QUERIES PROPOSED, NO. I.

The non-appearance of my name as a querist has been rather fortuitous, and it shall now be made evident that I am neither so rich in materials, nor so proud in spirit, as to decline such assistance as may be derived from the information and courtesy of other contributors to the "Notes and Queries." 1. Did the following critical remarks on Shakspere, by Edward Phillips, appear *verbatim* in the *Thesaurus* of J. Buchlerus, 1669? The Bodleian library has the London edition of 1636; and the British Museum that of 1652. Wood cites an edition of 1669. I transcribe from that of 1679. "Hoc seculo [sc…