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 9* S. IV. July 15, m] NOTES AND QUERIES. 47 is a large book, which could by no possibility have come out of his pocket. Now the fact is that Cromwell had a pocket edition of the Bible, strongly bound in two volumes—Old Testament and New. They are small enough to go into pockets. I have often seen them, as they are in the possession of my sister, Mrs. Radcliffe, of Kensington. R. Denny Urlin. Epitaph.—Collectors will be interested in E. G.'s translation of the epitaph composed by the late Bishop Wordsworth, of St. An- drews, for his wife's grave in Buxted church- yard, which appeared in the Spectator of 24 June:— " It was said by the late Lord Derby to be ' un- translatable,' but I have made an attempt to give an English version of it:— Epitaph. 1, nimium dilecta, vocat Deus, I bona nostras Pars animse ! Mxerens altera disce sequi! Go, loved too much ! God calls thee, go ! My soul's best part, ascend on high ! Thou other part left here in woe. Learn thou to follow when I die.' N. S. S. ' Death of Thackeray.—Mr. F. C. Burnand' in ' Punch Notes,' Pall Mall Magazine for July, says, "During the Christmas time of my first year on Punch, Thackeray died ; the date is January 2, 1864." I think Thackeray died on Christmas eve, 1863. I was then in London, and remember his death well. George Angus. St. Andrews, N.B. "To Hele."—This word was used in Devon- shire early in the century in the sense of to hide or cover, to roof over with heling stones, and to earth up potatoes, most frequently in the latter sense. Sometimes it meant to be- smear or daub with dirt. Believed to be quite obsolete now. A. J. Davy. Torquay. Obi : Obeah. — The origin of this well- known West Indian term is not precisely defined in any of our existing dictionaries. We find such statements as "jrrobably of African origin" (Webster and Chambers), "■said to be of African origin" (the 'Cen- tury '), " said to have been introduced from Africa" (Worcester). The following quota- tion from the Rev. Hugh Goldie's 'Dictionary of the Efik Language' (of Old Calabar), Glas- gow, 1874, p. 300, appears to set the matter at rest, and should interest etymologists and students of folk-lore : " Ubio, a thing, or mix- ture of things, put in the ground, as a charm, to cause sickness or death. The Obeah of the West Indies." James Platt, Jun. (Queries. We must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only privato interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers may be addressed to them direct. "To be aff the gleg."—What is the pre- cise meaning of the word gleg in this? The meaning of the phrase is evident enough, as may be seen from the following quotation :— "Nay, noo, yer aff the gleg again, man. The lassie never care't a prin for him?'—' Gorden Car- glen' (1891), p. 108. A. L. Mayhew. Oxford. " Glimigrim."— "Tom Julmot, a rapscallion souldier, and Mary Leekin, married by license. 4 Jan., 174S/9. Caspian Bowls of well acidulated Glimigrim." — Extract from Parish Register of Seasalter, near Whit- stable (quoted in Parish-Shaw's' Kentish Glossary ). The glossary explains this word glimi- grim by "punch." Is the word still known nearWhitstable? A. L. Mayhew. Oxford. New Theatre, King Street.—Where was this theatre? A bill of 1766 announces that a concert will take place, when scenes from 'Romeo and Juliet' and 'The Hole in the Wall' will be performed. " The tickets to be had at the Bush, Fountain, Nagg's Head, Rummer and White Hart Taverns, at Forster's Coffee House, of Mr. Tucker, the bottom of Corn Street, of Mr. Smith, at Mrs. Serjeants, near Lime-Kiln Dock, and of Mr. Heath, box keeper at the theatre, where places for the boxes may be taken." I shall be glad of any particulars. S. J. A. F. [' The Hole in the Wall' was first played 23 June, 1813, at Drury Lane.] Remington & Co., Publishers.—Can any one tell me who absorbed the business of this firm carried on at 15, King Street, Covent Garden? Alfred Hall. Fanny Aikin Kortright. — I should be glad if any correspondent could inform me if this authoress is still living, and, if so, could furnish her address. Alfred Hall. Henry Sidney, Earl of Romney.—In a recently published work I have been some- what surprised to read that Henry Sidney (Earl of Bomney)—one of the seven who signed the famous invitation to William of Orange—some years after William's accession