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NOTES:- Original Letter of Cromwell, 121A General Literary Index, &c., 122 - Sir William Blackstone's Works, &c., 124-Pieces from Manuscripts, No. II., 125- William Brewster of the Plymouth Plantation, Ib.-"Lene" and "Leue," 126-Bishopric and Cathedral of Hereford, 127 Charles Lamb's "Old Familiar Faces ” — Binding Various Authors Humber - Cherubin, a Christian Name - Impending Abolition of Legal Wigs - Dr. Johnson's early Contributions to a Birmingham Newspaper, 129. QUERIES: Ambassadors Knighted Bridgemasters of London- Classic Churches - Danish Law - Biography of the Chevalier D'Eon Ancient Scottish Distillation Kings in Council - Kings of Spain Lassus Bronzes Certificate of Naturalization Jerome and Rufinus Spiral Staircase court-Swift, 130. - Leaden Poems - St. Stanton-Har QUERIES WITH ANSWERS: Thomas May's Tragedy of "Agrippina"-Richard de Bury's "Philobiblon"- Epitaph in St. Paul's Churchyard, Cornwall - Drapers' Company-Challe-Stound-Quotation wanted-"Gideon," 132. REPLIES:- Richard Crashaw: his Translation, &c., 134The De Vere Family, Ib. Scotch Land Measures: De Mulcastres: De Nenhams, 135 - Quotations: "The Waterloo Waltz," 136-Bradshaw the Regicide, 137- St. Herefrid, 138 Robert Morris-Salmon and ApprenticesDr. Parr, a Passage in his Spital Sermon -The Monastery of Königssaal-Variation of Surnames Positions in Sleeping Editions of Ducange The Prior's Pastoral Staff Noble of Edward III.-Tasso's "Love and Madness - Hawaiian Alphabet - Crassipies - Milton's unknown Poem-Seakale, &c., 138. Notes on Books, &c. Notes. ORIGINAL LETTER OF CROMWELL. [Mr. Carlyle tells us in his Cromwell (vol. i. p. 168, ed. 1857) that on the 26th [April, 1645] Cromwell "gained a new victory, and on the whole made rather a brilliant sally of it; this too is known from Clarendon, or more authentically from Rushworth; but only the concluding unsuccessful part of this, the fruitless summons to Farringdon, has left any trace in autograph." The following characteristic letter from Cromwell, which has never been printed, will, we doubt not, find a place in the next edition of Mr. Carlyle's admirable work, and in the mean time be perused with great interest by our readers.] "My Lords and Gent". "Since my last it has pleased God to blesse me with more successe in your service. In pursuance of your Commands I marched from Bletchington to Middleton Stonies and from thence towards Witney as privately as I could, believing that to be a good place for interposing betweene the King and the West, whether he intended Goring and Greenevill or the two Princes. "In my march I was informed of a body of foote which were marching towards Faringdon (which indeed were a commanded party of 300, which came a day before from Faringdon under Col. Rich. Vaughan to strengthen Woodstocke against mee, and were now returning). "I understood they were not above 3 houres march before me. I sent after them; my forlorne overtooke them as they had gotten into Inclosures not far from Brampton Bush, skirmished with them. They killed some of my horses, mine killed and got some of them, but they recovered the Towne before my body came up, and my forlorne not being strong enough was not able to doe more than they did: the Enemy presently barricadoed up the Towne, got a pretty strong house my body coming up about Eleven in the I sent them a summons. night. They slighted it. I put myselfe in a posture that they should not escape mee, hopeing to deale with them in the morning. My men charged them up to their Barricadoes in the night, but truely they were of so good resolution that wee could not force them from it, and indeed they killed some of my horses, and I was forced to waite untill the morning: besides they had got a passe over a brooke. În the night they strengthened themselves as well as they could in the Store house. In the morning I sent a Drum to them, but their answer was they would not quitt except they might march out upon honorable Tearmes. The Tearmes I offered were to submitt all to mercy. They refused with anger. I insisted upon them, and prepared to storm; sent them word to desire them to deliver out the Gent. and his family, which they did; for they must expect extremity, if they put me to a storme. After some tyme spent, all was yielded to mercy. Armes I tookMusquetts neare 400, besides other armes, about 200. Nine score besides Officers, the rest being 2 Barrells of Powder; Souldiers and Officers were scattered and killed before. The chiefe Prisoners Littleton, and Major Lee, 2 or 3 Captaines and were Colonell Sir Rich. Vaughan, Lieutent- Col. other Officers. horse of the Enemy which crossed mee towards "As I was upon my march, I heard of some Evesham. I sent Colonel Fiennes after them, whom God soe blessed that he tooke about 30 Prisoners, 100 horse and three horse Colours: truely his dilligence was great, and this I must testifie that I finde noe man more ready to all services than himselfe. I would say soe if I did not finde it, if his endeavour were at all considered, I should hope you might expect very real service from them. I speake this the rather because I find him a Gentleman of that fidelity to You, and soe conscientious that he would all his Troupe were as Religious and Civil as any, and make it a great part of his Care to get them soe. "In this march my men alsoe got one of the Quenes Troupers, and of them and others about 100 horses. This morning Col. John Fiennes sent mee in the Gent. that waites upon the Lord Digbie in his Chamber, who was going to Gen. |