Notes and Queries, Number 11, January 12, 1850 by Various
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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. * * * * * 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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