or
themselves. Is it not odd that Reiff should have made no remark on the
utter want of connection between the "honor manifestus," and the
"ludibria" of Olaus? or on the [Greek: kata to legomenon] of the author
that he was illustrating? {91} Artemidorus may certainly have been the
first who _recorded_ the _scomma_; but the words [Greek: kata to
legomenon] would almost justify us supposing that

"--The horn
Was a crest ere he was born."

Menage (referred to above) evidently lays some stress on the following
epigram, as an illustration of the question:--

[Greek: "Ostis eso purous katalambanei ouk agorazon,
Keinou Amaltheias hae gunae esti keras."]

Parmenon. _Anthol._ lib. ii.

But I confess that I am utterly unable to see its point and therefore
cannot, of course, trace its connection with the subject. Falstaff, it
is true, speaks of the "horn of abundance," but then he assigns it to
the husband, and makes the "lightness of the wife shine through it."
(_K. Henry IV._ Act i. Sc. 2., on which see Warburton's note.)

C. FORBES.

Temple, April 25.

L.C. may find the following references of service to him in his inquiry
into the origin of this expression:--"Solanus ad Luc. D.M. 1. 2.; Jacobs
ad Lucill. Epigr. 9.; Belin. ad Lucian, t. iii. p. 326.; Huschk. _Anal._
p. 168.; Lambec. ad Codin. Sec. 126.; Nodell in _Diario Class._ t. x. p.
157.; Bayl. _Dict._ in Junone, not. E." Boissonade's note in his
_Anecdotae_, vol. iii. p. 140.

J.E.B. MAYOR.

Marlborough College.

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REPLIES TO MINOR QUERIES

_Shipster_ (Vol. ii., p. 30.).--If C. B. will consult Dr. Latham's
_English Language_, 2nd ed., he will find that the termination _ster_ is
not merely a _notion_ of Tyrwhitt's, but a fact. Sempstress has a
_double_ feminine termination. _Spinster_ is the only word in the
present English which retains the old feminine meaning of the
termination _ster_.

E.S. JACKSON.

_Three Dukes_ (Vol. ii., p. 9.).--I should like a more satisfactory
answer to this Query than that I given by C. (Vol. ii., p. 46.). I can
give the I names of _two_ of the Dukes (viz. Monmouth and Albermarle);
but who was the _third_, and where can a _detailed account_ of the
transaction be found? In Wades' _British History chronologically
arranged_, 3rd edit. p. 230, is the following paragraph under the date
of Feb. 28, 1671 (that is, 1670-1):--

"The Duke of Monmouth, who had contrived