vols. xxii. and xxxi.

Hitherto, after diligent search, no notice whatever has been discovered
of the said person. The supposition is that she was either a Miss De
Bitton married to a Hastings, or the widow of a Hastings married
secondly to a De Bitton, and therefore buried with that family, in the
twelfth or thirteenth century. If any antiquarian digger should discover
any mention of the lady, a communication to that effect will be
thankfully received by

H.T. ELLACOMBE.

Bitton.

_Boozy Grass._--What is the derivation of "boozy grass," which an
outgoing tenant claims for his cattle? Johnson has, "Boose, a stall for
a cow or ox (Saxon)."

A.C.

_Gradely._--What is the meaning, origin, and usage of this word? I
remember once hearing it used in Yorkshire by a man, who, speaking of a
neighbour recently dead, said in a tone which implied esteem: "Aye, he
was a very _gradely_ fellow."

A.W.H.

_Hats worn by Females._--Were not the hats worn by the _females_, as
represented on the Myddelton Brass, peculiar to Wales? An engraving is
given in Pennant's _Tour_, 2 vols., where also may be seen the hat worn
by Sir John Wynne, about 1500, apparently similar to that on the Bacon
Monument, and to that worn by Bankes. A MS. copy of a similar one (made
in 1635, and then called "very auntient") may be seen in the Harleian
MS. No. 1971. (_Rosindale Pedigree_), though apparently not older than
Elizabeth's time. With a coat of arms it was "wrought in backside
work"--the meaning of which is doubtful. What is that of the motto,
"Oderpi du pariver?"

A.C.

_Feltham's Works, Queries respecting._--

"He that is courtly or gentle, is among them _like_ a merlin
after Michaelmas in the field with crows."--_A Brief Character
of the Low Countries_, by Owen Feltham. Folio, London, 1661.

What is the meaning of this proverb?

As a confirmation of the opinion of some of your correspondents, that
monosyllables give force and nature to language, the same author says,
page 59., of the Dutch tongue,--

"Stevin of Bruges reckons up 2170 monosillables, which being
compounded, how richly do they grace a tongue."

Will any of your correspondents kindly inform me of the titles of Owen
Feltham's works. I have his _Resolves_, and a thin folio volume, 1661,
printed for Anne Seile, 102 pages, containing _Lusoria, or Occasional
Pieces; A Brief Character of the Low Countries_; and some _Letters_. Are
these all he wr