208 NOTES AND QUERIES. [llS.VI1. Mn=.1s,191s. the Coronation, some other Charles Dymoke ilnust have acted as Champion for the infant eir. The second Charles Dymoke is said to have “ impoverished his estate by largely helping the King with advances of money in his lifetime.” The pedigree states that he died unmarried at Oxford in 1644, and that his will was proved 8 July, 1644. There is an error in the dates here. His will, in which he is described as of Kyme, esquire, is dated 12 Oct., 1642, and was roved in P.C.C., 17 Aug., 1643 (Crane, ORM). He charges his estates with annuities to his cousins Elizabeth Rawleigh, Margery Raw- leigh, and John Walpole, Mr. Cyprian Day, and seven servants, amounting altogether to 5501. a year ; and a codicil, dated 7 July, 1643, contains this bequest to the King:- “I give unto the King’s Maiestie two thouzand pounds to be payd out of m rents wch are now ID arreare in my bayliifs and tennts. hands, and out of my stock in case my rents doe not amount to the said sume.” He must, therefore, have died between 7 July and 17 Aug., 1643. Is it known where he was buried 1 W. G. D. FLETCHER, F.S.A. Oxon Vicarage, Shrewsbury. Atrrnons WANTED.-Is the origin known of the following distich 1- Dat Galenus o es, dat Justinianus honores Pauper Arisgoteles oogitur ire pedes, or- Sed vacuos loculos semper Homerus habet. There are perhaps other variants of the pentameter. ROBERT F. AnNoLn. Hofbibliothek, Vienna. VVhere can I find this quotation 2- _ Quanto piace al mondo e breve sogno. J. D. Camoys Court, Barcombe, Lewes. Cnoucn FAMILY or RYE, SUssEx.-I am compiling a pedigree of the above family, and shall be glad to receive any information relating thereto. I am particularly anxious to know the parentage of Chas. Crouch, Mayor of Rye in 1686-7, and also that of Thomas Crouch, who, after serving the office of Mayor several years, died in 1682, aged 49. How were they related Y One branch settled at Hastings in the latter half of the seventeenth century, and others elsewhere. The family were living in Rye in the latter half of the fifteenth century. In a deed I have Thomas, the Mayor, is described as “ armiger," but I do not know what arms he bore. CHAS. HAIL Cannon. 62, Nelson Road, Stroud Green, N. “ A CELEEEATED CABDINAL ” IN LY1'roN’s ‘ TEE D1sowNEn.’-On the last page of chap. xxx. of ‘ The Disowned ’ Lord Lytton makes Talbot, one of the most interesting characters of this novel, remark:- “ A celebrated Cardinal said, very wisely, that few ever did anything among men until women were no longer an object to them.” And Talbot continues :- “ Look round at the various occupations oi llfe. How few bachelors are eminent in any of them l ” Had Lytton historical authority for the dictum as that of a Cardinal 2 and, if so, is it known to whom he was referring 7 Possibly ‘ The Lives of the English Ca.rdinals,’ by F. Williams, 2 vols., 8vo, published by W. H. Allen, 1868, which, unfortunately, I have no means of consulting, may throw some light on the subject. Guam F. C. Wmm. “ HASTIE ROGER.”-If any reader of ‘ N. 8: Q.’ has heard the above name applied to any native British plant I sho d be glad of information as to the plant so called, and the county in which the name is current. In 1688 Thomas Lawson told Ray that, in VVestmorland, Scrophulanla nodosa was known by that name. In the ‘ E.D.D.’ it is said, on the authority of a writer in. Science Gossip for 1873, . 235, that it is a Devonshire name for communis. As the name is, or has been, used in counties so far apart as Westmorland and Devon- shire, it is most likely a popular or local plaanb name in other coimties, and very pro bly applied to various plants. I believe it is a corruption of Hastula regia. J. A. M. Westmorland. Crmrous STONE VEssELs.-I have recently in diHerent localities come across two square stone basins, the cavity being round, measuring about 6 in. across, and having notches cut in the corners a few inches from the bottom, presumably for holding clamps. I understand that there are others also in this district. Could any one tell me what they were originally intended for Y Two antiquaries of repute m North Wales have recently given expression to divergent opinions. One maintamed that they were mortars formerly used for pounding ingredi- ents for veterinary purposes, and the other
