father of Sir
Dennis Pack.

As I have in the press a _History of the Cathedral of St. Canice_,
Kilkenny, which latter contains a monument and a fine bust of Sir Dennis
Pack by Chantrey, and of which his father the Rev. Thomas {454} Pack, D.D.,
was dean, any information which will enable me to complete the pedigree
between Simon Pack and the above-named Thomas will be thankfully received.

JAMES GRAVES.

Kilkenny.

_Haveringemere._--Gervase of Tilbury, in the 4th book of his _Otia
Imperialia_, sect. 88., mentions a certain pond or mere lying near the
confines of Wales, and named Haveringemere, of which the peculiarity is,
that if a person passing over it in a boat utters, in a loud voice, certain
opprobrious words, a commotion arises in the waters and sinks the boat. The
words, as printed in the edition of Leibnitz (Leibnitii _Scriptores
Brunsvicenses_, tom. i. p. 990.), are "_Prout haveringemere_ aut
_allethophe cunthefere_;" which he explains to mean, "_Phrut_ tibi, mare,
et omnibus qui te transfretant." He adds with great simplicity: "Et satis
mirandum, quod aquae hujus modi concipiunt indignationes." It is plain that
we ought to read, "Phrut Haveringemere, and alle thai that on thee fere"
(_i. e._ ferry). _Phrut_ or _prut_ is a word of contempt, of which Mr.
Halliwell gives an instance, _s. v._ Prut, from an Harleian MS.: "And seyth
_prut_ for thy cursing prest." Is anything known of this mere at the
present day, and is there any remnant of this old superstition? Gervase
wrote his book anno 1211.

C. W. G.

_Old Pictures of the Spanish Armada._--At Beddington Hall, famous for its
fine banqueting-hall, in which Queen Elizabeth feasted, I have heard that
there used to be one or more pictures of the Spanish Armada, presented by
Elizabeth herself to the family resident there. Can any reader of "N. & Q."
inform me whether these pictures (if more than one) are still in existence:
if so, where they are, and whether they are to be seen? A large gilt lock,
also presented by Queen Elizabeth, still remains on one of the doors of the
said banqueting-hall.

J. S. A.

Old Broad Street.

_Bell Inscription._--The following inscription occurs on two bells formerly
belonging to St. Sepulchre's Church, Cambridge. I should be glad of an
explanation:

"[DE] + [PVRI] SANTI EDMONDVS STEFANVS TOMMI ME FECIT [WL] 1576."

C. W. G.

_Loselerius Villerius, &c._--I wish to know who was Loselerius Villerius,
who edited an editio