2"'»S. N»o8., Feb. 7. '67.] 



KOTES AND QUERIES. 



103 



£ s. d. 

 from November 2Sii', i690, to August 25"', 

 ]G!)1 ; and for £150, being allowed for half 

 a year's Extraordinarys, end. May 27"', 1G91 48 S 

 Articles not allowed bv the Treasury 

 from the 27"» N»vembe'r to the 28"' day 

 of May, 1691, being two quarters 



9. The first quarter for my house at Hanover, 

 and Lodging at Wolffenbuttle and Bruns- 

 wick, as is mentioned in an article for this 



last quarter - - - - 30 



10. Mourning for myself, for the Prince Aug., 

 second son to the Duke of Hannover, killed 



in Transilvania - - - - 13 4 



11. New 3'ear's Gifts to the severall Courts - 29 IG 6 



For the second quarters' house rent at 

 Hannover, and lodgings at Brunswick 

 and Wolffenbuttle, that was not allowed 

 by the Treasury - - - 30 



Total 



£422 11 

 " William Duxton Colt. 



"The. second article of this bill being 

 disbursed by his Majesty's parti- 

 cular command, and the four last 

 seeming reasonable hy the neces- 

 sity of the expcnce, his Majesty is 

 pleased to direct them likewise to 

 be allowed. I therefore allow the 

 whole of this bill, notwithstanding 

 it exceeds the allowance of the 

 Regulation. Whitehall, o"* of 

 March, 169^. 



" Sydney ex'."* 



It is probable that I may again contribute some 

 notes from these bills of ambassadors' expenses, 

 which are undoubtedly of considerable utility in 

 the illustration of English history. 



WiLLi.\M Henry Hart. 



1. Albert Terrace, New Cross. 



ANONYMOUS AVRITERS, 



The identiflcation of an anonymous writer by 

 the test o{ style is an object on wliich many per- 

 sons have exercised their ingenuity. Without 

 repeating the sharp censure which Pope was ac- 

 customed to pass on such persons, I must be 

 permitted to express my opinion that those at- 

 tempts have too often been made with excessive 

 hardihood of critical pretension. 



I do not entirely reject the test, but contend 

 that phraseological resemblances, if adduced as 

 proofs of authorship, should always have the 

 support of other circumstantial evidence. 



Every one who writes for the press has oppor- 

 tunities of reviewing his composition, and must 

 therefore be somewhat aware of its peculiarities. 

 Now, if he should wish to conceal his name, 

 would he not strive to avoid those peculiarities? 

 Besides, the style must vary with the subject, 

 with the variable feelings of the writer, etc. 



♦ PeU Warrant Book, 1G91-2, p. 222. 



As an illustration of this question, which holds 

 an important station in the history of literature, I 

 shall transcribe some verses which bear the sig- 

 nature of an author of whose composition some 

 thousands and tens of thousands have read speci- 

 mens. If any one who does not remember the 

 verses can name" the author, I must be content to 

 modify the above-declared opinion. 



" To my noble friend * * * ; An ode in pure iambic feet. 



" I knew before thy dainty touch 

 Upon the lordly viol, " 

 But of thy lyre who knew so much 



Before this happj* trial ? 

 So tuned is thy sacred harp 

 To make her echo sweetly sharp. 



" 1 wot not how to praise enough 

 Thy music and thj' muses : 

 Thy gloss so smooth, the text so tough. 



Be judge who both peruses. 

 Thy choice of odes is also chaste ; 

 No want it hath, it hath no waste. 



" A grace it is for any knight 



A statelj' steed to stable ; 

 But unto Pegasus the light 



Is any comparable? 

 No courser of so comely course 

 Was ever, as the winged horse. 



" That Asirophel, of arts the life, 



A knight was, and a poet ; 

 So was the man who took to wife 



The daughter of La Roet. 

 So thou that hast reserv'd a part 

 To rouse my Johnson, and his art. 



" Receive the while my lowly verse 

 To wait upon thy muses ; 

 •« Who cannot half thy worth rehearse — 

 My brain that height refuses. 

 Beneath Ihy meed is all my praise : 

 That asks a crown of holy bavs." 



« * « 



Bolton Corney. 



QUEEN ANNE S BOUNTY. 



The following is a copy of the Address of the 

 University of Oxford to Queen Anne, August 2, 

 1704. P. S. 



May It please your Majestic, 



We Your Majesties most dutiful! and loyall 

 subjects the Chancellor, Masters and Scholars of 

 the University of Oxford most humbly beseech 

 your Majesty to accept of our unfeigned thanks 

 for your unexampled charity in so freely parting 

 with a branch of your own revenue, for the more 

 comfortable subsistence of the poor clergy of the 

 Church of England ; whereby your Majesty hath 

 given the most sensible proofe of your reall con- 

 cerne for that Excellent Church, at the same time 

 releiving the necessitys of her preists, and wiping 

 off so great a blemish as their poverty had brought 

 upon Her. 



