The Abbot of Croyland's Motto.
—Will you allow me to call MR. LOWER'S attention to a passage in his English Surnames, vol. ii. p. 122., 3rd edition, which he has passed over without comment, but which struck me as requiring some editorial notice:
"The motto of John Wells, last abbot of Croyland, engraved upon his chair, which is still extant, is:
"'Benedicite Fontes, Domine.'
"'Bless the Wells, O Lord!'"
Reading "Domino" for "Domine" would make the first line of this inscription plain enough, as a quotation from the canticle "Benedicite, omnia opera;" but what are we to think of the second line? Could not the worthy abbot have given the pun upon his name in English, without using those particular words, or placing them in such a position that they actually look as if they were intended as a translation, word for word, of their Latin companions, in defiance of all the laws of grammar?
C. FORBES.
Temple.
Apple Sauce with Pork.
—Why and when was the custom of eating apple sauce with pork first introduced?