us finitum est,
inciditque in annum seculi trigesimum."

But neither in this, nor in the account of his life by Melchior Adam, nor
in that contained in Rose's _Biographical Dictionary_, can I find any trace
of the opinion that he was a Scotchman; and as Huldricus was himself a
professor in the Athenaeum at Zurich, he would probably be correctly
informed on the subject.

TYRO.

Dublin.

_"Annoy" used as a Noun_ (Vol. ii., p. 139.).--Your correspondent CH. will
find three good instances of the use of the word _annoy_ as a noun (in
addition to the lines cited by him from Wordsworth) by Queen Elizabeth,
George Gascoigne, and Mr. Keble:

"The doubt of future woes exiles my present joy,
And wit me warns to shun such snares as threaten mine _annoy_."
See Ellis' _Specimens of Early English Poets_, ii. p. 136.

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"And as they more esteeme that merth
Than dread the night's _annoy_,
So must we deeme our dayes on erth
But hell to heauenly joye."
_Good morrowe_; see Farr's _Select Poetry, &c._, p. 38.

"High heaven, in mercy to your sad _annoy_,
Still greets you with glad tidings of immortal joy."
_Christian year_, "Christmas Day."

H.G.T.

_Culprit, Origin of the Word_ (Vol. ii., p. 475.).--See Stephen's
_Commentaries on the Laws of England_, iv. 408. note (_p_).

C.H. COOPER.

Cambridge, Dec. 14. 1850.

Passage in Bishop Butler (Vol. ii., p. 464.).--The "peculiar term" referred
to by Bishop Butler is evidently the verb "to Blackguard." It is for this
reason that he inserts the condition, "when the person it respects is
present." We may abuse, revile, vituperate an absent person; but we can
only "blackguard" a man when he is present. The word "blackguard" is not
recognised by Johnson. Richardson inserts it as a noun, but not as a verb.

L.

_Wat the Hare_ (Vol. ii., p. 315.).--Your correspondent K. asks what other
instances there are of _Wat_ as the name of a _hare_? I know of one. On the
market-house at Watton the spandrils of an Elizabethan doorway have been
placed, taken from some old building in the town. This has a _hare_ on one
side, a _ton_ on the other,--a rebus of the town name Watton.

H.H.

_The Letter Yogh_ (Vol. ii., p. 492.).--_Yerl_ for _Earl_, and _yirth_ for
_earth_, &c., are, to this day, quite common in Scottish orthoepy among
many of the lower classes.

G.F.G.

_Did Elizabeth visit Bacon at Twickenham Park?_ (Vol. ii., pp. 408