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be said, however, was not one sent forth by authority. Mr. E. Tunstall, of Manchester, has shown me his copy of

" The Book of Common Prayer and Administra- tion of the Sacrament according to the use of the Church of England, with the Psalms of David, paraphras'd : together with the Lives of the Apostles, and an Account of the Original of the Fasts and Feasts of the Church, with several of the Kubricks occasionally explain'd. By William Nicholls, D.D. London : Printed for J. Holland, at the Bible and Ball, and W. Taylor, at the Ship, both in St. Paul's Church-yard. 1709. 8vo."

On p. 213 there is this passage : Minister.

VI. Thou shalt do Murder.

People. Lord have Mercy upon us, and incline our Hearts to keep this Law.

There is no table of errata at all events in this copy so that it must be supposed this murderous misprint passed undetected. This edition is not mentioned in the interesting account of Nicholls which appears in the 'Dictionary of National Biography.' The "Paraphrase on the Psalms" is dated 1707. The Prayer Book is dedicated to the Marquess and Marchioness of Mount Harmer (" being bound by the Duty and Gratitude which I owe to my most Noble Lord, your Father"), and the Psalter to " Charles, Lord Hallifax."

This edition of the Prayer Book may take its place among the curiosities of literature. WILLIAM E. A. AXON.

Manchester.

[Another " Wicked" Prayer Book is described in 8 th S. vii. 187. It is an octavo, printed in 1686 by Charles Bill, Henry Hills, and Thomas Newcomb. The Epistle for the Fourteenth Sunday after Trinity reads in some copies of this edition (not in all),: " They who do such things shall inherit the king- dom of God," not being omitted. The edition of 1688 also omits the not.~\

GREEN AN UNLUCKY COLOUR. The other day I heard a well-educated Hull lady say she had only had three green dresses during her lifetime, and in each instance she had had to put them aside to wear mourning for those dear to her. Never again, she said, would she appear in green, which she linked so closely with death. WILLIAM ANDREWS.

Royal Institution, Hull.

[That the wearing of a green gown will be followed by a death in the familv is related from Staines in

discussed

STONE STOCKS. A local paper says that some stone stocks, affording accommodation for two offenders, which have lain buried for nearly a century in the centre of the colliery village of Little Lever, near Bolton, have just been unearthed. The account mentions

that culprits were attached thereto by wrist- lets and circlets, and the actual stocks which the District Council have promised carefully to preserve weigh nearly two tons.

HARRY HEMS. Fair Park, Exeter.

EPITAPH ON MARY GOLD. The following epitaph is from a well-executed, neat monu- ment by a Puritan "unlettered" mason in Berrynarbor Church chancel, as yet unre- stored. I think it quaint enough to be worth notice.

Marigold flower at each corner at top.

Dedicated

To the pretious memorie of Mary y e deare and only davgher of

George Westcott, Pastor of this

Church) and of Frances his wife, who

Leaving this vale of miserie for a mansion

In felicitie was neer enterred lanvar 31 th

Anno Dni 1648 setat

suse 70.

This Mary-gold, lo ! here doth show, Marie, worth Gold lies neer below, Cut dpwne by death, the fair'st gilt flow'r Flourish, and fade doth in an howr. The Marygold in sun-shine spread, (When cloudie) clos'd doth bow the head This orient plant retains its guise, With splendent Sol to set and rise : Eun so, this virgin MARIE-ROSE In life soon nipt, in death fresh growes ; With Christ, her light, she set in paine ; By Christ, her Lord shee '11 rise again : When she shall shine more bright by farr, Then any twinckling radiant starre : For bee assur'd, that by death's dart Mary enioyes the better part.

A /Maria Westcott G. W. P.P.

Anagr j Morg e yicta tuta R w

M.

" FAULT " IN TENNIS. On 26 October, 1526, John Hacket wrote from Brussels to Wolsey :

" For al that I can perceive in these partiis, yf it micht happen that the Emperor coud find the mennis wyt his honnour to make pece wyt France oncnowen to us, they schould tink here that they schould have XLV and a fault at tennis game agens us."-' Lett, and Pap. Hen. VIII.,' IV. ii. 1148.

The earliest instance in 'N.E.D.' is of 1599.

O. O. H.

"TURN." The technical "variety stage" use of this word I do not find in the * Cen- tury Dictionary.' Mr. R. P. Watson, in his 'Memoirs' (1899, p. 156), says a performer was " waiting for her * turn ' at the far side of the stage." It is, of course, quite apparent that the performer is waiting to go on to perform ; but supposing instead he had said extra turn ? These two words have also a technical meaning, which no doubt some one will be able to describe more accurately