Notes and Queries, Number 28, May 11, 1850 by Various
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[Footnote 4: Has "ARCHILAEUS" looked for these verses into the _Rhodologia_ of Rosenbergius? I have in vain searched for them under "Rosæ," in the _Amphitheatrum sapientiæ_ of Dornavius.] "_Where England's Monarch_" (No. 26. p. 415.).--The two lines inquired for are in Bramston's _Man of Taste_, a poem printed about the middle of the last century. I need hardly add, that the poet was misinformed, it being well known that Charles I., when brought to trial, refused to plead or _to take off his hat_. There is an account of Duke of Marlborough's adventure with Barnard in the _Gentleman's Magazine_, May 1758: but it may be the same as that in the _Annual Register_. BRAYBROOKE April 27. _Journeyman_ (No. 19. p. 309.).--"GOMER" may like to know that the old labourers in North Essex still speak of a day's ploughing as a "_journey at plough_." BRAYBROOKE. _Sydenham or Tidenham._--I have no doubt as to Sydenham, included in the |
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