dst du thun siehst du jhn selber Possen machen?
Zwar _Thyle_ ist ein Bild und _Spiegel_ dieser Welt,
Viel Bruder er verliess; Wir treiben Narretheyen,
In dem uns dunckt, dass wir die grosten Weysen seyen,
Drum lache deiner selbst; diss Blat dich dir vorstellt."

The portrait, evidently that of a man of large intellect, is very
life-like, and full of animation. He seems to be some fifty years of age or
so; he has a cap, ornamented by large feather, on his head. He is seated in
a chair, has a book in his hand, and is attired in a kind of magisterial
robe bordered with fur. There is a good-humoured roguish twinkle in his
eyes; and I should be inclined to call him, judging from the portrait
before me, an epigrammatist rather than mere vulgar jester. The engraving
is beautifully executed: it has neither date nor place of publication, but
its age may perhaps be determined by the names of the painter (Paulus
Furst) and engraver (P. Troschel). The orthography is by no means of recent
date. I cannot translate the verses to my own satisfaction; and should feel
much obliged if you, MR. EDITOR, or MR. THOMS, would favour the readers of
"N. & Q." with an English version thereof.

HENRY CAMPKIN.

Reform Club.

_Lawyers' Bags_ (Vol. vii., pp. 85. 144.).--Colonel Landman is doubtless
correct in his statement as to the colour of barristers' bags; but from the
evidence of A TEMPLAR and CAUSIDICUS, we must place the change from green
to red at some period anterior to the trial of Queen Caroline. In Queen
Anne's time they were _green_.

"I am told, Cousin Diego, you are one of those that have undertaken to
manage me, and that you have said you will carry a _green bag_
yourself, rather than we shall make an end of our lawsuit: I'll teach
them and you too to manage."--_The History of John Bull_, by Dr.
Arbuthnot, Part I. ch. xv.

T. H. KERSLEY, B. A.

Audlem, Cheshire.

_"Nine Tailors make a Man"_ (Vol. vi., pp. 390. 563.; Vol. vii., p.
165.).--The origin of this saying is to be sought for elsewhere than in
England only. Le Conte de la Villemarque, in his {558} interesting
collection of Breton ballads, _Barzas-Breiz_, vol. i. p. 35., has the
following passage:

"Les tailleurs, cette classe vouee au ridicule, en Bretagne, comme dans
le pays de Galles, en Irlande, en Ecosse, en Allemagne et ailleurs, et
qui l'etait jadis chez toutes les nations guerrieres, dont la vie
agitee et errant