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better than she looks, and what she wants in her eyes, she has in her commodity; and thence it was, I always found a tête-à-tête more pleasing with you there, than I shou'd have done at Blenheim, had the house been my own, tho' without my Lady Marlborough for my wife in it. For one may find

a great deal of pleasure, in building a palace for another; when one shou'd find very little, in living in't one's self.

I desire to make no such correction of your manners as to stifle one of your jokes upon matrimony; for tho' the chain should happen to hang a little easy about me (by a sort of a Messissippy good fortune!) I shall always think of my neighbours as I us'd to do. And if I shou'd chance at last, to come in for a share of their diappointments, I don't know whether I cou'd not rouze up a little, give the matter a new turn, and reckon when my joke was thrown into the fund, I had a better tytle to a little merryment upon the stock, than before. At least that I always thought I cou'd do, or I had never wedd. But more of that, if it comes to the tryal. I have only now to tell you, my wife returns your compliments. She says she is sorry she has not a sister for you; but she knows them that have. And if you'll give her commission, she'll answer for't, to provide at least as well for you, as she has done for me. She desires I'll tell you farther, that I have said so much to her of you, while you were alive, after you were dead, and since you are alive again, that she knows you well enough to desire to know you better, and therefore accepts of your dinner at Barnes and of your promise to accept of hers at Greenwich, where she will treat you with the best of her good (Yorkshire) housewifery.

[and if you will make one at cards, as I understand you have often done with much finer ladys then I am, I give you my word that I will neither cheat nor wrangle. Yr servt HARIOT V. "]

I shew'd Mr. Secretary Cragg what you writ to him; he returns you his compliments, and seems much dispos'd to be your friend and servant. His father I have not yet seen, tho' he is

5 All within crotchets in the handwriting of Lady Vanbrugh.

become my neighbour at Greenwich, having newly bought a house there.

I have yet only seen your nephew for a moment. I shall make all the enquiry I can of purchases for you, and give him notice of them as you desire. Peter Walters tells me of one which he says a great deal in commendation of. 'Tis Lady Mohun's estate in and about Gerrard Street, 300l. a year in present possession, and 3,500l. after a term of thirteen years, the purchase about 30,000l. But I don't know whether you mayn't incline more to a country purchase, than

a towne one.

I'm much oblig'd for the advice you give me, to dispose of some money where you have succeeded so well, and 'tis not out of fear I do not follow it. But to tell you the truth, I have no money to dispose of. I have been many years at hard labour, to work thorough the cruel difficultys that Haymarket undertaking involv'd me in, notwithstanding the aid of a large subscription; nor are those diffycultys quite at an end yet, tho' within (I think) a tollerable view.

I have likewise had a very hard disappointment of not being made surveyour of the works: which I believe you remember I might have had formerly, but refus'd it, out of tenderness to Sir Chr. Wren. And I have a farther misfortune of losing (for I now see little hopes of ever getting it) near 2000l. due to me for many years' service, plague, and trouble, at Blenheim, which that wicked woman of Marl is so far from paying me, that the Duke being sued by some of the workmen for work done there, she has try'd to turn the debt due to them, upon me; for which I think she shou'd be hang'd. But I have been so long us'd to attacks of fortune of these kinds; and found myself able to bear up against them, that I think I can do so still, tho' they cost me some oathes and curses, when I think of them; which to prevent (it being Sunday) I'll say no more of them now.

Since I writ thus far, I have seen your nephew again, and told him of the Gerrard Street estate. I find him much concern'd at your stay, thinking,

6 His theatre: see his former letters in July Magazine, pp. 28, 29.

if you were here, you wou'd be better advis'd about the methods for re-establishing your health, and that it wou'd be easyer for you to follow them. If that be the case, come away.

Yours ever, J. VANBRUGH.

A Mons", Monsr Jacob Tonson, chez
Monsr Gandovin, Libraire, sur le
Quay des Augustins, à Paris.

(To be continued.)

ANECDOTE OF DAVID HUME.

THE following anecdote of David Hume is far too good to be permitted to lie entombed any longer in the Lettres de Madame D'Epinay.

