Notes and Queries, Number 181, April 16, 1853. Various

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СКАЧАТЬ the Rev. John Clayton, rector of Crofton in Wakefield, in which he states the particulars of several cures which he had effected of persons bitten by mad dogs. His principal remedy seems to have been the "volatile salt of amber" every four hours, and in the intervals, "Spec. Pleres Archonticon and Rue powdered ana gr. 15." I am not learned enough to understand what these drugs are called in the modern nomenclature of druggists.

C. T. W.

      Epitaph at Mickleton.—The following inscription is copied from a monument on the north wall of the chancel of Mickleton Church, co. Gloucester:

"The Ephitath of John BonnerHeare lyeth in tomed John Bonner by name,Sonne of Bonner of Pebworth, from thence he cameThe : 17 : of October he ended his daies,Pray God that wee leveing may follow his wayes1618 by the yeareScarce are such Men to be found in this shereMade and set up by his loveing frendEvens his kindesman and [so I] doe endJohn Bonner, Senior.   Thomas Evens, Junior1618."

      The words in brackets are conjectural, the stone at that point being much corroded.

Balliolensis.

      Charade attributed to Sheridan.—You have given a place to enigmas in "N. & Q.," and therefore the following, which has been attributed to R. B. Sheridan, may be acceptable. Was he the author?

      "There is a spot, say, Traveller, where it lies,

      And mark the clime, the limits, and the size,

      Where grows no grass, nor springs the yellow grain,

      Nor hill nor dale diversify the plain;

      Perpetual green, without the farmer's toil,

      Through all the seasons clothes the favor'd soil,

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      No doubt the author of an ultra-Protestant poem, entitled Times Anatomie, made by Robert Prickett, a Souldier. Imprinted, 1606.

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No doubt the author of an ultra-Protestant poem, entitled Times Anatomie, made by Robert Prickett, a Souldier. Imprinted, 1606.

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