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"THERE, BUT FOR THE GRACE OF Gop." I shall be obliged if you can tell me who it was that, when seeing a criminal led out to execu- tion, remarked to a friend, "There, but for the

grace of God, goes ," meaning himself.

M. J. TEESDALE.

[Dean Farrar, in the fourth sermon in ' Eternal Hope,' attributes this saying to John Bradford. His words are: "Pointing to a murderer on his way to execution, 'there, said a good and holy man, ' there, but for the grace of God, goes John Bradford.'"]

THE FIRST EDITION OF THE * PILGRIM'S PRO- GRESS.' In what year was the Holfprd copy unearthed 1 ? Macaulay wrote his biography of Bunyan in 1854, and states, " Not a single copy of the first edition is known to be in existence. The year of publication has not been ascertained." STAPLETON MARTIN.

The Firs, Norton, Worcester.

[See ante, p. 264.]

ROYAL SURNAME. Since the title of prince and the dignity of royal highness do not descend further than to the sons of younger sons of the sovereign, what surname should be given at registration of birth to their children Wettin, Saxe, or what else 1

J. MILNE.

SIR CORNELIUS COLE. Who and of what rank was Sir Cornelius Cole, who married in 1827 Rachel, eldest daughter of William Reed, of Tenby? She died on board her husband's yacht in the Mediterranean, and was buried at Bristol. At which church did this interment take place 1 Any particulars as to the family of Sir Cornelius will be acceptable. JOHN HOBSON MATTHEWS.

Town Hall, Cardiff.

"HALF RAT AND HALF WEASEL": "CLOSE- EYED." Close-eyed persons are looked upon in various parts of the Midlands as unreliable folk, not to be trusted, and of such the saying is " Half rat and half weasel." " Close-eyed " signifies that the eyes are set closer together than is commonly the case. Is this known elsewhere 1 THOS. RATCLIFFE.

Worksop.

LISTS OF OXFORD AND CAMBRIDGE GRAD- UATES. Why does each of these commence with 1659 1 GEORGE C. PEACHEY.

Brightwalton, Wantage.

"THE COGELERS." Can any reader of 'N. & Q.' inform me where I can obtain full information of the Sussex sect known as "the Coglers," "the Cogelers," or "the Cockelers"? I possess the following details, which I should like to have supplemented.

The Cogelers were originated at Kirdford by one James Sirgood. He held religious meetings in the cottages of poor persons. He is said to have suffered considerable

Sersecution, many of his followers being ischarged from their work and com- manded to leave their homes. The sect is said to venerate a manuscript known as 'The Book of Cople,' which lays down cer- tain rules for life and worship. Sirgood is supposed to have written a pamphlet during the time of his persecution in defence of his religious principles. I shall be glad to know where I can get a copy of this paper. Has a history of these people been published 1

ARTHUR BECKETT. Pevensey.

RUNIC INSCRIPTION FOUND IN ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD. In the year 1852, in excavat- ing for the foundations of a new warehouse on the south side of St. Paul's Churchyard, London, an upright stone was found bearing on its face a curious delineation of interlaced animals, and on its edge a runic inscription. A rubbing of the stone was exhibited by the late Prof. Westwood to the Royal Archaeo- logical Institute on 4 February, 1853, and the stone is figured in the Arch.Joum., x. 82. It was also shown to the Society of Anti- quaries at the time. The late Sir A. W. Franks stated at the Institute that he had used every effort to obtain the stone for the British Museum, but that the owner of the warehouse (presumably Mr. James Knowles, Jun.) had determined to build the stone into the wall of the chief room of the warehouse over the spot where it had been. As that is nearly fifty years ago the warehouse may quite likely have been rebuilt and the stone removed. Can any of your readers say where
 * he stone is ; and if it is still in the wall of
 * he warehouse, is it so placed that the runes

which were on the edge of the stone) can still be seen 1 T. CANN HUGHES, M.A. Lancaster.

SIR CLEMENT SCUDAMORE, SHERIFF OP LONDON 1605-6. Mr. Cokayne, in * The Lord Mayors and Sheriffs of London, 1601-25,' states that the parentage and the company to which this sheriff belonged are both unknown. Can any of your correspondents iupply the same 1 E. C.

COLLET. Humphrey Collet, of the parish of St. Saviour's, Southwark, was M.P. for South wark in 1553-5. His will was proved n P.C.C. 1559 (Index Library). He was ancestor of the Collets of Highgate. Another 'anaily of Collet, descended out of Gloucee-