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of a will being proved under a different name from that borne by the testatrix at the time of her death. Moreover, the will dated August, 1635, would have been revoked by a marriage subsequent to its date. It follows therefore that Anthony a Wood, if he states that John Warner married Bridget Abbot, widow of the Bishop of Salisbury, must have made a mistake ; and as to the ' Biog. Brit.' (hardly, perhaps, a "more or less con- temporary authority" as to a person who, even if a mother as early as fifteen, must have been born in 1593), it most probably followed Wood's account. The identity of the burial at Petworth of

"Bridget widow, on 23 March, 1645

(presumably 1645/6), with that of "Bridget Abbot, widow," who (we know) died there, and whose will was proved 26 February, 1646/7, though it falls short of positive proof, would, I imagine (considering the population of Petworth at that date), be acknowledged by most genealogists.

It may interest E. L. W. to know that the original will is twice sealed with the arms of Abbot (a chevron between three pears), and is endorsed " My mother's will." G. E. C.

" IN NATIVE WORTH " (9 th S. ii. 409). This is the title of a piece in Haydn's ' Creation ' descriptive of Adam and Eve, the words of the part treating of Adam being adapted from Milton (' Paradise Lost,' iv. 288 sqq.) :

Two of far nobler shape erect and tall, Godlike erect, with native honour clad In naked majesty seem'd lords of all, And worthy seem'd, for in their looks divine The image of their glorious Maker shon.

The librettist's words are :

In native worth and honour clad, With beauty, courage, strength adorn'd, Erect with front serene he stands, A man, the king and lord of nature all.

Manifestly the first three words of the libretto are not synonymous with "naked " ; it is only by his addition "and nothing else" that the Daily Telegraph writer strains this meaning into them. His use of the phrase, therefore, lacks smartness ; it is also objec- tionable on the ground that there is no "worth and honour " in indecency. Good taste would have counselled the choice of some other expression, e. g. " in native buff," " as naked as she was born," or ''in puris naturalibus."

F. ADAMS.

106A, Albany Road, Camberwell.

These words occur in the air sung by Uriel in Haydn's oratorio ' Creation,' and are descriptive of Adam, not Eve. The 'Creation' was published by the composer in Vienna in

1800, with German and English words. The

j m ^ n glves the P assa ge thus : "Mit Wiird

i ,? ol ? e } fc angethan, mit Schonalt, Stark

und Muth begabt," &c. The English version

is :

In native worth and honour clad, With beauty, courage, strength adorn'd, lo heaven erect and tall he stands. A man, the lord and king of nature all

W. H. FEEDING-BOTTLES

CUMMINGS.

S. ii. 409). Several

examples of Eoman feeding-bottles are to be seen in the museum of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society at York. M. Franklin says of the biberon :

"On le voit cite" des le treizieme siecle dans le roman de 'Robert le Diable,' et plusieurs types, remontant tres haut, ont e"t d&ouverts un peu partout, notamment dans les fouilles exe'cutees au chateau de Pierrefonds." ' L'Enfant,' t. ii. pp. 108, j.uy.

He gives as his authorities Viollet - le - Due, ' Dictionnaire du Mobilier,' t. ii. p. 37 Auvard et Pingat, 'Hygiene Infantile,' p. 59'

et sinv.

ST. SWITHIN.

The reference to the 'H.E.D.' is partly mis- leading and wholly useless. It takes back "feeding-bottle "only to 1858, and the feeding- box it mentions has nothing whatever to do with this matter. W. C. B.

CHAUNCY MSS. (9 th S. ii. 407). The effects of the late Charles Chauncy, M.D., F.K.S.. and his brother Nathaniel Chauncy were sola by auction in 1790 : the collection of natural history by Mr. Gerard, at his house in Litch- field Street, St. Anne's, Sohp, on Monday, 12 April, and three following days : the libraries by Messrs. Leigh & Sotheby, book- auctioneers, at their house in York Street, Covent Garden, on Thursday, 15 April, and fourteen following days ; and the marble figures, carvings in ivory, enamels, stained glass, &c., by Mr. Greenwood, at his room in Leicester Square, on Tuesday, 18 June. The catalogues of the above-named sales may be seen at the London Institution, also at the Corporation Library, Guild hall, E.C., together with a fourth catalogue of the prints, draw- ings, and miniatures, with the prices and purchasers' names in MS.

EVEEARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road.

THE PAPAL BULL AGAINST A COMET (4 th S. iv. 437, 523 ; v. 213). From several articles in ' N. & Q.' it appears that in 1456 a bull was fulminated by Pope Calixtus III. against the Turks who were then besieging Belgrade, and also against a colossal comet which appeared at the same time and proved a powerful