Sermons by Parliamentary Chaplains (Vol. vii., p. 34.).—On the day of Thanksgiving, 19th July, 1648, Mr. Obadiah Sedgwick was ordered to preach before the House, and his sermon to be printed. Where can a copy of it be seen?
Joseph Rix.
St. Neot's.
Etymological Traces of the Social Position of our Ancestors (Vol. vii., pp. 13, 14.).—Your correspondent may find the passage to which he wishes to refer again, in one of the back volumes of Dickens's Household Words, in an article with the title of "History in Words."
Another correspondent, in the succeeding page of the same Number, will obtain the information he requires by consulting Dunlop's History of Fiction.
W. L. N.
Tuebeuf (Vol. vii., p. 207.).—J. E. J. will find Tubœuf is a town in France, in the department of Mayenne. On May 9, 1194, Richard I. sailed from England on his expedition against Philip II. of France; and he was accompanied by Master Eustace, Dean of Salisbury, for the purpose of his conducting such business of the Great Seal as might be necessary while the king remained abroad. The Doncaster Charter appears to have been sealed on the 22nd of the same month of May, and I shall feel obliged if J. E. J. will give me a copy of Eustace's title, and the date and place, as they appear on the document. The addition to his name in other charters is "tunc gerentis vices cancellarii." He himself became Chancellor and Bishop of Ely on the death of Longchamp.
Edward Foss.
Street-End House, near Canterbury.
"Goe, soule, the bodies guest" (Vol. vii., p. 175.).—Your correspondent is mistaken in thinking that his "additions" are a new discovery. Both stanzas were printed, with slight variations from this copy, by Sir H. Nicolas, at the end of his edition of Davison's Poetical Rhapsody, 1826, pp. 413—415.; and both are mentioned by Mr. Hannah, when he says (p. 103.):