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NOTES AND QUERIES. m s. m. AP^L i, 1911.
" The lamentable effects of terror have been
frequently recorded. We are sorry to add
another instance of its fatal power : On Friday
morning a girl living at a public-house in Mill
Street, in this town, was seized with an illness
which threatened the most alarming conse-
quences ; to remove which, means were used
without effect, for she died early on Saturday
morning. Thursday evening being what .Is <
called St. Mark's eve, the above girl in company
with two others sat up to observe a custom of
the most dangerous and ridiculous nature, which
they called watching their suppers ; in doing
which it is supposed this girl heard some noise,
or fancied she saw some object, which had xiCh
A terrible effect on her mind as to produce the
fatal consequences above mentioned.. We "hope
her awful example will be a warning to the
thoughtless observers of such superstitions and
mpious practices." 25 May, 1796.
" A letter has been received by Samuel Slan- didge [?], Knt., Mayor of this town, from S. King, Esq., acquainting him that 100 French emigrant clergy may be expected to arrive at Hull shortly. Their stay here will be short, as it is intended to remove them further inland as soon as possible, a seaport not being considered a proper place for their permanent residence. During their stay they will be supported by Government ; but no doubt many particular cases will occur in which the humanity and generosity of individuals may be laudably exercised." 3 September, 1796.
M. Y. A. H.
SHAKESPEARE AND GOODMAN. The follow- ing passage seems to refer to the " simple constable," Elbow, in ' Measure for Measure ' :
" The wittie Poet will braeke his iests on the Constable ; but here is the mischiefe, his memorie will serue him to remember and to reuenge this iniurie and wrong." Godfrey Goodman, 'The Fall of Man,' 1616, p. 50.
This interesting book is noticed in ' N. & Q.,' 2nd and 3rd Series.
RICHARD H. THORNTON.
MARY TUDOR'S GRAVE. (See 7 S. xii. 125, 174). In the chancel of S. Mary's hurch, Bury St. Edmunds, where the remains of this royal lady rest, is a marble tablet erected by the Rev. Dr. Symonds in 1758, on which it is stated that she was married to Louis XII., King of France, in 1514, and to Charles Brandon, Duke of Suffolk, in 1517. How can the mistake in the latter date be accounted for ? The second marriage was solemnized in France and again in England within a few months after the death of the king !
It is interesting to know that our late King visited the church a few years since, and recommended that a marble coping should be put round Mary's grave, which is situated at the north end of the altar. This has been done, and &n inscription engraved thereon. E. L. H. TEW.
Upham Rectory, Hants.
WE must request correspondents desiring in-
formation on family matters of only private interest
to affix their names and addresses to their queries,
in order that answers may be sent to them direct.
- MATHEMATICAL TRANSACTIONS.' I have
recently acquired "Numb. I." of a mathe- matical periodical of small quarto format. It is 'entitled Mathematical Transactions ; consisting of Essays, Dissertations, Problems, &c. Article I. (pp. 1-iO) is by. Mr. Samuel Clark; Article II. (pp. 11-24) by Mr. Ely Bates ; Article III. (pp. 25-30) by Mr. William Chappie ; Article IV. (p. 31) by "Mr. E." On p. 32 are six "questions" "to be answered in the next number." These questions were proposed by J. Smith, P. Thompson, Ely Bates, E. Jones, 'Avro- fjLariKos, and Analyticus. The cover and other pages of this number, as well as the 12 figures referred to in connexion with the above-mentioned " Articles," are wanting in my copy.
As Chappie and Clark were eighteenth- century mathematicians, the periodical must have appeared at that time. What was the exact .date of its publication ? Who was the publisher ? Who was the editor ? How many numbers were published ? This periodical is not referred to in the British Museum Catalogue, in T. Wilkinson's Mechanic's Magazine articles, 1848-53, or in Dr. J. S. Mackay's ' Journalisme Mathe- matique en Angleterre."
R. C. ARCHIBALD.
Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island.
THESES BY PRINCIPAL ANDREW AIDIE. Not much is known of Andrew Aedie or Aidie, " philosophise professor " in the Gymnasium of Danzig, and afterwards third Principal of Marischal College and Uni- versity, Aberdeen. Mr. A. W. Robertson in his ' Handlist of Bibliography ' mentions two works by him, of which there are copies in the British Museum : Pastoria in decem distributa eclogas. Dantisci'
1610. Tractatus de noctuambulonum ingenio et natura.
Dantisci, 1610.
The Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, has another, which is probably the ' De Ethica ' attributed to Aidie in ' Catalogues of Scotish Writers,' p. 70 :
Clavis philosophic moralis, sive in Aristotelis Nicomacheia commentarius. Oppenheimii, 1614.
But copies of no fewer than thirteen theses by Aidie are preserved either in the Stadt-
