Else knaves and fools will quite undo us."
These four lines constitute the whole of the piece, which is anonymous: vol. i. p. 27., and also on the title-page.
B. H. C.
[We are indebted to S-C. P. J. for a similar reply.]
Copernicus (Vol. ix., p. 447.).—This inscription, as given in "N. & Q.," contains two false quantities, Grātiam and Vēniam. May I suggest the transposal of the two words, and then all will be right, at least as to prosody, which, in Latin poetry, seems to override all other considerations.
C. De la Pryme.
N.B.—What is the nominative to poor dederat?
Meals, Meols (Vol. vii., pp. 208. 298.; Vol. ix., p. 409.).—The word "mielles" is of frequent occurrence in Normandy and the Channel Islands, where it is applied to sandy downs bordering the sea-shore. It is not to be found in French dictionaries, and, like the words hougue, falaise, and others in use in Normandy, has probably come down from the Northmen, who gave their name to that province.
Edgar Macculloch.
Guernsey.