I WOULD I were that reverend gentleman, | serpent neck, and reclines his head between with gold-laced hat and golden-headed cane, his wings. His wings are a little opened, that hangs in Delia's parlour. For Delia as sail-like to catch the wind; his breast sits opposite him, and his eyes are always protruded like a prow. This bird is beaufixed on her unblamed.1 tiful from its colour and habits; for it is clumsy in shape, and of most foul physiognomy; there is such a snakishness in its eye and head, as well as neck. "The swan arch'd back his snakey neck, And his proud head reclin'd Between his wings, now half unclos'd Like sails to catch the wind. The waters yielded to his breast, Protruded like a prow, SONNET. A pigeon. It is pleasant to see his pouting breast, and the rainbow gloss of his neck, and his red feet, and his tumbling in the air; but pleasanter to see his feet sticking up through a pie-crust. SONNET. The rainbow. Did not that bow of the covenant confirm us that the world should no more be destroyed by water? England! thy navy would not be permitted to exist, for a three-decker might defy the deluge. And still they roar'd as strong he oar'd THE leaves of the holly are prickly only when they are within reach of cattle; higher smooth, more tapering, as having lost their up they preserve their waviness, but are angular points, and ending in a point. Some of the mid-height leaves, with the taper shape of the upper ones, retain three, two, or one point. The leaf is very beautiful, the middle fibre beautifully varying by its lighter hue from the dark glossy green. The lower side is pale-greyish, and shows the thickness of the leaf.4 BEAUTIFUL appearance of an ash when the moon shines through it, particularly its WHEN the wind follows the sun, it omens THE acorns brown ripe, or ripening yellow. fair weather, and vice versa. ONE of the most beautiful images I ever A VESSEL when first seen at sea, appears noticed was the reflection of a mast on the to be ascending. river at evening. Its yellow colours were vivid as life, it waved like a coiling ser ODD appearance of the cobwebs in a frosty pent, and the huge tail seemed to roll up morning. as the monster were menacing. BATS love the water. I observe them dipping their breasts like the swallow. AN ash growing up for some four feet along a rock, so that the stem was half trunk, half root.1 On the way to Moreton Hamstead, we crossed a little bridge of one plank. The bough of a hazel had been broken and bent down to the post at the other end as a rail. It had recovered, and branched out, so that the rail grew. MOONLIGHT. A sheep feeding on the edge of a bank. It was a strange sight. In the Bruce, king Edward is called often Schyr Edouard the king. "Then was that gallant heart of Douglas pierced." The Bruce. Barnes. Qy. Mariana. Gallantry in war. The Douglas. The Irish Kernes. Bulwer's Art. Changeling. Shield made a boat of. Hippocras. Belleau. Foot armour lighter than horse armour. Commines. A good contrast to La Hire's prayer in Carlos Magna. St. Catharine. Agostinho da Cruz. And now the knights of France dismount, &c. "En esto es mi parecer Que en cavallo no te fies; El Cavallero Determinado, written in French by OLIVER DE LA MARCHE; translated by HERNANDO DE ACUNA. Barcelona, 1565. It is the advice of Understanding to the knight before he enters upon his combat with Atropos. Lambrequins, ribbands embroidered with silver and gold, which hung from the armets of the knights,-long enough to flow over the crupper. Sovereigns wore jewels in them. White wand of capitulation. 231, t. 1. Du Guesclin. The editors of the Memoires for French History say that it was common for towns to purchase from the nearest ruffian the privilege of collecting the harvest from the little land they durst cultivate. Even La Hire received £1200 from the people of Amiens for such a security.