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gate printed by Robert Stephens in 1528, entitled Biblia Sacra Latina cum Concordantiis, c. Paris, ex officina Roberti Stephani, e regione Scholae Decretorum, 1528. Cum privilegio Regis, fol. But notwithstanding this privilege, the work was inserted in the list of prohibited books. It was reprinted in 8vo. in 1534 and 1545. In that of 1534, the Prefaces of St. Jerome are collected together, and printed at the end, with the little work of St. Augustin, de Spiritu et Litera. Consult Bibliotheca Sussexiana, vol. i. pt. ii. pp. 390. 399. 418.]

Roscoes Edition of Pope. I have a copy of this edition, of the date 1847, without any index. I should be glad to learn whether it was published in that state. W. M. T.

[Our correspondent's copy must be imperfect, as the index to the previous edition was revised for that of 1847, which was a trade book.]

Rhymes upon Places : Warwickshire.

" Sutton for mutton,

Tamworth for beef,

Yenton (i. e. Erdington) for a pretty girl, And Brummagem for a thief."

Query, Is Brummagem, i. e. Birmingham, pro- perly Bromwich-ham ? E. S. TATLOB.

[These lines seem to have done service in other coun- ties, as, for instance, in Surrev and Kent. See our 1 st S. v. 374. 404. In The Athenceuin, Sept. 8, 1855, p. 1035., is a valuable article on the etymology of Birmingham, from Mr. James Freeman, who says, that " the word Bir- mingham is so thoroughly Saxon in its construction, that nothing short of positive historical evidence would war- rant us in assigning any other than a Saxon origin to it. The final syllable ham means a home or residence, and Bermlngas would be a patronymic or family name, mean- ing the Berms (from Berm, a man's name, and ing or iunff, the young, progeny, race, or tribe). The word dis- sected in this manner, would signify the home or residence of the Berms ; and there can be little question that this is its true meaning. Bromwicham is a coined word, and may be dismissed as bad Saxon."]

" The Whole Duty of Man." What is the date of the earliest known edition of this once popular work? I have a copy with an engraved title, called the " Last edition, corrected and amended." It is printed by the original pub- lisher, J. Garthwaite, 1659, and contains Dr. Ham- mond's letter of March 7, 1657. I presume that letter was prefixed to the first edition ; but can you or any reader of " N. & Q." say where a copy of that edition can be seen ? An account of the first few editions would oblige me, or a reference to some source of information. B. H. C.

[The first edition of this popular work is entitled The Practice of Christian Graces, or the Whole Duly of Man, and printed for T. Garthwaite, 1658, with frontispiece by Hollar; to which is prefixed a letter by Dr. H. Ham- mond, dated March 7, 1G57. The most useful work to consult respecting its disputed authorship is Pickering's edition of 1842, containing a bibliographical preface by the Rev. \Vm. Bentinck Hawkins, of Exeter College, Oxford. See also " X. & Q.," ! S. ii. 292. ; v. 229 vi. 537.; viii. 5G4.j ix, 551.]

Verse in the Sense of Solo. In cathedral music the word verse is used to designate such passages as are to be sung by only one voice to a part, in opposition to the word full, which is used to indi- cate that all the choir are to sing. The latter word of course explains itself, but how came verse to be so employed ? A. A.

[The word verse may be derived from verset (Fr.), the short modulus introduced by the organist between one psalm and another, or between any two parts of a psalm. Or it may come from versi, that part of the Italian opera written in unrhymed lines, and sung in recitative. Or from vers6 (Fr.), for those most experienced in singing. Or from verse, a section or paragraph, not in figured counterpoint like the polyphonic movement or chorus. Or from terser, a pouring forth or expansion, in opposition, to the concise expression of the canon or fugue. Or for that part of the music when the members of the quire and collegiate body spread themselves out to take up the dance. But this it is not.]

Kepltaf.

POPE PIUS AND THE BOOK OF COMMON PRAYEE. (2 nd S. i. 98.)

I willingly leave the question respecting Pope Pius and the Book of Common Prayer where it is, " unsettled," if T. L. pleases so to pronounce it. But I shall be pardoned for reminding T. L., that in his first communication (May 26, 1855) he vo- lunteered a "settlement" of the point at issue, contrary, I submit, to evidence ; and hence were elicited the few remarks which I have since ven- tured to offer. How far T. L. has succeeded in sMling the question in favour of his own views, 1 must leave to the decision of the reader. T. L.'s last communication merely contains a renewal of his former positions, and a reiteration of his pre- vious convictions ; whether they are tenable or not I will not categorically pronounce, but I may hazard a doubt whether " almost all Papists and Protestants will acquiesce in T. L.'s conclusions ; nay, I question whether, after all that has been advanced, they will allow him to claim either Camden, Coke, or Ware.

By the by, T. L. has not answered my question respecting Constable's reply to Courayer on the subject before us ; I must therefore reply to it myself. The fact is, that Constable never did re- spond to the third chapter of the fifth book of Courayer's Defence of the Dissertation, or to any portion of it ; and it is to this work, and to this chapter of Courayer, that I have so repeatedly referred. What Constable did was simply this, to copy from Le Quien's Answer to Courayer x Dissertation some thirty lines, in reply to about seventeen lines of Courayer, in which Camden's statement is incidentally mentioned. But could T. L., when he penned the paragraph respecting