_Vox Populi Vox Dei._--The words "Populi vox, vox Dei," stand as No. 97.
among the "Aphorismi Politici ex Ph. Cominoeo," in a small volume in my
possession, entitled,--
"Aphorismi Politici et Militares, etc. par Lambertum Danæum
collecti. Lugduni Batavorum. CID IDC XXX IX."
There is no reference given to book or chapter; and, judging from the
manner in which the aphorisms of Thucydides and Tacitus (which I have
been able to examine) are quoted, I fear it may be found that the words
in question are rather a condensation of some paragraph by Des Comines
that the _ipsissima verba_ that he employed.
C. FORBES.
Temple.
_The Cuckoo._--In respect to the Query of "G." (No. 15. p. 230.), on the
cuckoo, as the Welsh Ambassador, I would suggest that it was in allusion
to the annual arrival of Welshmen in search of summer and other
employment. As those wanderers may have entered England about the time
of the cuckoo's appearance, the idea that the bird was the precursor of
the Welsh might thus become prevalent. Also, on the quotation given by
"PETIT ANDRÉ" (No. 18. p. 283.) of Welsh parsley, or hempen halters, it
may have derived its origin from the severity practised on the Welsh, in
the time of their independence, when captured on the English side of the
border,--the death of the prisoner being inevitable.