Falmouth.


Minor Notes.

Sir Francis Drake.—Having traversed the globe within three years, his travels were thus noticed by a poet of his day:

"Drake, pererrati novit quem terminus orbis,

Quemque semel mundi vidit uterque Polus.

Si taceant homines, faciant te sidera notum,

Sol nescit comitis non memor esse sui."

Clericus (D.)

Similarity of Idea in St. Luke and Juvenal.—Examples of identity of expression existing between the Scriptures and ancient heathen writers have already appeared in "N. & Q." Permit me to add the following passages, which appear to me to afford an instance of similarity of idea: