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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. vn. JAN. 5, 1901.

silver coins were called "Fiorini," as the Siennese were called " Sannesi," the Pisan "Pisani," and so on. Nothing, of course, could be more natural than that the French should have put their lily on their coins they are known to have used it in their coat of arms at any rate as early as 1147 and that the coin should, from the stamp, take the name of "florin," as the "moutons," "crowns," <kc., of later years took their names from their stamps. It would, however, be a singular coincidence if the two florins came into existence, to begin with, without any connexion with each other. Perhaps some of your correspondents can throw some light on the matter. WILLIAM WARRAND CARLILE.

ELEGY IMITATING GRAY'S. In the 'Annual Anthology ' for 1800 (a volume to which Coleridge made various original contribu- tions) there is a poem entitled 'An Elegy, written in a London Churchyard.' It is in the same metre as Gray's elegy, about the same length, and gracefully done. Can any one supply author's name, and say if the poem has ever been illustrated? Replies direct would oblige. W. C. BEETENSON.

leddmgton, Middlesex.

LONG. Can any one inform me as to the name of the mother of Constance Long, wife of William Fitzraaurice, twentieth Lord of Kerry? Her father was William Long, "of a 1 orkshire family." KATHLEEN WARD.

Castle Ward, Downpatrick.

WILLIAM ASHETON was admitted to West minster School on 28 January, 1774 Can any reader of < N. & Q.' assist me in obtaining intormation relating to him ? G. F. R. B.

THE LATE MRS. M. A. EVERETT GREEN.- some error in the

been

ounger son of the Rev. James Wood

'

? born in 1 672 and died in' 759! Green was born in 1818 and died in 1897-the' three generations thus covering 225 years

But surely an intermediate generation must have been omitted. I understand that Mrs. Green herself succeeded in tracing her pedigree back to the thirteenth century. Has this pedigree been printed ? It would be of some interest in this locality (near Leigh), where so many of her ancestors flourished. W. D. PINK.

Lowton, Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire.

SOURCE OF QUOTATION. I should be much obliged to be told the sources of the follow- ing quotations. Their date will not be later than the early part of the last century.

1. Blood he had view'd, but then It flowed in combat.

2. Battle over, sleep in clover,

Who so happy as we in camp ?

3. How happy 's the soldier who lives on his pay And spends half-a-crown out of sixpence a day !

4. Thou canst not name one tender tie But here dissolved its relics lie.

5. Beats the strong heart, the less the lips avow.

6. He died and bequeathed to his son a good name, Which unspotted descended to me.

7. For he had heard of battles, and he longed To follow to the field a warlike lord.

G. C. M. S.

Sheffield.

[No. 7 is slightly altered from Home's 'Douglas,' Act JL.J

DAISY-NAMES. Can

live the

any one gi. _

derivation of the following local folk-names for the ox-eye daisy (Chrysanthemum leu- canthemum)'. caten-aroes (Lancashire), crazy Bets (Wiltshire), Dutch Morgan (Isle of Wight)? MEGAN.

COWPER FAMILY. In the 'Heralds' Visita- tion of Berkshire of 1623' it is recorded that Sylvester Cowper, of Bray, Berks, married Mary, daughter of John Norris, of Bray, and that their children William, JSTorris, Francis, Mary, and Elizabeth were living in 1623 and were then unmarried. In 'List of berkshire Wills,' published by the Oxford bociety, it is recorded that Sylvester Cowper died m 1594. In 'Visitation, 1664-6,' no mention is made of the family. Can any one throw light to show what became of the above-mentioned children ?

ARTHUR L. COOPER. Reading.

KING, THE TRANSLATOR OF THE ERSE OLD TESTAMENT. " La Vie de Guil m Bedell, Eveque de Kilmore en Irlande. Traduite de T SPfc?" * de M< le Doct eur Burnet par L,. D. M. A Amsterdam, chez Pierre Savouret, Marchand - Libraire dans le Kalver - straat, M.DC.LXXXVIL," is a very interesting little