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 9th S. IV. Sept. 9, '99.] 209 NOTES AND QUERIES. are in relief, and, with the pointing hand, fill the whole of the narrow door of the clock-case:— MASTER BEH OLD ME HER E I STAND TO TELL Y" HOUR S AT THY COM MAND WHAT IS THY WILL TIS MY DELIO HT TO SERVE THEE WELL BY DAYE AND NIGHT MAS TER BE WISE AND LEARN FROM ME TO SERVE THY OOD AS I SERV E THEE. On the clock-face is the maker's name, "JnoCutbush, Maidstone." When did Cut- bush nourish 1 His name is not in Britten's 1 Old Clocks and Watches and their Makers,' the latest edition. Thos. Ratcliffe. Worksop. " WARDROBE-BOOK."—The 1899 ' Return ' as to the British Museum mentions (p. 30), among the additions to the Department of MSS.,— " Original wardrobe-book of Edward II. for 1325. Vellum roll. " Original wardrobe-book of Edward III. for 1334-7. Vellum." 1. What is the exact scope of a " wardrobe- book'"? 2. Are there other wardrobe-books of the first three Edwards in the British Museum or the P. R. O. ? 3. Have any of them been printed, and where 1 Robt. J. Whitwell. C.C.C., Oxford. Old Hakkogate Engraving.—A few years ago I was shown an old mezzotint engraving, the name of which, if I am not mistaken, is 'Harrogate Spa.' The principal figures are an elderly gentleman and two young ladies, walking on the footpath outside a domed building, which I think formerly covered the John's Well. Will some one kindly give me the correct name of this engraving, with the names of artist, engraver, and publisher, and also the date ? J. R. Boyle. Town Hall, Hull. Harley Family.—I shall be glad of any information respecting Thomas Harley, citi- zen of London, or his brother Nicholas, the families they married into, and the business they were engaged in. Thomas Harley mar- ried, firstly, Joan, widow of Ralph Olive or Oliff, citizen of London; secondly, Mary, widow of William Kempster, citizen of Lon- don. In the registers of St. Thomas the Apostle, London, I have found the following entries:— " 1641, March 5, Joane, wife of Thomas Harley, burial." " 1636, August 3, Ralph Oliff or Olive, cooper, burial." In the registers of St. James's, Clerken- well:— " 1646, June 21, Susanna, daughter of Nicholas Harley and Sarah, baptized." The above-mentioned Thomas Harley died 10 January, 1070, and was buried at Osga- thorpe, Leicestershire. W. Harley Hind. 26, Swaine Street, Bradford, Yorkshire. Curious Feature in Macready's Copy of ' Hamlet.'—Macready's copy of the plays of Shakespeare, exhibited in the Dyce and Forster Collection at South Kensington, opens at 'Hamlet,' I." v. Upon the two pages thus exposed the word " murder" is written no fewer than eight times in different parts of the text, e. g. :— There are more things in heaven and earth Murder Than arc dreamt of in your philosophy. Can any one explain ? O. W. Redway. Knuckle. — In our bursar's accounts for 1660 occurs the entry " Knuckle, for the founders pictures, 6/." Can any correspond- ent tell roe who Knuckle was—artist, picture framer, restorer? The question is of some interest, as throwing lignt on the probable date and originality of one of our existing portraits of Dr. Caius. And what would 67. represent in the way of copying 1 It seems too large a sum for one or two frames at that date. J. Venn. Caius College, Cambridge. DANIEL'S 'SONNETS TO DELIA.' (9th S. iv. 101, 170.) I am glad my note has elicited the informa- tion that Mr. Beeching's text is designed to represent " the form the poet last gave " his verses. I have compared the ' Selections' with the 1623 edition of Daniel's 'Works,' which, though published after the poet's death, were edited by his brother, the musician John Daniel, and may be presumed to contain the latest text, and I find a general agreement between the two collections. I may perhaps have been wrong in using the word purest" in reference to the original text,