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 234 NOTES AND QUERIES. [9* s. VL SKPT. 22,1900. man. See Bolls ed., vi. 183 : " Qui matutinis autem horis advemunt, puellarum affatibus et cithararum modulis usque ad vesperam deleotantus." R. O. A LONG AND YOUNG FAMILY (9th S. v. 333). —A large family is often described in Devon- shire as a " long " or " longish " one. W. CURZON YEO. Richmond, Surrey. HEART OF GRACE (9th S. vi. 107).—This was formerly also " heart at grasse," whence it has been supposed to be more properly " hearty at grass," alluding to a horse. For instance:— "And with that, she drinking, delivered me the glasse. I now taking heart at grasse to see her so gamesome, as merrilie as I could, pledged her in this manner."—Lyly, 'Euphues and his England,' sig. H, 2 b. And:— "Seeing the world take no warning, on a day took heart at grasse, and belabour'd her well with a cudgel."—Tarlton, 'News out of Pur- gatory,' p. 24. But while this explanation is not impos- sible, it must be admitted that equally old writers use the modern form heart of grace," and sometimes "heart a grace." It would certainly seem probable that " grass," as in the case of Gracechurch Street, City, which was formerly Grasschurch Street, or a street so named after a church situate in the grass or herb market, more readily became " grace," than that " grace " became " grass." Archdeacon Nares inclines to " grass " Having been the original form, although he admits that "grace' is more common and perhaps preferable. The present meaning is, or course, to "pluck up courage" because of favour or indulgence snown ; to be encouraged by in- dulgence, favour, or impunity, remembering how St. Paul justified himself in his weak- ness, and was by the divine assurance, " My grace is sufficient for thee," enabled to bear the " thorn in the flesh " (2 Cor. xii. 7-9). J. HOLDEN MACMICHAEL. This expression is used by Mr. Swinburne in his prelude to the ' Songs before Sunrise': No blast of air or fire of sun Puts out the light whereby we run With girdlea loins our lamplit race. And each from each takes heart of grace And spirit till his turn be done. T. P. ARMSTRONG. Timperley. "MACABAA"(9'hS. vi. 105).-Perhaps it is the same as maccouba, macouba, or macaboy, a fine dark-brown snuff, so named from Macouba in Martinique. See ' Maccouba' in the 'Century Dictionary,' or 'Macouba' in Littre'. But I am not "a native of Gal- loway," whose help is specially invoked. WALTER W. SKEAT. This kind of snuff is named from a canton or commune in the island of Martinique— Macouba or Maccouba—and will be found so written in Littre, and in the modern English dictionaries, such as Ogilvie, the 'Encyclo- paedic,' and the 'Century.' The definition given in the last named is a "kind of fine dark-brown snuff, usually rose scented." Other dictionaries, such as Webster, Worcester, and Wright, give it under the Anglicized orthography Maccafxry or Macco- boy. JAS. PL ATT, Jun. F. W. Fairholt, in his' Tobacco : its History and Associations,' London, 1876, states that Macau ba was a highly scented snuff brought from the island of Martinique which was extensively patronized by dowagers. In a list of prices and names given by Wimble, the snuffseller, about 1740, Macaboo (sic) is priced at eight shillings per pound weight. P. L. Simmonds, in his ' Commercial Dic- tionary of Trade Products,' London, 1867, calls it Maccoboy and Maccubau. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN. 71, Brecknock Road. A word similar to this is to be found in a notice of Beau Nash published in 1723. After referring to his many qualities, the writer remarks on the influence Nash exercised in society, adding, "notwithstanding two such 'Makabutes' as women and play." I have not met with the word elsewhere, nor can I find it in Bailey's dictionary. W. T. Bath. I have long been familiar with an old story about a lad who was sent by his master to buy some " Machaboy " snuff, and, not remem- bering the name, asked for "something to make a boy sneeze." W. C. B. LORD BROUGHAM'S CONFESSION (9th S. vi. 103).—The first edition of'English Bards and Scotch Reviewers' appeared in March, 1809. When did the article appear in the Edin- burgh Review which Lord Brougham said he wrote, which stung Byron to write his poem? Lord Brougham was a very vain man and a great gasconader, and might only say this out of bravado, thinking it safe after thirty years that the real writer might be dead. RICHARD HEMMING. [January, 1808; see also 4th S. vi. 368, 449, 480.] CAPEL FAMILY (9th S. vi. 28).—MRS. S. E. CAFEL will find a pedigree of the Capels of