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With regard to the "Padoreen" mare, referred to by Goldsmith, I beg to say that I have been long interested and puzzled by the matter; but I think I have at length reached the solution of the difficulty. In the first place the name should be spelt padairin, which in Irish means rosary or prayers, being derived from pater. The word padairin is still used in many places with the above meaning; and I know a field called Acha-Phadairin, or the field of the prayers or rosary, in the co. Roscommon. That Goldsmith loved horses, in spite of his severe and well-merited sarcasm, is proved by his remarks on the subject in his 'Animated Nature': "Animals of the horse-kind deserve a place next to man in a history of nature. Their activity, their strength, their usefulness, and their beauty, all contribute to render them the principal objects of our curiosity and care......A race of creatures we are interested in next to our own." the former by William Pick, in his 'Turf Register,' published at York in 1803. Yet in the advertisement to Pick's 'Book' he appeals for information to the noblemen and gentlemen of Ireland, or their grooms, with regard to many famous horses and mares, winding up with the "Podereen Mare." I cannot say whether he obtained the information or not, as I have only the first volume. Goldsmith has a second reference to the "Padoreen Mare" which has been overlooked by your correspondent; to which, however, Prior drew attention in his 'Life.' It occurs in Letter V., 'Citizen of the World ': "Dublin.-We hear that there is a benevolent subscription on foot among the nobility and gentry of the kingdom, who are great patrons of merit, in order to assist Black and all Black in his contest with the Padareen mare." Black and all Black, as he was commonly called, is known in the 'Stud Book' as Othello. He was brother of the grey Bustard, by Crab, and was foaled in 1743. He was bred by William Crofts, of Norfolk, and sold to Lord Portmore. He won several plates in England, and then was sold for 500 guineas to Sir Ralph Gore, and taken to Ireland, where he won in 1750 the 100 guineas given by the Society of Sportsmen at the Curragh, beating, amongst others, Lord Antrim's Bustard. At the Heath, near Maryborough, he also won 50 guineas. In April, 1751, he ran at Newmarket; and in September of the same year at the Curragh in a match for 1,000 guineas, over four miles, beating Bajazet, by the Godolphin Arabian, belonging to Lord March, A.D.C. to the Lord LieutenantOthello carrying 10 st., and Bajazet 10 st. 7 lb. This was one of the greatest matches ever run in Ireland; and it was said that Sir Ralph Gore had over 10,000l. bet on the event. The race was witnessed by "the greatest concourse of people ever seen on the great plain of Kildare." match is represented in a map of Kildare of that period; and Goldsmith probably had it in his mind in referring to Black and all Black. The Sir Ralph Gore had distinguished himself at the battle of Laffeldt, 1747, and at the head of his regiment received the thanks of the Duke of Cumberland, the "Bloody Duke," of Culloden and Fontenoy fame, famous, too, as the breeder of Eclipse. He afterwards represented the co. Donegal in Parliament, and in 1764 was raised to the peerage as Baron Gore; created Viscount Belleisle in 1768, and in 1771 Earl of Ross. He died in 1802. He was the subject of a ballad, popular in London at the beginning of this century, telling of another famous match, also run on the plains of Kildare, when the famous Skewball, by the Godolphin Arabian, belonging to Squire Merwin, or Mervin, "the Pearl of Irish Sportsmen" as he is called, "beat Miss Sportley, and broke Sir Ralph Gore." The song is said to have been written and sung Irish Lass won again at the Curragh in September, on the occasion by the Squire's chaplain : And when that they came unto the ending post, Wicked Jemmy, he call'd for a bumper and toast; Here's a health to all sportsmen, and to the grey mare, That lost all her cash on the plains of Kildare. Miss Sportley, got by Victorious, won severa several plates at the Curragh, beating, amongst others Bustard, brother of Black and all Black. But to return to the "Padoreen Mare," her name is not mentioned in any turf list that I can find, nor in the Stud Book'; it must have been a sobriquet bestowed on her for some reason. The key to the mystery is, I think, supplied in a foot-note at p. 418 of O'Callaghan's History of the Irish Brigades in the service of France': "Early in this century [he says], my father, residing at No. 38 (now No. 39), Upper Gloucester Street, Dublin, where I was born, had for his neighbours two worthy old ladies, the Misses Archbold. They were of the respectable Catholic family in the county of Kildare, whose head, in the Penal Code times, owned the Paudreen Mare, so famous upon the Curragh; but which he was obliged to run there in the name of an honourable Protestant friend, lest, as the law then stood, the valuable animal, if acknowledged to be a Papist's, might, by some scoundrel, calling himself a Protestant, be made his property for 51. 