phlet, will be paid for it through
your medium, by

G.

_Authors of Old Plays._

Query the authors of the following plays?--

1. The Tragedy of Nero newly written. London, printed by Aug. Mathewes
for Thomas Jones, and are to be sold at his shoppe in Saint Dunstane's
Churchyard in Fleete Street. 1633.

2. Sicily and Naples, or the Fatall Vnion, a Tragaedy. By S H. A B e C.
Ex. Oxford: printed by William Turner, 1640.

3. Emilia. London: printed for the author, 1672.

4. Sir Gyles Goose-Cappe Knight, a comedy lately acted with great
applause at the private House in Salisbury Court. London: printed for
Hugh Perry, and are to be sold by Roger Ball, at the Golden Anchor in
the Strand, neere Temple Barre, 1636.

I have given the title-pages in full, omitting a Latin motto which
adorns the title-page of the M.A. of Exeter College.

Q.D.

_Periwinkle--a Mocking Emblem._

Can any of your readers, learned in the language of flowers, inform me
why, when Sir W. Fraser (the last of Wallace's adherents) was led in
triumph through the streets of London, with his legs tied under his
horse's belly--"a garland of Periwinkle was in mockery placed upon his
head?" See Tytler's _History of Scotland_, cap. 3.

MELANION.

_Wives of Ecclesiastics._

Sir,--In looking over some ancient charters a few days ago, I met with
one dated 22 Edw. III, by which "Willielmus de Bolton clericus et
Goditha uxor ejus," release a claim to certain lands. If William de
Bolton was an ecclesiastic, as I suppose, how is it that his wife is
openly mentioned?

I shall be must obliged to any of your readers for an explanation.

A SUBSCRIBER.

_Whelps._

Sir,--In Howell's _Letters_, Sect. 5. p. 9. the following
words occur:--

"At the return of this fleet two of the _Whelps_ were cast away, and
three ships more."

I should feel obliged to any of your correspondents who may be able to
favour me with an explanation of the word _Whelps_ in this passage.

J.J.

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NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC.

J.J.S. informs us, with reference to a Note in No. 2. (p. 21.), "that an
account of Anglesey Abbey, in Cambridgeshire, is ready, and will be
published ere long."

Our attention has been directed to the Prospectus of a series of
"Cottage Prints from Sacred Subjects, intended chiefly for distribution
among the poor," which will be so produced as to form a set of
illustrations to t