Non-jurors' Motto (Vol. viii., p. 621.).—"Cetera quis nescit" is from Ovid, Amorum, lib. i., Elegia v. v. 25.
W. J. Bernhard Smith.
Temple.
"The Red Cow" Sign, near Marlborough (Vol. viii., p. 569.).—Being informed that Cromwell's old carriages, with the "Red Cow" on them, were some years ago to be seen as curiosities at Manton near Marlborough; Cromwell being a descendant of a Williams from Glamorgan, and the cow being the coat of arms of Cowbridge; and the signs of inns in that county being frequently
named "The Red Cow;"—will any of your readers oblige with some account of the origin of "The Red Cow" as a sign; and what family has now a claim to such as the family arms?
Glywysydd.
Emblematic Meanings of Precious Stones (Vol. viii., p. 539.; Vol. ix. p. 37.).—To the list of works on the mystical and occult properties of precious stones given by Mr. W. Pinkerton, allow me to add the following, in which the means of judging of their commercial value, and their medicinal properties, are chiefly treated of:
"Le Parfaict Ioaillier, ov Histoire des Pierreries: ov sont amplement descrites, leur naissance, juste prix, moyen de les cognoistre, et se garder des contrefaites, Facultez medicinales, et proprietez curieuses. Composé par Anselme Bocce de Boot, &c.: Lyon, 1644, 12mo., pp. 788."
William Bates.
Birmingham.