"That if anie Knight, or other persone entituled to weare spurs,
enter the chappell in that guise, he shall pay to y'e quiristers
the accustomed fine; but if he command y'e youngest quirister to
repeate his _Gamut_, and he faile in y'e so doing, the said
Knight, or other, shall not pay y'e fine."

This curious extract I copied from the ancient cheque-book of the Chapel
Royal.

Within my recollection, His Grace the Duke of Wellington (who, by the
way, is an excellent musician) entered the Royal Chapel "booted and
spurred," and was, of course, called upon for the fine. But His Grace
calling upon the youngest chorister to repeat his GAMUT, and the "little
urchin" failing, the impost was not demanded.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

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MISCELLANEOUS.

NOTES ON BOOKS, CATALOGUES, SALES, ETC.

Mr. W.S.W. Vaux, of the department of Antiquities, British Museum, has
just published a very interesting little volume under the title of
_Nineveh and Persepolis: an Historical Sketch of Ancient Assyria and
Persia, with an Account of the recent Researches in those Countries_.
The work is illustrated with numerous woodcuts; and the two points which