H.G.T.

There was a vineyard belonging to Ely Place, Holborn: and another probably
in the Abbey grounds at Westminster. A portion of the estate of the late
Chas. Powell, Esq., of Hinton Court, near Hereford, was called the
"Vineyard" and the Vineyard of the Monks of St. Mary's is yet pointed out
by the good folks of Beaulieu in Hampshire. The vineyards of Bath are in
the heart, not the suburbs of the present town.

MACKENZIE WALCOTT, M.A.

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TREATISE OF EQUIVOCATION.

(Vol. ii., p. 168.).

As supplementary to J.B.'s valuable paper on the _Treatise of
Equivocation_, I transcribe the following from the _Smith Manuscripts_
(num. lxix. 5. p. 35.), thinking it may leave an interest for some of your
readers:--

"_Apud, D.P._ 13th of May, 1597.

_Gerard the Jesuite, his Defence of Æquivocation._

John Gerard, the Jesuite, being told that, upon the arraignment of
Sowthwell the priest of high treason, one of the witnesses being asked
upon her oath by one of the judges, in open court, whether Sowthwell