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CHAPTER VIII, 
" A good SAvord, and a trusty hand, 
A merry heart and true, 
Iving James's men shall understand 
What Comish lads can do ! 
And have they fixed the where and when ? 
And shall Trelawny die ? 
Here's twenty thousand Cornishmcn 
Will know the reason Avhy ! 
And shall they scom Tre, Pol, and Pen ? and shall Trelamiy die? 
Here's twenty thousand Cornishmen will know the reason why. 
Out spake their Captain, brave and bold — 
A merry wight was he : 
' If London Tower were Michael's liold, 
We'll set Trelawny free ! 
We'll cross the Tamar land to land, 
The Severn is no stay, — 
All side by side and hand to hand, 
And who shall bid us nay ? ' 
And shall they scorn Tre, Pol, and, Pen? &c." 
Old Song. 
It was in Cornwall that I first became acquainted 
with the Asplenium lanceolatum growing in its 
wild state. I had had plants sent to me from the 
