fool, with whom my Lord was fain to fend fix of his talleft yeomen to help him to convey him to the Court, for the poor fool took on like a tyrant rather than he would have departed from my Lord, notwithstanding they conveyed him away and so brought him to the Court, where the King received him very gladly.

P. S1. Omitted, an account of a con.. verfation between Mr. Cavendish and Mr. Cromwell, in which the latter expreffes his fear of lofing the money he had been many years of gaining.

P. 82. The Cardinal's fpeech to his fervants is much longer in the MSS than the printed, but does not vary much in fubftance, except that he promifed to recommend them to the King or fome noblemen. That with Mr. Cromwell's affiftance, who gave 51. he extorted from his Chaplain, fome rol. others 20 marks, others 51. he collected enough to give to each of his fervants 10s. and money for a month's board wages. 1 fuppofe this is the fpeech referred to by Fiddes, as mentioned in Strype's Annals, but Fiddes did not know where to find it

The King fent Sir John Ruffell to the Cardinal privately, to affure him of his favour, and comfort him, foon after which part of his plate and houshold goods were reftored to him.

Printed, p. 82. Sir Thomas Ruffel. Both the MSS have it Sir Thomas Rufhe, Knt.

The Duke of Norfolk, fent by the King to the Cardinal, but on what meffage not known, fpeaks favourably to the Cardinal's fervants. The Duke met Mr. Shelly, who afked the Duke to affift him in his meffage to the Cardinal, which the Duke refuted.

'Printed, p. 92. fays he was affigned 1000 marks out of the bifhoprick of Winchester. Birch MS. fays 2000 marks. The printed copy fays, the King fert him 10,000l. for his travelling expences; both the MSS fay only 1000l.

The MSS. contain a circumftantial account of his journey into Yorkfhire, but has nothing in it worth extracting.

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Printed, p. 98. After the account of -the fall of the Archbishop's great crofs on Dr. Bonner's head, the MSS add, If the circumftance be equally weighed and confidered, wherein, as 1 fuppofe, God fhewed him fome more fecret knowledge of his latter days and end of

his troubles, wherein it was thought that he had a further infpiration than all men did know, which appeared right well by divers fpecial communications he had with me, at divers times, of his laft end.

Both the MSS (after the account of the Cardinal being arrefted) mention that he complained that his enemies would not fuffer him to have indifferent juftice, but feck fome finifter means to difpatch him. ́

Again, "I fear me 'they intend to difpatch me, rather than I should come before his prefence."

Printed, p. 110. mentions that the Cardinal had lately borrowed 10,000l. the MSS fay that he lately had 1,500l

The printed copy ends with taking Mr. Cavendish into the King's fervice, paying him a year's wages, and giving him a cart and fix hories of the Cardinal's. There are feveral more pages of the MSS, in which is the following: That in going from the King, Mr. Cavendish met Mr. Kingston coming from the Council, who commanded him to go before the council, but to take heed of what he faid, for he fhould be examined of certain words fpoken by my Lord his mafter, at his departure (the which I knew well enough); and if I tell them the 'truth (quoth he) what he faid, I fhould undoe myself, for in any wife they may not hear of it, therefore be circumfpect what anfwer you make to their de mands: Whie, quoth I, how have you done therein yourfelf? Quoth he, I have utterly denied that I heard any fuch words; and he that opened the matter first is fled for fear, which was the yeoman of the guard that rode to the King from Leicester, &c."

Upon the whole, the MSS contain nearly as much again as the printed.

With respect to the particular fentence mentioned by Mr. Row (at which time it was apparent he had poifoned himself), it is printed between brackets, which rather implies it was not in the MS, nor is it in either of thefe MSS, but from the expreffions in thefe cxtracts, there appears fufficient caufe for fufpicion, as the Cardinal 'twice mentions his apprehenfion of the defign of his enemies to dispatch him, which might be done to take off the fufpicion of doing it himself; the declaring to Mr. Cavendish the knowledge of his latter days, and again, he was taken ill before the arrival of Mr. Kingston,

the

Yours, &c.

W.RN.

Query 1. In the Doctor's curious fermon, at Salters-ball, againft popery, 3d edition, p. 42, when fpeaking of the popith doctrine of the interceffion of faints and angels, under note viii, he fays, "I myfelf have feen the bone of a dead man enshrined in filver, folemnly placed on the pretended altar of God, Sprinkled with incenfe, receiving adoration from a purple priest, elevated to the people, prefented to an bigb-born Imperial princes, and devoutly faluted by ber on her knees." Where did the Dr. fee this ridiculous fight, particularly the Jaft past of it? Not in England furely?

Query 2. In the chronological ac count of the Doctor's works, he is faid to have preached his two admirable fermons, "On the Origin and Reafon of the Inftitution of the Sabbath*," Dec. 17, 1760, to the revived Society for

the Reformation of Manners. When was this fociety revived? What were its laws? Is it now diffolved, and why?

