Wendrock," which I very much appreciate. A second edition of 'The Modest Critick' appeared in 1691, but I have never seen it.
In the Rev. Richard Ward's 'Life of the Learned and Pious Dr. Henry More,' 1710, Father Paul is mentioned in two passages (pp. 60, 120):—
"And I am reminded here of what the Venetians us'd to say of Father Paul's Cell, when they shew'd it unto Strangers ; viz. 'This was the Paradise in which a good Angel dwelt.'"
"And as it is Noted in the Life of that Great Light and Ornament of Venice, Father Paul, that in speaking of Persons, when there was any thing to be taken notice of that was amiss, he would insert usually some thing or other that might take off from a Fault's too much appearing in its worst dress."
Before closing this note I should like to say a word on the portrait engraved by Lombart for the 'Life of Father Paul,' 1651. The same portrait has been engraved by Sturt as a frontispiece to 'The Letters of the Renowned Father Paul,' 1693. Again, it appears in the first volume of Courayer's 'Histoire Du Concile De Trente,' published at Amsterdam in 1751. "F. Lucas" is given as the name of the engraver. That the last two were copied from Lombart's portrait I have not the slightest doubt. Let me say at once I do not believe for a moment that it is a real likeness of Father Paul at all. A more disappointing portrait of an illustrious man, and one so contrary to what is known of his personal appearance, was never called into existence the nose, for example, to borrow the words of Shelley, "once seen never to be forgotten, and which requires the utmost stretch of Christian charity to forgive"; while the whole expression of the face has something of the look of a superannuated village schoolmaster. In contrast, what a pleasure it is to turn to Pine's beautiful little portrait, 1721! It is given as a frontispiece to 'The Rights of Sovereigns and Subjects,' by Father Paul, 1722. The expressive eye, finely arched and well-set nose, and the noble forehead, with its deep central indent, are all suggestive of the profound thinker and student of human nature. It carries with it its own certificate of character. Then there is a portrait, understood to be both contemporary and authentic, given by Dr. Alexander Robertson of Venice, in his 'Life of Fra Paolo Sarpi.' I may say that this is an exceedingly readable and intensely sympathetic biography and gives a very good popular account oi Father Paul. A. S.
See also the General Indexes to the Second and Fifth Series, and an admirable article in The Quarterly for April, 1893. C. D.
Chaucer's Father.—Lately, in looking through a file of Chancery Warrants, my son found a writ, 10 May, 36 Edw. III. (1362), to the Sheriffs of London, to summon before the King's Council, at Westminster, Adam de Bury, John Chaucer, William Heroun, and Richard Lyons, "wherever they may be in the City," on the morrow, in good time, on pain of forfeiture. Nothing else seems to have been discovered bearing on this matter, it occurred immediately after the termination of "the second Great Plague." Possibly the King wished to raise some money; if so, the Subsidy Rolls may throw some light on the subject. R. E. G. Kirk.
"Lead=Language.—A student in the University here recently cited, in a class exercise, a Forfarshire word, lead, as meaning language. The reference was made in regard to the Anglo-Saxon word lœden (language), of which he believed the modern word to be a derivative. The form was new to myself, although I may claim to have a substantial acquaintance with the Scottish dialect. The student supported his interpretation of the word by a quotation from a local writer of verse. This quotation was, as follows:—
Your crack-jaw words o' half an elf,
That rummle like a witch's spell,
Are no' the lead o' ony tongue
That ever in a head was hung.
The survival seems to me an interesting one, and I therefore bring it up in 'N. & Q.' W. B. St. Andrews.
Lincolnshire Saying.—"I see you come
from Bardney" is said to a person who has
the habit of leaving doors open when he
could shut them. The meaning is not very
clear. Did the saying originate in connexion
with the monks of Bardney Abbey?
In Brittany one is told, "Il faut aller à Paris pour apprendre à fermer les portes derrière soi"('La Legende de la Mort,' pat? A. Le Braz, 1892, p. 118, note).
"Bunt."—As a record of the fatal riotous strike and sad event which happened at St. Petersburg on Sunday, 22 January last, it may perhaps be worth observing that the Russian word for a riot or revolt, viz., bunt (borrowed from German Bund=union of tradesmen, perhaps with regard to the Swiss Confederation against despotic rulers), is also used to express a strike or cessation of work in Russian. Hence the remark which the Russian Ambassador at Washington is said to have made that it was not a revolt, but