"Le celebre David Hume, grand et gros Historiographe d'Angleterre, connu et estimé par ses ecrits, n'a pas autant de talens pour ce genre d'amusemens (des proverbes) auquel toutes nos jolies femmes l'avoient decidé propre. Il fit son début chez Madame de P*** On lui avoit destiné le role d'un Sultan assis entre deux esclaves, employant toute son eloquence pour s'en faire aimer : les trouvant inexorables, il devoit chercher le sujet de leurs peines et de leur resistance. On le place sur un sofa entre les deux plus jolies femmes de Paris; il les regarde attentivement, il se frappe le ventre et les genoux à plusieurs reprises, et ne trouve jamais autre chose à leur dire que

Eh bien! mes demoiselles! Eh bien! vous voila donc - Eh bien! vous voila ici?... Cette phrase dura un quart d'heure, sans qu'il peut en sortir. Une d'elles se leva d'impatience. 'Ah!' dit-elle, 'je m'en étois bien doutée, cet homme n'est bon que de manger du veau!' Depuis ce tems, il est relegué au role de Spectateur, et n'en est pas moins fêté et cajolé. C'est en verité un chose plaisante qu'il jone ici. Malheureusement pour lui, ou plutôt pour la dignité philosophique, (car, pour lui, il paroit s'accommoder fort de ce train de vie,) il n'y avoit aucune manie dominante. Dans ce pays, lorsqu'il est arrivé, on l'a regardé comme une trouvaille dans cette circonstance, et l'effervescence de nos jeunes têtes s'est tournée de son côté. Toutes les jolies femmes s'en sont emparées; il est de tous les soupers fins, et il n'est point de bonne fête sans lui; en un mot, il est pour nos agréables ce que les Genevois sont pour moi."

This picture of the Philosophical Historian of the North, dressed up in robes and turban, as a Sultan, and sitting between two pretty French girls on a sofa, clapping his stomach and knees, and crying out "Eh voila!"

is well given us by Madame D'Epinay's pen; we should like to see it perpetuated by Newton's pencil.

SONG, BY ROBERT ANDERSON, THE
CUMBERLAND POET.

The following song, which does not occur in the printed copies of Anderson's Poems and Ballads, was written by him when he was employed by Mr. Barrington of Woodbank, Cumberland, in cutting blocks for calico printing. It was addressed to Miss B. of Carlisle.

I dare na lo'e thee, bonnie bud!
I dare na lo'e thee, lassie gay!
Tho' I wou'd ever watch thy smiles,
And silent gaze my soul away:

I cou'd na pou the blooming rose,

To see it wither on my breast;
Nor cou'd I tear thee frae thy hame,

Sin Poverty's my hated guest.
Thou'rt mair than wealthy, hinny flow'r!
Thy beauty makes my bosom glow;
Thy countless charms might grace a
throne;
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Thy smile a Saint frae Heav'n wou'd
But I'm without or friend or cot,

A woe-worn outcast doom'd to be;
The sport o' Fortune, scorn o' Man,

Yet scorning a' thy sex but thee.
Were mine a' Cumbria's lofty hills,

Or rich green valleys spreading wide,
To-morrow's sun shou'd own us one,

Nor ought wi' thee my love divide:
I'd ask of Heav'n to share thy smiles,
To cheat thy bosom of a sigh;
And shou'd Death tear thee frae these
arms,

Then wou'd I lay me down and die.
R. A.

EPITAPH TO THE REV. DR. BOOKER, ON A TOMB IN LONG ASHTON CHURCHYARD, SOMERSETSHIRE.

(See his Memoir in Jan. 1836, p. 73.)

Sacred to the memory of the Rev. LUKE BOOKER, LL.D. F.R.S.L. Vicar of Dudley, one of His Majesty's Justices of the Peace for the Counties of Hereford, Worcester, and Stafford; and, during the Regency, Chaplain in Ordinary to His Royal Highness George Prince Regent. He had removed from his own populous district, for the benefit of his health, to this parish, where, full of hope and humble confidence in the merits and mercies of his Divine Master, he died on the 1st October, A.D. 1835, æt. suæ 73.

