11 S. X. JULY 4, 1914.]
NOTES AND QUERIES.
IS
C'harles Knight in Good Words, September
1 867. In ' The Kecollections of Isabell
Fyvie Mayo,' 1910, will be found some
interesting details of the career of Mr
Strahan, who was for some time a prominen
figure in the literary and publishing world.
WM. H. PEET.
HENRY HASE (11 S. ix. 449). Abrahan Xewland, after holding office as Chie Cashier of the Bank of England for nearlj thirty years, died 21 Nov., 1807, and an official notice was issued that on and after 1 Jan., 1808, Bank of England note, would be made payable to " Henry Hase or bearer." The phrase " To the tune o Henry Hase " would to-day be "To the tune of a fiver."
It may be worth recording that during the tenure of office by a later Cashier the notes were known by the more poetica" name of " the Promise of May."
J. H. K. [J. F. also thanked for reply.]
THE " FLASH " OF THE KOYAL WELSH FUSILIERS (11 S. ix. 488). According to the ' Kecords and Badges of Every Regi- ment and Corps in the British Army,' by < 'hichester and Burges-Short, published by William Clowes & Sons, Ltd., in 1895, officers and sergeants of this regiment are distinguished by wearing " the flash," a bow of broad black silk ribbon with long ends, attached to the back of the tunic - collar. No authentic explanation of the origin of the flash has appeared, and the official returns throw no light upon the subject. In an inspection report of 1786 it is noted that " the officers of this regiment wear the hair turned up behind." This method of having the hair fastened up with a bow or flash was then or later the " grena- dier fashion " of wearing it. Probably the flash was retained to commemorate some such distinctive method of dressing the hair in use in the regiment in the days of queues and hair powder. The regiment was founded in 1689 from some thirteen separate companies raised in 1686.
There are two separate histories of the regiment :
(a) The Historical Eecord of the 23rd or Royal Welsh Fusiliers, 1689-1850. Illustrated. Published by Parker in 1850.
(6) Historical Record of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Hy Major Rowland Broughton-Ma in- faring, Royal Welsh Fusiliers. Illustrated. London, Hatchards, 1889.
G. YARROW BALDOCK, Major. South Hackney, N.E.
For the ornament consisting of three
short pieces of black velvet ribbon sewn to
the collar of a full-dress tunic, and hanging
down the back, supposed to be the remains
of the bow which fastened the " queue,"
and now worn only by the officers of the
23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers, see 8 S. vii. 31 1
(20 April, 1895). From 1700 onwards the
word was used as slang for a periwig or
peruke, and is derived from the verb " to
flash," itself apparently of onomatopoeic
origin. A. R. BAYLEY.
" AMONG THE BLIND THE ONE-EYED MAN TS KING" (11 S. ix. 369, 412, 477). As to the mention of Erasmus at the second refer- ence, I may, perhaps, point out that in ' Adagia, id est Proverbiorum, Paroemiarum . . . .Collectio,' the proverb " Inter caecos regnat strabus " is among those under the heading ' Excellentia et Insequalitas,' which is a subdivision of ' Dignitas, et Excel- lentia, et Insequalitas ' : in the edition of 1599, col. 479 ; in that of 1670, p. 188.
Perhaps the order of the proverbs col- lected by Michael Apostolios has not always been the same. In my copy, printed by the Elseviers in 1653, the proverb, 'Ei/ rots TOTTOIS Tv<Ae3i/ Att/Awv /?a(rt Aci'ct , is to be found at Cent. VIII. Prov. 31. The Latin equivalent in the opposite column is : " Caecorum in patria luscus rex imperat omnis." In a note, p. 310, yAa/xo>v appears as an alternative for Aa/xwv. The note gives TV^Awi/ TroAa TXap-vpos /3acrtAevi, of which the full reference is to be found in Liddelland Scott, s.v. yAa/xvpo?, "Proverb, ap. Schol. II. 24. 192."
ROBERT PIERPOINT.
"CORVICER" (11 S. ix. 308, 395, 477). At the time the parish registers began, this name had almost become obsolete.
On the Preston (Lanes) Guild Roll for 1415
here were no fewer than eight tradesmen described as " corvisers. They were ad- mitted by the payment of fines, as their
athers were not on the earlier Guild Rolls.
[n 1562 there were seven of this trade ad- mitted, but they are all described as "shro- makers." HENRY FISHWICK.
BOOKS ON CHELSEA (11 S. ix. 479). Tho dins alluded to existed in 1908 in a poor street between Fulham Road and the river.
There is no question of the More family roup being " lost " : it is in the possossii 11 )f a descendant, and is highly prized.
LONDONER.
