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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 77, April 19, 1851
A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc

Author: Various

Editor: George Bell

Release Date: October 12, 2008 [EBook #26897]

Language: English

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{297} NOTES AND QUERIES:

A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES,
GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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No. 77.]
SATURDAY, APRIL 19. 1851.
[Price Threepence. Stamped Edition 4d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Page
Latin Drinking Song by Richard Braithwait, by S. W.
Singer 297
Strange Appearances in the Sky, by Rev. A. Gatty 298
"After me the Deluge," by Douglas Jerrold 299
Bishop Thornborough's Monument 299

Minor Notes:--King Richard III.--Shakspeare a
thorough Sailor--"A fellow-feeling." &c.--Early
Instances of the Word "News"--Under the Rose 300

QUERIES:--
Portraits of Spenser 301
The Vendace 301

Minor Queries:--Ex Pede Herculem--"To-day we
purpose"--"God takes those soonest whom He loves
the best"--Quakers' Attempt to convert the Pope
--Whychcote of St. John's--Meaning of Rechibus--
Family of Queen Kat