On seas and in battles, through bullets and fire, My fall from your sight, not to cost you a tear; This is the latter part of a song, made by Mr Bayes, ou the death of Captain Digby, son of George, Earl of Bristol, who was a passionate admirer of the duchess-dowager of Richmond, called by the author Armida. He lost his life in a sea-fight against the Dutch, the 28th of May, 1672. your ear. Cur. Any thing from Alberto is welcome. Page 226, line 27, second col. English Monsieur, p. 36, 38, 39. "Fair madam, give me leave to ask her name." Ibid, line 60. Ibid, P. 40. "Thou bring'st the morning pictur'd in a cloud.” I bring the morning pictur'd in a cloud. Siege of Rhodes, part I. p. 10. Page 227, line 4, first col. «Ama. How! Prince Volscius in love! ha, ha, ha !" Page 228, line 7, first col. "Bayes. Gentlemen, because I would not have any two things alike in this play, the last act beginning with a witty scene of mirth, I begin this. with a funeral." Colonel Henry Howard, son of Thomas, Earl of Berkshire, made a play, called the "United Kingdoms," which began with a funeral, and had also two kings in it. This gave the duke a just occasion to set up two kings in Brentford, as 'tis. generally believed, though others are of opinion that his grace had our two brothers in his thoughts. It was acted at the Cock-pit in DruryLane, soon after the restoration, but, miscarrying on the stage, the author had the modesty not to print it; and therefore the reader cannot reasonably expect any particular passages of it. Others say that they are Boabdelin and Abdalla, the two contending kings of Granada; and Mr Dryden has, in the most of his serious plays, two contending kings of the same place. Ibid, line 27. "I'll speak a bold word:-it shall drum, trumpet, shout, and battle, 'egad, with any the most warlike tragedy we have, either ancient or modern." Conquest of Granada, in two parts. Ibid, line 55, second col. "Smi. Who is she? Bayes. The sister of Drawcansir; a lady that was drowned at sea, and had a wave to her winding-sheet." On seas I bore her, and on seas I died; Conquest of Granada, part II. p. 113. remove, Bayes. Since death my earthly part will thus I'll come a humble-bec to your chaste love: With silent wings I'll follow you, dear cous, Or else before you in the sun-beams buz; And when to melancholy groves you come, An airy ghost, you'll know me by my hum; “Bayes. You shall see a combat betwixt love For sound, being air, a ghost does well become. Mr Comely in love!-English Monsieur, p. 49. At night, into your bosom I will creep, In ridicule of this. -My earthly part, Which is my tyrant's right, death will remove; Page 230, line 7, first col. "Pal. Lo, from this conquering lance See the scene in The Villain, p. 47-53, where the host furnishes his guests with a collation out of his clothes, a capon from his helmet, a tansey out of the lining of his cap, cream out of his scabbard, &c. Ibid, line 24. Alman. I would not now, if thou wouldst beg me, stay; But I will take my Almahide away. Conquest of Granada, p. 32. Page 230, line 54, first col. "K. Ush. Though, brother, this grum stranger be a clown, He'll leave us, sure, a little to gulp down. I'll stare away his very power to drink.” Alman. Thou dar'st not marry her while I'm in sight: With a bent brow thy priest and thee I'll fright; And, in that scene which all thy hopes and wishes should content, The thoughts of me shall make thee impotent. Ibid, p. 5. But for this Christian would all heaven forswear; Ev'n Jove would try new shapes her love to win, "K. Phy. What man is this that dares disturb And in new birds and unknown beasts would sin, our feast? At least if Jove could love like Maximin. Tyrannic Love, p. 17. ACT V. Page 231, line 54, second col. "K. Ush. But stay, what sound is this invades our ears ?" What various noises do my ears invade, Page 232, line 20, first col. "1st King. Haste, brother king, we are sent from above. 2d King. Let us move, let us move; Move, to remove the fate Of Brentford's long united state. 