in vol. i., p. 302.

2. _The Turkish Spy_ (Vol. i., p. 324.; vol. ii., p. 12.).--The letter
or the authorship of this work quoted by DR. RIMBAULT from the Bodleian
MSS., is printed in vol. i. p. 233.; and I observe that DR. R. has
incorporated in his communication the Editor's note on the passage.

3. _Dr. Dee_ (Vol. i., pp. 216. 284.).--A letter about Dr. Dee from Mr.
Ballard to T. Hearne occurs in vol. ii. p. 89. It does not throw light
on the question of why Dr. Dee left Manchester College? There are also
notes for a life of Dee among Aubrey's _Lives_, appended to these
_Letters_ (vol. ii. p. 310.) Both letters and notes refer to original
sources of information for Dee's Life.

CH.

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MINOR NOTES.

_Alarm_.--A man is indicted for striking at the Queen, with intent
(among other things) to _alarm_ her Majesty. It turns out that the very
judge has forgotten the legal (which is also the military) meaning of
the word. An alarm is originally the signal to arm: Query, Is it not
formed from the cry _à l'arme_, which in modern times is _aux armes_?
The judge said that from the courage of her family, most likely the
Queen was not alarmed, meaning, not frightened. But the illegal intent
to alarm merely means the intent to make another think that it is
necessary to take measures of defence or protection. When an _alarm_ is
sounded, the soldier who is _not_ alarmed is the one who would be held