"Of this art [the dramatic] have written largely Petrus Victorius, &c.—as it were in vaine for me to say anything of the art; besides, that I have written thereof a particular treatise."
If this manuscript could be discovered, it would doubtless throw considerable light upon the Elizabethan drama.
Edward F. Rimbault.
A Cracowe Pike (Vol. iii., p. 118.).—Since I sent you the Query respecting a Cracowe Pike, I have found that I was wrong in supposing it to be a weapon or spear: for Cracowe Pikes was the name given to the preposterous "piked shoes," which were fashionable in the reign of Richard II., and which were so long in the toes that it was necessary to tie them with chains to the knee, in order to render it possible for the wearer to walk. Stowe, in his Chronicle, tells us that this extravagant fashion was brought in by Anne of Bohemia, Queen of Richard II. But why were they called Cracowe pikes?
I. H. T.
St. Thomas of Trunnions.—Who was this saint, and why is he frequently mentioned in connexion with onions?
"Nay softe, my maisters, by Saincte Thomas of Trunions,
I am not disposed to buy of your onions."
Apius and Virginia, 1575.
"And you that delight in trulls and minions,