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actually, For the time being, seem to live among them. We converse with them 

 about the new religion ; we dine with them, off " multons" at 8s. ; " capons, at 

 Is. 4 d. apece ;" and " conyes" at 3s. the dozen ; and drink with them from earthen 

 pots of Dutch manufacture; or, if the liquor be Canary, Leres Sec, or Hock, we 

 drain a cup of the one, and a long-handled glass of the other, to " the destruction of 

 the Invincible Armada and long life to the Queen !'* 



Anon we deck ourselves out in " doublets and long hose of black taffeta, cut 

 upon tinsel, with two embroidered laces," and, in a few minutes, behold us at 

 <k the Globe," alternately laughing and crying, as it pleases Will Shakspeare to 

 make us. In short, we join in their revels, their sports, and their wiles ; and but 

 hold ! who have we here ? truly, the " Lord of Misrule" and his masque ; with 

 " Venus in a chaire triumfall ;" Mars with " a target of his armes" in one hand 

 and "a naket sworde" in the other, and Cupid, " a letell boye, with a bow and 

 arrows, blinfelde." 



There is an exceedingly curious, and probably unique, printed pamphlet con- 

 taining the Ordinances of War, promulgated by Henry VII I., on occasion of his 

 expedition to Boulogne, A. D. 15 13, and are the ordinances upon which are founded 

 the Articles of War of the present day. It is from the press of Richard Pynson. 

 We have, also, various original documents, relating to the Lady Jane Grey the 

 ill-fated Queen of a few days ; original documents, some under the sign manual 

 of Queen Mary, relating to Wyatt's Rebellion; notices of the Palace of None- 

 such, &c. 



Some Parochial Accounts, A.D. 1552, are so curious, that we cannot refrain from 

 giving an extract or two ; the more so in consequence of the remark of the Editor, 

 that " this paper bears evidence of the unsettled state of religion in the sixteenth 

 century, when the new-born reformed church and the old papal hierarchy were 

 striving, as it were, for the mastery." There are payments ' For setting up rood- 

 lofte, 10d.," "For poolyng doune the roode, 14d., w "For pluckyng the alters, 

 plastering the walles, and mending of div'se places, 7 shilllings." 



The Editor has given an engraving of a Lottery Chart for 1567, containing the 

 different prizes, such as money, silver spoons, cups, beakers, &c. The original is 

 5 feet in length by 19 inches in breadth, and is very probably unique. We give 

 a few of the "Posies/' or " Poesies," of the different adventures, extracted from a 

 book intituled ' Prizes drawen in the Lottery/' 



" My pose is small, 



But a good lot may fall. 

 Per John Burnell, Whitston, 81, 763, Is. 3d. 



What is a tree of cherries worth to foure in a company, 

 Per Thomas Laurence, Lond. 123, 487, Is. 2d. 



If a very rich prise arise should to our lot, 



Al that would be employed on our decayed port, 



Tho. Spikernell, of Maulden, in Essex, 331, 597, 2s. Id. 



Armouth for a haven is a fit place, 



And a haven it may be if it please the Queene's grace; 



Per Willia' Mallocke, of Armouth, 85, 573, 3s. 4d . 



Best hop have the ring. 



Per Bosham Parish, Sussex, 236, 933, 5s. lOd. 



God send the Queen good issue. 



William Walshe, of Yoghul, 204, 673, Is. 3d. 



Hope helpeth. 



Tho. Lord Howard, Vicount Byndon, 5, 927, 2s. Id. 



Of many people it hath been said, 



That Tenterden steeple, Sandwhich haven hath decayed. 



Per Ed. Hales, Tenterden, Kent, 40, 884, Is. 2d. 



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