1 vain will you try to extort from me any other answer: this is the true ftate of my affection towards you; I beseech you to aft me no more questions, fo much as you have, fo much are you worth, and fo much I love you. Leir, fuppofing that the had fpoken from the bottom of her heart, was exceedingly offended, and gave her a very angry anfwer.' Since, faid he, you treat my old age with fuch contempt as not to profefs the fame regard for me as your fifters have done, it is now my turn to defpife you, nor ever fhall you have a fharein my kingdon with them; I do not fay, fince you are my daughter, but that I may marry you to fome foreigner" (thould fortude throw any fuch perfon in your way), but this only I affirm, that I will never try to marry you with the fame honours and dignities which your fifters will enjoy; I have hitherto loved you better than the reft of my children, and it feems you have loved me less than they. Immediately calling a council of his nobles, he gave his two elder daughter to the Dukes of Cornwall and Albany, with half of the ifland during his life, and the whole monarchy of it after his death). It happened at that time, that Aganippus, king of France, had heard the beauty of Cordella greatly celebrated. He feit an embally to King Leir defiring that Cordeilla might be given to him in marriage. His rage having not had yet time to cool, he give for anfiver, that King Áganippus was very welcome to her, bat that he must be content to take her with out lands or money, for that he had already divided his kingdom, with all the filver and gold he was mafter of, to her fifters Gonorilla and Regan. When this was told to Aganippus, who was much in love with the lady, he fent another meffage to King Leir, telling him that he had already as much gold and filver and as large paffeffions as he could with, being now mafter of a third part of France; that he defired nothing of him but his daughter, that he might have heirs by her. Mitters being thus agreed, Cordella was fent to France and married to Aganippus. Chap. XII- After a long time, when Leir began to grow very old, the Dukes before named, to whom he had divided Britain with his eighters, rebelled against him, and took from him the crown and all the royal power which he had fo long and fo glorwully held. Peace being at length made, one of his fons in law, Maglaun, Duke of Albany, retained him at his court, together with fixty foldiers, that he might not be without a retinue futable to his rank. After two years elapfed in the fame refidence, Gonorilla topk offence at the number of his foldiers, who abused her fervants, becaufe a more bberal diftribution was not made among them. With the confent of her husband the ordered her father to be contented with only thirty followers, and to difmifs the other half of them. Enraged at this fo ill treatment, he left Maglaunus and went to Henvinus, Duke of Cornwall, who had married his other daughter Regan. Here he met with an honourable reception at firft; but a year had scarcely paffed, when a quarrel arofe between their domefticks. Regan growing enraged ordered all his fervants to be life miffed, excepting five,, who fhould fill continue to wait on him. The poor old man now became exceed. ingly miferable, returned again to his eldest daughter, hoping to nove her to compas fion, and that he might still find an honour able retreat in her family. But the, without any mitigation of her former refentment, fwore by all the powers of Heaven that no abode should be there for him, unlefs, fending away the reft, he would be fatisfied with one foldier only; feverely the chid him, that, he being an old man, and in want of every thing, fhould affect to be followed by a large and armed retinue. As the continued inflexible, he was obliged to give up the conteft, and to remain with only one follower. But whenever his thoughts returned to remembrance of his former greatnefs, detefting the low and miferable estate into which he was now fallen, he began, to entertain a defire of going over to Frince to his youngest daughter; but much he doubted whether he thould find comfort and protection there, after the injurious ufage with which he had treated her. However, being But nable any longer to fupport his prefent mifery, to France he went. when he faw himself the third only among the princes who paffed over with him, with deep fighs and a flood of tears, he broke out into these exclamations: oh! ye irrevocable decrees of fate, which still hold on your fixed and certain course; why would ye ever raile me to fuch heights of fickle and uncertam happiness, foce moje pain arifes from a remembrance of it when lot than from the preffure of prefent misfortunes. The remembrance of