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1 Robert Waring, the son of Edward Waring, of Lea in Staffordshire, and of Oldbury in Shropshire, was born in Staffordshire, in 1613, was elected into Christ Church, Oxford, from Westminster School, and took the degree of Master of Arts. In 1647 he was chosen proctor and historical professor: but, following the loyal example of his companions in taking up arms for the king, he was ejected by the Parliamentary visitors. He then travelled into France with Sir William Whitmore, "a great patron of distressed cavaliers," but returning to England, he contracted an inveterate disorder which terminated his existence in 1658.-GILCHRIST.

William Bew was born at Hagborne in

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Berkshire, and after being educated at Winchester School, removed to New College, Oxford, of which he became fellow in 1637, and where he took his degree as Master of Arts in 1644. When his rebellious subjects took up arms against the king, Bew joined the soldiers of his sovereign, and had a majority of horse. Being chosen proctor for 1648, he was set aside by the Farliamentary visitors, and, being ejected from his fellowship by the same authority, he quitted England and served the Swedes in their war against the Poles. Hitherto arms appear to have been his profession,-but more peaceable times arriving, with the return of Charles II., Bew returned, and being restored to his fellow

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BEN. JONSON.

Quòd martes Epico tonat cothurno,
Sive aptat Elegis leves amores,
Seu sales Epigrammatum jocosos
Promit, seu numerosiora plectro
Jungit verba, sibi secundat orsa
Cyrrhæus, nec Hyantiæ sorores
Ulli dexterius favent poetæ,
Hoc cum Mæonide sibi et Marone,
Et cum Callimacho, et simul Tibullo
Commune est, aliisque cum trecentis :
Sed quòd Anglia quotquot eruditos
Fæcundo ediderit sinu poetas
Acceptos referat sibi, sua omnes
Hos industria finxerit, labosque
JONSONI, hoc proprium est suumque totum,
Qui Poëmata fecit et Poetas.
R. BRIDEOAKE.'

Ιωνσωνῳ ποτε φύντι παρεστη ποτνια Μούσα,
Και Βρόμιος, και Έρως, και Χαριτων θιασος,
Ενϊος αρτιτοκον λαβε νεβρίδι, σπαιρξε τε κισσῷ,
Λουσας και ποτισας νεκταρ τῷ βοτρυος.
Κυσσαν δι' αἱ Χαριτες, και αειθαλεεσσι ῥοδοῖσιν
Εστεφον, ηδ' ἱεροῖς βακχαριδος πεταλοις.
Κεστον τυτθος έρως, σύλησας μητερα δώκεν,
Αγνον θελξινοῳ φιλτρον αοιδοπολῳ
Τοῖς δ' επι Μῶσα σοφῳ ψιθυρισματι παιδ'
Χρύσειας πτερυγας λικνού ὑπερσχομενη
Χαῖρε θεῶν κηρυξ, γαιης μεγα χαρμα Βρεταννῆς.
Χαίρ' ελπις Σκηνῶν τῶν ετι γυμνοπόδων
Αis συ χορηγησων ειτ' εμβαδώς, είτε κοθόρνους,
Ελλάδα και Ρωμην ες φθονον οιστρελάσεις
Γαυριοων θριγκοῖσι νεοδμητοιο Θεάτρου,

εμνησε,

Ικρι' αμειψαμενου μαρμαρεῶν ψαλιδων. Η και ἀπιπταμενη, βρεφεος παλάμησιν ενῆκε Πλινθον, ἀρειότερης συμβολον οικοδομής.

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TO HIS MUCH AND WORTHILY-ESTEEMED FRIEND, THE AUTHOR OF "CINTHIA'S REVENGE."

Written

[These lines are prefixed to Cinthia's Revenge: or Menander's Extasie. by John Stephens, Gent., London. 1613. Mr. W. C. Hazlitt (to whose valuable Hand Book I am indebted for a knowledge of the existence of this and the three following pieces) states his conviction that "although the name of Stephens appears upon the title, internal evidence establishes the authorship of Swallow."-F. C.]

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[From "The New English Canaan. Containing an Abstract of New England in three Books, written upon tenne Yeares Knowledge and Experiment of the Country. [By Thomas Morton.] Amsterdam, 1627. 4to.-F. C.]

I sing the adventures of nine worthy wights,

And pity 'tis I cannot call them knights, Since they had brawn and brain, and were right able

To be installéd of Prince Arthur's table;
Yet all of them were squires of low degree,
As did appear by rules of Heraldry.
The Magi told of a prodigious birth,
That shortly should be found upon the
earth,

By Archimede's art, which they mis

conster

Unto their land would prove a hideous monster.

Seven heads it had, and twice so many feet,

Arguing the body to be wondrous great;
Besides a forked tail, heaved up on high,
As if it threatened battle to the sky.
The Rumour of this fearful prodigy
Did cause the effeminate multitude to cry,
For want of great Alcides' aid, and stood
Like people that have seen Medusa's head:

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Per fas aut nefas they'll erect a throne.

1 To roave, or rove, a term of archery; means here to take a guess.

Clubs are turned trumps: so now the lot is cast

With fire and sword to Hydra's den they haste,

Mars in the ascendant, Sol in Cancer now,

And Lerna Lake to Pluto's Court must bow.

What though they are rebuked by thundering Jove,

'Tis neither gods or men that can re

move

Their minds from making this a dismal day:

These nine will now be actors in this play, And summon Hydra to appear anon Before their witless combination.

But his undaunted spirit, nursed with meat

Such as the Cyclops gave their babes to eat,

Scorned their base accons, for with Cecrops

charm

He knew he could defend himself from

harm

Of Minos, Eacus, and Radamand,

Princes of Limbo, who must out of hand Consult 'bout Hydra what must now be done.

Who having sate in Counsel one by one Return this answer to the Stygian fiends; And first grim Minos spake, Most loving friends,

Hydra prognosticks ruin to our state, And that our kingdom will grow desolate;

But if one head from thence be ta'en away,

The body and the members will decay." "To take in hand," said Eacus, "this task,

Is such as hare-brained Phaeton did ask

Of Phoebus to begird the world about, Which, granted, put the nether lands to

rout.

Presumptuous fools learn wit at too much cost,

For life and labour both at once he lost." Stern Radamantus being last to speak, Made a great hum, and thus did silence break:

"What if with rattling chains or iron bands,

Hydra be bound either by feet or hands,
And after being lashed with smarting rods,
He be conveyed by Styx unto the gods,
To be accused on the upper ground
Of lasa majestatis; this crime found,
"Twill be impossible from thence I trow
Hydra shall come to trouble us below."
This sentence pleased the friends ex-
ceedingly,

That up they tossed their bonnets and did cry,

"Long live our Court in great prosperity!" The Sessions ended, some did straight

devise

Court Revels, antics, and a world of joys; Brave Christmas gambols, therewith open hall

Kept to the full, and sport the Divell and all!

Labours despised, the looms are laid away,
And this proclaimed the Stygian holiday!
In came grim Minos with his motley beard,
And brought a distillation well prepared;
And Eacus, who is as sure as text,
Came in with his preparatives the next.
Then Radamantus, last and principall,
Feasted the Worthies in his sumptuous
hall.

There Charon, Cerberus, and the rout of fiends,

Had lap enough, and so their pastime ends.

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