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NOTES AND QUERIES. 



[2''4 S. X. Dec. 22. "GO. 



offioe were discbarged by a lieutenant-governor. 

 But it must be borne in mind that in those days 

 the lieutenant-governor was not an officer ap- 

 pointed by the Crown, but a sort of deputy nomi- 

 nated by the governor or captain. In July, 1600, 

 Edward Lord Zouch was appointed Lieutenant- 

 Governor, and on his having occasion to repair 

 to England in the following April, his place was 

 supplied by the Bailiff', Amyas de Carteret. But 

 the person who most frequently acted in this 

 capacity was Peter Carey. In November, 1596, 

 he was sworn in jointly with Mr. Henry Smyth ; 

 in October, 1603, he was sworn in alone ; and in 

 September, 1604, jointly with Mr. Thomas Leigh- 

 ton, the son of the Governor. Sir Thomas Leigh- 

 ton was himself in Guernsey in 1606 ; but we 

 find Peter Carey again acting as Lieutenant- 

 Governor in 1607 and the early part of 1608. 



I subjoin the following extracts from the Re- 

 cords of the Island of Guernsey : — 



"Le vj« Jourdu moys de Novembre Tan mili cinq cents 

 nonante et six par devant Louj'S Devyck, Baillyf, 

 presents ad ce NicoUas Martyn Senior, John de Saus- 

 mares, Pierre Beauvoir, Wj'^llyam Le Marchant, 

 John Effard, et Nicollas Martyn, Junior, Jur^s, — 

 " Mr. Henry Smith et\ ont este jur^s et assermentes k 

 Mr. Pierre Carei/e J la charge et office de Lyeuttenant 



de Messire Thomas Leyghton, Chevallyer Cappitaine et 

 Gouvemeur pour la Mat'5 de la Royne nostre Souverayne 

 Dame, du Chasteuu Cornet et Isles de Guernesey, Serck, 

 Ilerm et Aurigny (et ce par le bon voulloir et comande- 

 ment du dit S' Gouvemeur), comme a teille charge ap- ■ 

 partient." 

 " Le xxj« Jour du mois d'Octobre I'an miit six cents et 

 troys, par devant M^ William Le Marchant, Lyeu- 

 tenant d'Amys De Carteret Esq"". Bailly, pi'its h ce 

 Andr^ Harris, Jean Andros, Pierre Careye, Nicollas 

 Martin, George Guille, Edward Blondell, Nicollas Le 

 Feyvre et Pierre Brehault, Jurez, — 



" Mr. Pierre Careye a est^ jur^ et serment^ Lyeutenant 

 de Messire Thomas Leighton, Chev'' Gouvemeur des Isles 

 de Guernezey, Aureney, Serck, Erme, et des Chateaux et 

 forteresses en icelles, y ayant este ^sleu et choisy et pre- 

 sent^ par le dit S' Gouvemeur avant son partement." 



" Le x« Jour du mois de Septembre I'an mill six cents 

 quatre, par devant William Le Marchant, Lieutenant 

 d'Amys De Carteret, Esq'. Bailly, piits k ce Jean Andros, 

 Nicollas Martin, George Guille. Edouard Blondell, Nicollas 

 Le Feyvre, Pierre Br^hawlt, Hellier Le Pelley, Nicollas 

 Carej'e et James Beauvoir, Jurez. 



" Mr. Thomas Leighton et i ont est^ jur^s et sermentes 

 Mr. Pierre Careye ' Lyeiitenantz de Messire 



Thomas Leighton, Chevalier, Capitaine et Gouvemeur 

 G€n4raU soubs sa * * * de I'lsle de Guernezey et autres 

 les adjacentes, et les Chateaux et forteresses en icelle * * * 

 suivant la presentation et nomination que le dit S"" en 

 avoit fait en Justice le * * * jour de ce mois." 



From the Peter Carey who thus acted as Lieu- 

 tenant-Governor are descended all the branches 

 of the family now existing in Guernsey. 



I am not aware that any connexion has ever 

 been clearly established between the Careys of 

 Guernsey and the ancient house of Cary of Cock- 

 ington. 



Sir Thomas Leighton was for at least forty years 

 in communication with the leading statesmen of 

 his day. His correspondence, if preserved, would 

 be very valuable. Many of his letters are in the 

 State Paper Office ; but it is possible that there 

 may be other papers of his in private collections. 



P. S. Caeey. 



BLANK VERSE. 

 (2°"* S. X. 404. 452.) 

 I was perfectly aware that I should have to do 

 battle in defence of my hypothesis. All I wished 

 for was, to meet with courteous opponents, and 

 such I have found in Mr. Nichols, while of Mr. 

 Collins I have no reason whatever to complain. 

 Give me but courtesy, and I will bear to be re- 

 futed, and even ridiculed; but I deprecate the 

 sneer, the taunt, the malicious innuendo, or the 

 direct charge of dishonest dealing, — in a word, 

 the gantlope which Mr. Collier has had to run. 

 Let the passage of arms be " gentle and joyous," 

 and I am ready at all times to enter the lists. 



My opponents must allow me to say that their 

 attempts at turning my poor prose into verse are 

 complete failures ; for not more than one half of 

 their lines can claim to be metrical, and in these 

 matters there must be no break-down ; and far- 

 ther, in verse the metric ictus must always coincide 

 with the oratorical or natural accent ; the only 

 difference is the slight elevation of tone which 

 marks the end of the line. Let any one compare 

 that prose-made versd with the following speci- 

 mens of what I will term metric prose : — 

 " As I remember, Adam, 'twas upon this fashion : 

 He bequeathed me.by will, but poor a thousand 

 Crowns ; and, as thou sayest, charged my brother on his 

 Blessing to breed me well : and there begins 

 My sadness. My brother Jaques he keeps at school, 

 And Report speaks goldenly of his profit ; 

 For my part, he keeps me rustically at home, 

 Or, to speak more properly, stays me here at home 

 Unkept : for call you that keeping for a gentleman 

 Of my birth, that differs not from the stalling 

 Of an ox?" &c. 



" It was in the time that the Earth begins to put on 

 Her new apparel, against the approach of her lover. 

 And that the Sun, running a most even course, 

 Becomes an indifferent arbiter between 

 The night and the day, that the hopeless shepherd 



Strephon 

 Was come to the sands, which lie against the island 

 Of Cithera, where, viewing the place with a heavy 

 Kind of delight, and sometimes casting his eyes 

 To the isleward, he called his friendly rival pastor, 

 Claius, unto him, and setting down first in his darkened 

 Countenance a doleful copy of what he would speak, 

 ' 0, my Claius,' said he, * hither we now are come 

 To pay the rent, for which we are so called 

 Unto, by our over-busy Remembrance, 

 Remembrance, restless Remembrance, 

 Which claims not only this duty of us, but 

 For it will have us forget ourselves,' " &c. 



I need hardly observe that remembrance was 



