Smith's _Obituary_, edited by Sir H. Ellis for the Camden Society, I
find the following entries:--

"1640. May 29th, old M'r Grice, in Aldersgate S't, who wore
_trunck_ breeches, died."

"1646. Oc'r 1. William Young, Chandler, within Aldersgate, a
discreet Juryman, and _Barba Longa_, died."

"Fe'r 21., old M'r Lewis, the _Mercenary Preacher_, buried."

Can any of your correspondents explain the meaning of "_Trunck_
Breeches," "_Barba Longa_," and "_Mercenary Preacher_?"

X.Y.Z.

Suffolk, March 4.


_Apposition._--Can any one give me a little information upon the
following passage?--

"Quin age, te incolumi potius (potes omnia quando,
Nec tibi nequiequam pater est qui sidera torquet)
Perficias quodcunque tibi nunc instat agendum."

_Hieronym. Vid. Christ._ lib. i. 67.

I want to know in what case _te incolumi_ is; and, if in the ablative
absolute, can any one bring a parallel construction from the writers