The following are further references to the Brodribbs of Somerset found in wills, and arranged in order of date of being proven :-— 1558, 19 Dec. Joan Hannam of Evercreech, Som., widow, dated 16 Sept., 1557, proved 19 Dec., 1558. Mentions "My daughter Margery, wife of Thomas Broadribbe."-Prerogative Court of Canterbury, 18 Welles.

1588, 26 June. Richard Lee of Huntspill, Somerset, dated 20 Sept., 1586, proved 26 June, 1588: My sister in law Dorothy Brodrip."P.C.C. 40 Rutland.

1611, June. Thomas Sayard of Axbridge, Som., dated 12 March, 1610, proved June, 1611; "My nephews William & Christopher Broadripp.' -P.C.C. 67 Wood.

1620, 17 Oct. Christopher Broadrippe is mentioned in the will of Samuel Watts of Axebridge, dated 7 July, 1620, proved 17 Oct., 1620. -P.C.C. Soame 93.

1633/4, 10 Feb. John Still of Durleigh, Som., dated 21 Nov., 1633, proved 10 Feb., 1633/4. To dau. Mary a "bole of white plate given her by her godmother Mrs. Broadripp."-P.C.C. 9 Seager.

1635/6, 21 Jan. Will of John Broadribb of Birling, Kent, proved 21 Jan., 1635/6, by son Henry.-P.C.C. 4 Pile.

1641/2, 27 Jan. Oriana Lacey of London, gentlewoman, dated 24 Dec., 1641, proved 27 Jan., 1641/2. Mentions "My brother Henry Broadripp of Freshford, Som., clothier. My brother William Broadripp."-P.C.C. 13 Campbell.

1658,3 April. William Broadripp, the "sonne of William Broadripp of Rowburgh, Somersetshire, dated 12 Oct., 1657: "at the date hereof souldier in Flanders in the Company whereof Lieutenant Colonell Fleetwood is Captaine." Proved 3 April, 1658.-Brigg, Wills,' vol. iii.,

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1673, 3 May. Benjamin Ashe of Ilford, Wilts, dated 10 Feb., 1672, proved 3 May, 1673. Mentions My cousin Mrs. Mary Broadribh "P.C.C. 54 Pye.

1677, 2 May. Robert Hunt of Compton Pauncefoot, Som., dated 19 Oct., 1675, proved 2 May, 1677. Mentions "My sister Broadrep and sister Lacey," and brother Broadrep."-P.C.C. 49 Hale. 1680, 30 June. Robert Hunt of Speckington, Som., dated 10 Jan., 1679, proved 30 June, 1680. Mentions " my son Broadrepp ; also my son Richard Broadrepp."-P.C.C. 80 Bath. 1697, 29 Nov. John Popley of Milbourn Week, in Milbourn Port, Somerset, dated 11 Feb., 1696, proved 29 Nov., 1697. Mentions My brother John Broadrippe, of Week Champflower, in Brewton."-P.C.C. 250 Pyne.

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I have a book called 'Zoological_Recrea tions,' printed by Ward, Lock & Tyler, of which the third and last preface is dated London, November, 1857, the author being W. J. Broderip, F.R.S. The work is dedicated to the author's friend Sir Richard Owen, F.R.S., and it is stated that it first appeared in The New Monthly Magazine by the particular desire" of the editor Theodore Hook, was continued later in the same magazine under the editorship of the inimitable Thomas Hood" at his request, and concluded" when that periodical passed into the able hands of William Harrison Ainsworth." I have wondered if the name Broderip is a variation of that of Brodribb, and if this W. J. Broderip, F.R.S., was a I observe connexion of Sir Henry Irving. that MR. R. G. BARTELOT at the last reference refers to a Dorothy Brodrip of Hunstile,” who was buried 17 June, 1586, and a "Richard Broadripp" of Hunstile of 1623. Hunstile is in Goathurst parish, Somerset, and, according to MR. BARTELOT, remained in the possession of the Brodrip family until well into the eighteenth century. Seemingly by the time this branch of the family had settled at Mapperton, Dorsetshire, the name came to be spelt Brodrepp. MR. ALFRED JAS. MONDAY concludes that the name, its various forms of spelling, is derived from No doubt the Bawdrip, near Bridgwater.' Brodribbs of elsewhere in Somersetshire were connected with the Hunstile Brodrips, &c. Possibly W. J. Broderip (whose birthplace, unfortunately, I do not know) was a connexion of the members of the Brodribb

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High Littleton, Clutton, both Somersetshire, who were the immediate ancestors of Sir Henry Irving. Probably he was the most distinguished member of the race before Sir Henry Irving. RONALD DIXON.

