present itself. In the
meanwhile, he may not have any objection to hear that these are copies
of distinct impressions; neither of them intentionally recording place
or printer.

Four separate and curious woodcuts decorate the title-page of one
exemplar, which was certainly printed at Basil, apud Andream Cratandrum.
The topmost woodcut, dated 1519, is here misplaced; for it should be at
the bottom of the page, in which position it appears when employed to
grace the title of the facetious _Responsio_ of Simon Hess to Luther.
The second copy is in Gothic letter, and has typographical ornaments
very similar to those used at Leipsic in the same year. A peculiar
colophon is added in the Basle edition; and after the words "Impressum
in Utopia," a quondam possessor of the tract, probably its contemporary,
has written with indignation, "Stulte mentiris!" The duplicate, which I
suppose to be of Leipsic origin, concludes with "Impressum per Agrippun
Panoplium, Regis Persarum Bibliopolam L. Simone Samaritano et D. Juda
Schariottide Consulibus, in urbe Lacernarum, apud confluentes Rhenum et
Istrum."

Professor Ranke, referred to by Mr. Singer, was mistaken in assigning
"March, 1520," as the date of _Eccius dedolatus_. The terms "Acta decimo
Kalendas Marcii" are, I believe, descriptive of Tuesday, the 20th of
February, in that year.

Perhaps Mr. Singer may be able to communicate some tidings respecting
the Apostolic Prothonotary Simon Hess, of whom I have casually spoken.
Natalis Alexander (_Hist. Eccles._, viii. 105. Paris, 1699) attributes
the humorous production which bears his name ("Lege et ridebis,"
declares the original title-page) to Luther himself, amongst whose works
it may be seen (tom. ii, fol. 126-185. Witeb. 1551); and it is a
disappointment to read in Seckendorf, "Hessus _Simon_. Quis hic fuerit,
compertum mihi non est." (_Scholia sive Supplem ad Ind. i. Histor._,
sig. 1. 3. _Francof_. 1692.)

R.G.

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Replies to Minor Queries.

_Hiring of Servants_ (Vol. ii., p. 89.).--It was provided by several old
statutes, the first of which was passed in 1349, that all able-bodied
persons who had no evident means of subsistence should put themselves as
labourers to any that would hire them. In the following year were passed
several other acts relating to labourers, by one of which, 25 Edward
III. stat. i. c. i., entitled, "The Year and Day's Wages of Servants and
Labourers in Husban