clare what his remedy was, "lest it
might be used for anything but a human being." It would appear that in a
great measure he worked on the imagination of his patients: still some
other means may have been used, and, as he has been dead some time, it is
to be hoped he did not let his secret die with him. He never would take any
remuneration from those he cured, or their friends. I never heard any
person in that part of the country express the least doubt of the efficacy
of the remedy he used.

FRANCIS ROBERT DAVIES.

_The "Fusion."_--Is it generally known that there exists, between the two
branches of the Bourbons, a much nearer relationship than that which arises
from their common descent from Louis XIII.? The Duchess de Berri was niece
to Louis-Philippe's queen: so that the Duc de Bordeaux and the Comte de
Paris are second cousins.

E. H. A.

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Queries.

LYRA'S COMMENTARY.

I possess a copy of the _Textus biblie c[=u] Glossa ordinaria Nicolai de
lyra postilla Pauli Brug[=e]sis Additi[=o]ibus Matthie Thoring Replicis_,
in 6 volumes folio, printed at Basle in the years 1506-8. The binding is of
oak boards and calf leather, stamped with a very spirited design composed
of foliated borders, surrounding, on the right cover, six impressions from
a die three inches high by one and three quarters wide, consisting of a
narrow border enclosing a human figure, who bears in his left hand a
knotted staff as high as himself, while in the right he holds a bag or
scrip containing many balls (perhaps stones or fruit), which hangs over his
shoulder. Under the right arm he carries a sword, and on the wrist a wicker
basket. The lower limbs of this strange being are clad in loose garments,
like to a modern pair of trousers, with a large ragged hole on each knee.
The feet are not seen, as he is behind a fence composed of interlaced
branches of trees. To complete the picture, the head, which is much too
large for the body, has no other covering but crisped hair.

On the left cover are four impressions of a die three inches high by two
wide, on which are six animals whose kinds it is difficult to determine
with certainty; the two upper possibly may be horses, the middle a bird and
a monkey, the lower a lion and a dog. The animals are separated from each
other by a running pattern composed of branches, leaves, and flowers, and
are surrounded by a frame, on which is the following in black-lette