In every relation of life, whether as a husband, a father, or a friend, the kindness and benevolence of his heart, the

rectitude and integrity of his conduct, and the accomplishments of his cultivated mind, endeared him to all who knew him; while his learning as a scholar, the beauty and energy of his style as an author, his impressive and persuasive eloquence as a preacher, and the faithful and fearless discharge of his sacred and civil duties during the most eventful times, rendered him an ornament to the Church, of which he was a devoted minister, and to the State, in which he lived an exemplary and loyal subject.

If thou, who tread'st this hallow'd ground,
Hast heard Salvation's gladdening sound,
Hast studied the stupendous plan
Of pardon, wrought for erring man,-
With penitence and prayer hast trod
The courts and altars of thy God;
Pause and bestow a Christian's tear
On BOOKER's relics, slumbering here.
He bade the holy prayer arise-
'The morn's and eve's best sacrifice;
With faithful fervour taught the way
To realms of everlasting day;
Proclaim'd, with steadfast hope and trust,
The Resurrection of the Just;
And, dying, sought his blest reward,
The Love of his Redeeming Lord.

MR. URBAN,

T. W. B.

Maize Hill, Dec. 18, 1836. THE Aggregation of the noble families of the Republic of Genoa in 1528, is so extraordinary a piece of history, that, as it has never been published in this country, I send a short account of it for your pages.

The feuds of the powerful families of this Aristocratical Republic, compelled the rulers to adopt new measures for reforming the Government, and putting an end to civil commotions it was therefore determined that there should be a selection of the twenty-eight most important families, to whom should be aggregated all the other nobles of the Republic, amounting to 586; and this majority consented to abandon their own proper surnames and arms, and to assume those of the twenty-eight Alberghi or great families, amongst whom they were distributed: the greatest number aggregated to any one Alberghi was thirty-seven; the least number nine.

I am not in possession of any copy of an Act of Aggregation in 1528, but I inclose you a translation of one dated 1448, when some similar union must have taken place, as I have another

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Act of Aggregation of the family of Ceba to the family of Grimaldi, 1448. IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN. The very noble Lucian Grimaldi, the son of Percival, and Dorino Grimaldi the son of Rabella, proctors and commissaries of the illustrious family of Grimaldi, created by the under-written, and constituted with the most general and ample power, arbitrement, and authority, as appears by the consent and subscription of the magnificent and potent Lord John Grimaldi, Lord of Monaco,* &c., the son of the late Lord Raynero, for himself and Catilane his son, who also subscribes ; also by the consent and subscription of the magnificent Peter Grimaldi, Lord of the Barony of Bueil and Val de Masse: also by the consent and subscription of the well-beloved Barnabus, Lord of Levent and Tourette: also by the consent and subscription of the magnificent Nicholas Grimaldi, Lord of Antibes, Cannes,t &c., assenting for himself and his sons: also by the consent and subscription of Gaspar, Lambert, John, Andrew, and Lewis, sons of the before-named magnificent Nicholas: also by the assent and subscription of Charles Grimaldi, son of the late Paul, of Philip Grimaldi, of the Lords of Mentoni, son of the late magnificent Lord Luke, of Guido Grimaldi, son of the before-named well-be

loved Philip, of Honoratus Grimaldi, also

of his son, of James Grimaldi son of the before-named Philip, and of Matthew Grimaldi son of the excellent Peter Grimaldi, son of the magnificent Lord Luke, deceased: also of John Lewis Grimaldi son of the same Peter: also by the consent and subscription of the illustrious John Grimaldi, son of the late Cosmo, of the Lords of Chateauneuf: also of Anthony and Ughetus his sons: also by the subscription and consent of the excellent Cosmo Grimaldi, son of the late Cosmo, and of Gaspar and Melchio his sons: also by the subscription and consent of the noble Demetrius Grimaldi in his own name, and in that of his brother Baptist : also by the consent and subscription of the noble and excellent persons after named, that is to say, Grimaldi of Gri

This branch still possess the principality of Monaco.

