"Après moi le Déluge" (Vol. iii., p. 299.).—This sentiment is to be found in a verse of a Greek tragedian, cited in Sueton. Nero, c. 38. : Ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί.” Suetonius says that some one, at a convivial party, having quoted this line, Nero outdid him by adding, Immo ἐμοῦ ζῶντος. Nero was not contented that the conflagration of the world should occur after his death; he wished that it should take place during his lifetime. Dio Cassius (Iviii. 23.) attributes this verse, not to Nero, but to Tiberius, who, he says, used frequently to repeat it. See Prov. (app. ii. 56.), where other allusions to this verse are cited in the note of Leutsch. L. [We are indebted for a similar reply to C. B., who quotes the line from Euripides, Fragm. Inc. B. xxvii.] "Après moi," or "après nous le Déluge" sounds like a modernisation of the ancient verse, “ Ἐμοῦ θανόντος γαῖα μιχθήτω πυρί,” the use of which has been imputed to the emperor Nero. The spirit of Madame de Pompadour's saying breathes the same selfish levity; and it amounts to the same thing. But it merits remark that the words of Metternich were of an entirely distinct signification. They did not imply that he cared only for himself and the affairs of his own life; but that he anticipated the inability of future ministers to avert revolution, and foreboded the worst. Two persons may use the same words, and yet their sayings be as different as the first line of Homer from the first of Virgil. The omission of the French verb disguises the fact, that the one was said in the optative, and the other in the future indicative. A. N. Eisell, the meaning of which has been much discussed in the pages of "NOTES AND QUERIES," is a word which seems to have been once the common term for vinegar. The Festival in the sermon for St. Michael's day employs this term thus : "And other angellis with hi (St. Michael) shall brynge al the Instrumētis of our lordis passyon, the crosse; the crowne; spere; nayles; hamer; sponge; eyseel; gall, scourges tall other thynges yt we atte cristis passyon."Rouen, A. n. 1499, fo. cl. b. St. Pancras (Vol. iii., p. 285.). — In Breviar. Rom. sub die XII Maii, is the following brief notice of this youthful saint, whose martyrdom was also commemorated (Sir H. Nicolas' Chron. of Hist.) on April 3 and July 21: "Pancratius, in Phrygia nobili genere natus, puer quatordecim annorum Romam venit Diocletiano et Maximiano Imperatoribus: ubi à Pontifice Romano baptizatus, et in fide christiana eruditus, ob eamdem paulò post comprehensus, cùm diis sacrificare constanter renuisset, virili fortitudine datis cervicibus, illustrem martyrii coronam consecutus est; cujus corpus Octavilla matrona noctu sustulit, et unguentis delibutum via Aurelia sepelivit." Amongst the reliques in the church of St. John of Laterane, in "the glorious mother-city of Rome," Onuphrius (de VII. Urbis Ecclesiis) and Serranus (de Ecclesiis Urbis Rom.), as quoted by Wm. Crashaw (temp. James I.), enumerate : "Item. caput Zachariæ Prophetæ, et caput Sancti Pancratii de quo sanguis emanavit ad tres dies quum Ecclesia Lateranensis combusta fuit," COWGILL. Joseph Nicolson's Family (Vol. iii., p. 243.). A. N. C. is justly corrected as to the insertion of the letter h in Dr. Wm. Nicolson's name, though it has been adopted by some of his family since. The mother of Dr. Wm. and Joseph Nicolson was Mary Brisco, of Crofton; not Mary Miser. I find from Nichols' Correspondence of Dr. Wm. Nicolson, that his brother Joseph was Master of the Apothecaries' Company in London. He died in May, 1724. He lived in Salisbury Court, where it would appear the Bishop resided at least on one occasion that he was in London. MONKSTOWN. Demosthenes and New Testament (Vol. iii., p. 350.). -The quotations from Demosthenes, and many others more or less pointed, are to be found, as might be expected, in the well-known, very learned, and standard edition of the New Testament by Wetstein. C. B. Crossing Rivers on Skins (Vol. iii., p. 3 ). — To the Latin authors cited by JANUS DOUSA illustrating this practice, allow me to add the following from the Greek. Xenophon, in his Anabasis, lib. iii. cap. v., so clearly exhibits the modus operandi, that I shall give a translation of the passage: "And while they were at a loss what to do, a certain Rhodian came up and said, I am ready to ferry you over, O men! by 4000 heavy armed men a ་ time, if you furnish me with what I want, and will give me a talent as a reward.' And being asked of what he stood in need: -I shall want,' said he, 2000 leathern bags; and I see here many sheep, and goats, and oxen, and asses; which, being flayed, and (their skins) inflated, would readily furnish a means of transport. And I shall require also the girths, which you use for the beasts of burden. And on these,' said he, having bound the leathern bags, and fastened them one to another, and affixing stones, and letting them down like anchors, and binding them on either side, I will lay on wood, and put earth over them. And that you will not then sink, you shall presently very clearly perceive; for each leathern bag will support two men from sinking, and the wood and earth will keep them from slipping." Skins, or tent coverings, stuffed with hay, appear also to have been very generally used for this purpose (Vid. Id., lib. i. cap. v.). Arrian relates (lib. v. Exped. cap. 12.) that Alexander