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great variety of these pictures would be a task. A 

 constant one in every house, was " King Charles' 

 Twelve Good Rules/ 3 * Amongst others were 

 representations of remarkable victories at sea, and 

 battles on land, often accompanied with portraits 

 of those who commanded, and others who had 

 borne a conspicuous part in these contests with the 

 enemy. The house at Ovingham, where our dinner 

 poke was taken care of when at school, was hung 

 round with views or representations of the battles 

 of ZorndorfF, and several others ; also the portraits 

 of Tom Brown, the valiant grenadier, t of Admiral 

 Haddock, Admiral Benbow, and other portraits of 

 admirals. There was also a representation of the 

 "Victory" man-of-war, of 100 guns, commanded 

 by Admiral Sir John Balchen, and fully manned 

 with 1,100 picked seamen and volunteers, all of 

 whom, with this uncommonly fine ship, were lost- 

 sunk to the bottom of the sea. This was accom- 



[* Readers of Goldsmith's "Deserted Village" will recall 



"The pictures plac'd for ornament and use, 

 The twelve good rules, the royal game of goose," 



which decorated the village ale house. The rules were: "i. Urge 

 no healths ; 2. Profane no divine ordinances ; 3. Touch no state 

 matters; 4. Reveal no secrets; 5. Pick no quarrels; 6. Make no 

 comparisons; 7. Maintain no ill opinions; 8. Keep no bad com- 

 pany; 9. Encourage no vice; 10. Make no long meals; n. Repeat 

 no grievances; 12. Lay no wagers." A broadside copy of these 

 "surmounted by a large and curious woodcut of the King's Execu- 

 tion," and bearing Bewick's stamp, was sold at the Bewick sale of 

 February, 1884.] 



[t Tom Brown, whose portrait was engraved by L. P. Boitard, 

 was a private in Eland's dragoons. At the battle of Dettingen he 

 recaptured the standard single-handed, receiving in that exploit 

 five wounds in the face, head, and neck, two balls in the back, 

 and three through his hat.] 



