"_Königl. Schwedischer in Teutschland geführter Krieg_, 1632-1648, von B.
Ph. v. Chemnitz."--As is known, the first two parts of this important work
were printed in 1648 and 1653. The continuation of the original manuscript
exists now in the Swedish Record Office, with the exception, unfortunately,
of the third part. The Curator of the Royal Library in Hanover, however, J.
Dan, {157} Grueber, testifies, in his _Commercium Epistolare
Leibnitianinum_, Pars 1^{ma}, p. 119., Hanoviæ, 1745, in 8vo., that the
missing part was then in that library:
"Tertius tomus excusus non est, quippe imperfectus; Manuscriptum tamen
quoad absolutus est, inter alia septentrionis cimelia nuper repertum,
Bibliothecæ Regiæ vindicavimus."
But this manuscript is no longer to be found there. Is it possible it may
have been removed to England, and still to be found in one of the public
collections? An answer to any of the above questions would deeply oblige
G. E. KLEMMING,
Librarian in the Royal Library at Stockholm.
"_Officium Birgittinum Anglice._"--
"Integrum Beatæ Virginis Officium quod à S. Birgitta concinnatum,
monialibus sui ordinis in usu publico fecit, Anglice ab anonymo quodam
conversum, Londini prodiit ante annum 1500 in folio, ex Caxtoni, uti
videtur, prælo editum."
is the notice of the above translation occurring in an old Swedish author.
Information is requested as to whether any more detailed account can be
obtained of the book referred to.[3] For any such the Querist will be
especially thankful: if it should be possible to procure a copy of the
same, his boldest hopes would be exceeded. If no English translation of S.
Birgitta's revelations, or of the prayers and prophecies extracted
therefrom--the latter known under the name of _Onus Mundi_, should exist,
either in print or in old manuscript, this, in consideration of the very
general circulation which these writings obtained in the Middle Ages, would
be a very peculiar exception. The book named at the head of this Query
would appear to be a translation of the _Breviarium S. Birgittæ._
G. E. KLEMMING,
Librarian in the Royal Library at Stockholm.
[Footnote 3: [See Wharton, in his Supplement to Usher, _De Scripturis et
Sacris Vernaculis_, p. 447., edit. 1690.--ED.]]
_Campbell's Hymn on the Nativity._--The hymn, of which the following are
the first two verses, is said to have been written by Campbell. Can any
correspondent of "N. & Q." say which Campbell is the author, and when and
where the hymn was first printed?
"When Jordan hush'd his waters still,
And silence slept on Zion's hill,
When Bethlehem's shepherds thro' the night
Watch'd o'er their flocks by starry light,
"Hark! from the midnight hills around,
A voice of more than mortal sound
In distant hallelujahs stole,
Wild murmuring o'er the raptur'd soul."