Oxon.
_The Hungarians in Paules._--Perhaps some of the ingenious contributors to
"N. & Q." may be able to assist P. C. S. S. to explain the following
passage in the dedication of a rare little book _Dekker's Dreame_ (Lond.
4to. 1620). It is inscribed:--
"To the truly accomplished gentleman, and worthy deserver of all men's
loves, Master Endymion Porter. Sir, if you aske why, from the heapes of
men, I picke you out only to be that _Murus ahaeneus_ which must defend
me, lett me tell you (what you knowe allready) that bookes are like the
Hungarians in Paules, who have a priviledge to holde out their Turkish
history for anie one to reade. They beg nothing: the texted past-bord
talkes all--and if nothing be given, nothing is spoken, but God knowes
what they thinke!"