_Archbishop Williams' Persecutor, R.K._--Any information will be
thankfully received of the ancestors, collaterals, or descendants, of
the notorious R.K.--the unprincipled persecutor of Archbp. Williams,
mentioned in Fuller's _Church Hist._, B. xi. cent. 17.; and in
Hacket's Life of the Archbishop (abridgment), p. 190.

F.K.


_The Sun feminine in English_.--It has been often remarked, that
the northern nations made the sun to be feminine.[3] Do any of your
readers know any instances of the _English_ using this gender of the
sun? I have found the following:--

"So it will be at that time with the sun; for though _she_ be the
brightest and clearest creature, above all others, yet, for all that
Christ with His glory and majesty will obscure _her."--Latimer's
Works_, Parker Soc. edit. vol. ii. p. 54.

"Not that the sun itself, of _her_ substance, shall be darkened; no,
not so; for _she_ shall give _her_ light, but it shall not be seen
for this great light and clearness wherein our Saviour shall
appear."--(Ib. p. 98.)

THOS. COX.

[Footnote 3: See Latham's _English Language_, 2nd edition, p. 211]