I take the word to be _Christencat_; but its two parts are so divided by the position of _Christen_ at the end of one line, and _catte_ at the beginning of the next as to prevent it from being certain that they form one word. But I would gladly learn from any of your correspondents, whether the name of Christencat, or Christian-cat, is that of any bishop personified in the _Old Moralities_, or known to have been the satirical sobriquet for any bishop of Henry VIII's time. The text would suggest the expectation of its occurring either in More's _Utopia_, or in his _Supplication of Souls_, but I cannot find it in either of them.
Sir,--I shall feel obliged to any of your readers who will refer me to an hexameter line in the authorised English version of the _Old Testament_.
The following are two examples in the _New Testament._
_ U U | _ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ U U|_ _ || Art thou he | that should | come or | do we | look for a|nother. ||
_ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ _ | _ U U| _ _ || Husbands | love your | wives and | be not | bitter a|gainst them. ||
The extraordinary collection of the works of Daniel Defoe formed by Mr. Walter Wilson, his biographer, which at his sale realised the sum of 50_l_., and which had been rendered still further complete by the addition of upwards of forty pieces by the recent possessor, when sold by Messrs. Puttick and Simpson, on Wednesday, the 5th instant, produced no less than 71_l_. Mr. Toovey was the purchaser.
The Shakspeare Society have just issued a very interesting volume, the nature of which is well described by its ample title-page:--
"Inigo Jones. A Life of the Architect, by Peter Cunningham, Esq. Remarks on some of his Sketches for Masques and Dramas, by J.R. Planché, Esq.; and Five Court Masques. Edited from the original MSS. of Ben Jonson, John Marston, etc., by John Payne Collier, Esq.; accompanied by Facsimiles of Drawings by Inigo Jones; and by a Portrait from a Painting by Vandyck."
Many particulars in the memoir are new in the biography of the great architect. Mr. Planché's too brief _Remarks on the Costume_ make us join with Mr. Collier in regretting that he did not extend to all the plates "the resources of his attainments and talents;" while the five masques and the general preface, contributed by Mr. Collier, form by no means the least valuable portion of a volume which cannot fail to give satisfaction to all the members of the society by which it is issued.