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NOTES AND QUERIES.
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apparently has properties similar to those of
the stone (possibly an amethyst) which,
the Rabbins tell us, " was suspended round
Abraham's throat and healed the sufferer
straight away." Possibly it was just such
a charm that Rabbi Chaneena used to cure
Rabbi Yochanon ben Zakkai's son, as related
in Berachoth, 34 b. According to the
author of ' Vahyikra Rabba,' ladies wore
a picture of the darkoun on their shoes,
to protect them when in' public, the
serpent being responsible, in Hebrew folk-
lore, for many mischances. They also wore
earrings with magical formulas carved on
them to protect them from contagion, &c.
That was, indeed, the basic idea of the
extensive use in the Orient of aromatic
waters, odoriferous oils, ointments, fra-
grant spices, and perfumes of all kinds in
the home, the public squares, the theatres,
and places of worship and of social assem-
blage. Oftentimes they hung aromatic roots
and ^ spices round a patient's neck, thus
serving the double purpose of amulet and
cure ; and on Sabbath days ladies were per-
mitted to carry their " camires," disks made
of gold or silver, in reticules, where they
kept face powders, perfumes, and spare false
teeth (Shobbos, 64 b). Probably in the
cult of perfumes lay the origin of modern
snuff-taking, snuff being a compound of
ground tobacco and aromatic spices blended
together by repeated mixings.
. M. L. R. BRESLAB. Percy House, South Hackney.
(To be concluded.)
HUNTINGDONSHIRE CIVIL WAR
TRACTS. (See ante, p. 86.)
[1643, June 2.1
10. Eight Speciall | ORDERS | of | The Lords end Commons assembled in Parliament : \ viz.
1. An ORDER for associating the County of
Hun- | tingdon, with the Counties of Hert', Cambridge, &c.
2. An ORDER for present search in London,
and | places adjacent, for Souldiers and Horses, to be sent to | his Excellency.
3. An other order concerning Souldiers.
4. An order for apprehending dangerous and
suspe- | cted persons.
5. An order forbidding Tenants to pay Rents
to such | Bishops and temporall persons, as have raised armes a- | gainst the PARLIAMENT. 0. An ORDER for apprehending spyes.
7. An ORDER for Collections speedy bringing in of | Moneys.
8. An ORDER for releife of such persons as are o- | ver rated in the Weekly Assessement.
Ordered by the Commons assembled in Parlia-
ment, | That these ORDERS be forthivith printed'
and \published.
Hen: Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. London, Printed for Edw. Husbands, and are to be sold at his shop I in the middle Temple. June 2. 1643. 4 11. 8 pp.
1643 [Aug. 3].
11. The Copy of a | LETTER | Written by I COLONEL CROMVVEL, | To the | Committee at Cambridge. I Dated on Monday last being I the Slotluly.
Concerning the raising of the Siege at Gains- borough, with the Names of those that were f Slayne, and t he Number of the | Prisoners taken-
This is licensed according to order. London :
Printed for Edward Blackmore, at the Angell hi Pauls | Church- Yard. August the 3. 1643.
P. 6. Dated from " Huntington, | luly, 31, 1643. | Gentlemen I am | Your faithfull seruant \ Oliver Cromwell."
4 11. 6 pp. Black-letter.
[1643] August 14.
12. An | ORDINANCE | of | The Lords and Commons assem- | bled in Parliament, | Concern- ing the Names of the Committee for | the Asso- ciated Counties of Norfolk, Suffolk, Es- \ sex, Cambridge, Hertford, and Huntington :
Together with | Instructions for the said Committee.
Also, Three Speciall Orders : viz. |
1. That the Divines of the Assembly that are
Resiants of | the Associated Counties, and now attending the Assem- | bly, be desired to go down into their severall Counties, | to stir up the people to rise to their defence.
2. That the Lord General! the Earl of ESSEX,
be desired to | grant a Commission to the Earl of Manchester, to be Ser- | geant Major Generall of all the Forces of the six Associ- | ated Counties.
3. That the said six Associated Counties shall
forthwith | raise a Body of Ten thousand Foot and Dragoons to | withstand the Enemy.
Ordered by the Commons in Parliament, That this | Ordinance, Instructions, and Orders, be- forthwith | printed and published :
H. Elsynge, Cler. Parl. D. Com. Printed for Edward Husbands, August 14. 4 11. 8 pp.
1643 [Aug. 17].
13. An I ORDINANCE | of the | LORDS and COMMONS | Assembled in | PARLIAMENT. | For the speedy Pressing of 20,000 | Souldiers,. with so many Gunners, Trum- | petors, and Chirurgions as shall be thought fit by | the Committees for the six Associated Coun- | ties of Norfolke, Suflolke, Essex, Cambridge, Hert- \ ford-shire and Huntington-shire, with the Ci- ] ty of Norwich, and Isle of Ely.
Die Mercurii, 16 Augustii, 1643. f Ordered by the Lords Assembled in Parliament, \ that this Ordin- ance bee forthwith Printed and Published.
lohn Browne, Cler. Parliament.
August 17 London, Printed for John Wright* in the Old -Bailey. 1643.
Black-letter. 4 11. 5 pp.
