Notes and Queries, Number 52, October 26, 1850 | Page 5

very earthly, therefore he hath none but
earthly knowledge, except he be regenerated in the Gate of Deep. He
always supposeth that the Soul (at the deceasing of the Body) goeth
only out at the Mouth, and he understandeth nothing concerning its
deep Essences above the Elements. When he seeth a blue Vapor go
forth out of the Mouth of a dying Man (which maketh a strong smell all
over the chamber), then he supposeth that is the Soul."
A. ROFFE.
Bradshaw Family.--There is a popular belief in this immediate part of
the country, which was formerly a stronghold of the Jacobites, that no
Bradshaw has ever flourished since the days of the regicide. They point
to old halls formerly in possession of Bradshaws, now passed into other
hands, and shake their heads and say, "It is a bad name,--no Bradshaw
will come to good." I heard this speech only yesterday in connexion
with Halton Hall (on the Lune); but the feeling is common, and not
confined to the uneducated classes.
Haigh Hall remains in the possession of the descendants of the family
from which Judge Bradshaw was descended, because, so said my
informant, the heiress married a "loyal Lindsay" (the Earl of Balcarras).
E. C. G.
Lancaster.
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{357} ADVICE TO THE EDITOR, AND HINTS TO HIS
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My other signature [Greek: Ph]., which I have used since your
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another gentleman, although the same number contains two articles of

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This letter in English or Greek thus selected, As his personal mark he
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MINOR NOTES.
Rollin's Ancient History and History of the Arts and Sciences.--It may
be useful to note, for the benefit of some of your student readers, that
the most procurable editions of Rollin's Ancient History are deficient,
inasmuch as they do not contain his History of the Arts and Sciences,
which is an integral part of the work. After having possessed several
editions of the work of Rollin, I now have got Blackie's edition of 1837,
in 3 vols. 8vo., edited by Bell; and I learn from its preface that this is
the only edition published since 1740 containing the History of the Arts

and Sciences.
How comes it that the editions since 1740 have been so castrated?
IOTA.
Liverpool, October 16. 1850.
Jezebel.--The name of this queen is, I think, incorrectly translated in all
the Bible Dictionaries and Cyclopædias that have come under my
notice. It was common amongst all ancient nations to give compound
names to persons, partly formed from the names of their respective
divinities. This observation applies particularly to the Assyrians,
Babylonians, and their dependencies, together with the Phoenicians,
Carthaginians, Egyptians, and Greeks. Hence we find, both in scripture
and profane history, a number of names compounded of Baal, such as
Baal-hanan, Gen. xxxvi. 38., the gift, grace, mercy, or favour of Baal;
the name of the celebrated Carthaginian general, Hannibal, is the same
name transposed. The father of the Tyrian prince, Hiram, was called
Abibal, my father is Baal, or Baal is my father. Eshbaal, the fire of
Baal; Jerubbaal, let Baal contend, or defend his cause; Meribaal, he
that resists Baal, or strives against the idol, were Hebrew names,
apparently imposed to ridicule those given in honor of Baal. The father
of Jezebel was called Ethbaal, Kings xvi. 31., (classically, Ithobalus,)
with Baal, towards Baal, or him that rules. Lastly, Hasdrubal signifies
help or assistance of Baal. Will some of the talented contributors to
"NOTES AND QUERIES" inform me what is the composition and
meaning of Jezebel, as it has hitherto baffled my own individual
researches? Is it the contracted feminine form of Hasdrubal?
W. G. H.
Clarendon, Oxford Edition of 1815.--The following curious fact,
relating to