broadway (to which recent reference was made in ' N. & Q.' in the notice of the new Cunard building, 12 S. ix. 50) were sent out from England inj 1771. It would be of interest to ascertain; where they were made. J. LANDFEAR LUCAS. 101, Piccadilly. CHEESE SAINT. I am advised that there is a Patron Saint for cheese, cheesemakers, j and cheesemongers ; also that there used to be cheese sacrifices. Any references or information will be acceptable. R. HEDGER WALLACE. JAMES I. AND A WIDOW BOOKSELLER OF BRISTOL. On p. 50 of ' A Century of Perse- 1 cution,' Dr. Hyland prints from the MSS. i preserved at Loseley in Surrey ( ' Bundle i 1329 (II.) Miscellaneous Papers'), without any explanatory notes, the following curious j paper : The Widdow Bookseller at Bristol, whose name j I am charged with at the time, is in my proposal j for printing my Book Horae Sacro-Poetical, and | I charge not myself with a remembrance of that | name, because I expect to see my Book published, ! and her name with the rest are due to me in that ! conspeximus. I will not be enslaved with this i memory of persons' names for the future, but take the strongest test of Poysons, Razors, and other Trials (as I have done) to maintain my ! title and Dignity in the Pace till my Restoration. God my Father witnesseth this and my mother i Stuart has satisfied you in yonder House that I am her son according to the flesh. JAMES YE KINO. VICAR OF THIRSK. Can any reader kindly supply a list of the Vicars of Thirsk,, Yorks ? HAYDON T. GILES. 11, Ravensbourne Terrace, South Shields. QUOTATION WANTED. My parents have often quoted to me what they believe to be the first verse of a jingle which occurred in an Indian paper somewhere about the time 1885. The popular title of this paper was "The Pink 'Un," which I guess to have been The Evening Telegram or Mail, printed on pink paper. The first verse is quoted to me as follows : " The patient, mild Hindu, In far-off Raj-Putan (Sp. ?) Smiles to think how very few Will ever reach Nirvan." This verse has been a tradition in our family, and I very much want to authenticate it, and, if possible, get the remaining verses. I do not believe anybody short of ' N. & Q.' could possibly do this for me. ACTON GRISCOM. 37, Fifth Avenue, New York. AUTHORS WANTED. -1. " By the clock of my belly 'tis the dinner hour [or some such con- text]." This phrase occurs, if my memory serves me, in one of the sixteenth-century or early seventeenth-century dramatists. Can anyone oblige me with the reference ? SLEUTH-HOUND. 2. I should be glad to know the author of the following lines, and the poem from which they are taken : " Wrap me in Thy crimson robe, Speak to me of Thy love." GEORGE WADE. 45, Riseldine Road, Honor Oak Park, S.E. 23. 3. (a) " II dit tout ce qu'il veut, mais mal- heureusement il n'a rien a dire." (Quoted by Matthew Arnold in his Preface to Poems, 1853.) (6) "A true allegory of the state of one's own mind in a representative history is perhaps the highest thing one can attempt in the way of poetry." (Quoted in the same Preface.) (c) " Whose changing mound, and foam that passed away Might mock the eye that questioned where I lay." (Quoted by Ruskin in his chapter on the Pathetic Fallacy in ' Modern* Painters.') (d) " Each' smoother seems than each, and each than each seems smoother." E. D. J. REFERENCES WANTED : (a) Where in Ben Jonson is the phrase " sphere of humanity " to be found ? (Attri-