Notices to Correspondents.
We hope next week, in addition to many other interesting articles, to lay before our readers a copy of a remarkable and inedited Proclamation of Henry VIII. on the subject of the Translation of the Scriptures; and some specimens of the Rigby Correspondence.
Hercules. The custom (which we hope does not very generally obtain) of sending green ribbons, called willows, tied round bridal cards, to rejected suitors of the bride, is no doubt derived from that alluded to by Shakspeare and Herrick, and especially Fuller, who tell us the willow "is a sad tree, whereof such as have lost their love make their mourning garments."
Robin Hood. A Subscriber would be obliged by H. K. (Vol. vi., p. 597.) giving a precise reference to the Act of the Scotch Parliament prohibiting "the plays and personages of Robin Hood." &c.
C. Mansfield Ingleby will find the proverb "When Our Lord falls in Our Lady's lap," &c., in our Number for the 12th Feb., p. 157.
Viator. The imprecatory Epitaph referred to has already appeared in our columns.
W. A. C. is thanked. The rhymes have, however, been already frequently printed by Brockett, Brand, &c.
B. L. (Manchester). The ordinary use of arms by the English nobility is supposed to date from about the year 1146. The arms on the shield of Geoffrey de Mandeville in the Temple Church have been considered among the earliest examples of heraldic bearings in England. He died in 1144.
Hy. Ce. Our Correspondent is probably correct. The lines are not in the reprint of the Musarum Deliciæ: so we amend our reply to David Brown in No. 177., by stating that the lines
"That same man, that runneth awaie,
May again fight, an other daie"—
are from Udall's translation of the Apothegms of Erasmus.
Does a Corpse passing make a Right of Way? A. S. will find an elaborate answer to this Query in our 3rd Vol., p. 519. He is also referred to pp. 477. and 507. of the same volume, and pp. 124. 240., Vol. iv.
A. B. Mosaic is so named from the tesselated pavements of the Romans, which being worked in a regular and mechanical manner, were called Opus musivum, opera quæ ad amussim facta sunt. Hence the Italian musaico, the French mosaique, and our English mosaic. See "N. & Q.," Vol. iii., pp. 389. 469. 521.
C. Gonville. How can we forward a letter to this Correspondent?
M. C. The answer to Mr. Canning's famous riddle is "Cares—Caress."
Brookthorpe. The epitaph,
"If Heaven is pleased," &c.,
is sometimes said to have been written on Burnet, and at others on Coleman the Jesuit. See our 5th Vol., pp. 58. 137., &c.
Photographic Notes and Queries. Several articles are necessarily postponed until next week, when we will also give Replies to several Correspondents. We hope by that time to be able to report upon the new Camera.
The Rev. J. L. Sisson is thanked for the very beautiful specimen of his skill which he has forwarded to us. We hope to write to him in the course of a day or two.
Errata.—P. 284. col. 1. lines 27. 28. for "built a new house on a pinnacle, on which," read "built a new house, on a pinnacle of which." Line 31., dele full-stop after "yreret," and insert colon. P. 288. col. 2. l. 28. for "trull" read "hull," i. e. "hurl."
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