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 9»&vLjTOT28,i9oo.] NOTES AND QUERIES. 79 and Archbishop Wake died 2 March, 1736/7. Now Tillotson married Oliver Cromwell's niece, and John Hampden was Cromwell's cousin ; Hob. Abbot wrote the ' True Ancient Roman Catholic.' dedicated to Prince Henry, son of James I. Of John Earle, Bishop of Salis- bury, Clarendon said," He never had nor could have an enemy." Archbishop Wake said : " It is not possible for a Bishop of the Church of Rome either not to be sufficiently in- structed in his religion to know what is the doctrine of it, or not sufficiently sincere as without disguise to represent it." He also wrote 'An Exposition of the Doctrine of the Church of England.' John Prideaux, Bishop of Worcester, wrote ' A Synopsis of the Councels.' Such inquiries were so germane to the subjects on which Lord Nugent wrote that, taking everything into consideration, I do not hesitate to express a conviction that he and Crito were one. CEDIPUS. The two contradictory letters signed Crito, and addressed to George Woodfall in 1820, have no real significance, because the writer refers to the Junius papers in the abstract, not defining the author in the con- crete, say as Temple, Francis, or Boyd. As a fact Crito is concerned only with Garrick and his character. Now Mrs. Garrick, the actor's widow, was still living in 1820, and itiay be supposed the only person who would object to Dr. Mason Goode interposing the word " rascal," which Junius does not use, in con- nexion with the emphasized "vagabond," which Crito explains in three different ways. The seals referred to are not identical, for, while the wig is plain enough, the pose of the heads and the contour of the faces are totally different. A. H. earance of the ninth edition of this monumental and authoritative work, and a tenth is called for and supplied. In the fact that but half the time baa been occupied between the ninth and tenth editions that was consumed between the eighth iui>I ninth, proof is afforded that the worth of the 'Dictionary' is securing increased recognition. Changes other than those we noticed in drawing attention to the ninth edition (see 9th S. i. 419) have been made. One, indeed, is in a sense retrogressive in character, the whole of the work dealing with Great Britain being included in a single volume instead of extending over a volume and a half. The second volume will presumably contain the ' Landed Gentry of Ireland.' It is needless to say that the space accorded to the English gentry has not beeii diminished. It has on the contrary been enlarged, close upon 1,800 pages being devoted to this portion of Mr. Burke's task. Not easy is it in the case of a book so large in bulk and so com- prehensive in information to detect the additions and changes that have been made. The latter consist for the most part of augmentations of honours or those alterations which time brines inevitably in its train. Foremost in number, at least, among the additions are further coats of arms, which were first introduced in the ninth edition. Many of these, principally derived from book-plates, now appear for the first time; see Waddington of Ely Granire, Meade-Waldo of Stone Wall Park and Hever Castle, and others. Occasionally we have an entirely new entry, as Tweedie of Rawlinson, whose genealogy and arms, with the striking motto "Thole and think on," are now first given. A history of the development of Burke's ' Landed Gentry' is furnished by us at the reference 9th 8. i. 419 previously mentioned. Like the ' Peerage' and other works of Sir Bernard Burke which have been edited and continued by his son, its authority is unimpeachable. No genealogical labour can be carried on without constant reference to its pages. It is natural that in a time when the country is engaged in a difficult and costly war—costly, that is, as regards the expenditure of life—there should be recorded a heavy percentage of deaths. Entries such as " Killed in action at Lindley," " Died of enteric fever at Kroonstad," are accordingly but too numerous. It will prove how much care has been exercised and how completely up to date is the work when we say that deaths are chronicled up to the middle of June. To most of our readers the praise of this book is superfluous. Some of them know better even than ourselves how indis- pensable it is. But one thing more can we add. If any other country can boast the possession of a work similar in scope or kindred in excellence wo know not of it. Acts of the Privy Council of England. New Series Vol. XX. A.D. 1590-91. Edited by John Roche Dasent, C.B. (Printed for H.M. Stationery Office.) As in the previous volume of this ably edited series, we find the matter of highest interest at the Council board the preparation of an expedition under the command of Sir John Norris to assist Henry IV. in his fight with the League. One of the most curious of the entries concerning this is the issue of an instruction to the Lord Mayor to withdraw a prohibition against killing oxen in Lent by the "widdowe Kinge," the said oxen being "for the provicion of victuelles for certaine souldiers that are to be transported into Brittaigne." At the same time his lordship was instructed to be careful that, "under cullour of these, other beefes might not be killed" against the orders formerly issued concerning the killing and uttering of flesh during Lent. Some of the orders are disappointing in their brevity. We thus find instructions given to Sir Thomas Heneage "Vice-Chamberlain to her Majestie" and " Trea- sorer of her Highnes' Chamber,*' to " paie unto her Majesty's plaiers and servauntes for 4 severall interludes or plaies shewed and presented before her Majestie at the Court on St. Stephen's daie Soudaie after Newe Yeere's daie, the Twelvth daie