Life and Works of Henry King. 283 



or "Esay." ; and there is a total absence of parallels to King's poems, 

 whereas King's genuine sermons are leplete with obvious echoes or 

 sources of his poetry.^ 



A MS. Sermon preached at the funeral of the Countess of Leinster, 

 who was buried July 3, 1657, is included in the larger MS. volume of 

 King's poems, but in a different hand ; and Hannah somewhat 

 reluctantly shows ^ that it cannot have been produced by Henry 

 King. 



The two long Latin inscriptions on the "Table" or marble slab 

 set up beside Bishop John King's grave ^ might perhaps be claimed 

 for Henry King, inasmuch as his authorship of the accompanying 

 "Epitaphium" has been fairly well established above (p. 280, Note 3) ; 

 at any rate, it is reasonable to suppose that the eldest son had a 

 hand in composing these tributes, even if he did not produce every 

 line himself. Unfortunatel}' they seem to be marked by bad Latin 

 and worse taste. 



Finally, a professional copyist in London has transcribed this 

 note: "Catalogue of Western MSS. in Trin. Coll. Camb. By 

 M. R. James. 4 vols, (last, 1904). Letters by King, Bp. H., 699, 

 45." These Letters are classified as "Doubtful" merely because 

 the present writer has been unable to verify the reference and so 

 cannot absolutely guarantee their genuinencbs. 



APPENDIX A. 



An Efitaph : 



Reade, twas a Berkle}^ : birth, and bloud are knowne 



from Ancestours, the rest were all her owne 



Rich, faire, and young ; rare lines of grace to fall 



upon one center : that unites them all : 



all goods of body, fortune, and behinde 5 



the chiefe endowments of a heavenly minde ; 



These glorious stiles she made should be his glory 



from whom they came ; and all her Hfe a story 



her Trewant sexe might reade, and imitate, 



whom she outstript in goodnes, as in fate ; ^° 



1 This last is, of course, the further argument for Henry King's having 

 been the author of "Poems, Elegies, Paradoxes, and Sonets," referred to 

 in Note 6, p. 265, sup. 



2 Ixiii, lix; 203. ^ Cf. p. 231, sup. 



