" (Univ. of Oxford. Parr's _Life
of Usher_, p. 101.)
11. Henry Hammond, _Errorum maleus, &c._. (Lloyd's _Memoires_, p. 401.)
12. Dean Comber, "_falsi Malleus_". (Ib. v. 450.) The reader will at once
recollect "The hammer of the whole earth," in Jeremiah, L. 23. Grotius, in
his note on the "_Malleus_ universae terrae" of that passage, says,--
"Sic vocat Chaldaeos, pari de causa ut ob quam
Francorum quidam dictus est _Martellus_".
Compare George Herbert of Lord Bacon,--"Sophismatum _Mastix ... Securis_
que errorum," &c. &c. (_Poems_, p. 253, ed. 1844.) Nor must we forget
Attila, "the _scourge_ of God."
R.A.
_Charles Martel_ (Vol. i. p. 86.)--The following note may perhaps be
acceptable in conjunction with that of G.J.K. (p. 86.), on Charles Martel.
It is taken from Michelet's _History of France_, an easily accessible work.
"Charlemagne is usually considered as the translation of Carolus
Magnus. 'Challemaines si vaut autant comme grant challes.'
(_Chro. de St. Denis_, 1. i. c. 4.) Charlemagne is merely a
corruption of Carloman, Karlmann, the strong man. In the
above-cited chronicle itself, the words Challes and Challemaines
are used for Charles and Carloman (_maine_, a corruption of
_mann_, as _leine_ of _lana_).
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