-Tom. 5, p.323. When Salisbury left England, the Duke of Orleans "pria ce Comte qu'il ne voulust faire aucune guerre en ses terres, ny a ses subjets, veu qu'il estoit prisonnier, et qu'il ne se pouvoit defendre, et dit-on qu'il luy promit et octroya sa requeste.”—Mem. tom. 7, p. 73. Jeuville is spelt Yeuville. In an attack upon "le boulevart du bout du pont d'Orleans, les François les abbattoient des eschelles dedans les fossez, dont ils ne se pouvoient relever, attendu qu'on jettoit sur eux cercles liez et croisez, cendres vives, chaux, gresses fondues et eauës chaudes, que les femmes d'Orleans leur apportoient et pour rafraischer les François du grand travail qu'ils souffroient, les dites femmes leur bailloient vin, viandes, fruicts, vinaigre et toüailles blanches; et aussi leur portoient des pierres et tout ce qui pouvoit servir a la defense, dont aucunes furent veuës durant l'assaut, qui repoussoient a coups de lances les Anglois des entrées du boulevart, et les abbatoient es fossez."Mem. tom. 7, p. 80. des gens, non mie en grand nombre, lesquels combattroient et Dieu donneroit la victoire." 99. Jean Dolon was her esquire. Her page "un bien gentilhomme nommé Louis de Comtes, dit Imerguet." When the heralds were detained and threatened to be burnt, Dunois sent to threaten reprisals on his prisoners: "Mais lesdits Anglois en renvoyerent seulement un, auquel elle demanda que dit Talbot? et le Heraut respondit, que luy et tous les autres Anglois disoient d'elle tous les maux qu'ils pouvoient, en l'injuriant, et que s'ils la tenoient, ils la feroient ardoir. Or t'en retourne luy dit-elle et ne fais doute que tu ameneras ton compagnon, et dis a Talbot, que s'il s'arme, je m'armeray aussi, et qu'il se trouve en place devant la ville, et s'il me peut prendre, qu'il me face ardoir, & si je le desconfis, qu'il face lever les sieges et s'en aillent en leur pays." 112. When St. Loup was attacked, the English retired" au clocher de l'Eglise. Il y eut la des Anglois audit clocher qui se des The Dukes of Burgundy and Luxembourg urged Bedford to leave the Orlean-guiserent, et qui prirent des habillemens de nois in peace, at the request of the people themselves, who asserted that this had been promised their Duke, 90. His refusal offended Burgundy, and made him withdraw his troops. 66 "Il y eut un Carme docteur en theologie, bien aigre homme, qui luy dit, que la saincte-escriture defendoit d'ajouter foy à telles parolles, si on ne monstroit signe; et elle respondit pleinement, qu'elle ne vouloit pas tenter Dieu, et que le signe que Dieu luy avoit ordonné, c'estoit lever le siege de devant Orleans, et de mener le Roy sacrer a Reims. Il y eut un autre Docteur en theologie, de l'ordre des Freres Prescheurs qui luy va dire, Jeanne vous demandez des gens d'armes, et si vous dites, que c'est le plaisir de Dieu que les Anglois laissent le Royaume de France et s'en aillent en leur pays, si cela est, il ne faut point de gens d'armes; car le seul plaisir de Dieu les peut destruire, et faire aller en leur pays. A quoy elle respondit qu' elle desmandoit Prestres ou de gens d'Eglise, pour par ce moyen se sauver, lesquels neantmoins on voulat tuer, mais ladite Jeanne les garda et preserva, disant qu'on ne devoit rien demander aux gens d'Eglise. Duquel bon success furent a cette heure (de vespres) rendues graces et louanges a Dieu par toutes les Eglises, en hymnes et devotes oraisons, avec le son des cloches, que les Anglois pouvoient bien oüyr." 117. At Patay. "Le Duc d'Alençon dit a la Pucelle, Jeanne, voila les Anglois en bataille, combatrons nos? Et elle demanda audit Duc, avez-vous vos esperons? Lors le Duc luy dit comment da, nous en fautdrat-il retirer, ou fuir? et elle dit nenny; en nom Dieu allez sur eux, car ils s'enfuiront, et n'arresteront point et seront deconfits, sans guerres de perte de vos gens; et pour ce faut-il vos esperons pour les suivre." p. 142. |