ty respecting their name might be
fully satisfied, and his interest increased, if he should happen to be
in Bristol on some sunny afternoon in the later part of May, or the
beginning of June, by a sight of this bright "regiment of women"--the
gay colour of their gowns subdued by the quaintness of their fashion,
and the clean whiteness of their aprons, collars, &c.--proceeding, in
double file, towards the downs, for air and recreation. An account of
their foundation may be found in Barret's _Hist. of Bristol_, p. 415.
"Blue-Boys," so called for a similar reason, are a parallel case of much
more general occurance. Yours, &c.

RUFA.

_Poetical Symbolism._--In answer to the question of your correspondent,
"STEPHEN BEAUCHAMP" (No. 11. p. 173.), I beg leave to mention a work,
which answers in some degree to the description which he gives; namely,
_De Symbolica AEgyptiorum Sapientia_, and _Polyhistor Symbolicus,
electarum Symbolarum et Parabolarum Historicurum Stromata XII. Libris
complectens_, by Nicolas Caussin, {220} 8vo. Col. Agr. 1631. There were
other editions, I believe, in the same century. The former work treats
of Egyptian symbols; the titles of the twelve books of the latter are:
I. Mundus et Elementa. II. Dii Gentium. III. Hominis Bona. IV. Hominis
Mala. V. Ritus Gentium. VI. Aves. VII. Quadrupedes. VIII. Pisces. IX.
Serpentes et Insecta. X. Plantae. XI. Lapilli. XII. Manufacta.

M.

Oxford.

_Fraternitye of Vagabondes._--It does not appear very clearly from the
wording of the query at p. 184. of your 12th number, whether the object
of your correspondent, "A. GRIFFINHOOF, JUN.," be to ascertain the fact
of the reprint in question having been published by Stace, or (having
ascertained that fact) to procure further information as to the
publisher. I cannot find any allusion to the work in the _Censura
Literuria_, (2nd ed. 1815), another instance of the absolute necessity
for exact references, the want of which you would do well in making a
ground of exclusion from your columns. However, on the chance of being
useful I send you an exact copy of the rubricated title-page of the
reprint, which is as follows:

"The Fraternitye of Vacabondes; As wel of ruflyng Vacabondes, as
of beggerley, of Women as of Men, of Gyrles as of Boyes, With
Their proper Names and Qualities. With a Description of the
Crafty Company of Cousoners and Shifters. Whereunto also is
adioined The XXV orders of Knaues, Ot