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  e ceterday when \, e 3ere begynnes Micull gode > e wise mon Wynnes. If J> u haue qwete take )> u hym, Soofe gode chepe, and sel be tyme. Off otys plente J>er be shall, And hay of medow also with all. Acre and heuynesse J^en shalle cum, With gret drynes }>ei shall num. J> 4 3ere litull shal be of wyne And swalme among fatte swyne. Olde men shalle dye to grounde And suffer mony harde stounde. Princis shalle werre make, In euery londe sorow and -Brake. Cheften hedis shall cum as well And mony wymmen in londe quell. jp feuer quarten shalle wede aboute And grefe bothe riche and stowte. j>en wynter shal be colde be kynde, )>* mony men shalle hit fynde. In J> encle of hervyst wynde shalle rise, And whete shalle in |> e felde agrise. Many beestes I J> e telle In )>* Jere shalle' be quelle."

C. HAEDWICK.

(2 nd S. i. 150.)

The following is a correct copy of an old paper, now in the possession of a descendant of the family to which it relates, but it will not be of use to DR. MUNK, except as a matter of cu- riosity :

" Mr. Barbor, the father of my great-grandfather, for his firm adherance to the Protestant religion, was in Queen Marie's reign brought into Smithfield to suffer at the stake. But whilst he was taking leave of certain friends, news came the Queen was dead, so that the Popish party did not dare to put him to death. In re- membrance of so eminent a preservation, the said Mr. Barbor had the Effigies of Queen Elizabeth cutt out upon a stone, bequeathing the jewel to his eldest son, if he had a daughter and named her Elizabeth ; otherwise the Jewell should descend to his 2 d son, if the condition was fulfilled by him ; but if not, then to the 3 d son, and so on. This is the account as it has been handed down from father to son, and hitherto there has been an Eliz th in the family.

" And let it now be known to all, whom it may con- cern, that I, Gabriel Barbor of Brentwood,'do give, after my decease, the aforesaid jewel, together with the picture of the said Mr. Barbor, unto John my eldest son, provided he has a daughter named Elizabeth ; and he is to give the said jewel and picture to his son upon the foregoing condition ; but if the said condition is not fulfilled in my son John, then the said jewel and picture shall goe to Gabriel my 2 d son, and in case of a failure here in this son, then the said jewel and picture shall descend to Richard my 3 d son, he performing the above said con- dition. But should neither of my sons have a daughter named Elizabeth, then my mind and will is, that the said Jewell and picture goe to my eldest son John Barbor, and to his mate and his heirs for ever. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 25 th day of Aug 1, 1724. " GABRIEL BAKBOU."

Another document in the same possession recites as follows :

"I, John Barbor, of the parish of Saint Saviour's, Southwark, would have the effigies of Queen Eliz tl1 and my predecessors picture goe to my brother Gabriel Barbor ; if no children there, then to my brother Richard Barbor. Witness my hand the 10 th day of March, 1757.

" JOHN BAKBOK."

The jewel and picture ultimately went to Ri- chard Barbor's daughter Elizabeth, Mrs. Blencowe of Rayne, in whose possession it remained a few years ago. The jewel is described as very costly, and set with diamonds, rubies, and pearls. Query, Who were the sons of the Mr. Barbor who so nearly suffered martyrdom in Queen Mary's reign, and whether the genealogy can now be traced from him to the first Gabriel Barbor of Brentwood ? Is the latter identical with a person of his name, who was a Fellow of C. C. Coll., Cambridge, and graduated A. B. in 1671, and A. M. in 1675? PATOHCE.

ENGLISH PRONUNCIATION OF LATIN.

(2 nd S. i. p. 151.218.)

" Fifty years ago was it not usual among good scholars to distinguish in pronunciation the quan- tity of the penultimate syllable alone ? How long is it since Tittyre was superseded by Tey- tire ? " University and public school men are the most competent to answer this Query. But I have a suspicion that, so far as private schools are concerned, the change began with the publication

(in 1818 or 1820), by the Rev. Edwards, of

the Eton Latin Grammar, with English notes. The editor, in his preface, made some pertinent remarks upon the causes of the ignorance of "quantities" which generally prevailed, and, in my knowledge, several schoolmasters, struck with their justice, and by way of rectifying the evil, commenced a change similar to that complained of. I was brought up by a dissenting minister, an accomplished and acknowledged scholar, but the disregard of " quantity " amongst his lads amounted to ignoring it. Hence, since free from the ferula, I have ever been especially shy of quoting, viva voce, from Roman writers, through i'ear of a stumble which would throw an Oxford or Eton man into fits. Watson, the Bishop of Llandaff, in his Memoirs, states that he never surmounted this fear, and that when he had to deliver a Latin lecture at Cambridge, he always marked the quantities in his manuscript before- hand. Whilst on the subject of Classics, allow me to ask how it happens that, compared with the run of continental schoolboys and students not to speak of scholars we are unable to put our Latin to use either orally or in writing ? It will not do to account for our inability to maintain a