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 9 th S. II. AUG. 13, '98.]

NOTES AND QUERIES.

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'Marcus Aurelius Antonius to Himself,' by Gerald H. Kendall, M.A., Litt.D., &c., just published by Macmillan & Co., London ; and that the following quotation, in which the appellation appears, may not be uninteresting to MR. A. F. BOBBINS and other readers of 'N. &Q.':

"'Yes, but nature has given man reason, man can comprehend and understand what offends ! ' ' Very good ! Ergo, you too have reason ; use your moral reason to move his : show him his error, ad- monish him. If he attends, you will amend him ; no need for anger you are not a ranter or a w .' " Vide p. 65.

The italics are mine.

In connexion with the matter perhaps it is right to call attention to the fact that George Long, in his translation of ' The Thoughts of the Emperor M. Aurelius An- tonius,' revised edition, George Bell & Sons, London, 1887, a copy of which is in my pos- session, has, at p. 115 :

"For if he listens, thou wilt cure him, and there is no need of anger. (Neither tragic actor nor w .)"

And in a foot-note he says : " This is imperfect, corrupt, or both."

HENRY GERALD HOPE. Clapham, S.W.

TODMORDEN (9 th S. i. 21, 78, 114, 217, 272, 417, 515). I do riot doubt that -den and -don are sometimes confused in place-names, but I have been struck with the accuracy with which these terminations have been kept distinct in this neighbourhood ; e. g., Essen- don is on a hill, Harpenden, Missenden, Gadsden, <tc., are in valleys. T. WILSON.

Harpenden.

OLD-TIME PUNISHMENTS (9 th S. ii. 47). In Mr. Christopher A. Markham's paper on ' Ancient Punishments in Northamptonshire,' printed in the Northampton and Oakham Architectural Society's reports, a list is given of every village in Northamptonshire in which stocks, or parts of stocks, remain ; as well as records of these and other instruments of punishment gallows, pillories, cucking- stools, &c. in every part of the country.

K.

'Punishments tn the Olden Time,' by Mr. W. Andrews, F.R.H.S. (1881), if not an ex- haustive little work, contains much that is interesting upon this subject.

HARRY HEMS.

Fair Park, Exeter.

In 1874 a local artist showed a photo of a scold's bridle, presumably still remaining, at Sunbury. THOMAS J. JEAKES.

PRECEDENCE OF CHANCELLOR OF ENGLAND WHEN NOT A PEER (9 th S. i. 488). Any of your readers wishing for information respecting the above should consult the ' Orde.r of Pre cedence, with Authorities and Remarks,' .by Charles George Young, Garter, 1851, pp. 15-19. JOHN RADCLIFFE.

GRAZZINI'S 'LA SECONDA CENA' (9 th S. i. 507). The third volume of the " Raccolta di Novelle," published at Milan in 1810 by the Societa Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, contains "La Prima e la Seconda Cena alle quali si aggiunge una novella che ci resta della Terza Cena, fatta sull' accuratissima edizione di Livorno colla data di Londra, Bancker, 1793, in 8vo."

The introduction to the " Raccolta " men- tions a fine original edition of the ' Prima Cena,' which had become rare, and of which it says :

" L' Editore nella dedicatoria al Signor Giacomo Dawkins, Cavaliere Inglese, so sottoscrive colle lettere F.N.B.P.R. delle quali non saprei il signifi- cato."

This " dedicatoria," which is dated "Londra, Primo Gennaro, 1756," throws some light on the edition of the ' Seconda Cena ' said to have been published at Stamboul, and it seems to me not unlikely that F.N.B.P.R. and Ibrahim Achmet were one and the same person. They both dedicate their works to Englishmen of the same "set," and tell some- what similar stories about their sources of information. Thus F.N.B.P.R., addressing Dawkins, says :

" Essendo a me riuscito di ottenere da un letterato Florentine la prima parte delle novelle di Anton- f rancesco (irazzini detto il Lasca insieme con 1' ultima novella dclla terza parte clie per due secoli erano state invano ricercate dagli amatori della Toscana eloquenza, fin d' allora che la seconda parte nel 1743 fu pubblicata in Firenze colla data di Stambtil."

Ibrahim Achmet, writing thirteen years earlier of his success in discovering the MSS. of the ' Seconda Cena,' says :

"Tre dovrebbero essere le Cene clal nostro autore composte, ma il tempo divoratore di tutte le cose nonna tramandato a noi se non quest' una, che la seconda, essendo la prima intieramente perduta e della terza rcstandoci poco."

According to the editor of the " Raccolta di Novelle," F.N.B.P.R. published his book at Paris in 175(5. "con la finta data di Londra," which is much the same procedure as that adopted in such matters by Ibrahim Achmet.

F.N.B.P.U. knew all about the latter and his English literary friends, for in explaining why he finds it appropriate to dedicate his book to an English patron, he says :

"Oltre di che la seconda parte di questo libro essendo uscita alia luce sotto gli auspicj del Signer