^{page 209 note [a]} Joshua, chap. xxiv. ver. 24, 26, 27.

^{page 209 note [b]} Borlace's Cornwall, p. 161.

^{page 210 note [c]} Kings, ch. xvii. v. 10.

^{page 211 note [d]} Leviticus, ch. xxvi. v. I.

^{page 211 note [e]} Martin's Hilt, of the Western Isles, p. 88.

^{page 211 note [f]} Genesis, ch. xxxi. v. 45.

^{page 211 note [g]} Sir George Stauntøn observes that he doth not find any traces of this worship amongst the Chinese. V. Embassy to China, p.

^{page 212 note [h]} Jack of Hilton is a little hollow image of brass about twelve inches high, kneeling upon his left knee, and holding his right hand on his head, and his left hand upon pego or his veretrum erected, having a little hole in the place of the mouth about the bigness of a great pin's head, and another in the back, about two thirds of an inch diameter, at which last hole it is filled with water, it holding about four pints and a quarter, which when let to a strong fire evaporates in the same manner as in an Æolipile, and vents itself at the smaller hole at the mouth in a constant blast, blowing the fire so strongly that it is very audible, and makes a sensible impression on that part of the fire where the blast lights, as I found by experience, May 26, 1680.” See the account given of the whimsical services done by the lord of Essington to the lord of Eilton, as given by Dr. Plot in his History of Staffordshire, p. 433, where the functions of this Jack of Hilton are related. See a figure of the image in Plate XXXIII, at t. 404. A Similar image found in digging the bason of the canal at Basingstoke was iately presented to the Society of Antiquaries by Mr. Edmund Fry.

^{page 213 note [k]} Sixtus V. Pont. Max.

Cruci invictae

Obeliscum Vaticanum

ab impura Superstitione

expiatum, justius

et felicius consecravit

Anno 1586. Pontis. 1.

^{page 213 note [l]} Sixtus V. Pont. Max.

Obeliscmn Vaticanum

Diis Gentium

implo cultu dicatum

Ad Apostolorum limina

operoso labore transtulit

Anno 1586.

^{page 213 note [m]} See Lumisden's Antiquities of Rome, London, 1797, 4to. p. 387, 387, et alibi.

^{page 214 note [n]} Vide Dugdale's War, p. 72.

^{page 214 note [o]} Hutchinson's Cumberland, Vol. I. p. 43.

^{page 214 note [p]} See Dissertations upon this Stone by Governour Pownall, and Mr. Pegge, in the Archaeologia, Vol. III, p. 96, and Vol. V. p. 101.

^{page 215 note [q]} Camden's Britannia, Vol. II. P. 1236.

^{page 216 note [r]} See an account of those erected by king Edward the Ist for his queen Eleanor in the Monumenta Vetusta, published by this Society, Vol. III. Plates XII. to XVII. inclusive.

^{page 216 note [s]} History of Cornwall, Chap. XII. p. 391.

^{page 217 note [t]} See PL XVII. fig. 2.

^{page 217 note [u]} See PI. XVII. fig. 3.

^{page 217 note [x]} See PI. XVIII. fig. 1, 2.

^{page 217 note [y]} See PI. XVIII. fig. 3, 4..

^{page 218 note [z]} There is a miraculous relation concerning this famous cross in Richard Hay's Defence of Elizabeth More, wife of Robert the IInd king of Scotland. Edinburgh, no. 1723, p. 124. See also sir D. Dalrymple's Annals of Scotland, sub anno 1346.

^{page 219 note [a]} The original is now preserved in the Library of this Society.

^{page 221 note [b]} P. 22. The original is in my library; every page is signed by lord treasurer Burghley; sir Ralph Sadler, chancellor of the duchy of Lancaster, and sir Walter Mildmay, chancellor of the exchequer; and contains an account of all the queen's jewels, plate, &c. in the custody of John Astely, Esq. master and treasurer of her majesty's jewels and plate.

^{page 222 note [c]} See a Work on the Moveable Feasts, Fasts, and other Annual Observances of the Catholic Church, by the late Rev. Alban Butler, President of the English College at St. Omer's, wherein much reading is displayed on this subject. London, 1774, 8vo p. 372.