those times, when at the head of armies I could lay wafte cities and provinces, grieves me more than all the calamities I now endure, though great enough to compel thofe to langh at my prefent weakness, who not long fince were trembling at my feet. Oh, frowns of angry fortune! will that day never come when it will be in my power to be avenged on those who have thus cruelly deferted my old age and helplefs poverty O, Cordella, my daugh ter, how true were thy fayings when thou gaveft an answer to my question, how much thou lovedit me! Didft thou not fay, fo much as you have, fo much are you worth, and fo much I love you? While I had any thing left to give, your filters feemed feemed to value me; but, alas, they were no friends to me but to my prefents, and if they loved me at all they ftill loved my gifts much more than myself. When the one were no more, the other deferted me. But with what face, O my dearest daughter! can I return to thee; when, after having been exasperated at thy words, I intended to marry thee worse than thy, fifters, who, after having been loaded with innumerab'e benefits, have condemned my old age to the hard rigours of poverty and exile! While intent on making thefe and fuch like reflections he arrived at Calais, where his daughter then was. Waiting without the city, he fent a meffenger to inform her of the deplorable flate into which he was fallen, and that in the atmost want of all food and raiment he was now come to implore her pity. Cordeilla was greatly affected by the meffage, and wept bitterly. She afked what retinue he had, and was told that he had one only attendant, who waited without the gates upon his mafter. She took then as much money as was neceffary, and giving it to the meff nger or dered him to conduct her father privately to fome other town, there to bathe and trengthen h m, to cloath anew and take all poffible care of him. A train of forty foldiers, well ettofen and well appointed, was then ordered to attend him; and when all this was done, he was to make King Aganippus and his daughter acquainted of his arrival. The metferger immediately returning, conducted Leir mivately to another place and kept him concealed there till every thing was done, which Cordeilla had commanded. Chap. XIII." Soon after, being clothed in royal apparel and nobly attended, he fent word to Agamppus and Cordeilla that he was driven from the kingdom of Britain by his two fons in law, and that he was come over to them in hopes that, by their affiftance, he might regain his country. They then, attended by their courtiers and robles, went out to meet him, received him with all marks of honour and diltinction, and gave him power over the whole realm of France till they could restore him to his former dignity at home. Leicester. It had been hereto founded in 'honour of James Bifrons; and hither all the workmen repaired on a folemn anniverfary day, that they might begin every work which they intended to compleat within the year. Chap XV." Cordeilla had now governed the kingdom five years in peace, when two of her fifters children, Marganus the fon of Maglaunus, duke of Albany, and Cunedagius, the fon of Henvinus, duke of Cornwall, took her prifoner. Both youths had the appearance of the greatest probity. Thefe after the death of their fathers fucceeded to their respective dukedoms; and, ill-brooking that Britain fhould remain fubject to the power of a woman, collected their forces, made war against her, nor ceafed from their cruel attacks till, having jaid waste some provinces, they came to a defive battle, overcame and threw her into prifon; there, being overwbelmed with grief for the loss of her crown, the foon put an end to her own life. The kingdom was afterwards divided between them, of which that part North of the river Humber as far as Caithnefs was ceded to Marganus, while Cunedagius Look poffeffion of all the other part to the Weft of the fame river. Two years had hardly elapfed, when fome evil-difpofed perfons, who took pleasure in pubIck ditturbances, cine to Marganus and weaned his affection from his brother; they told him how bafe and difgraceful a circumitance it was that he, who was the firtt-born, fhould not bear rule over the whole ifland. Being inftigated by these and many other fuch like motives, he led an army with fire and fword through the provinces of Cunedagius. The quarrel being thus begun, Cunedagius met him with all the troops he could raife, and giving him battle made a bloody flaughter and put him to flight. He followed bir from one province to another, and at last took him at a village in Wales, which after the killing ofMarganus was named Margan, and is fo called by the inhabitants to this day. Cunedagius having