308 NOTES AND QUERIES, m s. vii. APRIL 19, Some authors in referring to the Latin edition of the work in question give as a part of the title, not " Genesis," but the Greek genitive, " Geneseos." The Latin form is the one found, is it not ? When was F. M. van Helmont's ' Osteo- genia' published, and in what languages ? Was the following work, "The Divine Being and its Attributes, according to the Principles of Van Helmont, by Paulus Buchius, Dr. of Physick, translated into English, London, 1693," in 12mo, published in Latin as ' Tractatus de Attributis Divi- nis ' circa 1690 T I think so : it certainly was also published in its original Dutch at Amsterdam in 1694. F. S. DARROW. BARNARD FAMILY.—I shall be extremely obliged if any of your readers can assist me with answers to the following questions. 1. Hist. MSS. Comm., Thirteenth Report, Appendix IV., p. 389 :— " 1652. Sept. 8. Shifforc] : Henry Hull to Sir H. Martin, Judge of the Prerogative Court— applying for appointment as Minister of Shifford, refers to Dr. Barnard, preacher at Greys Inn : is approved by the major part of the parish." Who was this Dr. Barnard, and where is Shifford ? 2. Hist. MSS. Comm., ' Lothian Papers,1 p. 65 :— " 1515. An abstract of lands in Wymondham, with a pedigree of the family of Barnard temp. James I." How can a copy of this pedigree be obtained ? Where is Wymondham ? 3. Hist. MSS.r Comm.,'Thirteenth Report, Part VIII., p 23:— " George Barnard, Esq., Ulster King of Armsi March 17, 1783." Is anything known of his history or parent- age ? H. C. BARNARD. Federated Malay States. [1. Shifford is a township on the Thames, in the parish of Baropton, Oxfordshire. It is now united ecclesiastically with Bampton-Aston. 2. There are two places named VVymondham. The more important is a town in Norfolk, with a priory founded in 1107. The other is a village in Leicestershire, and possesses an endowed grammar school.] " Si VIS PACEM, PABA BELLTTM."—What is the original source of this proverb ? Accord- ing to Buchmann's ' Gefliigelte Worte' (18th ed., 1895), p. 371, it may be derived from the words of Vegetius, who flourished, as stated I.e., at the end of the fourth century before Christ: " Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum " ; cf. his 'Epitome de Re Militari,' Liber III., towards the end of the Prologus, p. 57 of ' Flavius Vegetiua Renatus et alii Scriptores de Re Militari,' Vesalias (i.e. Wesel), 1670. Now this date assigned to Vegetius in Buchmann's ' Ge- fliigelte Worte ' is evidently an error, or a misprint. Vegetius was not an ante- but a post-classical writer, flourishing c. 400 A.D. Is there, however, no classical author anterior to Vegetius to whom the proverb can be traced ? H. KREBS. AN EARLY SHORTHAND SOCIETY.—In The Daily Post of 4 March, 1726, it was said :— "We hear that on Monday Night last [Feb- ruary 28 ] several Gentlemen who had learnt Mr. Byrom's Short - hand, met at the King's Arms Tavern near Temple-Bar, and oommeno'd a Society for the encouragement of that Method, which ia said to be very much approved of, and likely to meet with general Acceptance." Is anything further known of this body ? ALFRED F. ROBBINS. EARLIEST AGE OF KNIGHTHOOD : ARTHUR OF BRITTANY.—1. Philip Augustus con- ferred knighthood on Arthur of Brittany when he was a boy of only 12 years of age. Can any correspondent give other instances of knighthood being conferred at so early an age, and other than on a royal prince ? 2. Can also any one give reasons why Arthur had to perform homage for Brittany to the King of England ? On what ground did John claim such from Brittany ? W. C. M. " ITTE-DHANDU," INDIAN GAME.—In his book on ' India and the Indians ' the Rev. E. F. Elwin says that " Itte-dhandu " is a fine game, played with two pieces of Wood, and something like tip-cat. It is an exciting game that can be played by any number of people. Will some one who knows the game tell us more about it T H. K. H. POEM WANTED.-—About twenty years ago I read what seemed to me a delightful poem about a child—a little girl, I think—and a snake. It was in an old book containing various other poems and stories, called ' The Playmate.' As far as I remember, the parents of the child urged her not to play with the snake ; but she persisted, and shared her bread - and - milk with it, and called it " Speckle back." I may add I am not thinking of a rather similar poem by Mary Lamb. I should be very glad to find out the name of my poem and the author. LETTICE MACNAGHTEN.
