Again:--

"1499. Geven in rewarde to Tate of the Mylne, 6s. 8d."

And in _Bartholomeus de Proprietatibus Rerum_, printed by Wynkyn de Worde
in 1495, mention is made of a paper-mill near Stevenage, in the county of
Hertford, belonging to JOHN TATE the younger, which was undoubtedly the
"mylne" visited by Henry VII.

The water-mark used by John Tate was an eight-pointed star within a double
circle. In the {474} twelfth volume of the _Archæeologia_, p. 114., is a
variety of fac-similes of water-marks used by our early paper makers,
exhibited in five large plates, but is not a little singular that the mark
of John Tate is omitted.

EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.

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SPECIMENS OF FOREIGN ENGLISH.

The accompanying specimens of foreign English you may perhaps consider
worth a corner among the minor curiosities of literature:--

_Basle._--

"Bains ordinaires et artificiels, tenu par B. Sigemund, Dr. in
medicine, Basle. In this new erected establishment, which the Owner
recommends best to all foreigners are to have,--Ordinary and artful