now obtained the victory became mafter of the whole monarchy of the ifland, and held it for the fpace of thirty years. Ifaiah and Ofea prophefied at that period of time; and Rome was then founded on the eleventh of the Kalends of May, by the twin brothers Romulus and Remus, A. M. 3351, Before Christ 753. "A fhort Abstract of the British Hutory from Brutus to Leir abovementioned; taken from the fame unquestionable authority. Chap. XIV." In the mean time Aga. A nippus fent difpatches through all France to collect all the armed force therein, that by their aid he might rettore Britain to his father-in-law King Leir. This being done, Leir conducted his daughter Cordeilla and a powerful army into Britain, where he gave battle to his fons and overthrew them. When the whole was again reduced to his power, he lived only three years to enjoy it. Aganippus also died about the fame time. Cordella, having affumed the reigns of government, buried her father in a fubterraneaus vault under the ver Soar, inb. uilding the famous Temple at Jerufalem. Brutus, furnamed Green-fhield, reigned 12 years, and was fucceeded by his fon Leir the First. The kingdom being in peace, he built a city in the North called Kaer-leir (Carlisle); Solomon was then This Leir reigned 25 years. His fon Hn dibras fucceeded him, who built Canter bary and Welf-Chefter, and a town called Sefona (I believe Southampton); he reigned 39 years; fucceeded by Bladad who reigned 20 years, and built Bath: he burlt hot baths therein under the fanction of the goddess Minerva, who had a temple there, in which fires were kept not fuffered to be extinguished. He was learned, and raught the art of necromancy through all Britain, and never ceafed trying experi ments till, having made himfelf wings to fly down from fome vaft height in the air, he fell down upon the Temple of Apollo, in the city of Trinobantis (London), and was dashed to pieces. "Bladud being dead, &c. as above, his fon Leir was raifed to the throne, &c." To Mr. WICKINS. "Dear Sir, Hampton, June 26, 1773, "I moft fincerely thank you for your trandation of Geoffry of Monmouth; it is very curious, and is more immediately the fource from whence Shakfpeare has drawn fuch a wonderful drama as his King Lear. There is an older play than Shakspeare's of King Leir and his three Daughters, which I have; this, I believe, Shakspeare made no ufe of. The ftory of Lear is likewife to be found in Robert of Glouceler's Chronicle, which was published long ago, printed by Hearne. There is alfo another carious hiftory of Leir, to be found in an old black-letter romance called Perceforth. Lord Camden has it, and lent it me to read. The moment I go to town I fhall fearch for Geoffrey of Monmouth, for I never imagined to find any thing fo near to the drama. Should I be in poffeffion of any old plays or books of any kind that you would be curious to fee, I beg that you will command me. I fall in the courfe of the fummer beg leave to prefent you with my picture, from which a print will foon be publifhed: if you will give it a place in your houfe you will do me great honour. As you are an admirer of Shakfpeare, I thought the shadow of him, as fteward of the Stratford Jubilee, might not be unacceptable to you. I am, &c. DAVID GARRICK." neceflary information to a Society at large (of which I ain a member) of fone leading circumstances which have created firange fchifins among them, whereby I am eftranged from that general encouragement I once enjoyed in fo eminent a degree by their patronage and esteem. farely, who n.dft remember with me) in It was my part (many there are, 1791 to point out to this Society's adiniration St. Stephen's chapel, Westminster. In confequence, I was directed by them to furvey and make drawings of the fame in the best manner poffible, that the incumbrances of modern brick walls, cielings, galleries, partitions, benches, &c. filling the chapel at that time could enable me fo to do. Thefe drawings were engraved, and appeared to meet with the approbation of the Society and the publick. In 1795, I was further ordered to make drawings for the faid Society of the cathedral church at Durham; which, in 1797, I exhibited before them in a feries of views, plans, elevations, &c. each one feverally at their weekly meetings. During this bufinefs, it happened that the prefent Mafter of the Board of Works was propofed to become a member; and of course his name was hung up in the meetingroom for the ufual number of weeks previous to the ballot for election. My drawings ftill went on in a regular fhow, accompanied with references and illuftrations; and it was rather extraor dinary that the candidate at this time was engaged in making his alterations and modern