an Edinburgh edition, 1765, and a Glasgow edition of 1777.]

_Lyke Porch or Litch Porch._--What is the proper name for the porch found,
not unfrequently, at the churchyard gate under which the body was, I
believe, supposed to rest before the funeral? Is it _lyke_ or _litch_? The
derivation may be different in different parts of England, as they were
originally Saxon or Danish. _Lueg_ Dan., _lyk_ Dutch, and _leiche_ Ger., are
all different forms of the same word. The first two approach nearer to
_lyke_, the latter to _litch_.

J. H. L.

[In most works on ecclesiastical architecture it is called _lich-gate_,
from Anglo-Saxon _lich_, a corpse: hence _Lich-field_, the field of
dead bodies. In the _Glossary of Architecture_ we read "_Lich-gate_, or
corpse-gate, _leichengang_, Germ., from the Ang.-Sax. _lich_, a corpse,
and _geat_, a gate; a shed over the entrance of a churchyard, beneath
which the bearers sometimes paused when bringing a corpse for
interment. The term is also used in some parts of the country for the
path by which a corpse is usually conveyed to the church."]

_Henry Burton._--Henry Burton was born in 1579; studied at Oxford, and was
at one time minister of St. Matthew, Friday Street. In 1636, he drew upon
himself the vengeance of the Star-Chamber, by two discourses in which he
severely inveighed against the bishops. For this offence he was fined,
deprived of his ears, and sentenced to imprisonment for life. He was
liberated by {541} the parliament in 1640, and died in 1648. What
theological works did he write?--From the _Navorscher_.

DIONYSIUS.

[Burton's pen was so prolific, that we cannot find room for a list of
his works; and must refer DIONYSIUS to the Bodleian Catalogue, where
they fill nearly a column, and to Watt's _Bibliotheca_, s.v.]

_British Mathematicians._--I am anxious to learn if there is any book which
contains an account of the lives and works of eminent British
arithmeticians and mathematicians?

EUCLID.

[Consult the following:--_Biographia Philosophica_: being an Account of
the Lives, Writings, and Inventions of the most eminent Philosophers
and Mathematicians, by Benjamin Martin: London, 1764, 8vo. There is
also a Chronological Table of the most eminent Mathematicians affixed
to John Bossut's _General History of Mathematics_, translated from the
French by John Bonnycastle: London, 1803, 8vo. Some notices