Notes and Queries, Number 70, March 1, 1851 | Page 9

curiosity respecting it has again been aroused somewhat strongly
by the account in Lavengro of the way in which he began to study
Danish. It might afford a good lesson to all young "philologers."
I presume that, at the mature age of "NOTES AND QUERIES,"
commonplace compliments as to its usefulness and high general value,
begin to be very stale; but I cannot close without a hearty "God speed"
to you in your labours.
BRUNO.
Head of the Saviour.--Can any of your readers give me some
information about an engraving of our Saviour, which may just now be
seen in many of the London print-shops? It represents the side-face,
and is said to be a fac-simile of a likeness engraved on an emerald by
order of some Roman Emperor, and which served as the ransom of
some other famous person (who, I quite forget). Is this really the truth?
P. M. M.
Lines on English History.--The Sword Flamberg.--I shall be greatly
obliged to any of your correspondents who can inform me where I can
procure a copy of some lines on English history, commencing:
"William the Norman conquers England's state-- In his own forest

Rufus meets his fate," &c.
They are said to be written by a Roman Catholic gentleman named
Chaloner.
I also wish to know something about the old German sword called the
"Flamberg." I have seen it represented as twisted like a column of
flame, and should like to know its history, and whether there was any
allusion in it to the flaming sword that kept the gate of Paradise.
Mention is made of it by Körner in his poem, "Männer und Buben:"
"Stosst mit an Mann für Mann Wer den Flamberg schwingen kann."
Can your correspondents tell me, also, whether there is such a phrase,
expressive of the place where four roads met, as a "four warnt way,"
and whence its origin, and how properly spelt?
AN ENGLISH MOTHER.
Denarius Philosophorum.--Can you inform me what the inscription
"Denarius Philosophorum" means, on Bishop Thornborough's
monument in Worcester Cathedral?
D. Y.
"Sees Good in everything."--Where does the line,
"Sees good in everything, and God in all."
come from?
D. Y.
Christchurch, Oxford.
Oxford Friar's Voyage to the North Pole.--In a book I have, entitled
Prospects of the most famous Parts of the World, date 1646, occurs the
following:

"Towards the north pole we have gained, more in proportion, as far as
Nova Zembla, and the sea is known to be navigable to the 81st degree:
whether the rest be land or not it never yet appeared to any (as I heare
of) but an Oxford Friar by a Magique voyage. He reports of a Black
Rock just under the pole, and an Isle of Pygmies; other strange miracles,
to which, for my part, I shall give little credit till I have better proof for
it than the Devil's word."
Query, Who was the friar? and where is the account of his voyage to be
found?
J. Y. R.
Roman Catholic Church.--The Rev. J. M. Neale has just published an
appendix to his Introduction to the History of the Holy Eastern Church,
containing a list of all the sees in that communion, with the names of
the present possessors. Can any of your correspondents inform me
where I can meet with a similar notitia of the sees in the Roman
Catholic Church?
E. H. A.
[The Almanach du Clergé de France contains a catalogue of Roman
Catholic bishops throughout the world, complied from documents
furnished by the Congregation De Propaganda Fide of Rome.]
Cor Linguæ.--May I ask who is the author of the following epigram,
quoted by Coke on the trial of Garnet?
"Cor linguæ foederat naturæ sanctio, Veluti in quodam certo connubio;
Ergo cum dissonent cor et locutio, Sermo concipitur in adulterio."
J. BS.
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Bishop Hooper's Godly Confession, &c.--Being engaged in editing
Bishop Hooper's works, and finding myself impeded by want of the

original edition of his Godly Confession and Protestation of the
Christian Faith, printed at London by John Day, 1550, I am induced to
seek your assistance, and to ask whether you can inform me where a
copy of the above work may be found?
(THE REV.) CHARLES NEVINSON.
Browne's Hospital, Stamford.
Extradition, Ignore, Diamagnetism.--In pursuance of my note to you
regarding the definition of words in science and literature which may
have sprung up of late years, will you allow me to quote, as instances in
the latter department, the two words "extradition" and "ignore?"
1. Is the following a correct definition of "extradition," viz., "the
surrender by a state, of a political refugee, at the request of a foreign
power?"
2. Is the etymology of the word made up of "extra" and "ditio" put for
"deditio," a giving up or surrendering?
Does "ignore" mean to "treat