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Title: Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853
A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists,
Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

Author: Various

Editor: George Bell

Release Date: January 21, 2007 [EBook #20407]

Language: English

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A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES,
GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

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"When found, make a note of."--CAPTAIN CUTTLE.

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No. 184.]
Saturday, May 7, 1853.
[Price Fourpence. Stamped Edition 5d.

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CONTENTS.

NOTES:-- Page
Old Popular Poetry: "Adam Bell, Clym of the Clough,
and William of Clowdesly," by J. Payne Collier 445
Witchcraft, by Rev. H. T. Ellacombe 446
Spring, &c., by Thomas Keightley 448
Notes and Queries on Bacon's Essays, No. III., by
P. J. F. Gantillon, B.A. 448
Shakspeare Correspondence, by S. W. Singer, Cecil
Harbottle, &c. 449
MINOR NOTES:--Local Rhymes, Norfolk--"Hobson's
Choice"--Khond Fable--Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton,
Bart.--Anagrams 452

QUERIES:--
Seal of William d'Albini 452
Forms of Judicial Oath, by Henry H. Breen 453
MINOR QUERIES:--Passage in Boerhaave--Story of