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surprise, and crowded about the quay, which was not at 
that time so convenient as at present.’ She told me she 
stood at this place, and saw three men take the prince 
out of the boat, the tide being then out, and carry him 
over the mud to these landing steps; he put his foot first 
on that blue stone with white veins, preserved on that 
account to this day, and called out aloud ‘ Welcome or 
not!’ The people huzzaed ‘ Welcome!’ on which he 
walked up this flight of steps into the town, accompanied 
by many of his chief officers and guards, whilst the army 
was landing in various parts throughout the coast of the 
bay. The weather was cold and rainy. The prince gave 
nothing to the three men who conveyed him ashore, till 
after he was crowned; when he also sent for the person 
at whose house he lodged at Brixham, and bountifully 
rewarded him; of which the man was robbed on Paignton 
Moor, on his return.” 
The “ Welcome or not” is characteristic. 
V. T. Srernperc. 
‘ 
Death of Charles IT. (2"° S. i. 49. 110. 206.) — 
There can be no reasonable doubt, I think, that 
the letters P. M. a C. F. were intended for Pere 
Mansuete (not Mansuate, as misprinted in my 
former communication), a Capuchin friar. J. W. 
H. hazards a mere suggestion, that the letters 
P. M. signify Patrick Maginn; though he is un- 
able to assert that he was a Capuchin, and has 
only heard that he was a friar. He thinks “ the 
probabilities are in favour of Maginn.” Another 
correspondent goes wider away with another sug- 
gestion, that the letters may be intended for “ Jn 
the afternoon (P.M.) a confidential friend (C. F.).” 
But really at this rate, a very wide field would be 
open for conjectures. Why have recourse to 
them at all, when we have plain and satisfactory 
evidence? I gave the true interpretation, not 
from conjecture, but from Memoirs of the Rev. 
John Huddleston, reprinted from an earlier me- 
moir in 1816 ; in which occurs the following pas- 
sage, without the slightest intimation of doubt or 
attempted explanation of mysterious initials : 
“At 5 o’clock, the physicians declared before the 
council, that his Majesty was in great danger. Pere 
Mansuete, a Capuchin friar, confessor to the Duke (of 
York), upon the physicians telling him of the danger of 
the King, went and told the Duke, that now was the time 
to take care of his soul; and that it was his duty to tell 
him so,” &c. 
Now it deserves notice, that in the same me- 
moir, a few lines farther on, the names of the 
Lords Petre, Bristol, and Feversham, are thus 
abbreviated, “ Pe. Br. and Fey. ;” whereas, in the 
case of the friar, the name is written in full, 
“Pere Mansuete, a Capuchin friar,” where we 
have the four initials with the small a in the 
middle of them. Ee CHE 
Lines on South, Sherlock, and Burnet. —In a 
copy of A Collection of Poems relating to State 
Affairs, &c., in one volume, 8vo., London, mpccy., 
there is inserted at the end, in a handwriting of 
NOTES AND QUERIES. 
247 
the commencement of the last century, the fol- 
lowing satirical verses, which may form an ac- 
ceptable addition to your “ Macaulayana.” They 
are entitled — 
“ On South, Sherlock, and Burnet, Master of the Charter 
House, Author of “ Archeologia.” 
* A Dean and Prebendary 
Had once a new vagary, 
And were at doubtful strife, Sir, 
Which led the better life, Sir, 
And was the better man. And was, &c. 
“The Dean exclaims, ‘ That truly 
Since Bluff was so unruly, 
He'd prove it to his face, Sir, 
That he had the most grace, Sir,’ 
And so the fight began. 
“ Then Preb. replied like Thunder, 
And roared out ‘’T'was no wonder, 
Since Gods the Dean had three, Sir, 
And more by two than he, Sir, 
For he had got but one.’ 
“ Now whilst these two were raging, 
And in dispute engaging, i - 
The Master of the Charter, 
Said ‘ Both had caught a Tartar. 
For God, Sir, there was none; 
«¢ And all the Books of Moses 
Were nothjng but supposes ; 
That he deserv’d rebuke, Sir, 
That wrote the Pentateuch, Sir: 
*Twas nothing but a sham. 
“¢That as for father Adam, 
With mistress Eve his Madam, 
And what the Serpent spoke, Sir, 
*Twas nothing but a joke, Sir, 
And well invented flam.’ 
“ Thus in this battle royal, 
As none would take denial, 
The dame for which they strove, Sir, 
Could neither of them love, Sir, 
Since all had given offence. 
“ She therefore slily waiting, 
Left all three fools a-prating ; 
And being in a fright, Sir, 
Religion took her flight, Sir, 
And ne’er was heard of since.” 
M.N.S. 
Macaulay's “ England” and Dr. Routh (2°° 8. 
i. 189.) —CrrtTamen will find the strictures of 
Dr. Routh on Macaulay’s England, to whith he 
refers, in the notes to Bishop Burnet’s History of 
the Reign of James II., with “ additional obser- 
vations now enlarged.” 8yo., pp. 509. Oxford, 
University Press, 1852. E. C. Harineron. 
The Close, Exeter. 
OCCASIONAL FORMS OF PRAYER. 
(1* S. viii. 535.; ix. 404. 406.; x. p. 247. 341. 
439.) 
Your correspondents, the Rev. Taos. Lara- 
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