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1598) of the career of Philip II., King of Spain :~

" Princeps, cujus imperium tarn longe lateque supra opines retrp imperatores djffusum, ut vere (jicere posset, *&o\ mihj semper lucet,' "

W. G. BQSWE.LL-STONE.

47, Wickham Road., Beckenham,

CULAAPTES (9 th S, i. 146, 76, 378), This word occurs in Kichards's ' History of Lynn ' as " Culymites " (1812., vol. i. p, 96) :

"Besides the parish church, there are at Wis- beach six qther Different places of worship: one belonging to the friends, commonly called Quakers, one to the Independents, or Culymites, one to the Wesleyan Methodists, and three to those of the Baptist denomination."

The author of the 'History,' the Rev. William Richards, LL.D., was himself a Baptist, and died in 1810, two years before the publication of his ' History,' which con- tains much interesting matter. How useful a catalogue of all the histories of English towns would be ! It is sad to think how often the authors of these works are neglected alive and forgotten when dead.

The following explanation of "Culymites," or "Culeyites," is interesting :

"A name given in derision to a religious denomi- nation from its founder, David Culy or Culey. He was a native of Guyhirn, and lived there soon after the Revolution. Some say he was son of a Hugue- not settler. He died about 1718. His followers, never more than seven or eight hundred, gradually diminished in number after his death. He had a meeting - house at Guyhirn, which was used for religious services within the memory of the writer. His doctrines are said to have differed little from those of the Anabaptists. His little congregation continued to exist for about 100 years after his death. A little volume of 212 pages, now rarely met with, has this title : ' The Works of David Culey in three parts, London : printed for J. T., and sold by John Marshall at the Bible in Grace Church (Street. MDCCXXVII.'" 'Fen Provincialisms,' in Fenland Not fa and Queries, vol. ii., Jan., 1892, to Oct., 1894.

JAMES HOOPEE.

Norwich.

EATING OF SEALS (9 th S. i. 305). See the very amusing scene more amusing to the reader than it was to the victim quoted by Scott from the old play of ' Sir John Oldcastle,' in Note E to chap. xiv. of ' The Abbot,' s.v. "Abbot of Unreason." A "sumner" (Chaucer's "Sompnour ")of the Bishop of Rochester comes to serve a citation on Lord Cobham. His lordship's servant Harpool compels the un- fortunate sumner to eat both the parchment and the seal, declaring that " tough wax is the purest of the honey." The unhappy sumner in his turn declares, "Oh, I am almost choked I am almost choked ! "

I do not see 'Sir John Oldcastle' in the extensive list of old plays in the London Library Catalogue, 1888. Of course it must be in the British Museum, and, I presume, in the Bodleian. What is its supposed date ?*

Scott remembered the name Harpool when writing ' Rokeby.' See canto v t

I referred MR. PEACOCK privately to the note in ' The Abbot.' In acknowledging my communication he said I had better mention it in ' N. & Q.' JONATHAN BOUCHIER,

SIR WALTER SCOTT'S HEROINES (9 th S, ii, 142, 257). Let it not be supposed that a girl is necessarily disqualified for the role of heroine because she has a mother living. Three of the most notable heroines of fiction may be cited as evidence to the contrary- Maggie Tulliver, Eugenie Grandet, and Liana von Wehrfritz. I select these three because neither in character nor in circumstances had they much in common, yet each was in her kind a perfect heroine. C. C. B.

" RINGING-OUT" (9 th S. ii. 127, 230). Will MR. MAY ALL kindly define " ringing-out " and "ringing-in"? Q. V.

FIGURE-HEAD (9 th S. ii. 207). Orestes erected a temple in honour of the divinity of the Eumenides, and possibly adopted their in- signia on his shield. It is scarcely necessary to give Lempriere as a reference.

ARTHUR MAYALL.

"CAMELRY" (9 th S. ii. 245). Your corre- spondent is, I believe, in error in thinking that "camelry" is a new word as regards the Egyptian war just ended by the taking of Khartoum, for it was used, unless I am much mistaken, in describing the camel corps in the Egyptian war some fourteen years

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SIR RICHARD HOTHAM, KNT. (9 th S. i. 448 ; ii. 17, 176). I have recently seen in the parish registers of Bersted, Bognor, Sussex, the entry of his burial on 21 March, 1799. Can LONS- DALE kindly give some further information as to Sir Richard Hotham, and can he say who now represents him ?

REGINALD STEWART BODDINGTON.

Constitutional Club, Northumberland Avenue.

SEEING- GLASS = LOOKING-GLASS (9 th S. ii. 164). This term will be found in Wright's 'Provincial Dictionary.' I have also come across it in 'A Glossary of Yorkshire Words and Phrases ' (1855), where it is stated to be "the old-fashioned term for a mirror, formerly a surface of polished metal. We read that

[* It was acted in 1599,]