In a basket full of coal-dust;
Says one little dog to the other little dog,
'If you don't go in, I must.'"
N.B.—Into the wheel.
Smokejack.
Officers of Charles I. (Vol. ix., p. 74.).—Sir T. Metcalfe mentions, as among the "curious stray sheets" in his possession, "a list of all the gentlemen and officers who fell in the cause of Charles I." As I have long wished to see a list of King Charles's officers, but have never, as yet, met with anything like a complete catalogue of those who fell, or of those who survived, it would be interesting to me, as I doubt not it would be interesting to many of your readers, to see this "curious stray sheet" transferred to the pages of "N. & Q."
Can you refer me to any published, or otherwise accessible, list of the officers who fought against Charles I., whether by sea or land?
Is there any printed list of officers at the time of the Restoration?
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D. O. M. (Vol. iii., p. 173.; Vol. ix., p. 137.).—Would R. W. D. state his reasons for rendering these letters "Datur omnibus mori?" Such an inscription would of course be à propos in the case of a tombstone; but the ordinary interpretation, "Deo Optimo Maximo," would likewise be fitting, and it is not probable that the same initials should have two distinct meanings.