quainted with Overbury. His poems, in conjunction with those of the Earl of Pembroke, were printed in 1660.

Page 191, line 6; a foole at the upper end of the table, &c.] To sit at the table above or below the salt was a mark of distinction in opulent families. The salt was contained in a massive silver utensil called a saler, now corrupted into cellar, which was placed in the middle of the table; persons of distinction sat nearest the head of the table, or above the salt, and inferior relations or dependants below it.

Page 193, line 1; NEWES FROM THE CHURCH]. In the sixth edition this is subscribed "Jo. Ruddiard." Perhaps John Rudyerd, the elder brother of Sir Benjamin Rudyerd, the lawyer and poet? He matriculated at Oxford, in 1587.

Page 227, line 17; the last great frost]. "It was owing to a severe frost that the French obtained easy access into Holland, which led to its subsequent subjugation, and present annexation to France."-PARK.

Page 259, line 1; The Count of Gondemore]. Diego Sarmiento de Acuna, created Count Gondomar by Philip III. He was despatched to England as Ambassador in 1613, and resided five years in this country. A curious account of his early life may be found in the Nobiliario genealogico de los Reyes y Titulos de Espana of Lopez de Haro, folio, Madrid, 1622, vol. i. pp. 236-238. He died in 1625 at Bommel in Guelderland; sent, as was supposed, to propose the surrender of the Palatine, and conciliate matters; and bring on a peace between his master and our pacific Court.

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