The commentators were at fault when they pointed out the more
modern tune of the same name in Playford's _Musical Companion_, 1667.
EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
S. Augustus Square, Regent's Park.
_Andrewes's Tortura Torti_ (Vol. ii., p. 295.).--On what forms Mr.
Bliss's third quotation, which _does_ appear in some shape in Bernard,
_De Consid. ad Eugen._, iii. 4. 18., the _Bibliotheca Juridica_, &c., of
Ferraris observes, under the head of _Dispensatio_: "Hinc dispensatio
sine justa causa non dispensatio sed dissipatio dicitur communiter a
doctoribus, ut observant et tenent Sperell;" then referring to several
Romish canonists, &c., the last being Reiffenstuel, lib. i., _Decretal_,
tit. 2., n. 450., of which I give the full reference, his volumes being
accessible in the British Museum, if not elsewhere.
NOVUS.
_Swords worn in Public_ (Vol. ii., p. 218.)--A very respected and old
friend of mine, now deceased, used to relate that he had often seen the
celebrated Wilkes, of political notoriety, walking in the public
streets, dressed in what is usually termed court dress, wearing his
sword.
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