This branch are still Marquesses of Cannes.

maldi, Aymon Grimaldi, Lewis Grimaldi consenting in his own name, and in the name of Petrinus his grandson, and in the name and stead of the sons of the late Aleramo Grimaldi his uncle: also by the assent and subscription of Philip Grimaldi son of the late Anthony; of Andrew Grimaldi the son of the late Baptist; of Lucian and Dorino Grimaldi before named; of Luke Grimaldi‡ the son of the late Ansaldo, for himself and his brother Imperiali, and his children; of Francis Grimaldi son of the late Edward; of Cattaneo Grimaldi; of Galeoto Grimaldi, for himself, his sons, and brothers: also by the subscription and consent of Obert Grimaldi; of Julian Grimaldi; of Angelo Grimaldi; of Borruel Grimaldi, for himself and the noble sons of the late Philip Grimaldi: also by the subscription and the consent of Leonard Grimaldi the son of late Ansaldo, for himself and the sons of the late Obert: also by the subscription of Paul Grimaldi the son of Charles Grimaldi deceased, for himself and Andrew and James his kinsmen: also by the subscription of Oliver Grimaldi; and of Dominick Grimaldi, acting for himself and Edward and Joannoto his brothers: also by the consent and subscription of Jerome Grimaldi the son of Luchino deceased; of Leonard Grimaldi the son of Ambrose deceased; of John Baptist the son of Galeato; of Francis Grimaldi, formerly de Castro, for himself and his brother Anthony; of Meruald Grimaldi son of the before-named Lucian; and by the consent and subscription of Lewis Grimaldi son of the late Andrew; of the Lord Luke Grimaldi, Auditor of Civil Law; and of Ansaldo Grimaldi for himself and his sons. All of which § before named subscriptions having been exhibited in the Chancery of the high Republic of Genoa by me James Braccello, Notary Public; and having been there read, [The first before named] acting in the name and stead of the beforenamed illustrious family of Grimaldi, of the one part; And the noble and illustrious men Nicholas Ceba in his own name, and also by proxy in the name of the noble Frederick Ceba and Christopher his son, (as appears by the proxy thereupon made yesterday, under the hand of Lazaro Ragio, Notary,) and Babilan, and Dominick Ceba the sons of the late Thomas, each in his own proper name and in the stead of Anthony and Jerome their brothers, for whom and each of

The descendants of this branch settled in England, circ. 1685.

§ Of this numerous family, there is not one male descendant now left at Genoa.

whom they promise; acting moreover in this place not only in the names before mentioned, but also of the sons, grandsons, great-grandsons, and all the posterity of them and each of them for ever, and from age to age, of the other part.

They will perform, and they have agreed to perform to each other mutually, the underwritten compositions, conventions, proinises, and pacts, with the solemn stipulations on both sides settled. Renouncing all right of exception to any thing above named, or to any thing under written, or not under written, or otherwise, of having grief, wrong, or fear, in deed, action, or condition; and also renouncing all other rights and excuses : that is to say, because in virtue and on account of these compositions, conventions, promises, and agreements, the beforenamed Nicholas, Babilan, and Dominick, in the names of the before-named, having been for a long time vehemently attached to this family of Grimaldi, as well on account of the fame and celebrity of their name and the pre-eminent exploits which most of that family in ancient times have performed upon land and sea, as well as on account of the great and singular virtues of many of that race who live and are honoured at the present day. And on this account wishing to be associated into that family and name, and in a manner to be adopted therein, do of their own will and certain knowledge, and by no compulsion, or false persuasion, in the aforesaid names, promise to the said Lucian and Dorino, (they receiving them in the name as above,) that henceforth they and every one of them, and their sons, and grandsons, great grandsons, and the whole of their posterity, shall name themselves from the family and sur-name> of the Grimaldis, relinquishing the old name of the Cebas, and every other family surname.

Also that in their churches and other sacred places, as well as in profane buildings, where there may be the signs, or as commonly called the arms of the Cebas, they shall take measures to conceal them, or to paint the arms of the Grimaldi family; and if after this there shall be any new arms sculptured or painted in any place by them, they shall fix the Grimaldi arms, and relinquish those of Ceba.

