Physic, would seem to show that there is but one writer, whose
proper name is not William, but Myles: "From Ashmole's _Notes on
Theatrum Chemicum_, 1652. p. 478., it seems doubtful whether his
name was not Myles."]

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THYNNE'S COLLECTION OF CHANCELLORS.

Mr. Editor,--Can any of your correspondents inform me who was the
"streict laced" gaoler of the records, alluded to in the following
passage in the _Collection of Chancellors of England_, by Francis
Thynne, inserted in Holinshed (ed. 1808) iv. 351.

"John, Chancellor of England in the time of king Henrie the
second, but what he was or in what yeare of king Henrie he lived
I doo not know, and therefore leave it to _him that both can and
ought to give life_ to these persons whom he imprisoneth in the
east castell of London; not doubting but in time he will doo his
countrie good, and correct other men; though _now he be so
streict laced_, as that he will not procure anie furtherance of
other men's trauels."

[Greek: S.]

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COLD HARBOUR

Mr. Editor,--In examining the Ordnance Survey of Kent, I was quite