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use. Now, my lord, I have only this reply to make: I am ready to go into any service, to work for my labour, if your lordship will but find me a master.' Why, what was the reply to that? Gaoler, take the prisoner away.' Why who would employ him? It is really farcical. I have heard magistrates say, 'Young man, really I am very sorry for you; you are much to be pitied; you should turn your talents to a better account; and you should really leave off this bad course of life.' Yes, that is better said than done; for where is there any body to take these wretches? They have said to me; Sir, we do not thieve from disposition; but we thieve because we cannot get employment our character is damned, and nobody will have us and so it is; there is no question about it.

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REMARKABLE EPITAPHS.

AT PENRYN.

Here lies William Smith: and what is somewhat rarish,

He was born, bred, and hang'd in this here parish.

AT STAVERTON.

Here lieth the body of Betty Bowden,
Who would live longer but she couden;
Sorrow and grief made her decay,
Till her bad leg carr'd her away.

AT LOCH RAUSA.

Here lies Donald and his wife,
Janet Mac Fee:
Aged 40 hee,

And 30 shee.

ON MR. BYWATER.

Here lie the remains of his relative's pride, Bywater he lived, and by water he died; Though by water he fell, yet by water he'll rise, By water baptismal attaining the skies.

ON A MISER.

Here lies one who for med'cine would not give
A little gold, and so his life he lost;

I fancy now he'd wish again to live,
Could he but guess how much his fun'ral cost.

S. S. S.

KING HENRY II.

DESCRIBED BY GIRALDUS CAMBRENSIS,,

Who accompanied him (as he afterwards did King John) into Ireland, A. D. 1172.,

Henry II., king of England, was of a very good colour, but somewhat red; his head great and round, his eyes were fiery, red, and grim, and his face very high coloured; his voice or speech was shaking, quivering, or trembling; his neck short, his breast broad and big; strong armed; his body was gross, and his belly somewhat big, which came to him rather by nature than by any gross feeding or surfeiting; for his diet was very temperate, and to say the truth, thought to be more spare than comely, or for the state of a prince; and yet to abate his grossness, and to remedy this fault of nature, he did, as it were, punish his body with continual exercise, and keep a continual war with himself. For in the times of his wars, which were for the most part continual to him, he had little or no rest at all; and in times of peace he would not grant unto himself any peace at all, nor take any rest: for then did he give himself wholly unto hunting; and to follow the same, he would very early every morning be on horseback, and then go into the woods, sometimes into the forests, and sometimes into the hills and fields, and so would he spend the whole day until night. In the evening when he came home, he would never, or very seldom, sit either before or after supper; for though he were never so weary, yet still would he be walking and going. And, forasmuch as it is very profitable for every Iman in his lifetime that he do not take too much of any one thing, for medicine itself, which is appointed for man's help and remedy, is not absolutely perfect and good to be always used, even so it befell and happened to this prince; for, partly by his excessive travels, and partly by divers bruises in his body, his legs and feet were swollen and sore. And, though he had no disease at all, yet age itself was a breaking sufficient unto him. He was of a reasonable stature, which happened to none of his sons; for his two eldest sons were somewhat higher, and his two younger were somewhat lower and less than he was. If he were in a good mood, and not angry, then would he be very pleasant and eloquent he was also (which was a thing very rare in those days) very well learned; he was also very affable, gentle, and courteous; and besides, so pitiful, that when he

had overcome his enemy, yet would he be overcome with pity towards him. In war he was most valiant, and in peace he was as provident and circumspect. And in the wars, mistrusting and doubting of the end and event thereof, he would (as Terence writeth) try all the ways and means he could devise, rather than wage the battle. If he lost any of his men in the fight, he would marvellously lament his death, and seem to pity him more being dead, than he did regard or account of him being alive; more bewailing the dead, than favouring the living.

In times of distress no man was more courteous; and when all things were safe, no man more cruel. Against the stubborn and unruly, no man more sharp, yet to the humble no man more gentle; hard towards his own men and household, but liberal to strangers; bountiful abroad, but sparing at home; whom he once hated, he would never or very hardly love; and whom he once loved, he would not lightly be out with him, or forsake him. He had great pleasure and delight in hawking and hunting-would to God he had been as well bent and disposed unto good devotion !*

It was said, that after the displeasure grown between the king and his sons, by the means and through the enticing of the queen their mother, he never was accounted to keep his word and promise, but, without any regard or care, was a common breaker thereof. And true it is, that, of a certain natural disposition, he was light and inconstant of his word; and if the matter were brought to a narrow strait or pinch, he would not stick rather to cover his word, than to deny his deed. And for this cause, in all his doings, he was very provident and circumspect, and a very upright and severe minister of justice, although he did therein grieve and make his friends to smart. His answers, for the most part, were perverse and froward. And, albeit, for profit and lucre all things are set to sale, and do bring great gains, as well to the clergy as the laity, yet they are no better to a man's heirs and executors, than were the riches of Gehasi, whose greedy doings turned himself to utter ruin

and destruction.

He was a great peace-maker, and careful keeper thereof himself; a liberal almsgiver, and a special benefactor to the Holy Land; he loved humility, abhorred pride,

Giraldus here alludes to his quarrel with Thomas à Becket.

and much oppressed his nobility. The hungry he refreshed, the rich he regarded

not.

The humble he would exalt, but the mighty he disdained. He usurped much upon the holy church; and of a certain kind of zeal, but not according to knowledge, he did intermingle and conjoin profane with holy things; for why? He would be all in all himself. He was the child of the holy mother church, and by her advanced to the sceptre of his kingdom; and yet he either dissembled or utterly forgot the same; for he was slack always in coming to the church unto the divine service, and at the time thereof he would be busied and occupied rather with councils and in conference about the affairs of his commonwealth, than in devotion and prayer. The livelihoods belonging to any spiritual promotion, he would, in time of their vacation, confiscate to his own treasury, and assume that to himself which was due unto Christ. When any new troubles or wars did grow, or come upon him, then would he lavish and pour out all that ever he had in store or treasury, and liberally bestow that upon a soldier, which ought to have been given unto the priest. He had a very prudent and forecasting wit, and thereby foreseeing what things might or were like to ensue, he would accordingly order or dispose either for the performance or for the prevention thereof; notwithstanding which, many times the event happened to the contrary, and he was disappointed of his expectation: and commonly there happened no ill unto him, but he would foretell thereof to his friends and familiars.

He was a marvellous natural father to his children, and loved them tenderly in their childhood and young years; but they being grown to some age and ripeness, he was as a father-in-law, and could scarcely brook any of them. And, notwithstanding they were very handsome, comely, and noble gentlemen, yet, whether it were that he would not have them prosper too fast, or whether they had evil deserved of him, he hated them; and it was full much against his will that they should be his successors, or heirs to any part of his inheritance. And such is the prosperity of man, that as it cannot be perpetual, no more can it be perfect and assured: for why?-such was the secret malice of fortune against this king, that where he should have received much comfort, there had he most sorrow; where quietness and safety -there unquietness and peril ; where peace -there enmity; where courtesy-there ingratitude; where rest-there trouble. And

whether this happened by the means of their marriages, or for the punishment of the father's sins, certain it is, there was no good agreement, neither between the father and the sons, nor yet among the sons themselves.

But at length, when all his enemies and the disturbers of the common peace were suppressed, and his brethren, his sons, and all others his adversaries, as well at home as abroad, were reconciled; then all things happened and befell unto him (though it were long first) after and according to his own will and mind. And would to God he had likewise reconciled himself unto God, and by amendment of his life, had in the end also procured his favour and mercy! Besides this, which I had almost forgotten, he was of such a memory, that if he had seen and known a man, he would not forget him: neither yet whatsoever he had heard, would he be unmindful thereof. And hereof was it, that he had so ready a memory of histories which he had read, and a knowledge and a manner of experience in all things. To conclude, if he had been chosen of God, and been obsequious and careful to live in his fear and after his laws, he had excelled all the princes of the world; for in the gifts of nature, no one man was to be compared unto him.*

AMSTERDAM-WITHOUT WATER.

An amusing and lively account of this capital, its public institutions, society, painters, &c. may be found in a small volume, entitled "Voyage par la Hollande," published by a French visitant in 1806. This is probably the most recent sketch of Amsterdam. With the exception of the conversion of the stadt-house into a king's palace, and the establishment of certain societies, its general aspect and character have undergone little change for a century past; insomuch that "Le Guide d'Amsterdam," published by Paul Blad in 1720, may be regarded as forming a correct and useful pocket-companion at the present day. The descriptions given of the Dutch towns by Mr. Ray in 1663, Dr. Brown in 1668, Mr. Misson in 1687, and

Extracted (from lord Mountmorris's History of the Irish Parliament, vol. i. page 33, et infra) by "THE VEILED SPIRIT."

Dr. Northleigh in 1702, are applicable in almost every particular to the same towns at the present day; so comparatively stationary has Holland been, or so averse are the people to changes.

That fuel should be scarce and dear in Amsterdam, the capital of a country destitute of coal-mines, and growing very little wood, might be expected; but, surrounded and intersected by canals as the city is, it is surprising that another of the necessaries of life, pure water, should be a still scarcer commodity: yet such is the case. There is no water fit for culinary purposes in Amsterdam but what is brought by boats from the Vecht, a distance of fifteen miles; and limpid water is brought from Utrecht, more than twice that distance, and sold in the streets by gallon measures, for table use, and for making of tea and coffee.*

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SWEETHEART SEEING.

ST. MARK'S EVE.-IN CHANCERY, August 2, 1827. In a cause, " Barker v. Ray," a deponent swore, that a woman, named Ann Johnson, and also called "Nanny Nunks," went to the deponent, and said to her, "I'll tell you what I did to know if I could have Mr. Barker. On St. Mark's night I ran round a haystack nine times, with a ring in my hand, calling out, Here's the sheath, but where's the knife?' and, when I was running round the ninth time, I thought I saw Mr. Barker coming home; but he did not come home that night, but was brought from the Blue Bell, at Beverley, the next day."

CONTROVERSY.

A man who is fond of disputing, will, in time, have few friends to dispute with.

SPEECH.

Truth is clothed in white. But a lie comes forth with all the colours of the rainbow.

ADVERSITY, A GOOD TEACHER. Those bear disappointments the best, who have been the most used to them.

EXAMPLE.

When a misfortune happens to a friend, look forward and endeavour to prevent the same thing from happening to yourself.

STANDARD OF Value.

The worth of every thing is determined by the demand for it. In the deserts of Arabia, a pitcher of cold water is of more value than a mountain of gold.

LUCK AND LABOUR.

A guinea found in the street, will not do a poor man so much good as half a guinea earned by industry.

EARNING THE BEST GETTING.

Give a man work, and he will find money.

EARLY HOURS.

Since the introduction of candles, luxury has increased. Our forefathers rose with the lark, and went to bed with the sun.

INDICATIONS OF THE STATE-Pulse.

A jolly farmer returning home in his own waggon, after delivering a load of prosperity, than a nobleman riding in his corn, is a more certain sign of national chariot to the opera or the playhouse.

OVERWISE AND OTHERWISE.

A man of bright parts has generally more indiscretions to answer for than a blockhead.

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