The note of Servius runs thus "Casto, Pio.” Præterea, castis adolet dum altaria tædis. En. 7. v. 71. "Castis, Piis; et sciendum Latinum sacrificasse juxta astante Lavinia.” Festus mentions the casta mola employed by the Vestal Virgins. Now under this word there is a mixed notion of purity and piety. It We subjoin an instance of the use of castus, in the sense of a religious observance, by a modern writer. occurs in the following passage of the Funeral Oration, by that eminent Orientalist Schultens, on the celebrated Vitringa: "Ut ab eo, cui à teneris inde unguiculis sacratus fuit, cujus in sanctuario primarium gessit antistitem, cujus religiones, custusque doctrina, vitæque disciplina confirmavit, cujus ceremonias ac mysteria mirifice illustravit, cujus denique gloriam ac decus amplificavit, immortali vicissim honore condecoretur." But the full justification of the word is to be found in the following passage from Cicero, nearly at the opening of his Book de Natura Deorum:- "Quorum si vera sententia est, quæ potest esse pietas? quæ sanctitas? quæ religio? hæc enim omnia pure ac caste tribuenda Deorum numini ita sunt, si animadvertuntur ab his, et si est aliquid in diis immortalibus hominum generi tributum." In Greek, ayvo's means not only pure, but holy. Thus runs the epigram upon the Temple of Esculapius: ἁγνὸν χρὴ ναοῖο θυώδεος ἐντὸς ἰόντα ἔμφαμεν· ἀγνεία δ ̓ ἐςὶ φρονεῖν ὅσια. Thus Euripides ayvov Buμóv. Androm. 428. πρὸς ἁγναῖς ἐσχάραις. Supp. 33. ἁγνὸν τέμενος ἐναλίας θεῖ. And thus Sophocles Androm. 252. ὦ θεῶν ἁγνὸν σέβας. (Ed. Tyr. 830. ἀπώμοσ ̓ ἁγνῶ Ζηνὸς ὕψισον σέβας. Philoct. 1289. εὔσεπλον ἀγνείαν λόγων. Ed. Tyr. 864. ἔχεις γὰρ χῶρον εχ ἁγνὸν παλεῖν. Ed. Col. v. 37. One of my reasons for doubting the emendation upon Suidas by Pearson is this. In the Glossarium Græcobarbarum Joannis Meursii we find, "Kaola. Castus. Usurpatione antiquissimorum, qui in casto Cereris esse dicebant, matronas ejus Deæ sacris 7 operantes. Marinus in Vita Procli, τὰς δὲ μηλρωακὰς παρὰ Ῥωμαίοις, ἢ καὶ πρότερον παρὰ Φρυξὶ σπεδασθείσας και στείας, ἑκάτει μηνὸς γνευε. Ηodie editur, σπεδασθείσας ἁγισείας. Glossema scilicet appositum à docto aliquo Lectore, pro vera lectione. Sed nos insignem locum in integrum restituimur auspiciis Suidæ, qui auctorem, ut so let, dissimulans, totum transscripsit in μnrpwanal. Illic videbis. Festus. Cum propiore quis cognatione, quam is qui lugetur, natus est; cùm in casto Cereris est.' Arnobius noster, lib. v. Quid temperatus ab alimonio panis, cui rei dedistis nomen castus, nonne illius temporis imitatio est, quo se numen Cereris ab fruge violentia mororis abstinuit ?" The old reading in Marinus was xarea, which Suidas implicitly followed; and ome Critic had previously corrected Marinus, in the same manner as Pearson afterwards corrected Suidas, by proposing ἁγισεία. But I think with Meursius, that xaria was the Greek Word, formed from the Latin castus in the sense of a religious rite or ceremony; and such a word is not to surprize us in Marinus, who was a later writer. FRAN 66 Tything, Worcester, MR. URBAN, April 2. RANCIS BINDON, portrait painter in oil, (p. 194) stands among the earliest names of the Irish Artists. He lived in intimacy with Swift, Delany, and Sheridan, and painted their portraits. In Mr. Nichols's Literary Anecdotes, vol. VIII. p. 2, he speaks of a Letter from Robert Nugent, esq. to Mrs. Whiteway, in 1740, requesting her to return to Mr. Pope such Letters of his as remained in the possession of Dean Swift; and that Mr. Bindon, the celebrated painter in Dublin, might send him a picture of Swift, a head upon a 3-4th cloth, to match one he had of Mr. Pope." The portrait of Swift attached to Walter Scott's edition of Swift, also the one in Bowles's Pope, is from Bindon's picture. Bindon was also, I understand, the greatest architect, as well as painter of his time; but on account of his age, and the failure of his sight, he laid aside the pencil in 1750, and died much respected June 2, 1765.-There was also a Samuel Bindon. See Scott's Swift, vol. XIX. Yours, &c. JOHN CHAMBERS. Mr. Edward the gave the ma "Ottery St. Mary is a large irregular market town, deriving its name from the river Otter, and the dedication of the Church to St. Mary. Confessor, or Earl Otho nor to the Cathedral of St. Mary at Rouen, in Normandy; but in the reign of Edward III. the Dean and Chapter, with the King's permission, sold it to Grandison, Bp. of Exeter, who founded a College in the parochial Church here, 'for a Warden, eight Prebendaries, ten Vicars, a Master of Music, a Master of Grammar, two parish Priests, eight Secondaries, eight Choristers, and two Clerks +. At the dissolution, the endowments were valued at 3381. 