LONDON, OCTOBER 7, 1922.

therefore not explained by the influence of Spenser or Browne. Milton's spelling often appears to be phonetic, and bowes may be a case in point. Nor does the u in amoungst (p. 242) seem to be sanctioned by Spenser NOTES:-The Milton-Ovid Script, V., 281—A List of Officers, or Browne; amongst is found in both.

CONTENTS.-No. 234.

284-Roo of Debach, Suffolk-Two Seventeenth-century
Daggers, 285-Two Dante Parallels-Anacharis, 286-"Pay
the piper." 287.

QUERIES:-Furneux, Berdewell, and Denny Families, 287--
Catholic Chapel near South Audley Street-Inquests in

Austria -Bibliography: Gaskell-James Walker, Master
of the Ceremonies, Margate-Divie Robertson-Proverbs

Spenser has

Amongst the rest, a good old woman was

(Mother Hubberd's Tale,' 1612, 1. 33), which is not altogether unlike Milton's line in the Comus' script (T. 21, 5),

Amongst the rest, a small unsightly root, or the line in stanza 12 of the Ovid script,

wanted, 289—* Christopher Tadpole-Sir William Chambers already quoted (p. 202),

---Children carried off by Eagles-Thomas Brown-" Moron
-Sydney Evans of Carnarvon and her Son-May Day
Cheese Ceremony-" B. C.," a Poet on Cheese Sussex
Charms-Author of Quotation wanted, 290.

Amoungst the rest, a speceled dragon great; while Browne has

Amongst the many buds proclaiming May.
(Op. cit., 1616, Bk. II., Song 2, 1. 719.)

REPLIES:- The Mistletoe Bough,' 291-Guide-books- In fact the more one explores contem-
Toast and Water, 292-The Irish Kilt, 293-Wife impaling
Husband's Coat, 294-Commonwealth Marriages and
Burials, 295–Edmund Halley, 296-An Early Army List--
-Oldacre Family-Suckling Family, 297-Paper-knives-
Rede-Badge of Rank: Wing, 298-Identification of Arms-
Cobbold: The Sensitive Plant '-The Conductor's Batou-
Spry Family-"Shot at a pigeon and killed a crow," 299.

porary literature the more one feels that the presence of bowes and amoungst in such obviously similar writing (p. 243) in both the Ovid and the 'Comus' script is very significant. It is one of several facts which point strongly to a common authorship, and canalternative not be reconciled with any hypothesis. Broadly speaking, the orthoNOTES ON BOOKS :-- The French Tradition in Education graphy of both scripts is that of the Spenser

-Chaucer: The Prioress's Tale, The Tale of Sir Thopas.' Notices to Correspondents.

Notes.

THE MILTON-OVID SCRIPT.-V.

(See ante, pp. 201, 221, 242, 265.)
WE have already noticed (p. 242) that the
word which is spelt bowes in the Ovid script,
and also in the 'Comus' and Arcades' scripts,
was previously spelt boughes by Spenser and
Browne. It was
even spelt boughs by
Spenser, at least as early as 1611, in The
Visions of Bellay' (V. 10/11) :—

When lo, a barbarous troupe of clownish foue
The honour of these noble boughs downe threw.
The quotation inevitably recalls a line in
Milton's second tetrachordon sonnet :-
When strait a barbarous noise environs me.
Browne used boughs in 1616:-
Whilst downe neere boughs did drops of Amber

creepe,

As if his sorrow made the trees to weepe.
(Britannia's Pastorals,' Bk. II., Song 2, 11.607/8.)
The quaint orthography of the scripts is

and Browne texts, but at that date orthography was in a state of almost chronic flux, and we find older and later forms of the same word existing side by side in the same text and even in the same sentence.

stanza

In

12 (p. 202) we find slimey and slimemy. In a note contributed by the present writer to The Library for October, 1918, it was pointed out that this movement was quite obvious in Browne's text in the three years 1613 to 1616. The rate of change would vary with different authors and with different features. In the script reproduced (pp. 266-8) we see that u represents either u or v throughout; this is seen in Spenser's text and Browne (1616), but the initial letter was there generally V in either case; this feature soon disappeared and is rarely found in the T. script. The use of i for either i or j is a similar feature; the use of ie for y when a suffix is, on the whole, an early sign, but there is much variation in this feature. We have both dignity and capacitie in stanza 2 (p. 267), but ie is common On the other in the Ovid and T. scripts.

