Surplices (Vol. iv., p. 192.).
—In reference to the origin, use, &c. of this and other ecclesiastical vestments, let J. Y. consult the following authorities:—Bona, Rerum Liturgicarum, lib. i. cap. 24.; Gerberti Vetus Liturgia Alemannica, tom. i. disquisit. iii. cap 3.; Goar, Rituale Græcum; Du Cange's Glossary; and, Ferrarius de Re Vestiaria. The information on the subject, hence to be obtained, is briefly epitomised in the appendix to Palmer's Antiq. of the English Liturgy. Let J. Y. also look at Hawkins' Hist. Music, vol. ii. p. 432.; vol. iii. p. 71.; likewise at Bishop Challoner's Garden of the Soul, pp. x. 123. (edit. 1824); and, if he have a full abundance of leisure, with sufficient resolution to abandon it to an undertaking so pregnant with instructiveness, let him too, by all means, "explore with curious search" the controversial writings of the early periods of Puritanism, on the sadly vexed question of the habits of the clergy, to which he will find abundant reference in all our Anglican church histories.
COWGILL.
Continental Watchmen and their Songs (Vol. iv., p. 206.).—
THE MANNER OF WATCHMEN INTIMATING THE TIME AT HERRNHUTH, GERMANY.
Past eight o'clock! O Herrnhuth, do thou ponder:
Eight souls in Noah's ark were living yonder.
'Tis nine o'clock: ye brethren, hear it striking;
Keep hearts and houses clean, to our Saviour's liking.
Now brethren, hear, the clock is ten and passing: