ue of Discourses in the Time of King James
II._, No. 226., the name of HENRY CARE is given as the author. A list
of his other works may be found in Watt's _Bibliotheca_.]

_William Penn's Family._--Can any of your correspondents inform me to whom
his eldest surviving son (William) was married, and also to whom the
children of the said son were married, as well as those of his daughter
Letitia (Mrs. Aubrey), if she had any? This son and daughter were William
Penn's children by his first marriage with Miss Springett.

A. U. C.

[William Penn, eldest son (of William Penn by Miss Springett), had two
children, Gulielma Maria, married to Charles Fell, and William Penn of
the Rocks in Sussex, who by his first wife, Christian Forbes, had a
daughter and heir, married to Peter Gaskell. Mrs. Aubrey was living in
1718. Our correspondent may also be referred to Mr. Hepworth Dixon's
recently published _William Penn, an Historical Biography_.]

_Deal, Dover, and Harwich._--Where do the following lines come from?

"Deal, Dover, and Harwich,
The devil gave with his daughter in marriage;
And, by a codicil to his will,
He added Helvoet and the Brill."

J. H. L.

[Francis Grose, in his _Collection of Proverbs_, speaks of them as "A
satirical squib thrown at the innkeepers of those places, in return for
the many impositions practised on travellers, as well natives as
strangers. Equally applicable to most other sea-ports."]

_Author of Broad Stone of Honour._--Who is the author of the _Broad Stone
of Honour_, of which mention is made in the _Guesses at Truth_, 1st series,
p. 230., &c., and in the _Ages of Faith_, p. 236., works of some interest
in reference to the Papal discussions which are raging at present?

NEMO.

[Kenelm M. Digby is the author of the _Broad Stone of Honour_.]

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_Pope Joan._--Can any information be procured as to the origin of the game
called Pope Joan, and (what is of more importance) of the above title,
whether any such personage ever held the keys of St Peter and wore the
tiara? If so, at what period and for what time, and what is known of her
personal history?

NEMO.

[That _Papissa Joanna_ is merely a fictitious character, is now
universally acknowledged by the best authorities. "Clearer
confirmations must be drawn for the history of Pope Joan, who succeeded
Leo IV. and preceded Benedict III., than many we yet discover