E.M.B.

_Pope Felix._--Who is "Pope Felix," mentioned in Ælfric's _Homily on the

Birthday of St. Gregory_? Ælfric, in speaking of the ancestors of St.

Gregory, states that "_Felix_ se eawfaesta _papa_ waes his fifta

faeder,"--"Felix the pious pope was his fifth father," (i.e. great

grandfather's grandfather).

E.M.B.

April 15. 1850.

"_Where England's Monarch," and "I'd preach as though._"--Will any of

your subscribers have the kindness to inform me who was the author of

the lines

"Where England's monarch all uncovered sat

And Bradshaw bullied in a broad-brimm'd hat."

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