At p. 88
of vol. i. (edit. 1826) there is a passage which has always puzzled me.
Speaking of some law proceedings in which the Lady Dacres was concerned,
Roger North says:--
"And herein she served herself another way, for her adversary
defamed her for swearing and unswearing, and it was not amiss to
_have a button in the room_."
At p. 92. (_post_) there is another strange expression:-- {216}
"The horse, when he found himself clear of pursuers, stopped his
course by degrees, and went with his rider (fast asleep upon his
back) into a pond to drink, and there sat his lordship upon the
'_sally_.' (Qy. _saddle_?)"
P.C.S.S.
_St. Philip and St. James._--"And near it was the house of the apostles
Philip and James the son of Alpheus."--_Early Travels in Palestine
(Mandeville)_, p. 175.; Bohn's _Antiquarian Library_. This is the only
place, except in the Church service, where I have seen the above-named
apostles coupled together, and have often wondered whether there was any
old legend or tradition to account for the Church joining them together
in one commemorative festival.
A.H.E.
_Sir William Hamilton.
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