called to him, and was by him very graciously received.  Upon which he went immediately home, armed all his tenants, and the next day attended on him in the field, where he was knighted, and was present at the battle of Edghill.”]

Mousetrap Dante (No. 10. pp. 154, 155.).—­I beg to refer your correspondent to the Visconte Colomb de Batines’ Bibliographia Dantesea (Prato, 1845-48. 8vo.), tom. ii. pp. 264, 265., where he will find a list (correct so far as it goes) of the fifteen MSS. of the Comedia, purchased for the Bodleian Library about the year 1822, from the Abbate Matteo Canonici, of Venice.

I have reason for believing, that the only MSS. which exist in that collection, in addition to those enumerated in the list, are:  1.  Canon Ital. 100.  “Compendium Cujusdam Commentarii” (4to paper); and 2.  “Codices Canonici Miscellanei 449.” fol., vellum (it cannot therefore be this), which contains the complete commentary of Jacopo dalla Lana.

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Cromwell’s Estates (No. 18. p. 277.).—­The seignory of Gower is the peninsula which runs out between the bays of Swansea and Carmarthen; and which terminates at Swansea on the S.E. side, and at Longhor on the N.W., and comprises the district which, in common with a part of Scotland, anciently bore the name of Rheged.  It is a locality rich in all that can attract the antiquary and the naturalist.

Mr. Dillwyn’s Contributions towards a History of Swansea contains the following references to the Gower property of Cromwell:—­“We are informed by the Minute-book of the Common Hall” (at Swansea), “that on May 19, 1648, there came to this towne the truly Honourable Oliver Cromwell, Esq....  Lord of this towne, the Seignory of Gower, and Manor of Killay, with the members thereof,” &c.  “On May 5. 1647, Parliament settled the estates of the Marquis of Worcester, in Gloucestershire and Monmouthshire, on Cromwell; and, by a subsequent order, the estate in Glamorganshire was added to this grant.  The conveyance from Parliament to Cromwell is made, not only in the name of his Majesty, but has a portrait of Charles the First at its head.”

SELEUCUS.

Genealogy of European Sovereigns (No. 6. p. 92.)—­The best and most comprehensive work on this subject bears the following title:—­Johann Huebner’s genealogische Tabellen, 4 vols. folio, oblong, Leipzig, 1737 et seq. (Of the 3rd vol. a new and much improved edition, by G.F.  Krebel, appeared in 1766.) Supplement:  Tafeln zu J. Huebner’s genealogischen Tabellen, by Sophia Queen of Denmark, 6 parts, folio, oblong, Copenhagen, 1822-24.

A. Asher.

Berlin.

Shipster (No. 14. p. 216.).—­Are not Baxter and Tupster the feminines of Baker and Tapper?—­and may not Shipster signify a female ship-owner?

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