Also, in the Bodleian Catalogue, under the head of "Bassa (Isuf)," CH.
may find--

"The History of Isuf Bassa, Capt.-General of the Ottoman Army at
the Invasion of Candia. 8vo. Lond. 1684."

In reference to the former of these volumes, there is a note in the
_Fasti Oxonienses_, ad ann. 1683, v. Thom. White, of which the following
is a copy:--

"Quære, if Tho. White, Lecturer of S. Andrew's Holborn,
published an Epistle to the Reader of 'A True Relation of the
Conversion and Baptism of Isuf, the Turkish Chaons, named
Richard Christophilus, in the presence of a full congregation,
Jan. 30, 1658, in Covent Garden, where Mr. Martin is Preacher.
Lond. 1658. 8vo.' Kenneth." (_Athenæ Oxon_. ed. Phil. Bliss,
1820, vol. iv. _Fasti_, coll. 392, 393.)

J. SANSOM.


_Poker._--Among the muniments of the corporation of Bodmin is a
certificate of the mayor and burgesses respecting the claims of the
inhabitants of the town to take wood in Dunmere Wood, belonging to the
Priory of Bodmin. The language of it seems to throw light on the origin
of the word _pocarius_, or _poker_, which has been so often noticed and
discussed. (_Antè_, Vol. i., pp. 185. 218. 236. 269. 281. 323. 369.) The
passage also illustrates the _Hook or Crook_ privilege, which has been
already satisfactorily explained. The date is A.D. 1525: