42. _Proverb of James I._--In the _Miscellaneous State Papers_ (published 1778), vol. i. p. 462., we find Steenie (the Duke of Buckingham) writing to his royal master as follows:--
"Give my leave here to use your own proverb,--_For this the devil cone me no thanks._"
At the risk of being thought very dull, I ask, what is _cone_, and what is the meaning of the proverb? James was no _ignoramus_, after all.
43. _Mrs. Hutchinson._--What became of the celebrated Lucy Hutchinson, who wrote the memoirs of her husband--where did she die? and from whence is all the information that can be got about her, subsequently to her autobiography, to be obtained?
44. _Amadis de Gaule, Early Translation of._--I have lately purchased a black-letter volume, dated 1595. The first part has no title, but the second is called,--
"The Second Booke of Amadis de Gaule, containing the description, wonders, and conquest of the Firme-Island. The triumphes and troubles of Amadis. His manifold victories obtained, and sundry services done for King Lisuart. The kinges ingratitude, and first occasion of those broils and mortal wars, that no small time continued between him and Amadis. Englished by L. P. London: Printed for C. Burbie, and are to be sold at his shop at the Royal Exchange, 1595."
The Epistle Dedicatory to "Master Walter Borough" is signed "Lazarus Pyott," which is perhaps an assumed name; and, if I mistake not, I have seen it assigned to some known writer of the time. As I do not find this work noticed by Lowndes, perhaps MR. COLLIER or some of your readers would kindly give me some information respecting its rarity, &c.
45. _Hogarth and Cowper._--Which preceded the other, and who was the greater artist, Hogarth or Cowper, in the portrait and description of the stately and antiquated lady going to church on the winter's morning with her boy, who--
"Carries her Bible, tuck'd beneath his arm, And hides his hands to keep his fingers warm?"
46. _Latin Translation of Butler's Analogy._--In Bartlett's _Life of Bishop Butler_ mention is made (p. 62.), on the authority of a late Dean of Salisbury (Dr. Pearson), of a translation of _The Analogy_ into Latin, which had been executed with a view to its publication in Germany, and had been submitted for revision to Professor Porson.