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Milton wrote 'Paradise Lost' when in hiding or in such disfavour that no reader for him could enter the palace and State or Cavalier libraries. Whither then could he go for learning geography, history, classics facts which no man cut off from books could have known? In Edward Edwards on libra- ries I have not found what I seek, but trust I shall discover it, as so often before, through 4 N. &Q.' thanks to the ever-growing legion of its contributors. JAMES D. BUTLER.

Madison, Wis., U.S.

MISQUOTATIONS (9 th S. x. 428 ; xi. 13, 93, 274). Although I did not actually express myself so, I intended to refer only to Eng- lish poetry in my last letter on this subject. No more beautiful poem than the first part of Goethe's 'Faust' was produced in the nineteenth century. E. YARDLEY.

GlLLYGATE AT YORK (9 th S. xi. 406). -

Though MR. P. M. CAMPBELL dates from York, I think he is wrong in saying that the old gateway near Bootham Bar is known as Gillygate. To the best of my belief Gilly- gate is a street, and not a portal ; and whereas it is very unlikely that it derived its name from the Italian giglio = \ily, it is highly pro- bable that it got it from St. Egidius or Giles, in memory of whom a church, which stood within its vicinage, was dedicated. The site is marked in Mr. Skaife's map of ' Roman, Mediaeval, and Modern York,' which MR. CAMPBELL would do well to consult, in addi- tion to the works of Drake and other local historians. The parish of St. Giles still exists, united to that of St. Olave. May I be permitted to ask if MR. CAMPBELL had any other motive for questioning the generally accepted etymology of Gillygate than that afforded by the accidental resemblance in sound of giglio ? ST. S WITHIN.

''WELTER" (9 th S. xi. 369). " Welter " is from O.E. weltan, to roll. Milton's drowned Lycidas "welters to the parching wind." Wordsworth speaks of "weltering waves." Kindred words are welt, wallow, waltz. " Swelter " is a quite different word. W. T.

"CAHOOT": ITS ETYMOLOGY (9 th S. xi. 367). Cotgrave, 1632, has " Cahute, a little house, cote, or cottage"; and also, " Cahuette, a little cottage ; also as Luette." Under luette (the uvula) he gives, " Luettes, little bundles of peeces of Ivorie cast loose vpon a table ; the play is to take vp one without shaking the rest, or else the taker loseth." Is it possible that cahoots refers to this game ? MR. WILSON'S second illustration, "He knocked

the thing out of cahoots," that is, into dis- order, seems to agree with Cotgrave's defini- tion of luettes=cahuettes. S. O. ADDY.

LONDON MONUMENTAL INSCRIPTIONS (9 th S. xi. 389). ' Inscriptions in Stepney Church,' by John T. Page, a frequent and valued corre- spondent of 'N. & Q.,' were given in the East End News for 2 October, 1895, and the six following Wednesdays. Those which could be deciphered in the churchyard, often with much difficulty, were commenced on 17 June, 1896, and continued on the seven Wednesdays following. A 'New View of London,' published in 2 vols. 1708, contains a large number of inscriptions in the City churches, many of which have since been pulled down. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

About forty years ago I copied some in- scriptions from tombs in the churchyard of the old parish of St. Pancras, Soper Lane. I afterwards found that some careful authori- ties had washed these tombstones over with Portland cement, and thus given them a new and neat appearance, and entirely obliterated the inscriptions. But I have an idea that Mr. Tegg made copies of these inscriptions before this was done, and should be glad to learn if anything is known of such copies.

THE LAST OF THE PRE-VICTORIAN M.P.s (9 th S. ix. 226, 333, 378 ; xi. 255, 374). Yet another word or two upon this interesting subject. As John Temple Leader died away from his native country, and as the disposal of his great wealth is a matter to which future reference may be made, it may be well for the few particulars published to be recorded in ' N. & Q. J The Westminster Observer for Saturday, 16 May, under ' Wills and Bequests,' with the sub-heading of 'Remarkable Legacies of the late John Temple Leader,' records as follows :

" Mr. John Temple Leader, of 14, Piazza del Pitti, Florence, formerly M.P. from 1837-47 for West- minster, who died on 1 March, aged ninety-three years, left an estate valued at 279.928J. 13*. Id. gross. The executors of his will of 10 June, 1866, with codicils made in 1898 and 1900, are his great- nephew, Mr. Henry Fuller Acland Hood, of 20, Craven Street, and Sir William Lewis Salusbury Trelawny, of Trelawne, Duloe, Cornwall, and Mr. William Henry Wickham, of 14, Essex Street, solicitor. He bequeathed to the committee of the association ' Per Erigere le Facciate del Duomo di Firenze,' for the central door in bronze, 180,000 lire, and it was his request that the inscription, 'the conjoint gift of Giovanni and Luisa Temple Leader,' with the coat of arms, should be inscribed on the central door of the Duomo. He bequeathed to Carlo Peri 50,000 lire for the Pia Casa di Lavaro