ote? The poem mentioned by Mr. Kersley, beginning--

"When, dearest, I but think of thee,"

is printed among those in the volume I have, with the same remark, that
it had been printed as Sir John Suckling's.

E.N.W. {134}

_Eikon Basilice._--

"[Greek: EIKON BASILIKAE], or, _The True Pourtraiture of His Sacred
Majestae Charles the II_. In Three Books. Beginning from his Birth, 1630,
unto this present year, 1660: wherein is interwoven a compleat History
of the High-born Dukes of _York_ and _Glocester_. By R.F., Esq., an
eye-witness.

"Quo nihil majus meliusve terris
Fata donavere, borique divi
Nee dabunt, quamvis redeant in aurum
Tempora priscum."

_Horat_.

"[Greek: Otan tin' Euraes Eupathounta ton kakon
ginske touton to telei taeroumenon]."

_G. Naz Carm_.

"----more than conqueror."

"London, printed for H. Brome and H. March, at the Gun, in Ivy Lane, and
at the Princes' Arms, in Chancery Lane, neer Fleet Street, 1660."

The cover has "C.R." under a crown. What is the history of this volume.
Is it scarce, or worth nothing?

A.C.

"_Welcome the coming, speed the parting Guest?_"

--Whence comes the sentence--

"Welcome the coming, speed the parting guest?"

E.N.W.

_Carpets and Room-paper._--Carpets were in Edward III.'s reign used in
the palace. What is the exact date of their introduction? When did they
come into general use, and when were rushes, &c., last used? Room-paper,
when was it introduced?

JARLTZBERG.

_Cotton of Finchley._--Can some one of your readers give me any
particulars concerning the family of Cotton, which was settled at
Finchley, Middlesex, about the middle of the sixteenth century?

C.F.

_Wood Carving in Snow Hill._--Can any one explain the wood carving over
the door of a house at the corner of Snow Hill and Skinner Street. It is
worth rescuing from the ruin impending it.

A.C.

_Walrond Family._--Can any of your readers inform me what was the maiden
name of _Grace_, the wife of Col. Humphry Walrond, of Sea, in the county
of Somerset, a distinguished loyalist, some time Lieutenant-Governor of
Bridgewater, and Governor of the island of Barbadoes in 1660. She was
living in 1635 and 1668. Also the names of his _ten_ children, or, at
all events, his three youngest. I have reason to believe the seven elder
were George, Humphry, Henry, John, Thomas, Bridget, and Grace.

W. DOWNING BRUCE.

_Translations._--What English tra