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._ w that the author was born at the time of ang Charles's death. Well, certainly there is i ot any evidence in the volumes referred to j roving that D. Jones was born when Charles A as murdered, nor can I understand why sich proof is wanted. On the question of t le veracity of an author or historian, surely i' is new to inquire as to whether the writer v as living during the period upon which he has written. But there is presumptive evidence in vol. i. that the author was alive at the time of the execution. Thus, his first visit to Paris was in the year 1675, and about a year afterwards he was appointed interpreter there, under the Marquess de Louvous. I fail to understand clearly what is wished to be con- veyed by " it does not inform us at what stage in the undressing the 'wastcoat' was arrived at ; but the delivery of the George into the bishop's hands is mentioned later." So far as the books in question are concerned, the word " wastcoat " is followed by " he delivered lis George," &c. If the king was disrobed to lis " sky-coloured sattin wastcoat," to arrive at " the stage " in the disrobing it will, I suppose, be necessary to state precisely all the clothing the king wore at the unfortu- nate ceremony. There are, however, two very clear matters to me at least : first, the king scaffold ; second, D. Jones does not mention hat the "wastcoat" was taken off the king r that it was given to any one.
 * vore "a sky-coloured sattin wastcoat " on the

ALFRED CHAS. JONAS, F.S.A.Scot. Poundfald, Gower.

Perhaps the following may be of interest to MR. PAGE. A lady whom I have the pleasure ")f knowing has in her possession two small niniatures, one of King Charles I. and the )ther of Queen Henrietta Maria, which I was old were given by that unfortunate monarch )efore his death to her ancestor Thomas rlerbert. There was also a relic in the col- ectiori of the late Mr. Thomas Bateman, of tfiddleton Hal], Derbyshire. This was sold on 4 Oct., 1895, by Robinson & Fisher, and is ntered in their catalogue as follows :

" Lot 167. A miniature of Charles I. within an val, crowned, garter braided in his own hair, and nother portrait of Charles I., both with Latin ascriptions, in old inlaid oak frame."

CHARLES DRURY.

A watch, with ribbon and key attached, id to have been worn by the king upon the affold, is in the possession of the Earl of shburnham. (See 'Sussex Arch. Colls.,' xxvi.) EDWARD H. MARSHALL. M.A.

GATE : SIGN OF INN (9 th S. ii. 526 ; iii. 216). -There is an inn with a small model gate

suspended from the front in the neighbour- hood of Hythe, Kent (towards Dimchurch, I think). On the model gate is painted :

This gate hangs high and hinders none ;

Refresh and pay and travel on,

or to that effect. What I wish to point out is the words "hangs high," which here take the place of " hangs well " in the examples given by previous correspondents. The sense seems to have the intention of emphasizing that there is now no toll-gate or obstruction to hinder, whereas " hangs well " hardly has so pointed a meaning. I like the idea that, though the inn has retained its old name, the obstructing toll-gate has gone, and the road is free. , A. S. W.

On the road from Saffron Waldon to Thaxted there is an inn with the sign of the five-barred gate, and inscription as given by MR. BALDOCK. Near here, in the parish of Chessington, is an inn with a similar sign and inscription. W. E. LAYTON, F.S.A.

Cuddington Vicarage, Surrey.

RUTABAGA (9 th S. iii. 186). This is one of the several varieties of Brassica campestris described by De Candolle in his 'Systema Naturale.' What strikes me as being most curious is that in West Cornwall the name of rutabaga is almost entirely general, the term " swede turnip " being very rarely used. In other parts of England I believe that the reverse holds good. W. ROBERTS.

LINES BY DICKENS (9 th S. iii. 287). The lines quoted by K. are from 'The Hymn of the Wiltshire Labourers,' and first appeared in the Daily News on 14 February, 1846. This hymn will te found in ' The Plays and Poems of Charles Dickens,' vol. ii. p. 223, published by W. H. Allen & Co., Waterloo Place, in 1882.

H. B. P.

Temple.

AUTHOR WANTED (9 th S. iii. 227). 'Lena' \vas inquired for in ' N. & Q.,' 5 th S. vii. 189, but elicited no answer, which is not surprising as it was misprinted Zena. It is, according to the ' Catalogue of the Advocates' Library,' by Ellen Wallace. This information is again given by Halkett and Laing. Who the author was we may perhaps hear when the last volume of Mr. Frederic Boase's ' Modern Eng- lish Biography ' appears. It is printed to the letter T. Another work, entitled ' Lena, the Adopted Daughter,' London (1873), appears in the Catalogue of the National Library, but I do not find it in the 'English Catalogue,' which registers a new edition of ' Lena, the Silent Woman,' as published in 1865 and a