Query 3. It is alfo mentioned in the above account, that the Dr. was the author of above to pages in the Old Whig, or Confitent Proteftant: Is his ignature known? Or is there any reafon now why it fhould be kept a

fecret? For my own part, I fhould be glad to know the names and fignatures of all the excellent groupe of writers in that truly valuable work, as I think myfelf indebted to them for the pleafure and information every repeated perufal of it affords me. Any anecdotes refpecting them would "alfo be very acceptable. P. S. Page 666, zd cpl. line 24 from the bottom, for law we should certainly read latter,

MR. URBAN,

TMr. Baker of Cambridge, inferted

HE anecdotes of Bishop Burnet and

in your prefent volume, p. 102, recall to memory the very handsome mention of the latter by the former in p. x. of the "Preface," and p. vii. of the "Introduction," to the third volume of the "Hiftory of the Reformation:" wherein the Bishop acknowledges that the fourth number of the "Appendix" was fent him by a learned and worthy person, who will not fuffer him to give any other account of him, but that he lives in one of the univerfities, and has fent a copious collection of remarks on both his former volumes, but upon condition not to name him."-P. 225, col. 1, I. 45, this paragraph would not have been written, had the paffage there referred to ftood, as it evidently fhould ftand, thus: "Richard Kempenfelt, Efq; was the fon of Lieut. Col. Kempenfelt, recorded in the Spectator, in a letter from Capt. Sentry." For in No. 344 of the Spectator, an excellent character is given of Colonel Camperfelt by the faid fictitious Captain.

The pleafant ftory of the phyfician and the dog-doctor, p. 234, reminded me of Dean Swift's admirable Poem on Brother-Protestants and Fellow. Chriftians, in which are the following lines: "Thus Lomb, renown'd for cutting corns, "An offer'd fee from Radcliffe fcorns: "Not for the world--we doctors, brother, "Muft take no fees of one another."

Would not the objection made, p. 245, to all fcripture ftories, &c. ferve as an argument against reading any drama a fecond time?

In

In p. 249, col. 1, paragraph 4, among opinions very alarming." and unqueftionably wrong, was it prudent to reprefent the valuing of religious above civil privileges" as fuch The next paragraph may receive illuftrations from Welchman's note on the 18th article of the church of England. P. 406, col 1, your typographer has again printed "Zinzam" inftead of "Zinzan." See the Catalogue of Oxford Graduates, and p. 172, col. 2, of your volume for laft year. Your old correfpondent in p. 409, would afford fatisfaction to many of your readers, would he but inform them where he met with the curious defcription of the Ruflian entertainment. To the notices of Arthur Collins, p. 414, it may not be amifs to add, that in the Preface to his "Life of Edward the Black Prince, and the Hiftory of John of Gaunt; London 1740;"" 8vo. he declares an intention he had formed of publishing a "Hiftory of all who were Peers of this realm; but he was obliged to lay afide his defign; not being able to fuftain the charge of printing fo copious an undertaking."

Mr. Tyrwhitt's fpirited remonftrance, p. 461, 2, relative to " Bookfeller-Editors," fhows their inattention to living authors to be equal to that fhown to a dead one in the re-publication of Mr. Granger's "Biographical Hiftory;" of which your volume for 1781 exhibited fufficient teftimony in P 27, 28, and p. 266. Such conduct muft always be confidered as highly abfurd, and of no little confequence to the literary world. Let me feize on this opportunity of animadverting upon the general incorrectnefs of fchoolbooks; which of all others ought to be the most correct. In the Dauphin Virgil, Lond. 1753, the 152d verfe of the 12th Æneid is totally omitted.

A. O. W. p. 484, may not diflike to be referred to pp. 166, 557-8, of your volume for 1774, relative to the Gothic practice of duelling. See alfo your Magazine for July laft, p. 623, col. 1. P. 540, col. 2, 1. 8. for Cambridge" read" Berks." Your "profeffional" correfpondent, in p. 566, may confult your volume for 1780, p. 19, for further hints in regard to "the intrepid Bradshaw which, it is to be hoped, will not alarm his patriotic fpirit, whatever "the writer's political creed" may be. Mr. Pennant and the other incredulous naturalifts will furely be GENT. MAG. December, 1783.

induced by fuch strong affertions as thofe in p. 570, with refpect to the Hedgehog's fucking of cows, to examine further into this matter. your volume for 1780, p. 168. Should we not, in p. 599, col. 2. 1. 48, for "Bath" read "Chefterfield?" [Yes.]

See

The different kind of language ufed by the fame men, when in office and out of it, as reprefented in your Summary of Proceedings in Parliament, with their feveral fchemes to retrench the prerogative and improve their own interefts, cannot but remind those who are converfant in the writings of the author of Hudibras, of his juft “Obfervations upon the Long Parliament of Charles the First " in vol. I. of “The genuine Remains of Samuel Butler," published by Thyer. To all political dupes they may well be recommended. SCRUTATOR.

EFORE I make deductions or con

BEFORE

clufions from the account of my water-fpout of 1772 (fee vol. LI. p. 615.) I fhall trouble you with a few more reprefentations; which I hope will not be thought improper to the matter in view. I muft inform you, Sir, that in the Torrid-Zone, at fome times of the year, the falling, or dropping of the clouds is exceedingly heavy-That it is then very common, to fee the rain ftreaming down in sheets and flakes, picturing an idea, fomewhat refembling the ribbonlike webbing of the Aurora Borealis (fee the plate annexed, fig. 5). It is not at all unfrequent here, to fee clouds fend down one, two or more fuch ribbon-hanging flakes, at fome little diftance from each other-fometimes from the fame cloud: fometimes from different ones-and to the eye in many refpects fimilar to water-fpouts-L fay, fimilar; because, if they are a fort of light pouring spouts (as I make no doubt they are), yet I confefs they are very commonly feen to hang in the air, without vifibly reaching the earth. But this circumftance is delufive, and may have its rife from various cautes. That the phænomena are compofed of drops of ain, is most certain-because we fee the fpots where they fall-we know the ipois-and that on furh places and at fun times heavy showers have