58. By the Misses Archbold, who were cousins-german to Lady Palmer, my mother was introduced to that once dangerous Papist,' then extremely advanced in life, and subsequently visited by her." The "dangerous Papist" referred to was the beautiful Miss Ambrose, who, on being presented to the Viceroy, Lord Chesterfield, in 1745, is said to have elicited the complimentary and witty stanza: Thou little Tory, where 's the jest, Of wearing orange in thy breast. As I have said the "Padoreen Mare" is not mentioned by name in any turf list that I can find; but on reference to Pick's 'Register,' and to the Dublin papers of the time, I find that Mr. Archbald's, or Archbold's, Irish Lass won a Royal Plate at the Curragh, in September, 1745. This was the year in which Lord Chesterfield became Irish Viceroy, and in which Miss Ambrose, cousin or niece of Mr. Archbold, was presented at the Castle, when, for a time, thanks to Lord Chesterfield's wise and firm policy, Catholics were protected and tolerated. It was the year, too, of the Scotch rebellion for Prince Charlie and of Fontenoy, in both of which Irishmen bore so conspicuous a part. It may be a stretch of the imagination to suppose that Miss Ambrose wore on that remarkable occassion the device of the chaplet or rosary usually worn by the "Ladies of the Cross," an order of Catholic ladies established in 1668 by the Empress Eleonora de Gonzagua, wife of the Emperor Leopold I. Be that as it may, Mr. Archbold's 1748; having, in April, 1747, won the first heat, and dead-heated for the third, the race being afterwards given to another horse. In the articles for Kilcoole Races, in May, 1748, "the Grey Mare, now called Mr. Archbold's mare, and winners at the April Meeting at the Curragh " were excluded. She seems to have been subsequently sold, as on Friday, 7 April, 1749, Charles O'Neill's Irish Lass won a plate at the Curragh. She is said to have won several other races. I do not know if Mr. Mahon's Irish Lass be the same; she is mentioned as having run at Wicklow in June, 1753, and been beaten. The race was for aged horses. I can find no further reference to her, nor any proof that she ever actually ran against Black and all Black, as suggested by Goldsmith. MICHAEL F. Cox, M.D., M.R.I.A. 45, St. Stephen's Green, E., Dublin, ENGLISH TRANSLATIONS OF DANTE. (See 5th S. viii. 365, 417.) what a number of English renderings of the worldSome of your readers may be interested to find poet's Divina Commedia' have been published during the last nineteen years, since MR. BOUCHIER gave a list in 'N. & Q.,' 10 Nov., 1877, of twentyfive versions, either of the whole or of a portion of the poem. First in the field is C. Rogers, 'Inferno' only, in 1782, soon followed by H. Boyd, the whole poem, in 1785. There have been repeated demands for new editions of Cary's translation; Longfellow's is for the general in Morley's "Universal Library"; Wright's has gone through several editions, as may some others. The last date in the list is T. W. Parsons, 'Inferno,' with nine cantos of the 'Purgatorio,' 1876. Since that time fifteen other English translations have been added to the British Museum. I have, therefore, made a supplementary list, after the same chronological manner, with before each in triple rhyme. *C. Tomlinson. A Vision of Hell. Inferno only. 1877. *A. Forman and H. B. Forman. The Metre of Dante's Comedy discussed and exemplified in Four Cantor. Privately printed. 1878. with Italian text; Inferno, 1892. *Warburton Pike, Inferno only. 1881. W. S. Dugdale. Purgatorio only, prose, with Italian text of Brunone Bianchi (Bobn's Collegiate Series). 1883. *J. R. Sibbald. The whole poem. 1884. *J. R. Minchin. The whole. 1885. *Dean Plumptre. The whole, with notes, essays, &^. 1886. 1887. *F. K. Haselfoot. The whole. based on the Commentary of Benvenuto da Imola, 1889, 8th 8. IX. JUNE 13, '96.] NOTES AND QUERIES. C. L. Shadwell. A literal verse translation of twentyseven cantos of the Purgatorio, with Italian text. 1892. G. Musgrave. Inferno, nine-line Spenserian stanzas. 1893. Sir Edward Sullivan, Bart. Inferno, prose. 1893. Beside these fifteen, yet another appears in the "Publications of this week": C. Potter. Cantos from the Divine Comedy, translated into English verse. About half the English versions before 1877 only gave the dread 'Inferno'; but the study of the whole poem has so gained ground that only There are four of my list of fifteen end there. also several translations of 'La Vita Nuova,' and more than one of the 'Convito.' Readers who, having only a slight acquaintance with Italian, prefer it in translation, may find Longfellow's very helpful towards a better understanding of La Divina Commedia.' In some single lines it gives as near as may be both the sound and the sense of the original. One line comes to mind of Dante's description of the river of shining light which he saw: Luce intellettual piena d'amore. THE LEAKE FAMILY. (See 8th S. ix. 323.) A copy of the will of Stephen Martin Leake has recently come into my possession; and as I venture to think it will prove a valuable addition to my previous notes, I transcribe it as follows: Bequeath to my dearly beloved wife Anne; together 5, Capel Terrace, Southend-on-Sea JOHN T. PAGE. Has stroked my drooping lids, and promises Night ix. 1. 