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NOTES AND QUEKIES.

[2 n -J S. NO 25., JUNE 21. '56.

Tradesmen's Tokens (2 nd S. i. 336. 417.) I am obliged to your correspondents, and especially to ME. E. S. TAYLOR, for their answers to my Queries. The list of Norfolk corruptions is 'use- ful, though most of them are familiar to me ; but I wish to correct one mistake ME. TAYLOR has made.

" Matthew Rich and John Potterill " is not a Norfolk token, but one of Okeham, in Rutland ; the word is very plain on my specimen.

Snelling's lists are very useful as far as they go ; but no explanations being given of the modern names of the places mentioned by him, it would occupy too much of your valuable space to re- print them.

I would gladly comply with the suggestion of MR. FRERE ; but the coins were only mentioned to me as I gave them, my own collection (except for London) being as yet small. I trust, however, that other collectors will supply this omission, as you appear to have several among your readers.

Being unwilling to intrude too much on the space at your disposal, I confine myself at present to one Query, and an explanation or two which I have ascertained since I wrote to you. Query, where is Fairefax ?

" 0. John Pettie x Justice holding a sword and pair of scales.

" R. Fairefax, 1666 x A ship in full sail."

I have suggested the co. of Monmouth, where there is the Fairfax estate lately presented to Lord Raglan as a memorial of his gallant father ; but Monmouthshire is not a maritime county.

Ozed is St. Osyth, co. Essex.

Town Sovtton is Sutton Valence, co. Kent.

The Manor of Honycliild is also in Kent, in Romney Marsh.

Stoowry is Sturry, co. Kent.

Austenfield I cannot find in my county atlas ; but there is Austonefield, on the borders of Der- byshire, but in Staffordshire. I subjoin a descrip- tion of the token :

" O. James Sheldon at x Grocers' Arms. R. Ostenfeild, 1666 x His . Half . Peny."

J. S. SMALLFIELD. 10. Little Queen Street, Holborn.

Song on Tobacco (2 nd S. i. 258. 260.) Your correspondent Y. B. N. J. was probably not aware of the authorship of the very pretty sonnet on the pipe and tobacco, which he quotes from Misson, who probably himself was not aware of it. The author was Esprit de Raymond, Comte de Mo- dene, putative father of Armande Bejart, wife of Moliere. He is also author of some pleasant verses : " La peinture du pays d'Adioussias, c'est- a-dire de 1'etat d' Avignon," an epistle to a young person about to take the veil ; a set of mono- rhymes in if, addressed to " Inizul ;" and a mag- nificent sonnet on the crucifixion. While on the

subject of Misson, allow me to recommend to the perusal of your readers, OzelFs Preface or De- dication : it is the finest gem of snobbery in the language. JAMES KNOWLES.

William Spencer (2 nd S. i. 472.) The lines quoted by your correspondent S. were, doubtless, the original production of William Robert Spencer, and as such are contained in a volume of poems afterwards published for him, in 1811, by Cadell & Davies, Strand, London; where they will be found at p. 166. N. L. J.

" Gullet" (2 nd S. i. 377.) This word is to be found in Goodrich's edition of Webster, and also in Brande, who says : " broken glass, to be melted over." R. s. CHAENOCK.

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