Notes and Queries, No. 181, April 16, 1853 | Page 8

very easily have been mistaken for sworn by the
compositor. Accordingly, I would read the complete passage thus:
"... But that our feasts In every mess have folly, and the feeders Digest
it with a custom, I should blush To see you so attir'd, and more, I think,

To show myself a glass."
C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.
Birmingham.
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MINOR NOTES.
Alleged Cure for Hydrophobia.--From time to time articles have
appeared in "N. & Q." as to the cure of hydrophobia, a specific for
which seems still to be a desideratum.
In the Miscellanea Curiosa (vol. iii. p. 346.) is a paper on Virginia,
from the Rev. John Clayton, rector of Crofton in Wakefield, in which
he states the particulars of several cures which he had effected of
persons bitten by mad dogs. His principal remedy seems to have been
the "volatile salt of amber" every four hours, and in the intervals, "Spec.
Pleres Archonticon and Rue powdered ana gr. 15." I am not learned
enough to understand what these drugs are called in the modern
nomenclature of druggists.
C. T. W.
Epitaph at Mickleton.--The following inscription is copied from a
monument on the north wall of the chancel of Mickleton Church, co.
Gloucester:
"The Ephitath of John Bonner.
Heare lyeth in tomed John Bonner by name, Sonne of Bonner of
Pebworth, from thence he came. The :17: of October he ended his daies,
Pray God that wee leveing may follow his wayes. 1618 by the yeare.
Scarce are such Men to be found in this shere. Made and set up by his
loveing frend Evens his kindesman and [so I] doe end. John Bonner,
Senior. Thomas Evens, Junior. 1618."
The words in brackets are conjectural, the stone at that point being

much corroded.
BALLIOLENSIS.
Charade attributed to Sheridan.--You have given a place to enigmas in
"N. & Q.," and therefore the following, which has been attributed to R.
B. Sheridan, may be acceptable. Was he the author?
"There is a spot, say, Traveller, where it lies, And mark the clime, the
limits, and the size, Where grows no grass, nor springs the yellow grain,
Nor hill nor dale diversify the plain; Perpetual green, without the
farmer's toil, Through all the seasons clothes the favor'd soil, Fair pools,
in which the finny race abound, By human art prepar'd, enrich the
ground. Not India's lands produce a richer store, Pearl, ivory, gold and
silver ore. Yet, Britons, envy not these boasted climes, Incessant war
distracts, and endless crimes Pollute the soil:--Pale Avarice triumphs
there, Hate, Envy, Rage, and heart-corroding Care, With Fraud and
Fear, and comfortless Despair. There government not long remains the
same, Nor they, like us, revere a monarch's name. Britons, beware! Let
avarice tempt no more; Spite of the wealth, avoid the tempting shore;
The daily bread which Providence has given, Eat with content, and
leave the rest to heaven."
BALLIOLENSIS.
Suggested Reprint of Hearne.--It has often occurred to me to inquire
whether an association might not be formed for the republication of the
works edited by Tom Hearne? An attempt was made some years ago by
a bookseller; and, as only Robert of Gloucester and Peter Langtoft
appeared, "Printed for Samuel Bagster, in the Strand, 1810," we must
infer that the spirited publisher was too far in advance of the age, and
that the attempt did not pay. Probably it never would as a bookseller's
speculation. But might not a society like the Camden be formed for the
purpose with some probability, in these altered times and by such an
improved method of proceeding, of placing these curious and valuable
volumes once more within reach of men of ordinary means? At present
the works edited by Hearne are rarely to be met with in catalogues, and
when they do occur, the prices are almost fabulous, quite on the scale

of those affixed to ancient MSS.
BALLIOLENSIS.
Suggestions of Books worthy of being reprinted.--Fabricius, Bibliotheca
Latina Mediæ et Infimæ Ætatis, 6 vols. 8vo. (Recommended in The
Guardian newspaper.)
J. M.
Epigram all the way from Belgium.--Should you think the following
epigram, written in the travellers' book at Hans-sur-Lesse, in Belgium,
worth preserving, it is at your service:
"Old Euclid may go to the wall, For we've solved what he never could
guess, How the fish in the river are small, But the river they live in is
Lesse."
H. A. B.
{380} Derivation of "Canada."--I send you a cutting from an old
newspaper, on the derivation of this word:
"The name of Canada, according to Sir John Barrow, originated in the
following circumstances. When the Portuguese, under Gasper Cortcreal,
in the year 1500, first ascended the great river St. Lawrence, they
believed it was the strait of which they were in search, and through
which a passage might