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carts and carriages belonging to the manor, which, at the time of this
particular Compotus, were not payable by the lord, because the
demesne lands were in farm; and these dues were paid by the tenant. A
reference to the Promptorinm Parvulorum (a further instalment of
which I rejoice to learn, from Mr. Way's communication, in No. 15., is
in a state of progress) has been equally unproductive. The editorial note
to the communications inserted in No. 17., on the interpretation of
Pokership, induces me to send you this query, in the hope of eliciting

information, if not from the gentleman you there refer to, at least from
some one or other of your numerous readers learned in Archaic words.
I may, at a future period trouble you with some further remarks arising
out of the same Compotus.
G.A.C.
_Tracts attributed to Eachard._--The writer of this article has long had
in his possession an old volume (among many others of a like kind in
his collection) published in 1685; and containing the following
tracts:--1st. "The Grounds and Occasions of the Contempt of the
Clergy,... in a letter written to R.L., 9th edition." This letter is signed
T.B. 2nd. "Observations upon the Answer to the Inquiry, &c., in a
second Letter from T.B. to R.L." 3rd. "Hobbes' State of Nature,
considered, in a Dialogue between Philautus and Timothy;" the "Epistle
Dedicatory" is signed, J.E. 4th. "A Letter to his Old Dear Friend R.L.
from T.B." 5th. "A Letter to B.D.," the publisher of Mr. Herbert's
Country Parson, from T.B. 6th. "A Letter to the Author of the
Vindication of the Clergy," from T.B. 7th. "A Letter to T.D.," the
Author of Hieragonisticon, or _Corah's Doom_, from T.B. 8th. "A
Letter to I.O. from T.B."
Now, it is mentioned in Dr. Hooke's Ecclesiastical Biography (vol. iv.,
art. Eachard), that Eachard was the author of these tracts. But the
queries I would beg to propose, if any of your correspondents can
answer them, are these:--1st. Why does Eachard sign himself T.B.;
does that signature allude to any matter in particular? 2nd. Who are
meant by the other letters, R.L., B.D., L.O., &c.; and who, if any
persons in particular, by Philautus; and Timothy; and who was the
author of Hieragonisticon.
Perhaps "Philau_tus_" should be rather be "Philautos," and may mean
"Hobbes" himself, as a self-sufficient person, and a great admirer or
lover of himself. I wish these queries may not be thought too
insignificant for your periodical, which to me, and so many others, is of
peculiar interest and value.

GEO. WYATT (Clerk.)
Burghwallis, 1850.
_Queen of Hearts._--Permit me to request some explanation of a
passage in Miss Strickland's Life of Queen Elizabeth (vol. vii. p. 292.),
where we are told that--
"Lady Southwell affirms that the two ladies in waiting discovered the
Queen of Hearts, with a nail of Iron knocked through the forehead, and
thus fastened to the bottom of the chair: they durst not pull it out,
remembering that her like thing was used to the old Countess of Sussex,
and afterwards proved a witchcraft, for which certain persons were
hanged."
The author moralises upon this, but does not refer us to any authority,
or tell where the affirmation of Lady Southwell is to be found, or where
the account of the old countess is given; defects which I hope some of
your correspondents will be good enough to supply.
F.R.A.
_Guildhalls._--There are in most villages in this neighbourhood houses
which from time immemorial have been called Guildhalls. These are
situate among such small populations that they are manifestly
unconnected with trade. Will any of your correspondents tell me--
1st. Why are they called Guildhalls?
2nd. For what purpose were they anciently used? {321}
3rd. Are they common in other counties besides Suffolk?
Also: What is the origin of the Friday Streets so common in most
villages in this neighbourhood?
A SUBSCRIBER AB INITIO.
Guildhall, Framlingham, Suffolk, Feb. 6. 1850.

_Vox Populi_--_Monody on Sir John Moore._--Can any reader give me
the origin of the saying "_Vox Populi, Vox Dei_?"--and has any one of
your correspondents ever heard of any doubts being raised as to the
original author of the Monody upon Sir John Moore, which is now
always assigned to the Rev. Dr. Wolfe? I saw it stated in an English
paper, published in France some few years back, that Wolfe had taken
them from a poem at the end of the Memoirs of Lally Tottendal, the
French governor of Pondicherry, in 1756, and subsequently executed in
1766. In the Paper I refer to, the French poem was given; and certainly
one of the two must be a translation of the other. I have not been able to
get a copy of Tottendal's Memoirs, or of the Paper I refer to, or I