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I am much obliged to the many correspon-
dents who have so kindly replied to my
question under the above heading. I had
hoped that cases of font desecration were
few and far between, and that it would be
comparatively easy to compile a list with
the help of readers of 'N. & Q.' The
statement of MR. HEMS (ante, p. 171) that
" desecrated fonts exist by the hundred" has,
however, entirely disabused my mind of such
an idea. MR. HEMS would not, I know,
speak so explicitly were he not quite sure, so
I am reluctantly compelled to believe that
my task of compilation will probably cover a
long period of time. Those already indicated
in ' N. <fc Q.,' with others reported direct,
will, however, help to form a start, and I shall
fee greatly obliged to learn at any time of
additional instances, which may be sent to
me direct. JOHN T. PAGE.
West Haddon, Northamptonshire.
PORTUGUESE PEDIGREES (10 th S. ii. 167). Some particulars of certain Spanish and Portuguese families will be found in 3 rd S vii. 134, 230. EVERARD HOME COLEMAN.
71, Brecknock Road.
GWYNETH (10 th S. ii. 108). As identically stated in Owen Pughe's * Welsh Dictionary ' and in John Walters's and Silvan Evans's English and Welsh dictionaries, the correct spelling of the Welsh local proper nameapplied to a portion or to the whole of North Wales is neither Gwyneth nor Gwynydd, but Gwy- nedd. With regard to its origin, this local name (called in Latin Venedocia : whence this appellation?) may be adequately ren- dered by Fair-land," being undoubtedly derived from the adjective c/wyn, i.e. white, fair, pleasant, blessed, or from the noun gwyn, i.e. desire, bliss. H. KREBS.
"ToTE " (10 th S. ii. 161). In illustrating the use of the word tote in America, MR. ALBERT MATTHEWS omits a fairly familiar example from Col. John Hay's ' Little Breeches,' an example which in point of time should come between those cited from Thoreau and Whittier. It will be found in 'The Pike County Ballads ' (1871) :
How did he git thar? Angels.
He could never have walked in that storm ; They jest scooped down and toted him To whar it was safe and warm.
WALTER JERROLD. Hampton-on-Thames.
RULES OF CHRISTIAN LIFE (10 th S. ii. 129). The lines quoted are to be found in the 'Golden Manual,' and probably in many other Catholic books of devotion. They are
also given in French at the beginning of the
'Paroissien Remain Cornplet,' published at
Tours, 1893. I transcribe the English and
French versions (I have not seen the lines in
Latin) :
" Remember, Christian soul, that thou hast this day, and every day of thy life,
God to glorify,
Jesus to imitate,
The angels and saints to invoke,
A soul to save,
A body to mortify,
Sins to expiate,
Virtues to acquire,
Hell to avoid.
Heaven to gain,
Eternity to prepare for,
Time to profit of,
Neighbours to edify,
The world to despise,
Devils to combat,
Passions to subdue,
Death perhaps to suffer.
And Judgment to undergo.
French. Un Dieu a glorifier,
8ui t'a cree" pour 1'aimer ; n Je"sus a imiter, Son sang a t'appliquer ; La Sainte Vierge a implorer, Tous les Anges a honorer, Les Saints a invoquer, Une ame a sauver, Un corps & mortifier, Une conscience a, examiner, Des pe"ches a expier, Des vertus a demander, Un ciel a meriter, Un enfer a eviter, Une eternite a mediter, Un temps h. menager, Un prochain a edifier, Un monde a mepriser, Des demons t\ apprehender, Des passions A, dompter, Une mort, peut-etre, &, souffrir, Et un jugement a subir D'un Dieu de verite, Pour une e'ternite', Ou bienheureuse, 6 bonheur ! Ou malheureuse, 6 malheur ! Devot chretien, Songes-y bien. The French version is more complete.
M. HAULTMONT.
Another version was given in that popular American book 'The Wide, Wide World' 1853). It ran thus :
A charge to keep I have,
A God to glorify, A never-dying soul to save, And fit it for the sky.
GEORGE ANGUS. St. Andrews, N.B.
Do* T MI; NTS IN SECRET DRAWERS (10 th S. i. 427, 474 ; ii. 113). One evening Chief Justice
