shall wear any Sword, Hanger, Bagonet, or other such like
offensive weapon, as they will answer the Contempt hereof."
Dated 30th Dec. 1701.

F.E.


_Speech given to Man to conceal his Thoughts_ (Vol. i., p. 83.).--The
maxim quoted by your correspondent F.R.A. was invented, if I may rely
upon the _notebook_ of memory, by the Florentine Machiavelli. The German
writer Ludwig Börne says:--

"Macchiavelli, der die Freiheit liebte, schrieb seinem Prinzen
so, dass er alle rechtschaffenen Psychologen in Verlegenheit und
in solche Verwirrung gebracht, dass sie gar nicht mehr wussten,
was sie sprachen und sie behaupteten, Macchiavelli habe eine
politische Satyre geschrieben."

Le style c'est l'homme!

JANUS DOUSA.


_The Character "&,", and Meaning of "Parse"_ (Vol. ii., pp. 230.
284.).--This character, being different from any of the twenty-four
letters, was placed at the end of the alphabet, and children, after
repeating their letters, were taught to indicate this symbol as
_and-per-se-and_. Instead of spelling the word _and_, as composed of
three letters, it was denoted by a special symbol, which was "_and by
itself, and_." Hence the corruption, an _ampussy and_.