2°" S. VI. 138., Aug. 21. '68.] 



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Worcester), it is only a reasonable inference that 

 he was baptized at that font. 



AVhen the chancel was destroyed, the bodies of 

 Richard Duke of York, Cecily his Duchess, and 

 Edward Duke of York, his uncle, were removed 

 from the places in the church where they had 

 been originally deposited (wrapped in lead), and 

 were interred near the present altar, and monu- 

 ments of plaster (now whitewashed) were erected 

 over them by the order of Queen Elizabeth. A 

 correct description of them is given In Gough's Ad- 

 ditions to Camden, except that the inscriptions are 

 at present quite legible, and not, as there stated, 

 almost defaced. 



On the left (north) side of the altar, when 

 facing it, are the armorial bearings of Richard 

 Duke of York, impaling those of his Duchess, 

 and the following inscription : 



" Richard Plantagenet, Duke of York, Nephew to Ed- 

 ward Duke of York, aud Father to King Edward A^\ 

 was slain at Wakefield in the 37"' year of Henry &\ 

 1459,* and lies buried here with Cecily his wife — 



Cecily, Duchess of York, Daughter to Ralph Neville, 

 first Earl of Westmoreland." 



On the monument on the right side of the altar 

 are the armorial bearings of Edward Duke of 

 York, and the following inscription : 



" Edward Duke of York was slain at the battle of 

 Agincourt, in the 3'^ year of Henr3' 5"S 1415. 



" These monuments were made in the year of our Lord 

 1573." 



There is not any monument, or inscription, to 

 the memory of Edmund Earl of Rutland ; whose 

 body was, with that of his father, Richard Duke 

 of York, first interred at Pontefract, and after- 

 wards removed aud interred in ITotheringay 

 church. Richard Brooke. 



Canning Street, Liverpool. 



LORD LTTTELTON S VISION. 

 (2°'' S. v. 1G5.) 



I know not whether the enclosed version of Lord Lyt- 

 tcl ton's apparation has ever appeared in print. I copied 

 it from an old MS. account (at least fifty years old) of a 

 gentleman in this county at whose house I have lately 

 been staying, and whose mother was a collateral descend- 

 ant of his lordship. J. S. 



Wirkworth, Derbyshire. 



"The remarkable circumstances attendant on the 

 death of Lord Lyttelton having been so variously 

 represented, a statement of the relations may af- 

 ford the public some degree of satisfaction, and 

 tend to prove that the intervention of that Divine 

 providence which governs the universe is not in- 

 consistent with reason or truth. The authority 

 of the narrative may be depended upon. 



* I am not able to account for the date 1459, as all the 

 old writers, as far as I am aware, give the year 14C0 as 

 that in which the battle of Wakefield was fought. 



" There was a gentleman of much respectability 

 who had a residence at Clent, near Hagley Park, 

 the seat of Lord Lyttelton. The family con- 

 sisted of himself, wife, son, and four daughters, 

 the eldest married, the others living with their 

 parents. Li June, 1778, the gentleman died, pre- 

 vious to which time Lord Lyttelton was in the 

 habit of visiting the family, but afterwards ap- 

 peared desirous of greater intimacy ; to accom- 

 plish which he repeated his visits in the autumn, 

 and made the young ladies a present of some ele- 

 gant paraphernalia on New Year's day, 1779, with 

 a letter subjoined, written in the phraseology of 

 Scripture (of which the following is a copy), 

 probably to ingratiate himself with the mother, 

 who was a lady of exalted understanding and 

 great dignity of manners. 



" ' The 1st chap, of St. Thomas' Epistle to the 

 Clentiles. 1st. Behold I will speak to you, oh 

 daughters of Clent, in the language of wisdom, 

 and give you understanding in the paths of peace. 



" ' 2nd. Look not, Eliza, upon men, yea upon 

 the sons of men, with an eye of concupiscence, 

 saying, I am not short-sighted ; for verily the 

 wicked will beware of the intentions of the heart. 



" ' 3rd. Take heed of thy ways, lest thou be 

 like the foolish woman, even like Mary (ilirs. 

 Cameron *), who will repent as Magdalen re- 

 pented. 



" ' 4th. Did she not turn away from her mother, 

 even the mother who brought her forth, to seek 

 after new conventions ? 



" ' 5th. But be thou steady, like the cedar of 

 Mount Libanon, that taketh not to the earth, but 

 lifteth her tall head to the oaks. 



" ' 6th. As to thee, oh Christian ! (Mrs. Wil- 

 kinson), remember after whom thou art called, 

 and seek not thy cloak in the dark.f 



" ' 7th. Trust not thy cunning, for that which 

 appeareth to thee wisdom, is but folly to the 

 wise. 



" ' 8th. Go to, thou art brown, but thou art 

 pleasant to look upon, and thy ways are full of 

 pleasantness. 



" ' 9th. Thy eye is as the eye of the Basilisk, 

 and it burneth like the red star in the tail of 

 Sagittarius. 



" ' 10th. Thou dost excel all the daughters of 

 the West in the works of thy needle, and thy 

 voice is sweet in the ear. 



" ' 11th. When thou singest thy voice is like 

 the voice of the nightingale when she mourneth 

 for her mate by the river of Solon in the shady 

 groves of Jehoshaphat. 



" ' 12th. Tliy mother putteth her trust in thee, 

 be thou to her a comfort when her heart is sad, 



* The married sister, who had acted imprudently. 



f The circumstance of the cloak refers to a reply that 

 Miss Christian made when interrogated respecting her 

 absence, that she wua looking for hor cloak. 



