Had the celebrated etymologist and antiquary, Mr. Ritson, formerly a member of the Society, been living, he might have solved the difficulty.  But I have little doubt that there are many of the erudite, and, I am delighted to find, willing readers of your valuable publication who will be able to furnish a solution.

J.M.G.

Worcester.

Stars and Stripes of the American Arms.—­What is the origin of the American arms, viz. stars and stripes?

JARLTZBERG.

Passages from Shakspeare.—­May I beg for an interpretation of the two following passages from Shakspeare:—­

  “Isab. Else let my brother die,
  If not a feodary, but only he,
  Owe, and succeed thy weakness.”

  Measure for Measure, Act ii.  Sc. 4.

  “Imogen. Some jay of Italy,
  Whose mother was her painting, hath betrayed him.”

  Cymbeline, Act iii.  Sc. 4.

TREBOR.

King’s College, London.

Nursery Rhyme.—­What is the date of the nursery rhyme:—­

  “Come when you’re called,
    Do what you’re bid,
  Shut the door after you,
    Never be chid?”—­Ed. 1754.

In Howell’s Letters (book i. sect. v. letter 18. p. 211. ed. 1754) I find—­

    He will come when you call him, go when you bid him, and shut
    the door after him.

J.E.B.  MAYOR.

"George” worn by Charles I.—­I should be glad if any of your correspondents could give me information as to who is the present possessor of the “George” worn by Charles I. It was, I believe, in the possession of the late Marquis Wellesley, but since his death it has been lost sight of.  Such a relic must be interesting to either antiquaries or royalists.

SPERANS.

Family of Manning of Norfolk.—­Can any of your readers supply me with an extract from, or the name of a work on heraldry or genealogy, containing an account of the family of Manning of Norfolk.  Such a work was seen by a relative of mine about fifty years since.  It related that a Count Manning, of Manning in Saxony, having been banished from thence, became king in Friesland, and that his descendants came over to England, and settled in Kent and Norfolk.  Pedigrees of the Kentish branch exist:  but that of Norfolk was distinct.  Guillim refers to some of the name in Friesland.

T.S.  LAWRENCE.

Salingen a Sword Cutler.—­A sword in my possession, with inlaid basket guard, perhaps of the early part of the seventeenth century, is inscribed on the blade “Salingen me fecit.”  If this is the name of a sword cutler, who was he, and when and where did he live?

T.S.  LAWRENCE.

Billingsgate.—­May I again solicit a reference to any early drawing of Belins gate?  That of 1543 kindly referred by C.S. was already in my possession.  I am also obliged to Vox for his Note.