ay, punctuates the last two or
three lines as follows:

"A torquois ring;--probably this fatal gift is, with James's sword and
dagger, preserved in the College of Heralds, London."

Sir Walter is thus made to express a doubt, which he never intended, as to
the ring being there. A comma after "ring," another after "gift," and the
omission of the dash, will restore the true meaning of the sentence.

J. S. WARDEN.

_Waugh of Cumberland_ (Vol. ix., p. 272.).--John Waugh (D.C.L., Feb. 8,
1734)--born and educated at Appleby, Fellow of Queen's College, Oxford;
Rector of St. Peter's, Cornhill; Prebendary of Lincoln; Dean of
Gloucester,--was consecrated to the See of Carlisle Oct. 13, 1723: he died
Oct. 1734, and was buried in the church of St. Peter, Cornhill. He bore for
arms: Arg., on a chevron engrailed gules, three bezants.

MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A.

_"Could we with ink," &c._ (Vol. viii. _passim_).--Perhaps one more
communication may find admission on the above interesting lines. I received
from a clerical friend, many years ago, a version of them, which differs
considerably from that given in "N. & Q.," Vol. viii., p. 127. The
variations I have marked by Italics:

"Could _you_ with ink the ocean fill,
_Were the whole world_ of parchment made,
Were every _single stick_ a quill,
And every man a scribe by trade,
To write the love of God _alone_,
Would drain the ocean dry,
Nor could the _earth_ contain the _scroll_,
Though stretch'd from sky to sky."

My friend did not profess to know who wrote these lines; but he understood
that they were an attempt to render in English verse a sublime passage of
the great St. Augustin. It is highly probable that this eminent Father was
the original author of the passage. It is extremely like one of his grand
conceptions; but I have hitherto searched his voluminous works for it in
vain.

F. C. H.

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