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the fixteenth century, but his verfes do not rife above mediocrity; they may be found appended to his Guerre des Mâles contre les Femelles, a work in three dialogues, which was printed in Paris, in 1588-mingled, under the title Melanges Poétiques, with verfes taken from Ronfard, Amadis Jamin, and Mefdames des Roches.

The work which, in 1587, appeared as a companion to the Neuf Matinées, entitled Apres-difnées, was reprinted in 1611, with the following title: Les Apres-difnées

de Carnaval.

1. Du veiller et du dormir.-S'il faut dormir l'Apres-difnée.

The Apres-difnées is like its predeceffor -the fame mixture of learning applied to 2. Du Mariage.-S'il vaux mieux n'eftre curious fubjects, and Rabelaifian wit. Cho- marié que l'estre.

lières had certainly read Rabelais a great 13 De la Puiffance Maritale.-A Sçadeal, and borrowed from him that gayety voir, fi le mary peut battre et chaier fa which was fo neceffary to France, defolated

as fhe then was by civil war, and the hatred of the parties arrayed against each other.

The following lift of the contents of the Neuf Matinées and the Apres-difnées will fhow the questions difcuffed in thefe curious volumes:

Femme.

4. De l'Arbre de Vie.

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5. Du Caquet des Femmes.
6. Des Barbes.

7. Des Vieillards et des Jeunes Enfans.
S'ils peuvent engendrer.

8. Des Pronostics et Predictions Aftrologiques.

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9. Des Lunatiques.

In the firft, after the prefatory congratulatory poems, the author's advertisement New editions, limited to one hundred to the reader, and a letter from the Sieur copies, of the Neuf Matinées and ApresFelicien Valentin to the author, comes the difnées, were published in 1863, in Paris, MATINEE 1. De l'Or et du Fer-Le- in 12m0, quel des deux nous est le plus dommageable ou profitable.

Charles I, and the Marquis of Worcester.

MATINEE 2. Des Loix et de la Médecine. A Sçavoir, fi la Furifprudence eft In the "Conference" which took place à preferer à la Médecine.

MATINEE 3. Des Mains des Advocats.
S'il eft loifible aux Advocats de prendre.
MATINEE 4. Des Chaftrez. I
MATINEE 5. Des Laides et Belles Femmes.
-S'il vaut mieux prendre à Femme une
Laide qu'une Belle

MATINEE 6. De la Faloufie du Mary
et de la Femme.
Ted bus
MATINEE 7. De l'Inegalité de l'Aage des
Mariez.Si un Vieillard doit prendre une

when Charles I. vifited the Marquis of
Worcester, at Ragland Castle, with his
court, there is the following curious anéc-
dote respecting the poet Gower, which
fhows that the sphere of a poet's influence
is far wider
er than that of his own age:

His

The marquis was a fhrewd though whimfical man, and a favorite of the king for his franknefs and his love of the arts. lordship entertained the royal guest with extraordinary magnificence. Among the

rare curiofities was a fumptuous copy of is not at all weakened, although more than Gower's Confeffio Amantis. a hundred years" have paffed away fince Charles I. ufually vifited the marquis its production: after dinner. Once he found his lordship with the book of John Gower lying open, which the king faid he had never before feen. "Oh!" exclaimed the marquis, “it is a book of books! and if your majesty had been well verfed fed in it, it would have made you a king of kings."

"Why fo, my lord ?"

Why, here is fet down how Aristotle brought up and inftructed Alexander the Great in all the rudiments and principles belonging to a prince." And, under the perfons of Ariftotle and Alexander, the marquis read the king fuch a leffon, that all the standers-by were amazed at his boldnefs. The king asked whether he had his leffon by heart, or spake out of the book.

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"Sir, if you would read my heart, it may be that you might find it there; or if your majefty pleased to get it by heart, I will lend you my book." The king ac cepted the offer.

