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NOTES AND QUERIES.

[9 th S. I. MAR. 19, '98.

rather than with a scythe. As this monu- ment was, I think, erected in 1761, it must, of course, have been in the Abbey during the period of Chateaubriand's exile. If any one would kindly identify the "lair" for me I should feel much obliged, as I have no access at present to any work on the Abbey.

S. A. D'ARCY, L.R.C.P. and S.I. Rosslea, Clones, co. Fermanagh.

BATH APPLE. A few days ago a friend came across the term Bath apple in the course of his reading and asked me for a definition of it. I referred to all the dictionaries at my command (including the ' Historical English Dictionary '), but could find no trace of the word. Can any of your erudite readers give a definition of the word, which has escaped Dr. Murray 1 BIBLIOPHILE.

FAMILY OF TREUTHFEILD. This uncommon name occurs (A.D. 1719) in the will of John Scattergood, of Madras, merchant (P.C.C. Richmond 132), in which Elihu and John, sons of Elizabeth Treuthfeild, are named executors. The will was executed in Canton. I should be glad to hear if anything is known of these people, and if the name Treuthfeild still survives ; and, if so, in what part of the country. B. P. SCATTERGOOD.

19, Grove Road, Harrogate.

LATIN EPITAPH ON AN ELEPHANT IN ROME. In 1893 or 1894 a letter appeared in the Times in which was given the text of a Latin epitaph on an elephant that died in Rome in the sixteenth century. I cannot trace the letter by ' Palmer's Index.' Can any reader of ' N. & Q.' help me ? DONALD FERGUSON.

5, Bedford Place, Croydon.

MINISTER OF THE WORD OF GOD. What is the precise signification of this title when used as early as 1635? I am aware of its later use by, for instance, Hunter, in his
 * Families Minorum Gentium.' A. T. M.

MANTEGNA. Can you say whether there are any engravings extant of the series of paintings of ' The Triumph of Julius Caesar,' now at Hampton Court, by Andrea Mantegna? This set of paintings, in nine parts, each nine feet long, was so magnificent that it was called Andrea Mantegna's " Triumph." I suppose in the course of centuries the colours had become faded, and it was deemed neces- sary to revive them, for the whole nine parts of this once valuable work of art have been painted over. We are told this was done in the last century; and so badly was it done that the result is distressing to look at. There is said to be a drawing by Mantegna

of one of these nine paintings in the British Museum. Doubtless for those who can obtain the privilege of seeing this it will be a great help in conceiving the original in- tention of the great master. But are there engravings anywhere to be seen of the whole set, done before the spoiling took place? E. A. C.

SHAKSPEARE'S 'THE PHCENIX AND THE TURTLE.' What is known of the Sir John Salisbury to whose " love and merit " this poem, as well as those of Jonson, Chapman, and Marston, in Robert Chester's 'Love's Martyr' (1601), was "consecrated"? Can the difficulties of the poem be interpreted heraldically as well as allegorically ?

A. R. BAYLEY.

St. Margaret's, Great Malvern.

DUCKWORTH. I shall be obliged if any one can give me the arms of this Lancashire family, who lived at Padiham, in that county. Gervase Hatfeild, of Stanley, near Wakefield, married a daughter and coheir of Thomas Duckworth, of -, Padiham, living in 1666. There is a pedigree of Duck- worth in Foster's 'Lancashire Pedigrees,' but I have not access to it. W. D. HOYLE.

13, Gray's Inn Square, W.C.

"NOBLESSE OBLIGE."

" Si quid est in nobilitate bonum, id esse arbitror solum, ut imposita nobilibus necessitudo videatur, ne a majorum virtute degenerent." Boethius, ' De Consolatione Philosophise,' iii. 6.

Is this the original of " noblesse oblige " ?

R. M. SPENCE, M.A. Manse of Arbuthnott, N.B.

" HE PRIZES HIS CUPBOARD." This curious phrase was frequently on the lips of an old nurse whom I knew, and was her way of saying that a certain infant had always a good appetite. The old lady was a native of Somersetshire. What is the explanation of this saying ? Is it " prizes " or " prises " ? JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Town Hall, Cardiff.

CHEMISTRY. Who was the learned man of old who, being anxious to acquire a practical knowledge of chemistry, took pupils and taught it? Can any one oblige by supplying the name ? A. C. T.

THE NICHOLSON FAMILY OF THE NORTH OF ENGLAND. In the ' Life of Brigadier-General John Nicholson,' of Indian fame, by Capt. L. J. Trotter, recently published, I observe that the first of his family who came to Ireland was the Rev. William Nicholson, M.A., in 1589, who was married to a Lady