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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



No. 124. 



second volume, and is probably now in the hands 

 of few. Mr. Lyte's volume also appears to be a 

 rarity. I therefore append a copy, which you can 

 add to this note if you do not think it too long. 

 Perhaps your correspondent would send the re- 

 Inainder of his fragment, which it might be in- 

 teresting to compare. 



" THE LONG-ARMED DUKE. 



*' Good people, give attention, a story you shall 

 hear, 

 It is of the king and my Lord Delamere ; 

 The quarrel it arose in the parliament house, 

 Concerning some taxations going to be put in 

 force. 



Ri toora loora la. 



" Says my Lord Delamere to his Majesty soon, 

 ' If it please you, my liege, of you I'll soon beg 



a boon.' 

 'Then what is your boon? let me it under- 

 stand : ' 

 ' It's to have all the poor men you have in your 

 land ; 



" ' And I'll take them to Cheshire, and there I 



will sow 

 Both hempseed and flaxseed, and them all in a 



row. 

 Why, they'd better be hanged, and stopped 



soon their breath. 

 If it please you, my liege, than to starve them 



to death.' 



" Then up starts a French* lord, as we do hear, 

 Saying, ' Thou art a proud Jack,' to my Lord 



Delamere, 

 ' Thou oughtest to be stabbed,' then he turn'd 



him about, 

 ' For affronting the king in the parliament house.' 



" Then up stai'ts his grace the Duke of Devonshire, 

 Saying, ' I'll fight in defence of my Lord Dela- 

 mere.' 

 Then a stage was erected, to battle thej went. 

 To kill or to be killed was our noble duke's 

 intent. 



" The very first push, as we do understand, 

 The duke's sword he bended it back into his 



hand. 

 He waited awhile, but nothing he spoke. 

 Till on the king's armour his rapier he broke. 



*' An English lord, who by that stage did stand, 

 Threw Devonshire another, and be got it in his 



hand : 

 * Play low for your life, brave Devonshire,' said he, 

 ' Play loAV for your life, or a dead man you will 

 be.' 



* According to some reciters, " Dutch." 



" Devonshire dropped on his knee, and gave him 



his deathwound ; 

 Oh ! then that French lord fell dead upon the 



ground. 

 The king called his guards, and he unto them 



did say, 

 'Bring Devonshire down, and take the dead 



man away.' 



" ' No, if it please you, my liege, no ! I've slain 



him like a man ; 

 I'm resolved to see what clothing he's got on. 

 Oh ! fie upon your treachery — your treachery,' 



said he, 

 ' Oh ! king, 'twas your intention to have took my 



life away : 



" * For he fought in your armour, whilst I have 



fought in bare ; 

 The same thou shalt win, king, before thou does 



it wear.' 

 Then they all turned back to the parliament 



house. 

 And the nobles made obeisance with their hands 



to their mouths. 



" God bless all the nobles we have in our land, 

 And send the Church of England may llourisb 



still and stand : 

 For I've injured no king, no kingdom, nor no- 



crown. 

 But I wish that every honest man might enjoy 

 his own." 



C. W. G. 



Minor iHntcS. 



A Note on Henrij III. — In Vol. v., p. 28., is the- 

 Query, " Are our Lists of English Sovereigns 

 completed ? " Some further illustration of the 

 case of the king usually styled Henry IIL, to 

 which particular attention was directed, may be 

 derived from the subjoined extract taken from a. 

 MS. (No. 146.) in the University Library at 

 Cambridge. The MS. is a parchment roll con- 

 taining a " genealogical tree " of the kings of 

 England, with brief notices written in the fif- 

 teenth century. On one side of the medallion on» 

 which is inscribed " Henricus tercius," is a brief 

 eulogy of the king ; on the other side is the fol- . 

 lowing: 



" Iste Henricus dictus est tercius quia sic intitula- 

 tur in Cronicis hystoriis scriptis et cartis non ratione 

 numeral! sed regie denominationes (sic) vel dignitatis 

 verbi gracia si numeretur. Henricus filius conquestoris. 

 Delude Henricus secundus filius Plantageiiet postea 

 filius eiusdem Henrici erit iste profecto quartus, 

 Praetermittitur autem in stipite regnantium Henricus 

 filius eius quia non regnavit, ratione igitur regnantium 

 dicitur iste Henricus tercius. Obiit die sancti Ed- 

 mund! Regis anno regn! sui lvii° et sepultus est apud 

 Westmonasterium." 



W. R. C. 



