Vol. IV.—No. 109.NOTES AND QUERIES: A MEDIUM OF INTER-COMMUNICATION FOR LITERARY MEN, ARTISTS, ANTIQUARIES, GENEALOGISTS, ETC.

Thomas More and John Fisher 417

Notes on Newspapers, by H. M. Bealby 418

Treatise of Equivocation 419

Notes on Virgil, by Dr. Henry 420

Minor Notes:—Verses presented, to General Monck—Justice to Pope Pius V. 421

Crosses and Crucifixes 422

Master of the Buckhounds, by John Branfill Harrison 422

Minor Queries:—"No Cross no Crown"—Dido and Æneas—Pegs and Thongs for Rowing: Torture among the Athenians—French Refugees—Isabel, Queen of the Isle of Man—Grand-daughter of John Hampden—Cicada or Tettigonia Septemdecim—The British Sidanen—Jenings or Jennings—Caleva Atrebatum, Site of—Abigail—Etymology of Durden—Connecticut Halfpenny 423

MINOR QUERIESANSWERED:—Arms displayed on Spread Eagle—St. Beuno—Lists of Knights Bachelor—Walker—See of Durham 424

Convocation of York 425

The Old Countess of Desmond 426

Coins of Vabalathus 427

Marriage of Ecclesiastics 427

Replies to Minor Queries:—"Crowns have their Compass"—The Rev. Richard Farmer—Earwig 428