By the Rev. Canon J. E. Jackson, F.S.A. 



337 



" His corrupted youth 

 Had made his soul an enemy to Truth, 

 But Nature furnished him with parts and wit ; 

 ■ For bold attempts and deep intriguing fit. 

 Small was his learning ; and his eloquence 

 Did please the rabble, nauseate men of sense. 

 Bold was his spirit, nimble was his tongue 

 Which, more than Law or Reason takes the throng. 

 Him part by money, partly by Her Grace 

 The covetous Queen raised to a Judge's place. 

 Aud as he bought his place, he Justice sold, 

 Weighing his causes, not by Law. but Gold." * 



The second severe lash is given by Dryden, in his " Essay on 

 Satire 33 :— 



" Words and wit did anciently agree : 

 And Tully was no fool though this man be. 

 At Bar abusive : on the Bench unable, 

 Knave on the woolsack : fop at council-table." f 



Chute Causeway. 



There are about Chute several traces of antiquity, especially 

 Roman, and more particularly that which is called Chute Cause- 

 way. 



Two main Roman roads crossed one another nearly at right angles 

 near Andover. One from Old Sarum to Silchester, west to east. The 

 other from Porchester to Marlborough, south to north. I believe 

 the latter may be traced as far as Tangley : after that all traces are 

 lost. It then re-appears towards Conholt Park. Near there it 

 traverses an earthwork called Bevisbury. An old MS. account, 

 written one hundred and fifty years ago, says that " Sir Philip 

 Medows who made the park got leave to take in the Roman way, 

 and make it the boundary of his park. Here it makes a grand 

 terrace walk, and the road is constructed in a remarkable manner. 

 The basis of the causeway, being a high bed of flint the natural 



* Dryden's works (W. Scott's Edit.), vol. ix., p. 198, 

 t Ditto, vol, xv., 210. 