conveniences in Durham' cathedral, after the fame fyftem as he had manifefted at Salisbury and Lichfield cathedrals. Of neceffity fome obfervations were made in my papers on the progrefs already made, and of the farther defigns talked of, in this church, relative to the new appearance which it was foon to take. My collection ftill going through investigation, the faid candidate's ballot took place among the ordinary moderate number of attending members. Well, Sir, the ingenious Architect was black-balled, An event fo extraordinary and unexpected furprized his friends in the Society not a little however, they de termined once more to propofe this at prefent unlucky gentleman. Oa the fecond ballot he triumphed over his former ill fortune, and was declared "duly elected." The prodigious af femblage 614 Mr. Carter's Appeal on St. Stephen's Chapels [July, femblage on this occafion (fo many members never appearing at one time within this Society's walls) not only demonftrated how inclined one friend was to obey another's call; but proved to the world how ready fo high and learned a body of men were to come forward, if ever the dearest rights of their Society fhould demand their aids, to guard and to preferve its honour and interefts from dilgrace and innovation. Here it was that my ill fate, or my culpability for fome fuppofed hoftility towards any fellow labourers in Antiquarian purfiníts, or whatever caufe it might be, began to appear; for the mistake of the first ballot was laid to my charge; and from that moment until the prefent hour, I have lain under the interdict of certain, men in the Society, fo as by their eenfures I am deemed unworthy of countenance, fufpected in my faithfulness of penciled imitation, difcovered to have very moderate profeffional abilities, and declared to have been prying into the literal meaning of their Charter and Statutes, contrary to invitation or order. Any farther fhow of drawings by me (although gratuitoufly made), to illuftrate our antient fculpture (which were on exhibition in 1799), and my ellays attendant thereunto, were now to be got rid of at all events. See Orders XV. XVI. XVII. framed avowedly for that purpofe, in which they moft fuccefsfully fucceeded by my remiffnefs (or pride, if you pleafe, of not think ing it worth while to intreat permit bion where I had known no refraint) to bring before the Society any more of my voluntary feleétions from Antiquity. This apathy on my part went on till laft year, when the alterations inaing in St. Stephen's chapel prefented to view all thofe particular objects which in my furvey I was prevented from infpecting, as already noticed. On the inftant that this difcovery was announced, I haftened to the fpol, to complete my former tafk, by the addition of thofe parts I might now meet with. But how was I aftonifhed and difappointed to find an abfolute denial to all my intents, by an order from the Matter of the Board of Works, to be delivered to me in cafe I fhould come to make drawings in the chapel; not alone a prohibition against my ufing my pencil, but against my being A copy of the Royal Charter and Statutes, &c. admitted at all. This indecent and illiberal conduct in a man who by the favour of his Sovereign is feated in fo diftinguished an office as Matter of the Board of Works, has already been detailed, vol. LXX. p. 734—736, where I called on him to come forward, like a man and a gentleman, to ftate his reatons for fich ftrange and unbecoming behaviour. By his filence he no doubt reconciled his feelings to con clude that I was below his notice, or that he would anfwer at one time or other, and in a way that he might find moft congenial to his fentiments. Unwilling to lofe this opportunity of thatching from oblivion these matchlefs remnants of antient art, ere the momentary fufpence of demolition had configned them to duft and rubbish, I addreffed the noble Lord at the head of the Society to interfere, and procure me proper admiflion into the chapel, for the purpofes required, froin fonie higher authority than that of the architectural voice which had commanded the doors to be fut against me. This application paffed unnoticed. Still perfevering in my wish to grafp the fleeting remains, I wrote alfo to the then Speaker of the Houfe of Commons, requefing his especial mandate for leave of entrance into the Houfe, flating my caufe of bufines therein. The honourable Speaker, highly creditable to his name, anfwered me directly; but waved all interference otherwife than referring me to the Mafter of the Board of Works, to grant me the opportunity to make thofe drawings I might want. From this the honourable Speaker, no doubt, little knew of the fummary mode of expulfion I had juft