Alteration in Oxford Edition of the Bible.—In the stereotype edition of the Bible, in 8vo., printed at Cambridge, for the British and Foreign Bible Society, I find the word Judah, 2 Chron. xxi. 2., substituted for Israel. This latter word is the reading of every copy of the authorized English version that I have been able to consult, including the 12mo. edition printed for the British and Foreign Bible Society at Oxford.
No doubt Judah is the right word in this passage. The context requires it; and it is the reading of forty Hebrew MSS., and of all the ancient versions, except the Chaldee. It is also the reading of the old English version by Coverdale. But it has not been adopted by King James's translators. How has this deviation from their text crept into an edition emanating from a University press?
Jerome.
When did Sir Gilbert Gerrard die?—A warrant was issued on the 1st of July, 1594, to the Lord Treasurer and Sir John Fortescue (see Burghley's Diary) "to inquire what profits had been taken for the office of the Rolls betwixt the time of the death of Sir Gilbert Gerrard and the entry of Sir Thomas Egerton." Now Sir Thomas Egerton entered on the 10th of April, 1594, and I have reason to believe that the office had been vacant for about a year. But I can find no notice of Sir Gilbert's death. He was a member of Gray's Inn; admitted in 1537, barrister 1539, ancient 1547, reader 1554, serjeant 1558, attorney-general 1559, Master of the Rolls 1581; and during the interval between the death of Lord Chancellor Hatton (Nov. 22, 1591) and the appointment of Lord Keeper Puckering (May 28, 1592) one of the commissioners for hearing causes in chancery.
James Spedding.
Market Crosses.—Have these interesting crosses occupied the attention of any one? Is there any work exclusively upon them? When was the old Market Cross, at Bury St. Edmunds, taken down? Is there any view of it extant, and where is it to be seen? What is the meaning of the passage from Gage's valuable History of Thingoe Hundred, page 205.:
"Henry Gage, &c., married at the Market Cross, in the parish of St. James, St. Edmund's-bury, 11th February, 1655."
Was any religious edifice standing on this spot at that period?
C. G.
Paddington.