Raleigh. Gerarde mentions them in his_ Herbal, _published in 1597_.

ANTIQUARIAN _had better send a rubbing from the oak cover in question. His
copy cannot be deciphered._

S. S. S.'s _Query on the passage in St. James in our next._

BROOKTHORPE _will find, in the Notices to Correspondents, in_ No. 179. (2nd
April), _a reply to his former Query respecting the Epitaph:_

"If Heaven be pleased."

URSULA. _We shall be glad of the "succinct refutation" proposed._

J. W. _There is a folio edition of Godwin_ De Praesulibus, _Canterbury,
1743, in which the original work is continued by Richardson._

J. R. (Sunderland) _is referred to Brockett's_ Glossary, _where he will
find the etymology of_ stang, _from the Danish_ stang, _a pole or bar--or
the Saxon_ steng; _and a full description of the ceremonies connected with_
Riding the stang.

FLORENCE _is thanked for her hint._

J. B. _will find full particulars of Sir T. Herbert's_ Threnodia Carolina
_in our_ 3rd Vol., p. 259. _Other references in our_ 2nd Vol., pp. 140.
220. 476.

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