1st King. Tarra, tan, tarra !————full east and by south. 2d King. We sail with thunder in our mouth. In scorching noon-day, whilst the traveller stays, Busy, busy, busy, busy, we bustle along, Mounted upon warm Phoebus's rays, Through the heavenly throng, Hasting to those Who will feast us at night with a pig's petty toes. 1st King. And we'll fall with our plate In an olio of hate. 2d King. But, now supper's done, the servitors try, Like soldiers, to storm a whole half-moon pye. 1st King. They gather, they gather hot custards in spoons: But, alas! I must leave these half-moons, 2d King. O! stay, for you need not as yet go The tide, like a friend, has brought ships in our way, And on their high ropes we will play; Like maggots in filberts, we'll snug in our shell, We'll firk in our shell, And farewell. 1st King. But the ladies have all inclination to dance, And the green frogs croak out a coranto of France. 2d King. Now mortals, that hear How we tilt and career, With wonder, will fear Th' event of such things as shall never appear. 1st King. Stay you to fulfil what the gods have decreed. 2d King. Then call me to help you, if there shall be need. 1st King. So firmly resolved is a true Brentford king To save the distressed, and help to 'em bring, That, ere a full pot of good ale you can swallow, He's here, with a whoop, and gone, with a halloo. In ridicule of this. In a jelly of love. Dam. But now the sun's down, and the element's red, The spirits of fire against us make head. Naker. They muster, they muster, like gnats in the air. Alas! I must leave thee, my fair, And to my light-horsemen repair. Dam. O! stay, for you need not to fear them to-night; The wind is for us, and blows full in their sight, And o'er the wide ocean we fight. Like leaves in the autumn our foes will fall down, And hiss in the water Both. And hiss in the water, and drown. Naker. But their men lie securely entrench'd in a cloud, And a trumpeter-hornet to battle sounds loud. How we tilt in the sky, With wonder, will gaze, And will fear such events as will ne'er come to pass. Naker. Stay you to perform what the man will have done. Dam. Then call me again when the battle is won. Both. So ready and quick is a spirit of air Page 232, line 17, second col. "What dreadful noise is this that comes and goes? Sol. Haste hence, great sirs, your royal persons save, For the event of war no mortal knows: In ridicule of this. What new misfortunes do these cries presage? 1st Mess. Haste all you can their fury to assuage; Naker, Hark! my Damilcar, we are called You are not safe from their rebellious rage. below. Dam. Let us go, let us go; Go, to relieve the care Of longing lovers in despair. VOL. III. "Arm, arm, Gonsalvo, arm." The Siege of Rhodes begins thus :- "Gen. Draw down the Chelsea cuirassiers." The third entry thus: Solym. Pyrrhus, draw down our army wide, Then, from the gross, two strong reserves divide, And spread the wings, As if we were to fight, In the lost Rhodians' sight, Each with janizaries line: The right and left to Haly's sons assign, The main artillery Bring thou the rear; we lead the van. "Lieut.-Gen. The band you boast of, Chelsea cuirassiers, Shall, in my Putney pikes, now meet their peers." Page 234, line 1, first col. "Lieut.-Gen. Give fire, give fire, at once give fire, And let those recreant troops perceive mine ire." SCENE I-HARCOURT'S Lodgings. HARCOURT and BELVILLE discovered sitting. Har. Ha, ha, ha! and so you are in love, nephew; not reasonably and gallantly, as a young gentleman ought, but sighingly, miserably sonot content to be ankle-deep, you have sous'd over head and ears-Ha, Dick! Belo. I am pretty much in that condition, indeed, uncle. [Sighs. Har. Nay, never blush at it-when I was of your age, I was asham'd too-but three years at college, and half a one at Paris, methinks, should have cured you of that unfashionable weakness -modesty. Belo. Could I have releas'd myself from that, I had, perhaps, been at this instant happy in the |