_Dr. Johnson._--Johnson says somewhere that he never was in a tight place
but once, and that was when he had a mad bull by the tail. Had he held on,
he said he would have been dragged to death over a stubble field; while if
had not held on, the bull would have gored him to death. Now my Query is,
what did Dr. Johnson do, hold on or let go?

G. M. B.

_Latin "Dante."_--Is there not a literal Latin _prose_ translation of
Dante, somewhat rhythmical? Has not Stillingfleet cited it in the
_Origines_? If so, where is its _corpus_? And in what form, MS. or printed?
Of metrical Latin versions there are several beside those of the Jesuit
Carlo d'Aquino and Piazza. The Query is as to the prose?

PHILIP ASKE.

_Ralph Bosvill, of Bradbourn, Kent_, Clerk of the Court of Wards, married
first, Anne, daughter of Sir Richard Clement, and widow of John Castillon,
by whom he had five children. He married secondly, Benedicta Skinner, by
whom he had six children. This I have taken from the _Visitations of Kent_.
In Harl. MS. 5532.152, he is said to have had another son Ralph, "slain in
Ireland." This Ralph was his son, and I wish to discover by which wife, as
the entry above-mentioned in the {468} MSS. is of a much later date than
the body of it. He had, I think, two other sons at least, who are not in
the books, namely, Godfrey and William. The name is sometimes called
"Boswell." Was the younger Ralph's wife, Mary, daughter of Alveray Copley
of Batley?

Y. S. M.

_Major-General Wolfe._--The following MS. is advertised for sale. Is
anything known concerning it?

"A Copy of Orders written by Major-General Woolfe; an important
unpublished Historical MS. This valuable collection commences with
'General Orders to be observed by a regiment on their arrival in
Scotland, 1748.' At p. 55. begin 'Orders by Major-General Woolfe in
America: Halifax, April 30, 1759.' They continue dated from Louisburg,
Point Orleans, Montmorenci, Cape Rouge, &c., to the last, which is
dated on board the Sutherland, off St. Nicholas, Sept. 12th, the day
before the scaling the heights of Abraham; no doubt the last issued by
Woolfe, as on that day (13th) he fell in battle. There is no clue in
the MS. to its compiler; it consists of 103 pages 4to., beautifully
written, with MS. Plan of Order of Battle, of the army commanded by
General Woolfe in America, 1789. It is believed that no printed copy
exists of these