Notes and Queries, Number 14, February 2, 1850 | Page 6

was? Mr. Payne Collier states that there was an interlude-maker of the name of Henry Yong in the reign of Henry VIII. Is it likely that the note was addressed to Michael Drayton?
ROBT. COLE.
Upper Norton Street, Jan. 23, 1850.
_The Fraternity of Christian Doctrine._--I think I see some names among your correspondents who might inform me where I shall find the fullest account of the Fraternity of Christian Doctrine, established by St. Charles Borromeo in the diocese of Milan. I am acquainted with the regulations for their establishment in _Acta. Concil. Mediol._, and with the incidental notices of them which {214} occur in Borromeo's writings, as also in the later authors, Bishop Burnet, Alban Butler, and Bishop Wilson (of Calcutta). The numbers of the Sunday schools under the management of the Confraternity, the number of teachers, of scholars, the books employed, the occasional rank in life of the teachers, their method of teaching, and whether any manuals have ever been compiled for their guidance--are points upon which I would gladly gather any information.
C.F.S.
_Treatise by Englebert, Archbishop of Treves._--Bishop Cosin (in his _Hist. Trans._ cap. vii. §12) refers to _Engelb. Archiep. Trevirensis, ap. Goldasti Imper._ tom. i. In Goldast's Politica Imperialia there is a treatise by S. Engelb. Abb. Admoutens in Austria: but I find neither the author referred to, nor the treatise intended, by Cosin. According to Eisengrein, who is followed by Possivinus, there were two Engelberts; viz. Engelbertus, S. Matthi? _Treverensis_, Benedictin? possessionis Abbus, patria _Mosellanus_, who lived A.D. 987; and S. Engelbert, who flourished A.D. 1157, and who is described as Admontensis Benedictin? posessionis Abbus, Germanus. Can any of your correspondents kindly direct me to the intended treatise of the Archbishop of Treves?
J. SANSOM.
Oxford, Jan. 9. 1850.
_New Year's Day Custom._--I shall be glad if any of your readers can inform me of the origin and signification, of the custom of carrying about decorated apples on New Year's Day, and presenting them to the friends of the bearers. The apples have three skewers of wood stuck into them so as to form a tripod foundation, and their sides are ornamented with oat grains, while various evergreens and berries adorn the top. A raisin is occasionally fastened on each oat grain, but this is, I believe, and innovation.
SELEUCUS.
_Under the Rose._--That the English proverbial expression, _Under the Rose_, is derived from the confessional, is, I believe, generally admitted: but the authorship of the well-known Latin verses on this subject is still, as far as I am aware, a _rexata qu?stio_, and gives a somewhat different and _tantaleau_[1] meaning to the adage:--
"Est Rosa flas Veneris, quem, quo sua furta laterent, Harpoerati, Matris dona, dicavit Amor. Inde rosam mensis hospes suspendit amicis, Conviv? ut sub ca dicta tacenda sciant."
Can any of your correspondents obligingly inform me to whom these not inelegant or unclassical lines are to be attributed?
ARCH?US.
Wiesbaden, Dec. 15. 1849.
[Footnote 1: See Pindar's First Olympic Ode.]
_Norman Pedigrees._--Can any gentleman inform me where (in what book) may be found the situation of the places from which the companions of William the Norman took their names? Such French names as have De prefixed--in fact, a _Gazetteer_? Also, where may be found--if such exist--pedigrees of the same _worthies_?
B.
_Dr. Johnson's library._--I have long wanted to know what became of the library of Dr. Samuel Johnson (of our city), or if he had any considerable collection of books. Perhaps some of your correspondents would answer both these queries. I happen to have a few, some of which were used in compiling his Dictionary, and are full of his marks, with references to the quotations, most of which are to be found in the Dictionary. I have also his own Prayer-Book.
T.G. LOMAX.
Lichfield, Jan. 11. 1850.
_Golden Frog._--In the church of Boxstead, in the county of Suffolk, there is a large and very handsome monument of marble, in a niche of which stands, in full proportion, a man in armour, his head bare, with moustaches and a tuft on his chin; in his right hand he holds a truncheon, and by his side is his sword; his armour is garnished with gold studs, and his helmet stands on the ground behind him; from his right ear hangs a gold frog.
This monument was erected in memory of Sir John Poley, of Wrongay, in Norfolk, knight, who died in 1638, at the age of upwards of eighty, having served much abroad under Henry IV. of France, Christian King of Denmark, &c., and in Queen Elizabeth's service against the Spaniards.
"Illius ante alios cepit cum dextera Gades Militis Angliaci, et fulmina sensit Iberis."
I send you this detail, in hopes that some of your correspondents may be able to explain the ornament in his ear, whether it be the badge of any order, and whether any other instance is known of its use. There is in