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an ignorant Irishman who confounded the "divine William" with a poor playwright like MacNally. E. McG.

'CHARACTER OF DRUNKENNESSE.' In the British Museum (Addit. MS. 28,273) is a small quarto original memorandum book of John Locke, of Pensford, in Publoe, co. Somerset, attorney, father of the philosopher (1632-1704), and cousin to Alderman John Locke, of Bristol. It covers the period 1623-55, and contains the curious morceau given below, which may possibly be of his own composition, circa 1650. I have not, however, previously met with the same either in print or MS., and therefore forward it for insertion. It will no doubt prove quite a " tit-bit " for those readers of ' N. & Q.' who are teetotally inclined, and I should not be surprised if all the so-called " temperance " organs at once seize upon it for "copy."

CHARACTER OF DRUNKENNESSE.

A pleasant poyson A bewitching Devill A sweeten'd Sinne The Roote of evill. A voluntary madnesse The'ffectof Ryot, The Devills ioy Th'vnholsome Diet. O're whelmes y e spirits Distempers witt Obscures the sight, Drunkennesse weakens the feete. Inflames the Liver The Lungs it rots Duls the memory The sence besots. Chastities Danger Brings in Dotage Produceth Lust The Devills Cotage. Makes Man a Beast procures his fall A Deadlie sinne The worst of all.

At the end of the little volume the writer records the births and deaths of various members of his family, the entry as to his own birth reading, "John Locke nat. 29 April' 1606," and as to the death of his mother, " Mater mea obijt 28 Aprilis 1612." He died 13 Feb., 1660/1. W. I. R. V.

THE FIRST PRINTED DUTCH BIBLE. (See ante, p. 198.) The Dutch Bible of 1542 was printed at Antwerp by Jacob van Liesvelt, out of all places in Holland, Amsterdam is the last in which one would expect to see it exhibited as the first printed edition, since it is very well known that there are at least half a dozen Dutch Bibles of earlier dates than this, and some of them printed in this very city of Amsterdam. These are all com-

plete Bibles. But the whole Bible had been printed, although not in one volume, half a century or more before the earliest of these, viz., (1) Delft, 1477, Old Testament only, without the Psalter, which was printed three years later, viz., in 1480, and reprinted in 1487, and again in 1491 ; (2) New Testament (also at Delft), in 1480, followed by some half a dozen or more, all before 1542. Many of the above are fully described in the British Museum Catalogue. F. N.

WE must request correspondents desiring infor- mation on family matters of only private interest to affix their names and addresses to their queries, in order that the answers maybe addressed to them direct.

"JURY" IN NAUTICAL TERMS. The ori- ginal meaning of the word "jury," in "jury mast," "jury rudder," "jury-rigged," seems to be lost past recovery. In no dictionary have I ever been fortunate enough to meet with even a plausible explanation. Webster pru- dently does not make even an attempt at an etymology. And yet the nautical use of the word "jury" is comparatively modern. I do not think a fifteenth-century instance of this use can be found. A.nd it must have been coined by British sailors, as in other languages we find nothing at all like it. I should be very grateful for an early quotation of " jury mast" or any of its sister terms.

A. L. MAYHEW.

Oxford.

F. E. ACCUM. I should be glad to obtain any information about Frederick Ernest Accum, who was at Westminster School in 1813. G. F. R. B.

ROBERT BURDETT was admitted to West- minster School on 12 February, 1776. Can any correspondent of * N. & Q.' help me to identify him? G. F. R. B.

JOHN CHALLINOR, .Recorder of London, 1508-10, and M.P. 1509-10. What is known of him 1 Was he the John Challinor of Lynclfield, Sussex, whose will was proved in 1520? W. D. PINK.

LELAND FAMILY. I should be very grate- ful to any one who would give me informa- tion relative to Hopestill Leland, who left Whitby for America in 1623, and settled near Boston. CHARLES GODFREY LELAND.

COCKAYNE FAMILY. Where can I find an account of the Cockaynes or Cockaines who