tous les animaux
De Paris au _Perou_, du Japon jusqu'a Rome,
Le plus sot animal, a mon avis, c'est l'homme."

Warton's Poems appeared in March, 1748. Johnson's _Vanity of Human
Wishes_ was published the 9th January, 1749, and was written probably
in December or November preceding.

C.

_Worm of Lambton_ (Vol. i., p. 453.).--See its history and legend in
Surtees' _History of Durham_, vol. ii. p. 173., and a quarto tract
printed by Sir Cuthbert Sharp.

G.

"A.C." is informed that there is an account of this "Worme" in _The
Bishoprick Garland_, published by the late Sir Cuthbert Sharpe in
1834; it is illustrated with a view of the Worm Hill, and a woodcut
of the knight thrusting his sword with great _nonchalance_ down the
throat of the Worme. Only 150 copies of the _Garland_ were printed.

W.N.

_Shakspeare's Will_ (Vol. i., pp. 213, 386, 403, 461, and 469.).--I
fear if I were to adopt Mr. Bolton Corney's _tone_, we should
degenerate into polemics. I will therefore only reply to his
question, "_Have_ I wholly mistaken the whole _affair_?" by one
word, "_Undoubtedly_." The question raised was on an Irish edition of
Malone's _Shakspeare_. Mr. Bolton Corney reproved the querists for not
consulting original sources. It appears that Mr. Bolton Corney had not
himself consulted _the edition_ in question; and by his last letter
I am satisfied that he has not _even yet_ seen it: and it is not
surprising if, in these circumstances, he should have "_mistaken
the whole affair_." But as my last communication (Vol. i., p. 461.)
explains (as I am now satisfied) the blunder and its cause, I may take
my leave of the matter, only requesting Mr. Bolton Corney, if he still
doubts, to follow his own good precept, and look at _the original
edition_.

C.

_Josias Ibach Stada_ (Vol. i., p. 452.).--In reply to G.E.N., I would
ask, is Mr. Hewitt correct in calling him Stada, an Italian artist?
I have no hesitation in saying that Stada here is no personal
appellation at all, but the name of a town. The inscription "_Fudit
Josias Ibach Stada Bremensis_" is to be read, Cast by Josias Ibach,
_of the town of Stada, in the duchy of Bremen_. All your readers,
particularly mercantile, will know the place well enough from the
discussions raised by Mr. Hutt, member for Gateshead, in the House
of Commons, on the oppressive duties levied there on all vessels and
their cargoes sailing past it up the Elbe; and to the year 1150 it was
t