hand, oy is often preferred to oi in both. Thus moyst is seen in stanza 1 (p. 266) and noysome, poyson, soyle, &c., are found in the T. scripts, but these often took the later

form when the poems were printed in 1645; script has to a great extent disappeared thus the lines (T. 2, 3-5)

and all my plants I save from nightlie ill, of noysome winds or blasting vapours chill and from the bowes brush off the evill dew, became

And all my Plants I save from nightly ill, Of noisom winds, and blasting vapours chill. And from the Boughs brush off the evil dew. The text of Milton's famous sonnet, as he transcribed it for Diodati (T. 6) is ::How soone hath Time the suttle theefe of Youth stolne on his wing my three & twentith yeere my hasting days fly on wth full careere but my late spring no bud or blossome shew'th Perhapps my semblance might deceave ye truth that I to manhood am arriv'd so neere

& inward ripenesse doth much lesse appeare that some more tymely-happie spirts indu'th Yet be it lesse or more, or soone or slow

it shall be still in strictest measure even to that same lot however meane or high toward weh Tyme leads me, & the will of heaven all is if I have grace to use it so

as ever in my great task-maisters eye.

in the interval; lesse has become less, meane has become mean, &c.; in the Ovid stanzas, however, we find the e still, in aire, foule, deepe, grosse. Deceave has become deceive, but in the Ovid (stanza 25) we shall find deceate; tymely-happie has become timely happy in the sonnet, and in the previous quotation nightlie has become nightly.

In the script itself one can see this change taking place; envie is used in the early 'Arcades' script, but envy is found in the later script of the sonnet to Lawes and the sonnet to Fairfax; the first became envy too in 1645 in the Ovid script we only find the earlier form. The four examples quoted are specimens 16 to 19 on the Wordcard IV. (p. 283). Specimen IV. 17 is from T. 1, 18 and IV. 18 is from the Ovid script. It shows both the general resemblance and the marked disconnection of letters " (p. 223). Specimens IV. 16 and IV. 19

But when he passed it for the press in 1645 come respectively from T. 40, 13, 6, and it was printed as under :

How soon hath Time the suttle theef of youth,

Stoln on his wing my three and twentith yeer!
My hasting dayes flie on with full career,
But my late spring no bud or blossom shew'th.
Perhaps my semblance might deceive the truth,
That I to manhood am arriv'd so near,
And inward ripenes doth much less appear,
That som more timely-happy spirits indu'th.

Yet be it less or more, or soon or slow,

It shall be still in strictest measure eev'n,
To that same lot, however mean, or high,

T. 44, 15, 2. Specimen IV. 25 is from Sotheby (Pl. XIV.) and tends to confirm the opinion already expressed (p. 245) on the date of this script. In the interval considered we notice also that ripenesse became ripenes; the older form is the one used in the scripts and is illustrated by the specimens of darknesse on the Word-card V. Specimen V. 17 is from the Ovid script; specimens V. 15, 16, 18 are respectively from

Toward which Time leads me, and the will of T. 12, 24, T. 13, 20, T. 14, 18; the general

Heav'n;

All is, if I have grace to use it so,
As ever in my great task Masters eye.

A comparison of the earlier and later form, in either case, gives some clue to the changes which Milton adopted after a lapse of some ten or twelve years; and Milton was probably somewhat conservative in this matter. In the printed texts every line begins with a capital letter; but in the scripts this is not the case. In the Ovid script of stanza 1, the initial capital is not used in half the lines; in stanza 2 it is used in all. One may naturally conclude that the tutor had intervened. Later stanzas, however, are not often so faultless in this respect. Among other points suggested by the comparison are these: heaven in the sonnet script becomes Heav'n in the later print; in stanza 1 we see that the plural occurs in full (line 3) and with the apostrophe (line 7), but not with capital H in either case. The final silent e of the T.

resemblance is very striking, but in the Ovid
specimen the k is a little more elaborate,
more like that in V. 19, which is from
T 18, 7/8, and this is in accordance with
our expectation (p. 223). In V. 17, too, both
members of the double s are looped; this is
rare in the T. script, but it occurs.
the instances cited, and in many others,
the earlier orthography is used in the Ovid
script, and this is only consistent with its
earlier origin.

In all

A glance at the script of the three stanzas reproduced (pp. 266-8) discovers the striking variety of letter already recognized as specially characteristic of Milton's copy hand (p. 222). In the first line of stanza 2 the same three types of e occur; the word created occurs in line 1 and in line 3, but it begins with a different c and ends with a different d in each example, two types of e are used in each, but their relative positions are reversed; the common r is almost always used, but the rarer type is seen once, in

9 daughters

WORD-CARD IV.

