"And Indiens, and Emaniens,
With swordes, lances, and _pesens._"

Weber explains the _pesens_ here as gorgets, armour for the
neck.

In more recent MSS. _pisan_ may be a contraction for
_partisan_, a halberd.

I cannot agree with your correspondent "A.F." (p.90), that the nine
of diamonds was called "the curse (cross) of Scotland" from its
resemblance to the cross of St. Andrew, which has the form of the
Roman X; whereas the pips on the nine of diamonds are arranged in
the form of the letter H. "Mend the instance."

Erratum. P. 181 col. 2. line 3., for _obscurities_, read
_obscenities._

Cambridge, Jan. 31. 1850.

GASTROS.


_Pokership--God tempers the Wind_.--I am disposed to think that
_Parkership_ will turn out to be the right explanation, because
almost every forest or chase contained a _fenced park_, in
which the deer were confined; and the charge of the woods and park
might be consigned to the same person; and the error in spelling the
word was probably copied from one genealogist to another.