2176. Somne, quies rerum, placidissime, Somne, Deorum, When the cock crew...... ......with clarion shrill. To all and singular to whom these presents shall come I Stephen Martin Leake Esq Garter Principal King of Arms do make this my last Will and Testament as follows My Soul I resign into the Hands of my Creator trusting in his infinite Goodness and Mercy through Christ my Inanimate Body, to its Mother Earth, which I would have Buried in Woollen and privately Interred in my Chancel at Thorp in Essex without any Escocheons or other Painting work except a Hatchment to be put up in the said Chancel; but no Hatchment upon my Dwelling House, nor Rings to any Person whatsoever. As to my Estate at Thorp in the County of Essex and my Dwelling House and Premises at Mile End in the County of Middlesex, which are settled upon my Wife and the Issue of our Marriage; It is my desire that the same be punctually complied with. Item I give and bequeath to my Eldest Son Stephen, my large gilt Cup, Cover and Salver; my Gold Sword given me by Prince Ferdinand of Brunswick, my Sapphire Ring and best Seal together with a Legacy of One hundred Pounds; Also such Books as shall have his Christian name wrote against them in the Catalogue. Item I give and Bequeath to my Son John, Chester Herald my King of Arms Coats and Mantles of the Garter my guilt [sic] Crown and Collar of SS. my Office Seal as also my Gold Badge, Dryden expresses himself differently from Chaucer. Chain and Scepter of the Office of Garter Also my Gold Sword given me by the Duke of Mecklenburgh Strelitz, and such Books as shall have his Christian Name wrote against them in the Catalogue. Item all other my Books, Household Goods ffurniture Linnen Wearing Apparel Jewels, Plate China and Pictures I Give and The crested cock, whose clarion sounds 'Paradise Lost,' bk. vii. And write whatever Time shall bring to pass In Passion's flame But oh! it hardens all within, And petrifies all feeling. Burns. Pride, like hooded hawks, in darkness soars, From blindness bold, and towering to the skies. Night vi. I. 324. "There is also great use of ambitious men in being screens to princes in matters of danger and envy; for no men will take that part except he be like a seeled dove, that mounts and mounts because he cannot see about him."-Bacon, in his Essay on Ambition.' Man's revenge, And endless inhumanities on man. Man's inhumanity to man. Night viii. 1. 104. Beyond the flaming limits of the world. Night ix. 1. 2416. Extra flammantia moenia mundi, KINGSLEY'S HYPATIA.'-In chapter xxx., of The authority for the story is the Life of St. COCK.-This name occurs very frequently as applying to early Jews both in Latin and Hebrew documents. It is used as a fore-name, or as an PARISH CONSTABLES' STAVES. "The Home Secretary, Sir Matthew White Ridley, has just secured from Northampton, writes a correspondent, two relics of the past that are peculiarly associated with that Department of the State of which he is Minister. These are two staves, at once the badges and instruments of office of the village constables of long ago, when men's lives were considered of less account than they are now. The staff of those days, probably two hundred years ago, was a formidable, not to say bloodthirsty, instrument of offence. I have been able to obtain one of the same sort. Mine was formerly the property of the parish constable of Brington. It consists of two parts-a truncheon or handle, lathe turned, ten inches long, and a sphere, three inches in its longest and two and a quarter in its shortest diameter. Both handle and ball are of boxwood. They are united by a strong double thong of into both handle and ball. The ball has two inches of white leather, fastened by iron pegs into apertures bored play on the leather, so that from end to end the instru ment is fifteen inches long. As the ball hangs loosely about the straight handle, some degree of force is required tion the weapon is capable of is something dreadful. A to bring it into action; but when this is done, the execu moderate blow cannot be struck by it; with very little exertion on the part of the holder, a man's head, leg, or powerful weapon was required in the good old times." arm would be very easily broken. No doubt some such His Honour Judge Snagge was attracted not long ago by Marefair, Northampton, and, purchasing one, he took it a row of five of these staves in the window of Mr. Morrell, with him to London. Sir Matthew White Ridley, who heard of it, was intensely interested, and sent down to Northampton for two of the others. One of the two purchased for him had the ball curiously fashioned like Wyken, near Coventry. The fourth, from Brington, I a man's head. That formerly belonged to the parish of have procured, and there is only one other left. I underMercury, 17 April. stand that these staves are very rare."-Northampton JOHN T. PAGE. 5. Capel Terrace, Southend-on-Sea. TWELFTH NIGHT IN WALES IN OLDEN DAYS.The following cutting from a local paper is worthy of a quiet nook in ‹ Ñ. & Q.':— "Archdeacon Howell, writing in the Cyfaill Eglwysig days, says: Much importance was attached to the on Welsh customs in the Vale of Glamorgan in olden Twelfth Night in ancient times. I remember it was the |