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Notes and Queries, Number 57, November 30, 1850 by Various
page 70 of 91 (76%)
collier d'or; alors le duc Philippe, suivant l'ancien usage qu'avaient
les seigneurs de prêter leurs serments sur quelque noble oiseau, jura
qu'il irait en personne dans l'Orient combattre le chef des Sarrasins."
&c., &c.--_Histoire des Ducs de Bourgogne_, par F. Valentin, troisième
édition, p. 235. 8vo. Tours, 1846.

E.J.M.

Oxford.

{452} _"Tickhill, God help me!"_ (Vol. i., p. 247.).--Chagford, on the
borders Dartmoor, in Devon, is in winter a very desolate and almost
unapproachable place. If an inhabitant be asked at this season concerning
his locality, he calls it, in sad tones, "Chagford, good Lord!" In summer
the place is picturesque and much sought, and then the exulting designation
is "Chaggiford, and what d'ye think?"

Widdicombe-in-the-Moor, in the same neighbourhood, is a most out-of-the-way
place, and is commonly spoken of as "Widdicombe in the cold country, good
Lord!"

J.W.H.

_"Noli me tangere"_ (Vol. ii., p. 253.).--To the list given of the painters
of this subject may be added _Frederico Baroccio_. A singularly beautiful
engraving by Raphael Morghen of this picture, then in the possession of the
Marquis Bonvisi of Lucca, was published at Florence, 1816.

C.I.R.

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