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a rule conform to the thing ruled, instead of making the thing ruled conform to the rule ; as if, instead of rising from bed when the clock struck six, we were to make the clock strike six only when we wished to rise.

YAKE.

The 'N.E.D.' explains this as "a mason's rule made of lead, which could be bent to fit the curves of the moulding (Aristotle, ' Eth. Nic.,' v. x. 7), hence fig., a principle of judg- ment that is pliant and accommodating." CUTHBERT E. A. CLAYTON.

Kichmond, Surrey.

The allusion is to the p.o\v(38u>o<s Kavwv of which Aristotle (' Eth. Nic.,' v. x. 7) speaks. I remember being once told that a certain Oxford dignitary was called by the irreverent 6 /*. Kav<av. P. J. F. GANTILLON.

' HYMNS ANCIENT AND MODERN ' (9 th S. viii. 101, 230, 388 ; x. 36). It is stated that a new edition of this book is in preparation. The first edition in the Bodleian Library is dated 1863. In 1867 it was " re-edited by Rev. Z. C. Biggs." An appendix was added in 1869 ; a " revised and enlarged " edition was published in 1875 ; and a " complete edition " in 1897. One wonders what distinguishing name will be given to the forthcoming edition. " Complete" is a word that can hardly be overpassed as denoting perfection. In view of the rumour that several unnecessary hymns are to be excised, will the editors call it the " incomplete edition " ?

0. O. H.

CLERGY OF THE SEVENTEENTH CENTURY (9 th S. x. 347). The best sources of informa- tion as to the chaplains (or "preachers," as they were then more generally called) ap- pointed by the East India Company to their service in the East Indies from A.D. 1600 to 1699 are the Court Minutes and the O.C. (Original Correspondence) records, both of that Company and now at the India Office, Whitehall. These two classes of records have been calendared and indexed by the Public Record Office in their ' Colonial East Indies series up to the year 1634 inclusive, and can be relied upon for accuracy. The first two volumes (A.D. 1513 to 1621) contain mention of all the men quoted by MR. PENNY.

Such of trie various records and "letters from " the three Presidencies for this period (seventeenth century) as are now in existence (at the India Office) will also furnish much information as to their services in India ; but I pity any one attempting to dig thereout the links necessary to form the chains. It would take a moderate lifetime, even with

inbounded zeal and perseverance, as I well jnow.

There may be records in the Ecclesiastical Offices, in London or Fulham, of the Bishop of London, as to who were appointed in this period, as I think that the East (as well as jurisdiction at that time.
 * he West) Indies were under that bishop's

The Prerogative Court of Canterbury re- cords would also show the names of those dying in India who left wills, as wills were always sent to the East India Company in London (during that period) to be proved in that Court. C. MASON.

29, Emperor's Gate, S.W.

ENGLISH CONTINGENT IN THE LAST CRUSADE (9 th S. viii. 343; ix. 55, 177, 395). When I answered this query I mentioned a work printed by Samuel Bentley, London, 1831, ' Excerpta Historica ; or, Illustrations of English History.' I have fortunately met with a copy, and find it contains a list of names of about 214 persons who had letters of protection granted to them : also a copy of a letter of protection in Latin, with a store of useful and interesting matter on this and other subjects. JOHN RADCLIFFE.

PHIPPS FAMILY (9 th S. x. 326). Although I cannot answer the question propounded by your correspondent, perhaps I may be allowed to draw his attention to a valuable paper on 'The Phipps Family of Bugbrooke, Towcester, and Northampton,' which appears in North- amptonshire Notes and Queries, vol. iv. pp. 225- 236. It is accompanied by a portrait of the late Mr. Pickering Phipps, sometime M.P. for Northampton. JOHN T. PAGE.

West Haddon, Northamptonshire.

Does not Burke (' County Families ') give the information? A pamphlet pedigree of this family has also been printed privately, but I am not sure if it goes down to this century. E. E. COPE.

STAMP COLLECTING AND ITS LITERATURE FORTY YEARS AGO (9 th S. i. 115 ; v. 404, 501 ; ix. 438 ; x. 81, 172, 239, 333). Stamp collect- ing was in vogue at the City of London School, 1860-1864. We used to stand in the lobby during intermission, show our collec- tions, and exchange. The best collection belonged to a boy named Fisher Unwin. I wonder what he has done with it.

J. SPENCER CURWEN.

VILLON (9 th S. x. 303). 6n reading the note on Villon, 1 asked a Parisian friend how he pronounced the name. He replied, with- out hesitation, Vill-on (or Vilori) ; that is, he