experienced, or how impoffible it was in me to floop fo low as to petition a man for a fayour who had but juft acted a part fo inconfiftent with a Fellow Antiquary. Thus foiled in all my laudable attempts to gratify my Antiquarian curiofity, and to complete my foturer labours in the publication of the plans, elevations, &c. of this chapel, I refigned all hopes in this affair, to vent, occafionally, thofe unavailing regrets and heedlets remonfirances ever attendant on thofe expectations of the mind bent on the execution of fome great and ufeful design. A year has now paffed, and I have feen at laft drawings of the difcovered remains of St. Stephen's chapel, pre-. fented fented from the Mafter of the Board of Works to the Society, which, by their order, and at their expenfe, are to be brought out by way of appendix to their first publication of this chapel. I need only remark, that the World and the mafs of the Society here alluded to will, by what I have advanced, be enabled to form opinions why I have been deprived of my right of completing this part of a national work, the firft fubject to begin which I not only recommended, but firti awakened thai native zeal for the due veneration of thofe exquifite beauties marking that royal foundation St. Stephen's chapel. I now reap my reward, by an injurious combination to calumniate ing character, and to destroy that good opinion which my patrons have entertained of my correctnefs of copying from our antient works; an opinion fo absolutely neceffary to be maintained in gratitude to them and in juftice to iny. felf, that I have thus prefumed to fpeak my fentiments, which, in the prefent inftance, muft be confidered as dary incumbent on, Yours, &c. Mr. URBAN, J. CARTER. July 8. HE late Mr. Whitbread, who died June, 1796, having, by a codicit to his will, among other legacies, left 8000L to truftees, half of which is to be applied by them towards building a public infirmary for the county of Bedford, provided fuch building be erected within feven years after bis deccafe, and the other half directed, with the accumulation upon the whole fun, towards the endówneat of the fame; it is propofed to give activity to the above legacy by a fubfcription under proper regulations. The Duke of Bedford has opened it with 1001.; S. Whitbread, efq. with a fimilar fum; the Earl of Upper Of fory 50 guineas, Sir George Ofhorne, bart. 30 guineas; Sir Philip Monoux, bart, 20 guineas; &c. It is hoped you will hear a good account of this Eufinels from perfons berter acquainted with it than. Yours, &c. B. B. any part whatever of Pope's Works o Now, to go on in the quefiioning way, I would ask this gentleman, if the fubject of Eloifa's letter to Abelard were to very delicate? If there were not fome very tender lines in "Sappho to Phaon? If the account of Mr. Curll's illness were entirely cleanly? If the "Annus mirabilis were not rather frolickfome? If there were nothing natty in the fimile of the "frogs in Weftphaly?" If there are not fome words in other parts of ME. Pope's Works not very proper for young ladies to be acquainted with? I to thefe quetions, and I believe their number may be increased, he should anfwer No, to his question we must all fay Yes; and then he will be able to make nothing at all of it against Dr. Warton. Yours, &c. EUMENES Mr. URBAN, cenfures ou Dr. Warton's edition of Pope's Works, fays, "Does any huf band or father think of cautioning his wife, his daughter, or his fon, against Mr. URBAN, in July 10. In the late Mr. Grofé's Antiquities LATELY obferved fome stakes of England, vol. III. under the head of Mitford caftle, in Northumberland. Mr. Grofe is greatly mistaken in his account of a monument in Mitford church, which he defcribes as being that of the Bertrams, barons of Mitford;. it is the monument of Bartram Reveley, fon of George Reveley, of Newton Underwood and Theople, in the parish of Mitford, by Frances, his wife, daughter of Anthony Bulmer, and fifter of Sir Bertram Bulmer. Bertram Reveley was born in 1600; mar¬ ried, in 1620, Rolamond, the daughter of Michael Wentworth, of Wolley, in the county of York, coufin of Thomas. firft earl of Strafford; and died Oct. 6, 1622, according to family documents.. He had a fou, William, born in 1621, who died without iffie, of wounds he. received at the battle of Nafeby. Hie éftates at. Newton Underwood and Theople went by an old entail to Edward Reveley, whofe fon, George Revelev, married Barbara, eldest daughter of Robert Mitford, of Mitford; and their great grand-daughter, Philadel phia Reveley, was mother of the Right Hon. Sir John Mitford, now Speaker of the House of Commons, whofe elder brother is the prefent poffellor of Newton and Theople. Mr. Grofe was by |