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to rank; and thus applied to the ceremonious observance of rank or place; to ceremony. Webster adds, "From the original sense of the word, it may be inferred that it was formerly the custom to deliver cards containing orders for regulating ceremonies on public occasions."] _Henri Quatre._--What was the title of Henry IV. (of Navarre) to the crown of France? or in what way was he related to his predecessor? If any {107} one would be kind enough to answer these he would greatly oblige. W. W. H. [Our correspondent will find his Query briefly and satisfactorily answered by Henault, in his _Abrege de l'Histoire de France_, p. 476. His words are: "Henri IV. roi de Navarre, ne a Pau, le 13 Decembre, 1553, et ayant droit a la couronne, comme descendant de Robert, Comte de Clermont, qui etoit fils de St. Louis, et qui avoit epouse l'heritiere de Bourbon, y parvient en 1589." The lineal descent of Henri from this Count Robert may be seen in _L'Art de verifier les Dates_, vol. vi. p. 209., in a table entitled "Genealogie des Valois et des Bourbon; St. Louis IX., Roi de France."] _"He that complies against his will," &c.; and "To kick the bucket."_--Oblige T. C. by giving the correct reading of the familiar couplet, which he apprehends is loosely quoted when expressed-- "Convince a man against his will," &c. or, "Persuade a man against his will," &c. Also by stating the name of the author. Likewise by giving the origin of the phrase "To kick the bucket," as applied to the death of a person. [The desired quotation is from Butler's _Hudibras_, part III. canto iii. l. 547-8.: "He that complies against his will, Is of his own opinion still." As to the origin of the phrase "To kick the bucket," the tradition among the slang fraternity is, that "One Bolsover having hung himself to a beam while standing on the bottom of a pail, or bucket, kicked the vessel away in order to pry into futurity, and it was all UP with him from that moment--_Finis_!" Our Querist will find a very humorous illustration of its use (too long to quote) in an article on "Anglo-German Dictionaries," contributed by De Quincy to the _London Magazine_ for April, 1823, p. 442.] _St. Nicholas Cole Abbey._--There is a church in the city of London called St. Nicholas Cole Abbey: what is the origin of the name or derivation
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