The form of the maxim as given by George Eliot recalls the line
Mane petas montes: medio remus: vespere fontes.
Heinrich Bebel's 'Provorbia Germanica,'
ed. Suringar, No. 595.
I traced the Greek line by means of a footnote on p. 298 of Schott's 'Adagia' (Antwerp, 1612), and have since found that it is given in King's 'Classical and Foreign Quotations.'
2. A. B. E. R.'s quotation,
is identified by Mr. E. E. Kellett, in the weekly edition of The Westminster Gazette for 27 April, as by "the famous Bowyer, Master of Christ's Hospital in the days of Coleridge and Lamb." A reference is given to Masson's edition of De Quincey's 'Works,' v. 198.
The Rev. James Boyer. though his. life is not recorded in the 'D.N.B.,' is familiar to readers of Lamb's 'Christ's Hospital Five and Thirty Years Ago.' Coleridge paid a very high tribute to his teaching in his 'Biographia Literaria.'
[W. P. E. also thanked for reply.]
French Prisoners of War at Nottingham (11 S. v. 109, 257).—The following particulars come to me from Mr. John Potter Briscoe's 'Nottinghamshire Facts and Fictions' (Second Series), pp. 52, 53:—
"In 1704, Marshal Tallard, the French commander at Blenheim, and other distinguished prisoners taken on that field were brought to Nottingham, where they resided for several years. The party included the Marquis de Montperroux, general of horse; the Comte de Blanzac; Lieutenant-General de Hautefeuille, general of dragoons; the Marquis de Valsome; Marquis de Leppeville, and several other officers of distinction. Tallard resided in the house near the top of Castle Gate, on the right hand proceeding from the Castle, recently occupied by Mr. Jalland, architect. There he occupied his compulsory leisure by cultivating a garden, full of rare flowers, and most tastefully laid out—'the admiration of the whole neighbourhood.' The Nottingham housewives he blessed by writing a little cookery book which taught them especially the art of making French rolls and fancy bread. These light pursuits the Marshal varied (says tradition) by setting the boys in the Market-Place to trials of their skill an wrestling and fisticuffs for suitable rewards; and Tallard and his companions were lost in admiration at the early-developed power of receiving 'punishment' and the love of fair play shown by the young Britons, giving it as their opinion that in those respects they were above all other species of the genus boy to be found in the world … It is said that Marshal Tallard, when here, wrote to the King of France, telling him to continue the war, for England was nearly drained of men. Shortly afterwards he visited Goose Fair and immediately wrote off to Franco, counselling his Majesty to give up the war, because he had seen as many seen at one time in one English market-place as could conquer the whole of France."
H.E.I.C.S.: Chaplains' Certificates of Appointment (11 S. v. 268).—A chaplain of the Hon. East India Company, after his nomination to that appointment, was required by the Court of Directors to be approved by the Archbishop of Canterbury or the Bishop of London, by or before whom his credentials were supposed to be examined.
Upon his arrival in India the chaplain was required to produce to the bishop in whose diocese he was to serve his nomination or appointment by the Court of Directors as a requisite for obtaining the bishop's licence to officiate at a particular station or sphere of duty in the diocese (Wm. Henry Abbott, 'A Practical Analysis of the Several Letters Patent of the Crown, relating to the Bishopricks in the East Indies,' Calcutta, 1845, pp. 99. 100).
It is probable, therefore, that copies of the required form of nomination, are preserved either in the Bishop of London's Registry or in the archives of the respective diocesan bishops in India. Daniel Hipwell.
Lucius (11 S. iv. 449, 534; v. 59, 138, 234, 334).—It might be noted that this fabulous Lucius is the hero of Mrs. Mauley's 'Lucius the First Christian King of Britain. A Tragedy,' which was acted at Drury Lane in 1717, Lucius being played by Booth, and the heroine, Rosalinda, Queen of Albany and Aquitain. by Mrs. Oldfield. The play is dedicated to Steele, who wrote a Prologue. Prior wrote the Epilogue. It need hardly be said that the plot is highly unhistorical.
The story of Lucius is dealt with fully and comprehensively by the late Dr. Hugh Williams in his 'Christianity in Early Britain,' just published by the University Press. See especially chap. ii. pp. 60-66, and chap. vii. pp. 128-9.
Jean Paul: Novalis: Jakob Böhme (11 S. v. 290).—S. Low's 'English Catalogue of Books from 1835 to 1862' records the following translations of Jean Paul Richter's works: (1) 'Flower, Fruit, and Thorn Pieces,' by Noel, 2 vols. (1844); (2) 'Levana; or, The Doctrine of Education' (1848);
