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“ Lightly they'll talk of the spirit that’s gone, 
And o’er his cold ashes upbraid him ; 
But little he’ll reck if they let him sleep on, 
In the grave where a Briton has laid him. 
“ But half of our heavy task was done, 
When the clock toll’d the hour* for retiring, 
And we heard the distant and random gun, 
That the foe was sullenly firing. 
“Slowly and sadly we laid him down, 
From the field of his fame fresh and gory — 
We carved not a line, we raised not a stone, 
But we left him alone with his glory. 
“Ww. Cc.” 
Since I despatched my paper on the Sir John 
Moore ode, I was apprised of the existence of a re- 
markable letter, at present preserved in the Royal 
Irish Academy, which cannot fail to establish 
Wolfe’s claims to the authorship much more 
satisfactorily than the Rev. Dr. Millar’s article, 
inquired after by Apupa. I obtained access on 
this day to the letter in question, and transcribed 
any matter which it contains exclusive of the ode 
itself. ; 
The document is, strictly speaking, the frag- 
oe of a letter only, the first sheet having been 
ost. 
“T have completed the burial of Sir John Moore, and 
will here inflict itupon you. You have no one but your- 
self to blame for praising the two stanzas that I told you 
so much. 
(Here follows the ode.) 
“Pray write soon. You may direct as usual to Col- 
lege, and it will follow me to the country. Give my love 
to Armstrong, and believe me, 
“My dear John, 
“ Ever yours, 
. “ CHARLES WOLFE. 
“T again say, remember Constantia’s character is to be 
drawn among the rest. You will pardon me for being 
particular about any message from that quarter.” 
(Superscription.) 
“John Taylor, Esq., 
“ At the Rev. Mr. Armstrong’s, 
“ Clonoulty, 
“ Cashel.” 
The letter bears no date in MS., but the post- 
marks are, first a large “10,” and secondly, 
“Sep. 9, 1816.” The foregoing matter has been 
accurately transcribed from the original letter. 
The secretary to the institution recommended 
me to consult the Proceedings of the Royal Irish 
_ Academy for 1844, and I there found, at p. 89., 
the history of Mr. Wolfe’s letter. Dr. Anster, on 
the part of Dr. Luby, T.T.C.D., read a paper 
twelve years since at one of the evening meetings 
of the Academy, stating that Dr. Luby found the 
letter among the papers of a deceased brother, 
who was a college friend of the Rev. Charles 
= “Struck the note” usually, 
+ “Suddenly ” is generally, but improperly, substi- 
tuted for this word, 
Wolfe’s, and of Taylor, to whom the letter is ad- 
dressed. Moore, Campbell, Byron, and Barry 
Cornwall, have each in turn got the credit of this 
magnificent poem. ‘The various surmises as to 
the author, in Medwin’s Conversations with Lord 
Byron, are amusing. The Rev. Charles Wolfe 
died at an early age in 1827. 
Witriam Joan Firz-Parricx. 
Booterstoun, Dublin. 
ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF CLERE FAMILY. 
(1* S. xii. 84. 151.) 
I am much obliged to the Rev. W. M. Cam- 
Prion for giving me reasons for assigning two of 
these shields; but as several still remain unap- 
propriated, I am glad of the opportunity of a new 
series of “ N. & Q.” to repeat my desiderata. To 
be as brief as possible, I want the families bearing 
the following arms, and their probable connection 
with the Cleres. The tinctures I cannot give, as ° 
I have only the brass to guide me; but I shall be 
happy to forward any heraldic correspondent 
rubbings of them. 
1. On a chevron, three estoiles. 
2... . Three roses, two andone. The only 
Norfolk family bearing this is Southwell. Query, 
what connection with the Cleres ? 
3. On a bend three mascles. Query, Carleton, 
Peart, or Pert, and connection ? 
Ihave lately examined the fine altar-tomb of 
Sir Edward Clere in Blickling Church, Norfolk, 
which contains in sixteen panels emblazoned 
shields of the descents of Clere. 
1. Cleremont, who came into England with 
William the Conqueror. 
2. Clere [Arg. on a fesse az. three eagles dis- 
played or] impales Patele, or, three spears sa. 
The Lord Clarrey, or Clere, married_a daughter 
of Godfrey, Earl of Patele. ‘i 
3. Clere impales Martel. 
4. Clere impales Amberfield. 
5. Clere impales Molyns. 
6. Clere quarters Ormesby. 
7. Clere quarters Ormesby and impales Snecke. 
8. Clere quarters Ormesby and Snecke, and 
impales Westlesse. 
9. Clere quarters Ormesby, Snecke, and West- 
lesse, and impales Somerton. 
10. Clere and his quarters impales Filby. 
11. Clere, &c. impales Wichingham. 
12. Clere, Ormesby, Snecke, Ormesby, West- 
lesse, and Wichingham impales Branche. 
13. Clere, &c. as before, impaling Udale, quar- 
tering Rees and Rusteyn. 
14. Clere and his quarters, viz. Ormesby, 
Snecke, Westlesse, Wichingham, Somerton, Udale, 
and his two quarters of Rees and Rusteyn, im- 
paling Boleyn. 
