1 1 o The Egerton Family. 



Haywood, like many another trio when enjoying sylvan 

 mazes, were benighted, and for a short time the lady 

 was lost. In due course all were happily reassembled ; 

 and, upon arrival at the castle, the adventure was related 

 to the Earl, at whose suggestion it would seem, or cer- 

 tainly at the request of his friend Lawes, (who resided in 

 the castle, and taught music to the young people,) 

 Milton composed these matchless verses. Lawes soon 

 set the songs to music, and on Michaelmas night the 

 piece was acted, the two brothers and the lady Alice 

 taking part in the representation. Of the names of 

 those who sustained the characters of the enchanter, 

 and of Sabrina, the river goddess, there does not appear 

 to be any exact record ; whatever their histrionic strength 

 or weakness, the incomparable beauty of the language 

 would no doubt rectify all. The lady Alice'afterwards be- 

 came wife of the Earl of Carbery, at whose seat in Caer- 

 marthenshire Jeremy Taylor sheltered during the Pro- 

 tectorate. Dying in the prime of her lovely life, the good 

 old doctor preached that well-known and inimitable 

 sermon, which will remain for all time a model of perfect 

 portraiture of Christian character. 



Francis, the third Duke of Bridgewater, (marked t in 

 the pedigree,) was the celebrated nobleman whose name, 

 in conjunction with that of Brindley, is the nucleus of 

 the history of inland navigation, and lives specially in 

 that of the Bridgewater Canal. He was never married, 

 and dying without issue, March 8, 1803, the tide of 