WORD-CARD V.

the

According to the Preface, it was in consideration of many Worthy persons brought into great Distress for their fidelity to the Crown [that] His Sacred Majesty had been graciously pleased to Enact the summe of Threethousand score pounds, together with product of a Tax upon Offices, to be distributed amongst Such Truly-Loyal and Indigent Officers who have had Real Command of Soldiers according to their several Commissions, and who have never deserted His Majesty nor His Blessed Father's Service During the late times of Rebellion and Usurpation and who have not a sufficient Livelyhood of their Own: Nor have since His Majesties Return obtained any Reward. Office, or Imployment sufficient for a Livelyhood by such Ways, Means and Propositions as in the Act before mentioned are Directed and appointed. To this list, which contains 160 columns of the names of the said military officers, including Army surgeons, chaplains, &c., as well as the very small list of sea captains given below, there is an index of 36 pages. containing approximately 3,780 Possibly the majority of these officers belonged to the Army of Charles I., and the sea captains are the remnant of his Navy, [f. 42r]

names.

grosse; besides the common h we see the a fuller description than that obtainable early type once, in sought; the e, h and r in the subjoined title page. are specially noticed by Horwood (p. 223). We find again the varieties of s, f and p. Inspection will make the point sufficiently clear. While the reader has the two Wordcards (p. 283) before him, it seems worth while to mention one or two features of interest. Specimen V. 19 shows, below the word darke, the symbol which is most commonly used in the T. script for and. It is used once, and I think only once, in the Ovid script, and is seen in specimen V. 14, and is even then somewhat smudged, as if an attempt had been made to rub it off while wet. The word and is almost always written in full in the Ovid script; I suspect the tutor had ruled out the abbreviation; but the solitary example is worth noting; the resemblance is significant. The three specimens of nam'd are interesting. V. 9 is from the Ovid script; V. 8 is from T. 11, 10, and V. 10 from T. 15, 21. Specimen 9 is like 8 in the d but like 10 in the nam; in fact the two T. specimens differ more from each other than either differs from the Ovid specimen. The other words on this card illustrate the general resemblance; specimens 2, 6, 12 are from the Ovid script; the comparison ones are from the T. script. The types of B and I seen in specimen 14 are also common in the T. script. The words on Card IV. also occur in both scripts and help to illustrate the general resemblance in character. Specimen IV. 2 is from the Ovid script and IV. 3 is from T. The looped Id in each specimen is similar, and so is the daughters; specimens 4 and 9 are also from the T. script; specimen 1 is from the Ovid script; in 1 and 9 the straight d is used; the d of 1 is curiously like the d of 8, which is from the T. script. The resemblances in the other specimens will be obvious on inspection. Specimens 5, 11, 14, 21 are from the Ovid script; specimens 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 15, 20, 22, 23 are from the T. script; specimen 24 is from Sotheby (Pl. XIV.), and again confirms the conclusion HUGH C. H. CANDY. suggested (p. 245). (To be continued.)

A LIST OF OFFICERS.

Feb. 4, 1662/3.

P.R.O., S.P. Dom., Chas. II., v. 68, fo. 41-107. IN State Papers, Domestic, Charles II., there is an interesting printed list of the names of military officers, &c., which is deserving of

A LIST OF OFFICERS.

Claiming to the Sixty Thousand Pounds, &c.,
Granted by His Sacred Majesty for the Relief
of His Truly-Loyal and Indigent Party.
Which List is made Publique by the Consent
and at the Desire of the Honourable the Com-
missioners Appointed by Act of Parliament for
Distribution of the said Moneys.
Nulla Virtus Latet: Veniet qui Conditam. &
Sæculi sui Malignitate compressam, dies Publicet.
[Sen. Epist.]

London,

Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in Ivy-
lane, and Anne Seile over against St. Dunstan's
Church in Fleetstreet. 1663. [Price 1s. 6d.}
[f. 86v]
SEA CAPTAINS.
L. & W.

Somerset

York

Turner Christoph., C. Mary Frigate.
P. Rupert.

Gills John, C. John Adventure, Sir
N. Crisp.

Johnson Joh., C. Newcastle, Marq.
Newcastle.

Isbrant Ger., C. St. Patrick, Sir N. Crisp.
Roberts Joh., C. Phoenix, Lord Hopton.
Carteret Phi., C. Cavalier Frg. S., J.
Pennington.

Ingram Will., C. Friendship. Pr. Rupert
Bilbrough Rich., C. Sir Mathew Boynton.
L. & W. Dowdall Geo.

