_Ecclesiastical Geography_ (Vol. iv., p. 276.).--AJAX, who asks the name of some work on this subject, may perhaps find his wants supplied in _Geographia Ecclesiastica, &c._, "Auberto Miraeo auctore."
_Llandudno, on the Great Orme's Head_ (Vol. v., pp. 175. 235.).--MR. WM. DURRANT COOPER, in "N. & Q.," has quite mistaken the subject of my inquiry. I am well aware of the cavern, or old copper mine, supposed to have been worked by the Romans; but the place I inquire about is of a different description, in every respect, and is only six feet across, and eight or ten feet high, and fitted up as a place of worship, with a font, altar, seats, &c. I hope some one who has seen it will be able yet to throw some light on the subject.
"_Wise above that which is written_" (Vol. v., pp. 228. 260.).--Professor Scholefield, in his valuable _Hints for an improved Translation of the New Testament_ (p. 64. 3rd edit.), renders the words [Greek: to mê hyper ho gegraptai phronein] (1 Cor. iv. 6.), "not to be wise above that which is written," and supports this rendering by clear and (to my mind) satisfactory argument.
_Nightingale and Thorn_ (Vol. iv., pp. 175. 242.; Vol. v., p. 39.).--The origin of this fancy has not yet been reached. The earliest mention of it that I have met with is by Gascoigne:
"And thus I sing with pricke against my brest, Like Philomene...."--_Steele Glas_, v. 145.
... "Haply the gentle nightingale Shall carol us asleep ere we be ware, And, singing with the prickle at her breast, Tell our delight."
"O for a pricke now like a nightingale, To put my breast against."--_Act III. Sc. 4._
_Friday at Sea_ (Vol. v., p. 200.).--H. M. S. "Wellesley," bearing the flag of the Earl of Dundonald, on leaving Plymouth for the West Indies, got under way on _Friday_ the 24th of March, 1848; and, after she had got outside the breakwater, she was recalled by the Port-admiral, and did not leave again until the next day: it was to take in the mail-bags, but the firm belief of the men was, that the gallant admiral purposely left something behind to avoid going to sea on such an unlucky day as Friday.
I heard it stated the other day, in conversation, that the ill-fated Amazon commenced her voyage on a Friday. Can any of your readers say with certainty if this was the fact?