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."