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Epitaphs. 529many other Universities. He had been a Protestant, or at least feignedhimself to be one, while he was professor at Leyden from whence he:went to Louvain, where he wrote the "History of our Lady,'* andcaused a silver pen to be hung up near her image, in acknowledgmentthat all he had written was under her favour and protection.P. 219,1. 6." Tom Coriatr Vide Notes to Musarum Delicix.EPITAPHS.NOTES.P. 225, 1. 7. "Prince Henry," Hem/ Prince of Wales, son ofK. James I., lived not full eighteen years. He died Nov. 6, 1612,much lamented by the nation.P. "226, I. I. Queene Anne." Anne of Denmark, Queen ofJames I. b. ; 1574, d. 1619.'P. 226, 1. 19. "Edmund Spencer? b. 1553, d. 1599. The favourof Queen Elizabeth issupposed to have extended to his being appointedpoet laureate ;but Elizabeth, as Malone has proved, had no poetlaureate. She indeed, in Feb. 1591, conferred on Spencer a pension of5O/. a year, which he enjoyed till his death ; but the title of laureateis not given in his patent.P. 228, 1. 10. "Richard Burbage." The fellow-actor and friendof Shakspeare. The parish register of St. Leonard, Shoreditch, recordshis burial in 1618-19.P. " 230, 1. 7. Countesse of Pembroke." Mary Sidney, daughter ofSir Henry, and sister of Sir Philip Sidney. This elegant Epitaph, byan unknown author, isquoted in the Spectator, No. 323.P. 231,1. 21. " On a Lyer" This commences the Edition of 1640.P. 234, L 19. " A Farts Epitaph" "As it was born, so it cry'd."Ed. 1667.P. 236, 1. 4. "A Pauls-walker. Vide Notes to Musarum Delicice.P. 247,1.19." On Mr. Dumbelow" Thus in Ed. 1640:" Here lyes John Dumbello,Who d/d because he was so.For if his breech could have spokeHis heart surely had not broke."P. 272, 1. 24. "Doctor Hacket," Bishop of Lichfield and Coventry,b. 1592, d. 1670.P. 274,1. I. "Martin Mar-Prelate. The nom de plume of aPuritan libeller, who put forth several tracts, violently attackingVOL. II.M M