Barnabae itinerarium, or Barnabee's journal; . unded in thistown *. Brathwait was well acquainted with Camden sBritannia^ as appears by a note on the Itine-rary f, and no stranger to this anecdote at thetime of writing his epistle to the Cottoneers, t Vol, ii. p. 415. 88 where it is indirectly made the subject of hismuse. See note on Bradford, p. 94-. Another equally facetious traveller, BishopCorbet, in the Iter Boreale, also remarked thenumber and variety of sectaries with whichBanbury abounded: * Tlie Puritan, the Anabaptist, Brownist,Like a grand sailet: Tinkers, what a towne ist *. And in
Barnabae itinerarium, or Barnabee's journal; . unded in thistown *. Brathwait was well acquainted with Camden sBritannia^ as appears by a note on the Itine-rary f, and no stranger to this anecdote at thetime of writing his epistle to the Cottoneers, t Vol, ii. p. 415. 88 where it is indirectly made the subject of hismuse. See note on Bradford, p. 94-. Another equally facetious traveller, BishopCorbet, in the Iter Boreale, also remarked thenumber and variety of sectaries with whichBanbury abounded: * Tlie Puritan, the Anabaptist, Brownist,Like a grand sailet: Tinkers, what a towne ist *. And in <^ a Poem [by Cleveland] in defenceof the decent ornaments of Christ ChurchOxon, occasioned by a Banbury brother, whocalled them idolatries, it is asked I Shall we say I5anl)ury is turned Rome, because we maySee the Holy Lamb and Christopher ? nay, more,The altar stone set at the tavern doore f ? * Poems of Richard Corbel, lale Bishop of Oxford andof Norwich. [By OcUwius Gilchrist, 1807.]p. 202. f Parnassus Biceps^ 8vo. 165G, p. 3,. AddenduxM to p. 89. Queen s College Horn.—Since tlie note p. 89 was print-ed, by the further assistance of my valuable friend theRev. Dr. Bliss a representation is given of this curiousdrinking Horn. The substance of the Horn itself is semitransparcnt,like tortoiseshell. It was presented to the College by thefoundress, Philippa queen of Henry III.; and, accordingto tradition, served to convey a valuable manor in Dor-setshire. It is still used very frequently on gaudies andfestivals, and contains two quarts Winchester measure. It is richly ornamented witli gold. The eagle on thetop of the lid is hollow; while tlie other end, or tip, ter-minates with the head of a leopard, or some other he-raldic animal, curved round (towards the animals right)to the body of tlie Horn, and appears in the act of snarl-ing. On the circular border surrounding the elevatedcentre of the cover, on which the bird stands, the legendtoaflC^i occurs thrice; also re
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