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NOTES AND QUERIES. [9 th s. VIL MAKCH 9, 1901.

ably appear as "Ralegh." Facsimiles pf all will be found in Misc. Geneal. et Herald., ed. Howard, ii. (1869-76), 155-7. Amongst them is that of u Phillip Ralegh," although his name as the publisher of the 'Abridg- ment' is noted as "Raleigh" on the title- page. The 'Abridgment' was the work of Laurence Echard. The frontispiece portrait of Sir Walter is a copy of one first pub- lished in the 1617 edition of his ' History of the World.' It was through the children of Sir Walter's brother Carew that the name " Raleigh " was permanently adopted as the family patronymic.

J. N. BRUSHFIELD, M.D.

" CARTERLY " (9 th S. vii. 88). The Rev. T. Lewis O. Da vies, in his 'Supplementary Eng- lish Glossary,' defines this word as " pertain- ing to the cart, and so rustic, clownish." He gives the following quotation for its use in that sense : -

" Thence sprouteth that obscene appellation of Sarding Sandes, with the draffe of the carterly hoblobs thereabouts." Nashe, 'Lenten Stuff'e' (Harl. Misc., vi. 150).

EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.

71, Brecknock Road.

SIMON FRASER (8 th S. x. 156, 223 ; 9 th S. vi' 157, 338, 433 ; vii. 16, 51, 75, 115). The REV. JOHN PICKFORD is right. The portrait of Lord Lovat in Miss Hill's work appeared at an earlier date in Thomson's ' History of the Jacobites ' (1845). R. B.

Upton.

My query is yet unanswered. I have Lord Lovat's picture, and want the picture of Simon Fraser, his eldest son, who fought at Quebec in 1759. F. W. J. has evidently mis- apprehended the object of my quest.

J. ROSS IxOBERTSON. Toronto, Canada.

MEN WEARING EARRINGS (9 th S. v. 88, 191. 321, 386 ; vi. 35).

"His dark skin and the small gold rings in his ears, so much affected by Welsh sailors, gave him a foreign look, which rather added to the attrac- tiveness of his personal appearance."' Garthowen,' by Allen Raine, p. 12.

C. C. B.

CAP OF MAINTENANCE (I st S. vi. 324 ; 4 th S- ii. 560 ; viii. 399, 448, 520 ; 8"' S. v. 2(58, 415). 1 must apologize for again introducing this hardy perennial into the pages of ' N. & Q.' ; but, notwithstanding all the information previously given, there are two questions on which i^ still desire enlightenment, if possible. First, How did this velvet and ermine chapeau get its name of " Cap of

Maintenance " 1 Second, Why was it carried before the King at the recent opening pi Parliament? It forms no part of the regalia, and does not appear at a coronation.

J. B. r.

LATIN LINES (9 th S. vi. 410, 474 ; vii. 12).- The verses to which WHIM refers are found m a curious dog-Latin poem printed in Wright s 'Reliquiae Antiquse,' and reprinted (1847) m Du Meril's 'Poesies Populaires Latmes du Moyen Age,' p. 214. The poem describes a drinking bout in the abbey of Gloucester : Quondam fuit factus festus, Et vocatus ad commestus Abbas, prior de Glowcestrus, cum totus familia.

Abbas ire sede sursum, Et Prioris juxta ipsum ; Ego semper stavi dorsum

inter rascalilia ;

Vinum venit sanguinatis Ad Prioris et Abbatis ; Nihil nobis paupertatis,

sed ad dives omnia.

Then they drink a "currinum" together, whatever that may be, and

Dixit Abbas ad Prioris,

Tu es homo boni moris,

Quia semper sanioris

mihi das consilia.

Post completum rediere, Et currinum combibere, Potaverunt usque flere

propter potus plurima.

Prior dixit ad Abbatis, Ipsi habent vinum satis ; Vultis dare paupertatis

noster potus omnia ?

Shortly after this comes the catastrophe : Abbas vomit et Prioris ; Vomis cadit super floris ; Ego pauper steti foris,

et non sum Isetitia.

Then appears the "Antistis," the bishop, and uses the sharp end of his crook. The writer, who " stood back among the rascalry," looks on with grim pleasantry.

RICHARD H. THORNTON.

Portland, Oregon.

SUWARROFF AND MASSENA (9 th S. vii. 108).

This happy repartee seems to be one of those mots which are repeated, like an air or tune, with variations, the utterance itself being the main thing, and the circumstances of time, place, and person being but the set- ting. The version given by MR. FORBES is new to me, arid 1 cannot locate it ; but I can give two other versions, if these will be of any use or of any interest.

The first, which I had assumed to be in the main the authentic one, is found in Coleridge's