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ceremonies, at the king's command, in Westminster 

 Abbey, the butchers of Clare Market buried a dead 

 dog in Thoulhill fields as a satire on the Scotch knight's 

 obsequies, whereupon the king ordered the butchers 

 to be whipped, but they escaped Scot free for lack 

 of executioners. On another occasion, when one of 

 those impecunious and importunate persons complained 

 to James that they were called " beggarly Scotch," the 

 king replied, " Bide a wee, mon, and a' sene mak' them 

 as puir as yoursel'." At the Universities the dons 

 refused to admit them, on the plea (which was legally 

 correct) that they were "aliens." However, they 

 managed to oret all the Qfood things that were ofiven 

 away by the court, and they ruled the roast until the 

 rise of Buckingham somewhat checked their " con- 

 quests." They were lampooned and satirized con- 

 tinually somewhat in the style of the subjoined 

 lines : — 



They beg our goods, our lands, our lives ; 



They whip our Nobles, and lie with our Wives ; 



They pinch our Gentry, and send for our Benchers ; 



They stab our Seargeants, and pistol our Fencers. 



Leave oft", proud Scots, thus to undo us, 



Lest we make as poor as when you came to us ! 



Birch MS., 4175. 



Philip Herbert, Earl of Pembroke and Mont- 

 gomery, the " memorable simpleton " of Walpole, was 

 one of the first acknowledoed favourites of Kine 

 James, after his accession to the English throne. His 

 handsome face, his love for dogs and horses, and es- 

 pecially his taste for hunting, rendered him peculiarly 

 acceptable to that monarch. 



The earl was an expert horseman, and seems to 