46, Marlborough Avenue, Hull.

INCIDENTS AT DETTINGEN (11 S. v. 350, 454).-Brown's exploit at Dettingen was the subject of a picture in the Royal Academy in 1904, which, however, represented him as being knighted on the field of battle by George II-a departure from fact which drew correction from the editor of The Ancestor (x. 232). But if the author quoted by COL. FYNMORE is correct in saying that Brown was promoted to the Life Guards, it would seem that Mr. Barron made a slip for once, as he writes:—

"In England he did duty with the Horse Guards, until his wounds and a certain soldierly weakness for the can took him out of the army and home to Yarm, where he lived to tell his tale for a short year or two upon a thirty-pound pension." G. H. WHITE.

St. Cross, Harleston, Norfolk.

King (Henry)? (1591-1669) Poems written between 1610 and 1646, beautifully written MS. (166 pp.) bound in blue morocco extra, joints and g.e., small 4to. 1646.

Seventy-five pieces, all smoothly and death down to the death of the Earl of Essex neatly written, from the time of Prince Henry's in 1646. The address To my dear friend Ben Jonson' begins I see that wreath which doth the wearer harme' [sic]; mention is made of a couple of pieces on Bishop John King, Henry King's father."

The Rev. J. Hannah, in the preparation of the Pickering edition of Bishop King's poems, had the use of two MS. copies, one of which your correspondent wishes to discover; but I do not think either can be the one under examination, because, in the first place, I do not find in the Hannah edition more than one piece on Bishop John King, and, secondly, the first edition of 1657 contains seventy-three pieces only. There is an additional erratum written in a contemporary hand in my copy, overlooked by Archdeacon Hannah, viz., p. 126, 1. 12, for Glows read Blows.

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TRUSSEL FAMILY (11 S. v. 50, 137, 257, 333). Lower traces this family as far back as the reign of Henry I. A Richard Trussel was killed at the battle of Evesham. The name is supposed to have been given to a hunchback, troussel, according to Cotgrave, signifying in O.F. a fardle, bundle, or bunch." See the 'Patron. Brit.,' 8.v. New York

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LONDRES: LONDINIUM (11 S. v. 129, 191, 431, 456). The operation of the rule that Latin -ni-, followed by a vowel, becomes gn- in French, is not perturbed by the nature of the following syllable. Unionem became oignon," and ciconia cigogne." Durani-us yielded Dini-a yielded Dordogne," just as Digne." Similarly, the regular consonnification of mediali occurs in French without regard to the ending of the Latin word: cf. sauge," "sage," songe," from salvi-a, sapi-us, and somnium respectively. Hence the first-named rule may be expected to operate evenly in -dini-um and Dini-a; and the form *Londigne for Londinium does not present any phonological difficulty.

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ALFRED ANSCOMBE. 30, Albany Road, Stroud Green, N.

NICOLAUS MYSTICUS (11 S. v. 408).— Nicolaus Mysticus was Patriarch of Constantinople from 895 onwards. Some particulars of his life are given in Gibbon, chap. xlviii.; and there is an account of him (in which, however, some of the dates seem inaccurate) in Zedler's 'Lexicon,' vol. xxiv. p. 616. THURITONA.

DRAGOON REGIMENTS: BAND (11 S. v. 289, 397). It has always been the custom for the bands of all regiments, and not only of dragoon regiments, in the British Army, to be dressed in a uniform differing in various respects from that of their comrades. Interesting information may be found in the History of Military Music in England,' by Bombardier H. G. Farmer, R.A. Band (published by Boosey & Co., London, 1904). Although the book is primarily devoted to the history of the R.A. Band, a considerable amount of information is given on the other bands of the Army. C. S. H.

