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Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various
page 14 of 62 (22%)
VOX.

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If "WILLIAM WILLIAMS" will examine the map of London in 1543, lately
engraved from a drawing in the Bodleian Library, he will perceive the
"Water Gate,", about which he inquires, defended on the west side by a
lofty hexagonal machicolated tower.

C.S.

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NOTES FROM FLY-LEAVES, NO. 4.

In order to forward your views as regards the valuable department of
"Notes from Fly-Leaves" I have spent some leisure hours in _beating the
covers_ of a portion of my library. I send you the produce of my first
day's sport, which, you will observe, has been in the fields of poetry.
Make what use of it you think fit, selecting such notes only as you
think of sufficient interest for publication.

I. Note in the handwriting of Richard Farmer, in a copy of "Canidia, or
the Witches; a Rhapsody in five parts, by R.D." 4to. London, printed by
S. Roycroft for Robert Clavell, 1683.

"In Mr. Hutton's Catale P. 65. N. 1552. this strange composition is
ascribed to one Dixon. There was a Robert Dixon, an author about
the time, and D.D. (Woods's _Fasti_, v. ii. p. 103.), but it surely
must not be given to him! Qu.? This is the only copy I have seen,
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