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NOTES AND QUERIES.

S. N 19., MAY 10. '56.

" The bluidy Duke o' Cumberland,

His day's black wark was done; An' fain he was to slink to rest, At the settin' o' the sun,

n.

" But, O what visions ower his breast,

That seat o' wrath an' sin, Cam', scowling like lang -famish'd wolves, To shew what lurked within !

" He was a man, o' foreign Ian', Nae Scottish heart had he ; Nae feelings o' a glorious past Brocht the saut tear in his ee.

IV. " He'd see unmoved he'd look unscaithed

On deeds o' blackest hue, That wad mak the verra deevils laugh, And man his birth-day rue.

v.

" Duke ! grim Duke ! what brocht ye here,

We hae nae kin wi' you, For Scotland is a loyal land, To King and Kirk aye true ?

VI.

" And 'twasna for a Popish yoke, That bravest men cam' forth, To part wi' life an' dearest ties, An' a' that life was worth.

" Bruce and Wallace, wbar war ye,

When this grim auld carle cam o'er ? Why didna ye upset the boat That brocht him to our shore ?

" A bonny whommel 'twould hae been

To hae seen him duck and dive ; But the bonniest sicht to Scottish een, If he'd never come alive.

" The grass is green, whar bluid was seen,

In monv a clotted pool, On dark Culloden's treeless muir, To Scotland's woe and dool :

" But' aye when gloamin gently fas

Aboon the dreary spot Whar Scotland strove, but strove in vain, Against the wud red-coat,

XII.

" The bluidy Duke o' Cumberland

Is heard to shriek and rave,

To scare awa the pious hands'

That deck ilk honour'd grave."

SCOTUS.

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Gutta Percha : its Application. Of the various and novel applications of this material, one of the most striking, perhaps, is that in the form of those gentle administrators of civil justice, " specials' "

staves. Are such weapons of gutta percha in actual use ? Are they hollow, or solid cylinders ? Would the same material be available for the manufacture of sword- scabbards (for which the late Captain Nolan recommended wood, as a sub- stitute for the metal now in use) ? The gutta percha would, I presume, prove equally light and noiseless, and might be rendered secure from the edge of the sword-blade. F. PHILLOTT.

Spelling of Names uncertain. A curious in- stance of the uncertainty of spelling is found also in the archives of the University of Oxford. The same person signs thus at three separate times :

" June 8, 1607. William Beronden. Dec. 11, 1607. William Baradell. Oct. 27, 1622. William Buradayle."

He is a witness in a long cause, and makes three several depositions. P. B.

Oxford.

Rhyming Receipt to make Ink. In John de Beauchesne's Writing Booh, printed at London from wooden blocks, by Richard Field, 1602, is the following curious receipt :

" To make Ink.

" To make common ink, of wine take a quart, Two ounces of gumme, let that be part ; Five ounces of galls, of cop'res tafce three, Long standing doth make it the better to be ; If wine ye do want, raine water is best, And then as much stuffe as above at the least, If ink be too thick, put vinegar in, For water doth make the colour more dimme."

I have never seen the book from whence the above is taken. My information is derived from one of Oldys's MS. Note-Books in my possession.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

Rapid Printing and Publishing. Three editions of the last two volumes of Macaulay's History of England have been published in this city by dif- ferent booksellers. One of them, of 25,000 copies, was set up, stereotyped, printed, and bound, in the space of fifty hours. UNEDA.

Philadelphia.

Sir William Gage. In the las.t number of the Sussex Archaeological Journal (p. 267.), Mr. Lower writes :

" The only Sir William Gage I can discover as living in 1720, was not a member of the Firle family, but a re- presentative of the Gages of Hengrave." Mr. Lower is generally so well informed in all that relates to Sussex, that I think it_quite as likely I misunderstand him, as that he is in error ; but still think it right to say, that, according to Collins, Sir William Gage, of Firle, 7th baronet, succeeded to the title in 1713, and died in 1744.

S. v.

" The Cow and Snuffers" To the notes on " Curious Inn Signs " I have another to add, one