sistible, and
that no doubts could exist in the minds of reasonable {503} men upon
it. His majesty was, in fact, indifferent whether they found for him or
no. 'And there I left them,' says Strafford, '_to chant_ together, as
they call it, over their evidence.' The counties of Roscommon, Sligo,
and Mayo instantly found a title for the king."

This extract is from a very eloquent article on Lord Strafford in the
_British Critic_, No. LXVI. p. 485.

W. FRASER.

Tor-Mohun.

_Aldress_ (Vol. v., p. 582.).--Your correspondent COWGILL gives an instance
of the use of this obsolete word in an epitaph in St. Stephen's, Norwich,
and asks where else it may be met with. I have just found it in a
manuscript diary, under date 1561, and also as used in the same city:

"A Speech made after Mr. Mayor Mingay's Dinner.

"Master Mayor of Norwich; an it please your worship you have feasted us
like a kinge. God bless the Queen's grace. We have fed plentifully, and
now whilom I can speak plain English, I heartily thank you Master
Mayor, and so do we all. Answer, boys, answer! Your beere is pleasant
and potent, and soon catches us by the caput and stops our manners, and
so Huzza for the Queen's Majesty's Grace, and all her bonny brow'd
dames of honour! Huzza for Master Mayor and our good dame Mayoress, the
Alderman and his faire _Aldress_; there they are, God save them and all
this jolly company. To all our friends round country who have a penny
in their purse, and an English heart in their bodies, to keep out
Spanish Dons and Papists with their faggots to burn our whiskers. Shove
it about. Twirl your cup-cases, handle your jugs, and huzza for Master
Mayor and his good dame!"

How long is it since the ladies of our civic dignitaries relinquished the
distinction here given to one of their order? What was the cup-case?

CHARLES REID.

Paternoster Row.

_Huggins and Muggins_ (Vol. viii., p. 341.).--In the edition of Mallet's
_Northern Antiquities_, edited by J. A. Blackwell, Esq., and published by
Bohn (_Antiquarian Library_, 1847), the following conjectural etymology of
the words Huggins and Muggins is given by the editor in a note on the word
_Muninn_, in the glossary to the Prose Edda:

"We cannot refrain for once from noticing the curious coincidence
between the names of Odin's ravens, Hugin and Munin--Mind and
Memory--and those of two personage