s
Magazine_, vol. xxxix. p. 347.]

_Monogram of Parker Society._--What is the meaning of the monogram adopted
by the Parker Society on all their publications?

TYRO.

[The monogram is "MATTHEW PARKER," Archbishop of Canterbury in the
reign of Queen Elizabeth.]

_The Five Alls._--Can any of your readers give me an interpretation of a
sign on an inn in Oxford, which bears this inscription?

"THE FIVE ALLS."

I can make nothing of it.

CURIOSUS.

Oxford.

[Captain Grose shall interpret this Query. He says, "The Five Alls is a
country sign, representing five human figures, each having a motto. The
first is a king in his regalia, 'I govern all.' The second, a {503}
bishop in pontificals, 'I pray for all.' Third, a lawyer in his gown,
'I plead for all.' Fourth, a soldier in his regimentals, 'I fight for
all.' Fifth, a poor countryman with his scythe and rake, 'I _pay_ for
all!'"]

_Corvizer._--In a deed of the middle of the last century, I find this
addition to the name of a person residing at Conway. The word is similarly
employed in a list of interments of some "common people," contained in
Browne Willis's account of Bangor Cathedral. What does it mean, and whence
is it derived?

H. B.

Bangor.

[An obsolete word for a cordwainer or shoemaker. See Ash's
_Dictionary._]

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Replies.

ENGLISH COMEDIANS IN GERMANY.

(Vol. ii., pp. 184. 459.; Vol. iii., p. 21.; Vol. vii., pp. 114. 360.)

In 1605 the English comedians first appeared in Prussia. In October they
performed before the Duchess Maria Eleonora at Koningsberg, for which they
were well paid; they then proceeded to Elbing, whence they were dismissed
with twenty thalers, since they produced scandalous things ("weil sie
schandbare Dinge fuergebracht"). In 1607, they were again sent away, after
they had performed the preceding year at Rostock. Some time after, the
Elector of Brandenburg, Joh. Sigismund, employed a certain noble, Hans von
Stockfisch, to obtain a theatrical company from England and the
Netherlands. A troop of nineteen comedians, under the direction of John
Spencer, came with sixteen musicians to add lustre to the electoral feasts.
In 1611, they received 720 marks, as well as many hundred ells of various
stuffs for costumes and decorations; of which great quantities were used in
1612. Many a time was it necessary to ransom them at great cost fro