his little work, _Outlines of French History_, states, that "he received
the surname of _Martel_, or the Hammerer, from the force with which he
_hammered_ down the Saracens--_martel being the name of a weapon which
the ancient Franks used, much resembling a hammer_,--and from his
strokes falling numberless and effectual on the heads of his enemies."
Query.--Which of the two is the more probable version? Perhaps some one
of your numerous correspondents may be enabled to throw addition light
on this disputed point.

G.J.K.

[Footnote 2: This same Alphéide, or Alpaïde, as she was
frequently called, though but scurvily treated by posterior
historians, is honoured by contemporary chroniclers as the
second wife of Peppin, _uxor altera_. See Frédégaire.]

[Footnote 3: _Légendes de l'Histoire de France_, par J. Collin
de Plancy, p. 149. (notes.) Paris. Mellier Frères.]

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BODENHAM AND LING.

Referring to BOOKWORM's note at p. 29, I beg to observe that the
dedication negativing Bodenham's authorship of _Politeuphuia_ is not
peculiar to the edition of 1597. I have the edition of 1650, "printed by
Ja. Flesher, and are to be sold by Richard Royston, at the Angell in
Ivye Lane," in which the dedication is addressed as follows:--"To his
very good friend Mr. Bodenham, N.L. wisheth increase of happinesse." The
first sentence of this dedication seems to admit that Bodenham was