Roger North says:--

"And herein she served herself another way, for her adversary
defamed her for swearing and unswearing, and it was not amiss to
_have a button in the room_."

At p. 92. (_post_) there is another strange expression:-- {216}

"The horse, when he found himself clear of pursuers, stopped his
course by degrees, and went with his rider (fast asleep upon his
back) into a pond to drink, and there sat his lordship upon the
'_sally_.' (Qy. _saddle_?)"

P.C.S.S.


_St. Philip and St. James._--"And near it was the house of the apostles
Philip and James the son of Alpheus."--_Early Travels in Palestine
(Mandeville)_, p. 175.; Bohn's _Antiquarian Library_. This is the only
place, except in the Church service, where I have seen the above-named
apostles coupled together, and have often wondered whether there was any
old legend or tradition to account for the Church joining them together
in one commemorative festival.

A.H.E.


_Sir William Hamilton._--On a tombstone in the burial-ground at St.
Hilda's, South Shields, in the county of Durham, is the following
inscription:--