th, and Prince Edward was
crowned king. And not long after, the king being removed to the Castle
of Corff, was wickedly assayled by his keepers, who, through a horne
which they put in his," &c.

What authority had Martyn for these statements?

C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY.

Birmingham.

_Encore._--Perhaps some correspondent of "N. & Q." can assign a reason why
we use this French word in our theatres and concert rooms, to express our
desire for the repetition of favourite songs, &c. I should also like to
know at what period it was introduced.

A. A.

_Amcotts' Pedigree._--Can any of your correspondents supply me with a full
pedigree of Amcotts of Astrop, co. Lincolnshire? I do not refer to the
Visitations, but to the later descents of the family. The last heir male
was, I believe, Vincent Amcotts, Esq., great-grandfather to the present Sir
William Amcotts Ingilby, Bart. Elizabeth Amcotts, who married, 19th July,
1684, John Toller, Esq., of Billingborough Hall in Lincolnshire, was one of
this family, and I suppose aunt to Vincent Amcotts. I may mention, the
calendars {388} of the Will Office at Lincoln have no entries of the name
of Amcotts between 1670 and 1753.

TEWARS.

_Blue Bell--Blue Anchor._--A bell painted blue is a common tavern sign in
this country (United States); and the blue anchor is also to be met with in
many places. As these signs evidently had their origin in England, and one
of them is alluded to in the old Scotch ballad "The Blue Bell of Scotland,"
it seems to me that the best method to apply for information upon the
subject is to ask "N. & Q." Are these signs of inns heraldic survivors of
old time; are they corruptions of some other emblem, such as that which in
London transformed _La Belle Sauvage_ into the _Bell Savage_, pictorialised
by an Indian ringing a hand-bell; or is the choice of such improper colour
as blue for a bell and an anchor a species of symbolism the meaning of
which is not generally known?

[Old English W].

Philadelphia.

_"We've parted for the longest time."_--Would you insert these lines in
your paper, the author of which I seek to know, as well as the remaining
verses?

"We've parted for the longest time, we ever yet did part,
And I have felt the last wild throb of that enduring heart:
Thy cold and tear-wet cheek has lain for the last time to mine,
And I have pressed in agony those trembling lips of thine."

R. JERMYN COOPER.

The Rectory, Chilti