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who can effectually defend, can as surely destroy; and the military spirit is not of the neutral kind, but of a most active nature. The army that defended this country against Charles the First, subdued, in truth conquered it, under Cromwell.

Our measure of, distress and disgrace is now not only full, but running over. If we have any public spirit, we must feel our private ills the less by the comparison. I know that, whenever I am called off from my station here, I shall, as Cicero says of the death of Crassus, consider it as mors donata, non vita erepta. Till when I shall be, with truth,

Your faithful

humble servant,

CHESTERFIELD

ART. XV. GERVASE MARKHAM.

His Cavalarice (CENSURA, Vol. II. p. 224, note) was printed in 1617, in 4to. under the title of " Cava larice, or the English Horseman; contayning all the art of Horsemanship, as much as is necessary for any man to understand, whether hee be horse-breeder, horse-ryder, horse-hunter, horse-runner, horse-ambler, horse-farrier, horse-keeper, coachman, smith or sadler. Together, with the discovery of the subtil trade or mystery of horse-coursers, and an explanation of the `excellency of a horse's understanding: or how to teach them to do trickes like Bankes his Curtall: and that horses may be made to draw dry-foot like a hound. Secrets before unpublished, and now carefully set downe for the profit of this whole nation;

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newly imprinted, corrected and augmented, with many worthy secrets not before knowne. By Gervase Markham.

In eight books, separately paged, and with frontis pieces, to each of which is subjoined, London, Printed by Edw. Alde for Edward White, and are to be sold at his shop neere the little north doore of St. Paules Church, at the sign of the Gun. 1617.*

The 1st book is dedicated to Charles, Prince of Wales; the 2d book, in the following Sonnet," To the High and mightie Prince of Great Brittaine,"

“When, with seuearer iudgement, I beholde
The customary habits of our Nation,

Nothing I finde so strong or vncontrold,
As is of great mens Actes the Immitation.

Whence comes it, that to immitate your praise,

Our lesser great ones, (which would else neglect
The noblest Acte of vertue) now do raise

Their spirits up, to loue what you respect:

O may you euer liue, to teach them thus

Those noble Actes, which gets the noble name;
And may the grace, you doe the Arte and vs,
Liue to out-liue Time, Memorie, and Fame;

That many ages hence the world may say,
You gaue this Arte the life shall ne're decay!

GERVASE MARKHAM.

The 3d book is dedicated to Lewis, Duke of Lennox; the 4th, to Tho. Howard, Earle of Arundell and Surrey; the 5th, to Edw. Earle of Worcester;

The 2d and 3d Books are dated 1616.

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the 6th, to Phil. Herbert, Earle of Mountgomerie; the 7th, to John Ramsey, Viscount Haddington; and the last to the honourable and most worthy Knight Sir Walter Aston. It is impossible to epitomize so multifarious a performance.

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On the 27th of November, 1616, Markham was censured by the Star Chamber, and fined in the sum of 500l. for sending a Challenge to Lord Darcy.* folio MS. in the possession of the present Correspondent, contains the proceedings and speeches at full length; from which it appears that the case excited unusual interest; and was deemed of high importance by the Lords of the Star Chamber, as no fewer than the following delivered their opinions on it: the King's Attorney, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Chief Justice, Secretary Winwood, Vice Chamberlain, Bishop of Ely, Bishop of London, Master of the Wards, Lord Arundell, Lord Treasurer, Archbishop of Canterbury, and the Lord Chancellor.

The quarrel between Markham and Lord Darcy arose from his Lordship's dog "Bowser" having been "in danger to be trodden on" by Markham, on a hunting party at Sir Gervase Clifton's!-Well may we exclaim

"What mighty contests rise from trivial things!"

Birmingham, May 24, 1806.

WILLIAM HAMPER.

See a curious anecdote of an encounter between a Gervase Markham and Sir John Holles, in 1597, in Theatr. Poet. Angl. 279-280, copied from Collins's Noble Families, p. 84, 85. Editor.

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ART. XVI. England's Teares for the present Wurs, which for the nature of the Quarrell, the quality of Strength, the diversity of Battailes, Skirmiges, Encounters, and Sieges (happened in so short a compasse of time) cannot be parallell'd by any precedent Age. Underneath is the King's Arms, and this motto:

Hei mihi, quam misere rugit Leo, Lilia languent!

Heu, Lyra, quam mæstos pulsat Hiberna sonos! Printed at London, according to Order, by Richard Heron, 1644. 4to. pp. 18.

James Howell is the author of this singular tract: which is adorned with an exceedingly fine etching, as frontispiece, by "Melan et Bosse," representing a cavalier reclining in a pensive manner against an ancient oak, whereon is inscribed Robur Britannicum: and at his feet a scroll with Heic tutus obumbror. Symbol Auth.

England bewails the miseries of War in language like the following; "Oh! that my head did flow with waters; Oh that my eyes were limbecks through which might distill drops and essences of bloud! Oh that I could melt away and dissolve all into teares more brackish than those seas that surround me!" &c. &c. Part of an apostrophe to Peace is poetically expressed. "Sweet Peace, most benigne and amiable goddesse, how comes it to passe that thou hast so

* James Howell died 1666. He was author of more than forty publi cations, which is mentioned by Payne Fisher, who edited this author's Poems, Lond. 1664, Svo. His Familiar Letters still retain their reputation. He must not be confounded with William Howell, LL.D. Fellow of Magd. Coli. Camb. and author of "The History of the World." Lond. 1680, 1685, of which I think Gibbon speaks well. Editor.

VOL. III.

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abandoned earth, and taking thy flight to heaven, as once Astræa did, dost reject the sighs and sacrifices of poore mortals?-Gentle peace, thou which goest always attended on by plenty and pleasure, thou which fillest the husbandman's barnes, the grasier's folds, the tradesman's shop, the vintner's cellars, the lawyer's desk, the merchant's magazines, the Prince's tresury, how comes it to passe that thou hast given up thy throne to Bellona, that all-destroying Fury?-Behold how my plundered yeoman wants hinds and horse to plow up my fertile soyle; the poore labourer who useth to mingle the morning dew with his anheled sweat, shakes at his worke for fear of pressing; the tradesman shuts up his shop, and keeps more holydaies than willingly hee would; the merchant walks to the exchange onely to learne newes, not to negotiate.

-O consider my case, most blissful Queene, descend, descend againe in thy ivory chariot; resume thy throne, crowne thy temples with thy wonted laurell and olive, bar up Janus gates, and make new Halcionian dayes to shine in this hemisphere," &c. &c. Birmingham.

W. H.

ART. XVII. Wits Recreations. Selected from the finest Fancies of the Modern Muses. London, Printed by R. H. for Humphry Blunden at the Castle in Corn-hill, 1640. Sm. 8vo. not paged.

This volume has also an engraved frontispiece by Marshall; with the same title and these additional words, "With a thousand outlandish proverbs."

It consists of 504 short poems, or epigrams; and 126 epitaphs. A specimen or two will be enough.

No. 167.

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