ging of
Metrical Psalms and Hymns in Churches--Ormonde
Portraits--Tradescant--Arthur's Seat and Salisbury
Craigs--Lincoln Missal 118

REPLIES:--
Meaning of Eisell, by Samuel Hickson and S. W. Singer 119
Descent of Henry IV. 120
Fossil Elk of Ireland 121
Replies to Minor Queries:--Coverdale Bible--Epitaph--
Probabilism--Old Hewson the Cobbler--Rodolph
Gualter--Burning the Hill--"Fronte capillata," &c.--Time
when Herodotus wrote--Herstmonceux Castle--Camden
and Curwen Families--Joan Sanderson, or the Cushion
Dance--North Sides of Churchyards--"Antiquitas
Saeculi Juventus Mundi"--Umbrella--Form
of Prayer at the Healing 122

MISCELLANEOUS:--
Notes on Books, Sales, Catalogues, &c. 126
Books and Odd Volumes wanted 127
Notices to Correspondents 127
Advertisements 127

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Notes.

DEFENCE OF THE EXECUTION OF MARY QUEEN OF SCOTS.

Allow me to supply a deficiency in my last volume of _Extracts from the
Registers of the Stationers' Company_, printed by the Shakspeare Society.
It occurs at p. 224., in reference to an entry of 11th Feb., 1587, in the
following terms:

"John Wyndett. Lycensed alsoe to him, under the B. of London hand and
Mr. Denham, An Analogie or Resemblance betweene Johane, Queene of
Naples, and Marye, Queene of Scotland."

In the note appended to this entry I point out a mistake by Herbert (ii.
1126. of his _History of Printing_), who fancied that the _Defence of the
Execution of Mary Queen of Scots_, and Kyffin's _Blessedness of Britain_,
were the same work; and I add that "the _Analogy_ here entered is not
recorded among the productions of John Windet's press." This is true; but
Mr. David Laing, of Edinburgh, has kindly taken the trouble to send me, all
the way from Scotland, a very rare volume, which proves that the _Analogy_
in question was printed by Windet in consequence of the registration, and
that it was, in fact, part of a volume which that printer put forth under
the following title:

"A Defence of the Honorable Sentence of Execution of the Queene of
Scots: exampled with Analogies, and Diverse Presidents of Emp