Also that henceforth, in every celebration of nuptials, of funerals, and of those days (twice in every year) when the city meets to salute the Prince in the palace, and at the celebration of all other acts whatsoever, they shall meet in the portico or hall of the Grimaldis, and shall con

sult together with the rest of the Grimaldis, and with them they will go and remain, and these and other things will do according to the manner of the other Grimaldis, without any difference or disparity.

Also that, in all and singular meetings, in which according to the manner of families the men and females of the same family are accustomed to be invited, they, whether they invite or are invited, shall meet with the rest, and do those things which are accustomed to be done by the rest of the same family; and in short, that in all and singular actions, cases, counsels, meetings, and negotiations, nothing shall be denied to them which may be done by the true and original Grimaldis.

Moreover, that they and each of them in word and deed, with great diligence and care, shall preserve the fame, dignity, greatness and interest of the Grimaldi family, and shall search into and protect all those things as if they had been truly born of that race; so, indeed, that if any labours should be required to be undertaken, or any expenses to be incurred, in maintenance of the dignity and honour of the Grimaldi family, they shall neither refuse then to give their labours, nor to contribute to the expense, nor to do any other thing, but shall do what the true and original Grimaldis shall see fit to do, provided that all those things which are named be with the consent of the family so conferring.

On the other part, the aforesaid Lucian and Dorino, in the name of the said family, considering the antiquity and nobility of the race of Ceba, and the numerous and shining virtues of the aforesaid Frederick, Nicholas, Babilan, and others, which are so rightly and justly esteemed, that (as much as is possible) they would add lustre to the noblest family, not being ignorant of the good-will and desire which many of them bear towards the Grimaldi family, IN THE NAME OF GOD, they have for ever received the same Frederick, Nicholas, and the rest, with their brothers, sons, grandsons, great grandsons, and all their posterity, into the family of the Grimaldis, with all their signs, ensigns, respect, excellence, honour, dignity, surname, and other ancient rights, by whomsoever obtained and to be obtained, and as of the true origin of the Grimaldis: Transferring all these to the same Frederick, Nicholas, and others before named, by the same right as the ancient and original Grimaldis are possessors and participators of all the before-named things. And promising to them, the said Nicholas and Frederick, and Babilano, and others

above named, receiving the same name and distinction, that henceforth they, Lucian and Dorino, in the name and on the behalf of the Grimaldi family, shall have, hold, and consider, the same Frederick, Nicholas, and the rest above named, and their posterity, as true originals from the stock of the Grimaldis; and that in all meetings, councils, assemblies, and acts, each shall have to himself the like and the same honour and dignity as shall be given to the rest of the Grimaldis; so that among them, and the original Grimaldis, there shall henceforth be no difference or disparity of condition, but both shall be treated alike and uniformly, as springing together from one stock.

All and singular which things aforesaid, the parties above named mutually and interchangeably with themselves, have promised to perform and preserve, and in no wise to counteract, or to do any thing to the contrary, upon any reason, pretence, occasion, or cause whatsoever, either in law or in fact, secretly or openly, or in any other manner, under the penalty of twice as much to be paid by him who shall counteract, or shall not perform as above said; ratifying nevertheless to the remaining parties, all and singular, the before-mentioned premises.

All which things the parties themselves have required to be evidenced in this public document by me the under-signed Notary and Chancellor of the High State of Genoa.

Done at Genoa, in the piazza or loggia of the Grimaldis, which is nearest the church of the Blessed Luke, in the year of the Nativity of our Lord 1448, in the eleventh indiction, according to the Genoese custom, on Friday the 25th day of October in the 23rd hour; there being present the most noble Amphreon Spinola the son of Nicholas, Francis Spinola the son of Peter, and Paolo Imperiali, as witnesses specially asked and summoned for this purpose.

Mr. URBAN,

I SEND you a few quotations relating to the Truckle-bed formerly used in the 16th and 17th centuries. We find it mentioned in Hall's Satires; which is explained in a note by S. W. Singer-" a small bed made to run under a larger one," &c. It is frequently mentioned by early writers, and at a later period, as in Dryden's "Wild Gallant," Act I.

"Burr.-You are very merry with my wardrobe; but 'till I am provided with a better, I am resolved to receive all my visits in this truckle-bed.

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