Gat-tothed.—I do not know whether this mysterious word in the description of the "Wife of Bath," has been satisfactorily explained since the time of Tyrwhitt; but perhaps the following passage may suggest a new reading in addition to "cat-tothed" and "gap-tothed," which he gives in his note on Canterbury Tales, p. 470.:
"The Doctor deriveth his pedigree from Grono ap Heylyn, who descended from Brocknel Skythrac, one of the princes of Powis-land, in whose family was ever observed that one of them had a gag-tooth, and the same was a notable omen of good fortune."—Barnard's Life of Heylyn, p. 75., reprinted in Heyl. Hist. Ref. Eccl. Hist. Soc., 1. xxxii.
Query, What was a gag-tooth? The "Wife" herself says,
"Gat-tothed I was, and that became my wele,
I hold the print of Seinte Venus sele."—6185-6.
J. C. R.
Goujere.—The usage of this word by Shakspeare (in the Second Part of Henry IV.) is another proof that he took refuge in Cornwall, when he fled from the scene of his deerstalking danger. The Goujere is the old Cornish name of the Fiend, or the Devil; and is still in use among the folk words of the West.
C. E. H. Morwenstow.
The Ten Commandments in Ten Lines.—In looking over the Registers of the Parish of Laneham, Notts, last April, I discovered on one of the leaves the Commandments with the above title. It is signed "Richard Christian, 1689:" he was vicar at that time.
"Have thou no other Gods Butt me.