REMBRANDT AND MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL (11 S. v. 429). The work of Menasseh Ben Israel for which Rembrandt executed four etchings is a small Spanish treatise entitled :

Piedra | אבן יקרה *

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The Dedicatoria, "Al muy noble y doctissimo Señor Isaco Vossio, Gentil hombre de la camara de su Magestad, La Reyna de Svedia," is dated from Amsterdam 25 de Abril, An. 5415 (1655). Rembrandt had already, in 1636, etched the portrait of the famous Rabbi. They were neighbours, and resided in the Jewish quarter in Amsterdam. In the preliminary leaves of the Piedra Gloriosa, a work of a Messianic character. the author states that he has added four illustrations to make his meaning clear. The British Museum copy is, however, without them, though Rembrandt's etchings on a single sheet in various states can be seen in the Print-Room. The subjects are: 1. Nebuchadnezzar's Image'; 2. Jacob's Dream'; 3. 'David and Goliath'; 4. 'Vision of Daniel.' I have a copy of this mystic work with the four illustrations; but, although contemporary, these are not Rembrandt's etchings. They are adaptations of his designs, probably the work of Salom Italia, an Italian Jew who had engraved the author's portrait in 1642. Although not so valuable as the original etchings, they are much rarer.

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was a Portuguese by origin, and that he was Grand Master from 19 July, 1722, to his death on 12 Dec., 1736, at the age of 74) years. M. de Mas Latrie's Trésor de Chronologie,' col. 2209, gives the same dates. A detailed life is given in the Abbé de Vertot's 'Histoire des Chevaliers Hospitaliers' (Amsterdam, 1732), vol. iii. pp. 480–86. He was the reigning Grand Master when this book appeared. W. A. B. COOLIDGE.

OMAR KHAYYAM'S RUBÁIYÁT (11 S. v. 464).-The bibliography of this work covers an immense area. There is scarcely a printing press in the United States that has not issued an edition of the 'Rubáiyát.'

In one of these editions which was printed by the Caxton Society, Pittsfield, Mass., in 1909, as one of "The Caxton Brochures," the following notice appeared :—

"A Bibliography of the Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyam will be published about March 31st, by H. M. Schroeter, of Los Angeles, Calif. The book will be dedicated to the Omar Khayyám Club of America; and will contain the various translations in English as well as many foreign languages. All matter on the subject will be included, verses, parodies, side degrees, criticisms pro and con, magazine and newspaper items, allied degrees, &c. If you are interested, write to H. M. Schroeter, Fulton Apartments, Los Angeles, Calif."

I had a good deal of correspondence with Mr. Schroeter on the subject of this bibliography, and was indebted to him for many curious American issues; but owing, I fancy, to a change of residence on my part, the correspondence abruptly ceased, and I do not know anything further about the bibliography, except that it was not issued at the date announced.

A remarkable item with which I was favoured by Mr. Schroeter was a mélange of the Rubáiyát' and Browning's Rabbi ben Ezra,' arranged in dramatic form by Mr. Frederick Le Roy Sargent, and published by the Harvard Coöperative Society, Cambridge, in 1909. W. F. PRIDEAUX.

A NORMAN "MOTTE THEORY (11 S. v. 482). We are told that certain hillocks were called "mottes," as "being the only specific name which they ever had."

What I desire to know is-at what date and in what country was this name of “motte" in use? The English name was "mote," now spelt "moat." The 'N.E.D.' gives "mote as being first used in 1272, but no example in which the word was spelt with a double t. I, for one, decline to accept the name of motte until it can be shown that there is some early authority for it. Certainly, it is not Early Norman.' For the Norman spelling is "mote."

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There is a famous instance of its use. In the account by Lord Berners of "the battle of Cressy," Edward III. is said to have been on a lytel wyndmyll hyll." The original account in Froissart has sus le mote [sic, though mote is feminine] d'un moulin a vent." WALTER W. SKEAT.

ναφε καὶ μέμνασ ̓ ἀπιστεῖν· ἄρθρα ταῦτα τῶν φρενῶν

is given in the fragments of Epicharmus, 255, in Mullach's 'Fragmenta Philosophorum Græcorum.' As authorities for the fragment, Mullach refers to Polyb., xviii. 23, 4; Dio Chrysost., lxxiv. p. 636, ed. Morell.; Cicero ad Attic.,' i. 19, &c, I find it stated that the line is translated by Sir W. Hamilton in his notes on Reid :—

Be sober, and to doubt prepense,
These are the sinews of good sense.

BENJAMIN LACK.