5G2 MONTHLY REVIEW OF LITERATURE. 



I loked for no more. 



William More, Lowsley, Surrey, 276, 013. Is. 3d. 



Fortune Amy, Sir Thomas Gresham, knight, 345, 471, Is. 2d. 



Piiestes love pretie wenches. Per Rich. Enecke, Sibforde, 13, 569, Is. 2d.'' 



There are many others equally curious, as illustrating the manners, feelings, and 

 quaint devices of the period, but for which we cannot afford space. 



Several royal visits to Loseley are mentioned in different papers, with an ac- 

 count of the precautionary measures taken against the Armada, 



We have, among others, original letters of Dr. Donne, Dean of St. Paul's, with 

 curious ones of Lord Herbert of Cherbury, and original documents relating to Sir 

 Walter Raleigh, from which it appears that Count Gondemar knew the real ob- 

 ject King James had in view when he allowed him to proceed to Guinea for the 

 purpose of drscovering gold mines there. Interesting, however, as many of these 

 are, the most interesting, and, we conceive, the most valuable, are four original 

 Autograph and Confidential Letters of King James to Sir George Moie, Lieutenant 

 of the Tower, in which he wishes him to advise the Earl of Somerset " to confess 

 his guilt as to the murder of Sir Thomas Overbury, and thus leave his Majesty 

 some place for his mercy to work upon;" " if he will yet confess before his trial, 

 the king will perform what he has promised towards him and his wife;" ' if he 

 would send him any message concerning the poisoning, it need not be private ;" 

 " if the Earl appear to be distracted in his wits, his trial may be adjourned." 



From an envelope, in the handwriting of the time, it would seem that it was the 

 Countess alone, and not the Earl, who was the guilty party. The envelope con- 

 cludes with, " but the truth is, King James wase wearye of him ; Buckingham 

 had supplied his place." We have perused, with much pleasure, several other 

 letters, more particularly those respecting Sir Thomas Monson, as concerned in 

 the above murder; of Chancellor Egerton to Sir George More; of the Infanta 

 Isabella, daughter of Philip II. of Spain, to the King; of Sir William Chaworth, 

 as ambassador to the Infanta, containing various details of court manners, cos- 

 tume, and etiquette, as well as the " intention, abstract, sum, and end" of his 

 journey. 



Upon the whole, we consider " the Loseley Manusciipts" to be among the most 

 valuable, in every point of view, of any that have been as yet published, and we 

 feel confident that such will be the opinion of the public. We had well nigh 

 forgotten to state that clever Fac-simile, are given of the autographs of some of 

 the most distinguished individuals by whom the letters were written. 



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