_The Stature of Queen Elizabeth._--In a book entitled
_Physico-Theology_, being the substance of sixteen sermons preached in
St. Mary-le-Bone Church, London, at the Honourable Mr. Boyle's lectures
in 1711 and 1712, with notes, &c., by the Rev. W. Derham (a _second
edition_, with additions, published in 1714), the authors, in treating
of the stature and size of man's body, says there is great reason to
think the size of man was always the same from the Creation; and in a
note at page 330., after quoting Dr. Hakewill's _Apolog._ and other
authorities, concludes with these words:--
"Nay, besides all this probable, we have some more certain
evidence. Augustus was five foot nine inches high, which was the
just measure of our famous Queen Elizabeth, who exceeded his
height two inches, if proper allowance be made for the difference
between the Roman and our foot."--Vide Hakewill, _Apolog._, p.
215.
Probably some of your learned correspondents may give additional
information on this interesting subject.