Some of the new-made lords fretted and bit their thumbs at certain paffages in the marquis's difcourfe; and fome protested that no man was fo much for the abfolute power of a king as Ariftotle. The marquis told the king that he would indeed fhow him one remarkable paffage to that purpofe, and, turning to the place, read

"A king can kill, a king can fave;
A king can make a lord a knave;
And of a knave, a lord alfo."

On this feveral new-made lords flank out
of the room, which the king obferving told
the marquis, “My lord, at this rate you
will drive away all my nobility."

Specimen of a Modern Glossary. THE following clever piece of fatire is taken from abroadfide, printed about the middle of the last century. Its application

ANGEL. The name of a woman, commonly of a
AUTHOR.-A laughing-flock. It means likewife a
very bad one.
poor fellow; and in general an object of con-
tempt.

BEAR. A country gentleman; or, indeed, any ani-
mal upon two legs that doth not make a handfome

bow.

FINE. An adjective of a very peculiar kind, de

fenfe

froying, or at least leffening the force of the 1 fubftantive to which it is joined, as fine gentleman, fine lady, fine houfe, fine cloaths, fine taste! -in all which, fine is to be underflood in a fomewhat fynonymous with useless. FOOL-A complex idea, compounded of poverty, GALLANTRY.-Fornication and adultery. honesty, piety, and fimplicity, GREAT.-Applied to a thing, fignifies bigness; when to a man, often littleness or meanness. HAPPINESS. Grandeur. HONOUR.-Duelling.

HUMOUR.-Scandalous lies, tumbling and dancing on a rope.

JUDGE.-An old woman.

KNOWLEDGE. In general means knowledge of the
KNAVE. The name of four cards in every pack.

town.

deavouring to cheat each other, and both are in the following manner: During a period

commonly lofers in the end. MODESTY. Awkwardness, rufticity. NOBODY.-All the people in Great Britain, except

about twelve hundred.

WIT-Prophaneness, immorality, fcurrility, mim

when war prevailed on the Continent, fo many falfe reports and lying bulletins were fabricated at Hamburgh, that at length, when any one would fignify his disbelief of a statement, he would fay, "You had that from Hamburgh." And thus, "That is Hamburgh," or Humbug, became a common expreffion of incredulity.

A KNOWLEDGE OF BOOKS. Swift says: "Some know books as they do lords; learn their titles exactly, and then brag of their acquaintance."

LINES ON A PRINTING-OFFICE.

ickry, buffoonery; abuse of all good men, and The world's, a printing-houfe; our words, our

Our deeds are characters of fev'ral fizes:
Each foul is a compof'tor; of whofe faults

The Levites are correctors; Heav'n revises: Death is the common prefs; from whence being driv'n,

We're gather'd sheet by sheet, and bound for
Heav'n.

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reprint of The Paradise of Bayntie Devises.

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Index.

ACIDALIUS (VALENS), Notice of his "Paradoxes fur. "Bibliographical Curiofities," 253.

"Adagia" of Erafmus, Bibliographical Notice of, Bibliographical Notes from the Portfolio of a Bib-

Apologie pour Hérodote" (Henri Estienne), 193. Boyd's (Rev. Zachary) Poem "Jonah," 162.
Arcefilas of Eolia, 233.

Cardan (Jerome), Praife of the Gout," 229,
Bedoyere, le Comte H. de la, Notice of his Li- Carpentarii (Iren.), "Eruditorum Calibum," etc.,

Comitibus (Mark Ant. de), his Hatred of Women, Ferriar (John), "The Bibliomania,” 139, 162.
234.

Cotton des Houffayes (Abbé), "Of the Duties and "First Latin Book that was ever written in this
Qualifications of a Librarian," 51.
Curious Modes of Expreffion, 160.
Curious Story of Synefius, 16.

"Gout, Praise of," by Bilibaldus Pirkheimer, 229.
Jerome Cardan, 229.
Grave and Gay Poftfcripts to Ancient MSS., 179.
In-Gregory (St.), Letter to Satan, 16.