_We hope next week, in addition to many other interesting articles, to
lay before our readers a copy of a remarkable and inedited Proclamation
of Henry VIII. on the subject of the Translation of the Scriptures; and
some specimens of the_ Rigby Correspondence.
HERCULES. _The custom (which we hope does not very generally obtain) of
sending green ribbons, called willows, tied round bridal cards, to
rejected suitors of the bride, is no doubt derived from that alluded to
by Shakspeare and Herrick, and especially Fuller, who tell us the willow
"is a sad tree, whereof such as have lost their love make their mourning
garments."_
ROBIN HOOD. _A Subscriber would be obliged by_ H. K. (Vol. vi., p. 597.)
_giving a precise reference to the Act of the Scotch Parliament
prohibiting "the plays and personages of Robin Hood." &c._
C. MANSFIELD INGLEBY _will find the proverb "When Our Lord falls in Our
Lady's lap," &c., in our Number for the_ 12th Feb., p. 157.
VIATOR. _The imprecatory Epitaph referred to has already appeared in our
columns._
W. A. C. _is thanked. The rhymes have, however, been already frequently
printed by Brockett, Brand, &c._
B. L. (Manchester). _The ordinary use of arms by the English nobility is
supposed to date from about the year 1146. The arms on the shield of
Geoffrey de Mandeville in the Temple Church have been considered among
the earliest examples of heraldic bearings in England. He died in 1144._
HY. CE. _Our Correspondent is probably correct. The lines are not in the
reprint of the_ Musarum Deliciæ: _so we amend our reply to_ DAVID BROWN
_in_ No. 177., _by stating that the lines_
"That same man, that runneth awaie,
May again fight, an other daie"--
_are from Udall's translation of the Apothegms of Erasmus._
Does a Corpse passing make a Right of Way? A. S. _will find an elaborate
answer to this Query in our_ 3rd Vol., p. 519. _He is also referred to_
pp. 477. _and_ 507. _of the same volume, and_ pp. 124. 240., Vol. iv.
A. B. Mosaic _is so named from the tesselated pavements of the Romans,
which being worked in a regular and mechanical manner, were called_ Opus
musivum, opera quæ ad amussim facta sunt. _Hence the Italian_ musaico,
_the French_ mosaique, _and our English_ mosaic. _See_ "N. & Q.," Vol.
iii., pp. 389. 469. 521.