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1605. as the able chorographer of Cornwall, in that 

 interesting and instructive work which he has 

 named a Survey of Cornwall. He was an ac- 

 tive magistrate and commissioner, and much 

 resorted to by the Government as well as his 

 neighbours for aid and assistance in time of 

 need. In 1606, he was 51 years of age. He 

 died in 1620. 



Ellesmere. Lord Chancellor of England in the early 



1606. part of the reign of James 1st, and resigned 

 it in 1617, being succeeded by the celebrated 

 Bacon. 



Glanville. Serjeant, the second son of Judge Glan- 

 1640. ville. In 1620 he was ele.cted Recorder of 

 Plymouth, and resigned that office in 1640. He 

 was the representative of Plymouth in three par- 

 liaments, and in 1640 was elected Speaker of 

 the House of Commons and died in 1661. 



A GRAVE IN THE OCEAN. 



A holy rite is offered now 

 By one whose bold and hoary brow 

 Marks him, the tried of heart and hand, 

 Fit leader of so brave a band, 



The deck shows, grouped in pensive mood, 

 Men who were knit in brotherhood 

 Mid fray and storrn, mid waves and dread 

 To one who lies before them dead. 



Stern men of Ocean ! still a tear 

 Can startle o'er your comrade's bier : 

 War's wild note hath not yet represt 

 Some kindlier feelings in the breast. 



Ye, who, unflinching oft have trode 

 Where red blood from the conflict flowed, 

 And eager steel and flame drank life 

 Till Carnage shuddered at the strife. 