used this contrivance for erossing the Hydaspes: “ Αὐτὸς δὲ (Αλέξανδρος) — ἄγων ἐπὶ τὴν νῆσον καὶ τὴν ἄκραν, ἔνθεν διαβαίνειν ἦν ἐγνωσμένον. Καὶ ἐνταῦθα ἐπληροῦντο τῆς νυκτὸς αἱ διφθέραι τῆς κάρφης ἐκ πολλοῦ ἤδη παρενηνεγμέναι, καὶ κατεῤῥάπτοντο ἐς ἀκρίβειαν.” E. S. TAYLOR. Martham, Norfolk. Curious Facts in Natural History (Vol. iii., p. 166.).There is a parallel to the curious fact contributed by your Brazilian correspondent in the" vegetable caterpillar" of New Zealand. This natural rarity is described in Angas's Savage Life and Scenes in Australia and New Zealand, vol. i. p. 291.: "Amongst the damp moss at the root of the rata trees, in the shady forests not far from Auckland, and also in various parts of the northern island, are found those extraordinary productions called vegetable caterpillars, the hotete of the natives. In appearance, the caterpillar differs but little from that of the common privet sphinx-moth, after it has descended to the ground, previously to its undergoing the change into the chrysalis state. But the most remarkable characteristic of the vegetable caterpillar is, that every one has a very curious plant, belonging to the fungi tribe, growing from the anus; this fungus varies from three to six inches in length, and bears at its extremity a blossom-like appendage, somewhat resembling a miniature bulrush, and evidently derives its nourishment from the body of the insect. This caterpillar, when recently found, is of the substance of cork; and it is discovered by the natives seeing the tips of the fungi, which grow upwards. They account for this phenomenon, by asserting that the caterpillar, when feeding upon the rata tree overhead, swallows the seeds of the fungus, which take root in the body of the insect, and germinate as soon as it retreats to the damp mould beneath, to undergo its transformation into the pupa state. Specimens of these vegetable caterpillars have been transmitted to naturalists in England, by whom they have been named Sphæria Robertii.”. Scenes in Australia and New Zealand, by G. F. Ange I recently had several specimens of the inse Prideaux (Vol. iii., p. 268.). — The Prideaux, who took part in the Monmouth rebellion, was Ford Abbey. (See Birch's Life of Tillots son of Sir Edmund Prideaux, the purchaser o Tillotson appears to have been a chaplain to S E. Prideaux at Ford Abbey, and a tutor to the young Prideaux. Miscellaneous. NOTES ON BOOKS, SALES, CATALOGUES, ETC. Κ. 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Legend represented in Frettenham Church-King of Nineveh burns himself in his Palace - Butchers not Jurymen - Redwing's Nest - Earth thrown upon the Coffin-Family of Rowe - Portus Canun- Arms of Sir John Davies-William Penn- Who were the Writers in the North Briton ? 407 MINOR QUERIES ANSWERED: "Many a Word"- VOTE UPON A PASSAGE IN 66 MEASURE FOR 410 411 412 414 414 Price, Threepence. Stamped Edition, 4d. Whereupon (according to the reading of the folio To which Isabella replies (according to the "O, 'tis the cunning livery of hell, The damned'st body to invest and cover In prenzie guards! Dost thou think, Claudio, Thou might'st be freed?" Claudio, still incredulous, rejoins: 66 66 O, heavens ! it cannot be." The word prenzie has given rise to much annotation, and it seems to be universally agreed that the word is a misprint. The question is, what was the word actually written, or intended, by Shakspeare? Steevens and Malone suggested "princely;" Warburton, " priestly;" and Tieck, precise.' Mr. Knight adopts "precise," the reading of Tieck, and thinks "that, having to choose some word which would have the double merit of agreeing with the sense of the passage and be similar in the number and form of the letters, nothing can be more unfortunate than the correction of "princely;" Mr. Collier, on the other 415 hand, follows Steevens and Malone, and reads "princely," observing that Tieck's reading (“precise") "sounds ill as regards the metre, the accent falling on the wrong syllable. Mr. Collier's choice is determined by the authority of the second folio, which he considers ought to have considerable weight, whilst Mr. Knight regards the authority of that edition as very trifling; and the only point of agreement between the two distinguished recent editors is with respect to Warburton's word "priestly," which they both seem to think nearly conveys the meaning of the poet. 414 The Third Act of Measure for Measure opens Isabella's visit to her brother (Claudio) in the zeon, where he lies under sentence of death. ccordance with Claudio's earnest entreaty, she sued for mercy to Angelo, the sanctimonious ity, and in the course of her allusion to the terms upon which Angelo is willing to remit entence, she info. ms him that he "must die," then continues: “This outward-sainted deputy, hose settled visage and deliberate word ps youth i' the head, and follies doth emmew, falcon doth the fowl, is yet a devil; s filth within being cast, he would appear pond as deep as hell." 'OL. III-No. 82. I have over and over again considered the several emendations which have been suggested, and it seems to me that none of them answer all the necessary conditions; namely, that the word adopted shall be (1.) suitable to the reputed character of Angelo; (2.) an appropriate epithet to the word "guards," in the reply of Isabella above quoted; (3.) of the proper metre in both |