St. Mary Magdalen, Bermondsey, begins
1548 (Lysons); but from end of 1642
to 1653 only two entries made; viz.
one in Nov. 1643, and another Aug.
1645, which finishes the first
volume; and the second volume
begins in 1653.
St. Saviour, Southwark, begins temp. Eliz. [1570 Pop. ret.]
St. Thomas, Southwark, begins 1614.

ROB. COLE.

[Footnote 2: _Note in the Book_--There are registers before this in
the hands of Mr. Pridden.]

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FOLK LORE.


_Divination by Bible and Key_ seems not merely confined to this
country, but to prevail in Asia. The following passage from
_Pérégrinations en Orient_, par Eusèbe de Salle, vol. i. p. 167.,
Paris, 1840, may throw some additional light on this superstition.
The author is speaking of his sojourn at Antioch, in the house of the
_English_ consul.

"En rentrant dans le salon, je trouvai Mistriss B. assise sur son
divan, près d'un natif Syrien Chrétien. Ils tenaient à eux deux une