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ii. 204) in the speech in which Ulysse recalling the Grecian army to the contes which they had erroneously thought wa to be abandoned, rebukes objectors o no repute either in council or in fight asserting that the king was to b' obeyed to whom Zeus had committed th sceptre, and rightly, for the rule of man: was not good. (Homer, as is well known was no democrat, and his object was to glorify the chiefs of the Achseans.) It i somewhat singular that this sentence i erroneously quoted in Liddell and Scott where we have (introduced into the seventh edition under /coipavos ; in earlier editions the place in the ' Iliad ^ is referred to, but the words are not given) OVK dyaOrj rroXvKoipavirj This would be similar to altering the famous passage in Vergil (Eel. iii. 80), " Triste lupus stabulis," into " Tristis lupus stabulis," or " A sad wolf in the folds'' instead of "A wolf is a sad [baneful, as Dryden has it] thing in the folds." W. T. LYNN.

Blackheath.

JESSICA. This was a female name current among English Jews before the expulsion in 1290. It was borne principally by Jewesses of Norwich. A Jessica was wife of Rabbi Elias Cochab, circa 1240 ; another, a little later, was the wife of Jacob fil Jurnin, also of Norwich. It is met with twice in the diminutive form Gica and Gika. It is the Iscah of Genesis, chap. xi. verse 29, which should have been transliterated Jessica according to the Hebrew text.

M. D. DAVIS.

A QUAINT EPITAPH. In a recent number of the Tatler, in the ' Gossip of the Hour,' the following lines are given as a quaint epitaph found on a tombstone in a Suffolk church- yard :

O may I stand before the Lord

When earth and seas are fled,

And hear the Judge pronounce my name

With blessings on my head.

But, substituting in the first line "Lamb" for " Lord," these lines are one of the verses of a Scottish paraphrase used, along with metrical psalms and hymns, by the Church of Scotland. Some of the paraphrases are found in 'Hymns Ancient and Modern ' such as " O God of Bethel " and " How bright these glorious spirits shine." GEORGE ANGUS. St. Andrews, N.B.

QUAKERS IN KENT. With reference to the places of worship belonging to the Quakers, the following occur in some of the volumes relating to the Court of the Archdeacon of Canterbury that are now preserved in Canter-

bury Cathedral Library. Vol. for years 1675-98, fol. 215 :

To the Archbishop of Canterbury. We, the people called Quakers, desire it may be registered in the Ecclesiastical Court in Canter- bury, that they may use a house or place in Faversham in the County of Kent for religious worship for the said people. And do likewise desire a certificate of the same.

(Signed) JOHN SIMS.

JOHN MADDOX. JOHN LOVE. 1 July, 1696. Vol. 1678-1735, fol. 231 :

To the Archbishop of Canterbury. We whose names are hereunto subscribed in the behalf of the people of God called Quakers, do desire (according to the Directions of an Act of Parliament entitled an Act to exempt his Majesty's Protestant Subjects from the Penalties of certain Laws) ; that it may be Registered in the Registry a Meeting place for religious worship in the house of Robert Barrett in the parish of Swacliff[Swayle- cliffe] in the County of Kent, and that we may have a certificate of the same.

(Signed) HENRY PKK.NK. ISAAO COLMNS. JOHN LOVE.

The abovesaid Certificate was presented by John Love, and registered this 31st of July, 1700.

(Signed) PA. LUKIN, Deputy Regr.

Again, in the same volume :

To the Archbishop of Canterbury. We whose names are hereunto subscribed, Certify (according to the directions of an Act of Parliament intitled an Act to exempt their Majesty s' Protestant subjects desenting [.sic] from the Church of England, from the penalties of certain laws) ; that a meeting for the people called Quakers for religious worship is intended to be held at the house of Mary Meredeth in New Romney, widow ; and desire it may be recorded, and that we may have a certificate thereof, as the said Statute directs.

(Signed) MARY MKREDETH. ISAAC COLLINS. JOHN LOVE, junior.

This Certificate without date was exhibited the 23rd day of December, 1708, and is filed amongst the certificates.

The above copies of certificates may be

useful for any history of the Quakers in

Kent. ARTHUR HUSSEY.

Tankerton-on-Sea, Kent.

CHARLES I.'s JOURNEY TO SCOTLAND.

There is something very touching in the con-

luding words of the last sermon preached

>efore nim on the eve of his fatal journey :

' For though I may not bless, yet 1 may pray : >od Almighty, whom you seek and serve, hath )lessed you ever hitherto ; and may his faithfulness and truth be your shield and protection ever here- ,fter. He that went with Abraham in his Journey, je with you in yours : Let him lead you forth in >eace, and, to the joy of all hearts, return you gain in safety. May he carry you from Crown to }rown, from one Kingdom to another upon earth ; nd, having miqistred all things else unto you