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 488 NOTES AND QUERIES. t is are. DEO. 17. 19*1. Which thing apparently was done and the name of the Irish colonel appears no more in the record. These quotations are taken from a reprint of extracts relating to the siege of Arras from the Gazette of 1640, edited by M. Victor Advielle and published at Arras and Paris in 1877, being No. 1 of the " Bibliotheque Artesienne." The Gazette, in 1640, was less than ten years old, having been founded in 1631, and was at that period the only news- paper in France. Was " Eugenic " the name used by O'Neill when in the Spanish service, or was it a foreigner's way of writing Owen Roe ? F. H- CHEETHAM. A NEWLY-DISCOVERED MAP OF SUBBEY. It would be well to place on record the discovery of an unknown engraved map of Surrey. John Norden (1548-1625) made a chorographical description of the several shires and islands of " Middlesex, Surrey, Sussex, Hamshire, Weighte, Garnsey and Jarsey." The MS. and drawings of maps are in the British Museum, Ad. 31,853. Plates were engraved of Middlesex, 1593: and this, with that of Hertfordshire, 1598, wa 5 published during his lifetime, and other of his maps were engraved and published after his death Northampton, 1720; Cornwall, 1728; Essex, 1840. It is now found that Surrey was also engraved at an early date, and I have had the pleasure, by the courtesy of Messrs. Ellis, 29, New Bond Street, of examining the only print at present known. It was engraved from Norden' s drawing by Carolus Whit well, the engraver of Symonson's map of Kent and other recorded maps, and was dedicated to Norden's patron, Robert Nicholson. The map was found preserved in a copy of ' Polychronicon,' a scarce and interesting early book by Ralph Higden, in the writing of which Caxton took a hand. This par- ticular copy (of the third edition, 1527) was owned by Robert Nicholson, and the map was evidently inserted in the book to preserve it. PBESCOTT Row. 37, Maiden Lane, Covent Garden, W.C. 2. COTTON FAMILY or WABBLETON, HANTS (see 10 S. xi. 382, and also 10 S. iv. 56, 114, 8.v. ' William Shelley '). MB. JOHN B. WAINEWBIGHT has cleared up a mystery which was unsolved bv the eminent Sir Harris Nicolas (vol. i. ' Compleat Angler/ Memoir of Charles Cotton therein, edition 1836), that, namely, as to the identity of Sir George Cotton. But to my surprise he says he cannot identify Sir George Cotton's children. There were two, Charles Cotton and Cassandra Cotton, the former (himself the friend of Lord Clarendon, Lovelace, Herrick, John Fletcher, &c., &c.) being the father of Charles Cotton, the author of Part II. of ' The Compleat Angler,* poet and translator (vide Sir Harris Nicolas's famous edition of ' The Compleat Angler ' referred to above). Perhaps I might add that I am editing the poems of Charles Cotton (see my essay in The London Mercury, November, 1921). Any informa- tion as to Charles Cotton, whether bio- graphical or as to the whereabouts of original MSS., would be most welcome. I am, of course, familiar with the numerous and helpful references in ' N. & Q.' since its first volume. JOHN BEBESFOBD. 86, Lansdowne Boad, W.ll. UNPUBLISHED LETTEB OF GILBEBT IMLAY. The following is a hitherto unpublished letter from Gilbert Imlay, Mary Wollstone- craft's faithless lover, written in the year he arrived at " the falls of the Ohio " (Louisville), to his friend Henry Lee (Lieut. -Col. Henry Lee of Virginia, 1756- 1818, " Light Horse Harry," Washington's best cavalry officer, member of Congress 1786, 1799, Governor of Virginia 1792). The original is at Madison, Wis., in the Draper Collection of the State Historical of Wisconsin. (Envelope) Mr Henry Lee, Lexington Dr Skinner is requested to send this immediately to Lexington. G Imlay, 2d Sept 84. (Letter) Dear Sir, I Received yours the other day in answer to mine by Mr Lewis Which afforded me much satisfaction as Mr Triplet has done nothing with my Business and that you will do every thing in your power to make a Completion of it. You request me to express my Wishes more fully but as I know your capacity I think more would be useless as you will readily comprehend my whole expectations Which is no more than to survey with caution to Prevent litigious disputes with prior Claims and informing Dr Skinner fully of the situation of the different surveys that he may be ennabled to Caveat with cer- tainty. I am Happy that you will undertake Bowdoin's also and l" have now to Request that you will survey all the Land that is Entered in Col. Floyd's Name that is not already Survey'd. bered e/d.