Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850 by Various
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_Littora felices intrat Totonesia portus_."
"From hence great Brute with his Achates steer'd, Full fraught with Gallic spoils their ships appear'd; The Winds and Gods were all at their command, _And happy Totnes shew'd them grateful land_." _Gibson's Camden_. Totnes is made mention of the _Lais de Marie_:-- "Il tient sun chemin tut avant. A la mer vient, si est passer, En _Toteneis_ est arriver."--_Lai d'Elidne_. J. MILNER BARRY, M.D. Totnes, Devon, Jan. 30. 1850. {234} _Litany Version of the Psalms_.--The doubts produced by Beloe's self-contradicting statements on the subject of the Bishops' Bible, which are referred to by "X.X." (No. 13. p. 203.), may thus be settled. The first edition of this Bible, printed in 1568, contains a new translation of the Psalms by Becon. In the second folio edition, 1572, are inserted, in opposite columns, "the translation according to the Ebrewe," which differs but little from the former, in Roman letter, and "the translation used in common prayer," or |
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