2s. 9d. ; and the site of the College was granted *Dugdale's Monasticon, II. p. 1017. by Henry VIII. to Edward Earl of Hertford . The chief part of the manor now belongs to Sir George Yonge. "The situation of this town is ex tremely pleasant and healthy. The prin- In 1811, Ottery St. Mary contained + Tanner's Notitia. COMPENDIUM OF COUNTY HISTORY. NOTTINGHAM. (Concluded from page 213.) EMINENT NATIVES. Arden, or Ardern, John, reviver of surgery, Newark, (flor. 14th cent.) Blow, John, musician, North Collingham, 1648. Ibid. Brightman, William, commentator on the Apocalypse, Nottingham, (died 1607.) Cromwell, Sir Ralph, Baron of Tattershall, High Treasurer to Henry VI. DARWIN, ERASMUS, physician and poet, Elstow, 1731. Dodsley, Robert, bookseller and poet, Auston, near Mansfield, 1703. Fenton, Edward, navigator, see Hackluyt's voyages, (died 1603.) Fenton, Sir Geoffrey, statesman, translator of Guicciardini, (died 1608.) Fleming, Caleb, Arian, Nottingham, 1698. FROBISHER, SIR MARTIN, navigator, Finmingley, near Doncaster, (slain 1594.) Garnet, Henry, jesuit, executed for gunpowder plot, 1606. Groves, Thomas, rose from a private to be Colonel of Marine, served 75 years, Bingham, 1700. Hacker, Francis, colonel, regicide, East Bridgeford, (hanged 1660.) Handby, Henry, founder of hospital, Nottingham, Bramcote, (died 1650.) Holder, William, divine, first instructor of Deaf and Dumb, about 1615. Holles, John, first Earl of Clare, soldier and statesman, Houghton, 1564. author of History of the World, Beckingham. GENT. MAG. April, 1819. Ireton, Ireton, Henry, regicide, son-in-law to Cromwell, Attenborough, 1611. Jebb, Samuel, physician, learned editor, Nottingham, (died 1772.) Kippis, Andrew, biographer, Nottingham, 1725. Lee, William, inventor of the stocking frame, Woodborough, (flor. temp. Eliz.) Magnus, Thomas, diplomatist, founder of school, Newark, (flor. temp. Hen. VIII.) Markham, Sir John, Chief Justice to Edward IV. Markham, (died 1409.) MONTAGUE, LADY MARY WORTLEY, introducer of inoculation, Thoresby, 1690. Plumtre, John de, founder of hospital, Nottingham, Plumtree, (flor. temp. R. II.) Ridley, Humphrey, physician, author on the brain and animal functions, Mansfield, 1653. Rooke, Major Hayman, historian of Sherwood forest, antiquary, (died 1806.) - Sandby, Paul, painter, Nottingham, 1732. Sandey, Thomas, architect, Nottingham, 1721. Scarlet, Will, companion of Robin Hood, Eykering, (flor. temp. Henry III.) SECKER, THOMAS, Abp. of Canterbury, Sibthorpe, 1693. Stone, Richard, Abp. of York, Mansfield, 1596. Thoroton, Dr. Robert, historian of this county, Screveton. Truman, Joseph, nonconformist divine and author, Gedling, 1631. Wakefield, Gilbert, classical scholar, Nottingham, 1756. WARBURTON, WILLIAM, Bp. of Gloucester, author of "Divine Legation," Newark, 1698. White, Henry Kirke, poet, amiable and pious, Nottingham, 1785. White, Robert, astronomer, Bingham, 1722. Worksop, Robert, author of "Entrance of the Sentences," Worksop, (died 1360.) Wright, Samuel, divine, author of "Happy hour, all hours excelling," Retford, 1683. MISCELLANEOUS REMARKS. In Averham Church are several monuments of the Suttons, among which is the memorial of the first Lord Lexington. In Bilsthorpe Church is the monument of William Chappel, Bp. of Cork and Ross, 1649. In Bingham was buried its native, Robert White, author of "The Celestial Atlas," an almanack which still retains his name, 1773. In Bramcote was buried its native, Henry Handby, benefactor, 1650. Gilbert Wakefield attempted to establish a school here, but without success. In Bunney Church is a curious monument of Sir Thomas Parkyns, erected in his life-time, with a representation of the Baronet in one part in a wrestling attitude, and in another part as just thrown by Time, with an inscription ascribed to Dr. Freind: "Quem modo stravisti longo in certamine, Tempus, Clipstone was the frequent residence of John, when Earl of Mortein and Nottingham, and after his accession to the throne. In Clumber park, among numerous fine paintings, is the "Sigismunda weeping over the heart of Tancred," ascribed to Correggio, but by Horace Walpole attributed to Furino, with the remark, that "it is impossible to see the picture, or to read Dryden's inimitable tale, and not feel that the same soul animated both." Hogarth, in an attempt to rival it, miserably failed. The state dining-room, 60 feet long, 34 broad, and 30 high, is magnificently ornamented. The park is 11 miles in compass. Gotham is famous in proverbial story. "The Merry Tales of the Madmen of Gotham" were written by Andrew Borde," Andreas Perforatus," a travelling |