learn whether any difference has been observed to
exist either in mediaeval representations of croziers on seals,
accompanying, effigies, or in paintings, or in the existing examples. So
far as I have seen, the crook, in all except a few early instances, is bent
in the same manner, _i.e._ inwards.

N.

_Socinian Boast_ (Vol. ii., p. 375.).--The following lines "De Ruina
Babylonis" occur in the works of a Socinian writer, one Samuelis
Przipcovius, who died in 1670, and evidently have reference to those quoted
by Dr. Pusey:-- {413}

"Quid per Luterum, Calvinum, perque Socinum,
Funditus eversam jam Babylona putas?
Perstat adhuc _Babylon_, et toto regnat in orbe
Sub vario primum nomine robur habens.
Ostentat _muros_, jactat sublimia _tecta_
De _fundamento_ quis metus esse potest?
Ni Deus hanc igitur molem disjecerit ipse
Humano nunquam Marte vel arte ruet."

Przipcovius was a Polish knight, and cotempory the author of _Hudibras_. In
a tract entitled _Religio Vindicata a Calumniis Atheismi_, he thus alludes
to the spiritual Quixotism which induced Butler to "crack the satiric
thong:"

"Saepe audivi quod in _Anglia_ (quae regio sicut in multis aliis rebus,
sic praecipue in religionibus totius mundi compendium est) de ejusmodi
fanaticis perhibetur, quod ita sui suarumque irrationabilium opinionum
sint amantes, ut audeant propter eas divinam Providentiam angustis
Ecclesiarum suarum (quae ex angustis cujuslibet Penatibus constant)
terminis circumscribere.... Et quemadmodum omnes isti miseri aperte
delirant, praecipue ii quos zeli aestus eousque deducit, ut tanquam
bacchantes aut cerriti per plateas, domos, templa, absque ullo ordine
et respectu cursitantes concionentur, et interdum _anseres, equos, vel
oves_ (cujus rei ibi satis frequentia exempla occurrunt) dum eis
homines aures praebere nolunt, ad suas opiniones convertere tentent."

R. PRICE.

Cheam.

_MSS. of Locke_ (Vol. i., pp. 401. 462.).--In reply to a question in "NOTES
AND QUERIES," I may state, that the address of the son of the late Dr.
Hancock, is George H., Park Grove, Birkenhead; and he will furnish
information relative to the MSS. of Locke.

AN INTENDED READER.

_Sir William Grant_ (Vol. ii., p. 397.).--Your correspondent R. says that
"_Sir William Grant_" was one of the few Scotchmen who had freed himself
from the peculiarities of the speech of his country. Frank Horner is
anoth