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 12 s. ix. AUG. 20, 1921.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 153 To grandchild Joan Hockley 40, over and above the sum of 10 given unto her by her uncle John Forder. I give unto my two other grandchildren, Elizabeth and Christian Hockley, 40 apiece, to be paid them at the age of 21. I will that the money to the sons and daughters of Roger Hockley and William White shall be paid unto their fathers for their use six months after my decease, provided they give good security. To sons-in-law Roger Hockley and William White, 20 shillings apiece." G. T. WINDYER MORRIS. THE IVORY GATE or VIRGIL : ENGLISH MISCONCEPTION (12 S. ix. 84, 132). I am inclined to think, after reading V. R.'s note on this subject at the first reference, that modern pedants care even less than modern novelists about the accuracy of their allusions. The passage in ' Poor Relations ' to which V. R. alludes is as follows : This seemed to him in the easy optimism that prevails upon the borders of sleep an excellent joke, and he passed with a chuckle through the ivory gate. The context clearly implies that the gentle- i man's dreams were likely to be delusive. This is no post hoc, for in ' Sinister Street,' chapter vii., book 4, is entitled ' The Gate of Ivory,' and 'refers to the mind of one who is the prey of false dreams, while chapter ix. ; is entitled " The Gate of Horn," and refers ! to the mind of one who has come beneath the influence of true dreams. If a modern novelist be allowed to trespass without a " procul, O procul este, profani " from V. R., may he suggest that the two! gates are used like the caskets of gold and lead in ' The Merchant of Venice ' ? As for I the reason why Aeneas and the Sibyl were dismissed through the Ivory Gate it seems to ; me that not being dreams either false or true j it did not matter which way they went out that Anchises, like a good host, chose the prettier gate, and that Virgil himself, like a i modern novelist, chose the prettier word and, i like a modern poet, the one that fitted best the need of his verse. COMPTON MACKENZIE. SOURCE OF ANECDOTE WANTED (12 S. ' vii. 72). In Augustinus, 'Opera,' Paris, 1679, tome i., Epistolae 155, caput iv. 14, will be found the following : Homo sum ; humani nihil a me alienum puto. Cui sententiae ferunt etiam theatra tota, plena ! stultis indoctisque, applaussisse. A. J. VAN HUFFEL, JR. De Riemerstraat 154, The Hague. Holland. DOMENICK ANGELO'S BURIAL-PLACE (12 S. viii. 491 ; ix. 33, 79). I am afraid that the authority cited by MR. SWYNNERTON as stating that Sophia Angelo was an Eton dame for nearly seventy years, namely, The Gentleman's Magazine, cannot be trusted in this particular. We have a list of dames given in The World newspaper for Sept. 29, 1787, and it contains no mention of Miss Angelo. This is corroborated by the MS. school list of 1788 (printed in Etoniana Magazine, p. 245), which likewise sets out all the dames, but again without Miss Angelo's name ; further, in the list giving in some 300 cases the name of each boy's dame there is no mention of her name. These facts seem to prove fairly con- clusively that Miss Angelo could not have been a dame " in 1779 or soon after." With regard to George IV., I did not wish to deny the fact that he may have been influential in gaining Miss Angelo a dame's house, but merely that it was very unlikely that he could have done so as early as 1779. I do not think there are other names in the poem left to identify except the very obvious one of K t- for Keate. R. A. AUSTEN-LEIGH. 'DAILY ADVERTISER' (12 S. ix. 91). Information as to some extant copies of this newspaper (which seems exceedingly rare) may possibly interest MR. BERNARD KETTLE, though not providing him with the copy he wants. No. 1953, April 29, 1737, is'in the British Museum; No. 3063, Nov. 14, 1740, in my own collection ; and the issues for Oct. 27 and Dec. 31, 1741, in the " Henry Sell " collection, belonging to Messrs. Sells, Ltd., Fleet Street. NORAH RICHARDSON. "FLOREAT ETONA ! " (12 S. ix. 111). The well-known picture by Lady Butler, engraved by John Comer Webb, is entitled An eyewitness of the attack on Laing's Neck thus describes the incident depicted : Poor Elwes fell among the 5th. He shouted to another Eton boy (adjutant of the 5th, whose horse had been shot) : " Come along Monck I Floreat Etona ! We must be in the front rank ! " and he was shot immediately. The above only answers part of MR. ESCOTT'S query, and I can only add that the Christian name of Elwes was Robert. HUGH S. GLADSTONE.
 * Floreat Etona ! (Battle of Laing's Neck).'