Cap. Duke York.

Jordan Rob.
Neale Jam.
Ensom Rob., C. of the York Fregat.
Pine Rob., C. of the Charles Fregat.
Young Rich., C. of the Greyhound.
Armestead Rob., C. of the Charles.
James, &c.

ROO OF DEBACH, SUFFOLK.
(See ante, p. 226.)

THE elder son of Thomas Roo of Debach
(whose will, dated Jan. 23, 1559/60, has been
alluded to previously) was :—

(VIII.) Edmond, bapt. Aug. 1, 1600; deRoo, devisees 1638. (A) Mary, bapt. Sept. visee 1625; father of William Roo and Mary 20, 1582; devisee 1625; wife of Nathaniel Wilkinson. (B) Anne, bapt. April 26, 1592; buried April 3, 1621. (C) Susan, bapt. May 12, 1602; buried March 23, 1619/20.

at

The eldest son, Christopher Roo (2nd) of Debach, yeoman, was baptized Nov. 24, 1584. On Jan. 18, 1620/1, he married (at Debach) Marion Wright, by whom (who was buried at the same, Feb. 14, 1639/40) he had issue. He was buried Aug. 22, 1638, and in his will, dated June 25, 1638, proved Wickham, Sept. 6 following, he left all his lands, tenements, &c., in Debach, Clopton, and Charsfield to his wife for life. In case of the death or remarriage of the said wife, then their son Christopher (3rd) was to have the property. If, however, Christopher (3rd) attempted to make sale of it, then Benjamin Wright, my wife's son, was to enter into possession; and the of the death of Christopher (3rd), on condisame course was to be followed in the event tion that the said Benjamin Wright, if he had a son, should name him Christopher, and, if he had a daughter, should name her Mary. Other persons mentioned in this will are Mary and William, children of testator's brother, Edmond Roo; and Thomas, son of testator's brother, Nathaniel Roo. Executrix said wife, Marion Roo. Witnesses-Phil. Courtnall, William Ball.

Christopher Roo (1st) of Debach, yeo man, who was buried at Debach, Jan. 13, 1625/6, leaving a will dated Nov. 4, 1625, which was proved at Ipswich, Jan. 20 following. He left all his lands in Debach to his eldest son Christopher (2nd); £100 to his (eighth) son, Edmond; and various small legacies to his (second) wife, Anne; his (eldest) daughter, Mary, wife of Natha niel Wilkinson, and to each of her children; and his (third) son, William Roo. Executor the said Christopher (2nd). Supervisor- my cousin," George Starlinge. Besides a daughter, Mary, who was buried Witnesses Thomas English, John Suffe, at Debach, March 17, 1635/6, Christopher Jeffery Brown. Christopher Roo (1st) had Roo (2nd) had a son Christopher Roo (3rd) twice married, first, at Dallinghoo, Oct. of Debach, who was baptized there March 8, 1581, Mary Gardyner, by whom (who 19, 1621/2, and buried Dec. 25, 1686, having was buried at Debach, Aug. 27, 1618) he had by his wife, Elizabeth, a son Christohad eight sons and three daughters; and, pher Roo (4th) who was born at Debach secondly (licence dated Oct. 16, 1623), Anne Nov. 29, 1646. Rulphe, widow, of Baddingham. The children | The Clerestory," 18, Stanford Road, Kenof the first match (all baptized at Dallinghoo) sington Court, W.8. were: (I.) Christopher (second of that name

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F. GORDON ROE.

in the succession), of whom later. (II.) TWO SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY DAGGERS.Thomas of Debach, bapt. May 8, 1586; With reference to the correspondence upon married (at Debach, Oct. 22, 1618) Edeny the subject of ancient swords and daggers Wigin. (III.) William, bapt. Nov. 3, 1588; which has recently appeared in N. & Q.' devisee 1625. (IV.) Nathaniel, bapt. March it may be of interest to your readers to 7, 1590/1, whose son Thomas was devisee, know that this Society has in its possession 1638. (V.) Robert, bapt. Aug. 30, 1594. the daggers worn by Col. Blood and his (VI.) John, bapt. Feb. 15, 1598/9; buried accomplice, Parrot, in their attempt to March 16, 1598/9. (VII.) Edmond, bapt. steal the Crown jewels from the Tower of Feb. 15, 1598/9; buried March 10, 1598/9. London. These daggers were included in Signifies no particular troop or company a bequest to the Literary Fund, made in 1807 by Mr. Thomas Newton (believed to

mentioned.