Perrow—The Last Will and Testament in Literature. 747 
It is not unlikely that the testament idea was suggested to 
Fergusson by some of the many real wills .that as clerk he 
found it his duty to copy. 
The Calf’s Will, published with the permission of his Exec¬ 
utors (1777), a satire on leading characters of the day, serves 
to show the continuance of the animal testament tradition. 
A testament of moral advice well worthy of mention is Ga¬ 
briel Harley’s A Legacy of Love (1795), addressed to his son. 1 2 
It is a poem of about two thousand lines of blank verse. In 
spite of the aridness of the subject, and the discursive method 
of the author, the poem is not without merit. The sentiment is 
genuine and healthful, many lines are struck out with consid¬ 
erable power, and the figures used are very apt. The influence 
of both Milton and Shakspere is very apparent. 
In the American literature of this period the satirical testa¬ 
ment is represented bv Rivingtori’s Last Will and Testament * 
a piece of verse written in 1782 by Philip Freneau for James 
Rivington, a Hew York journalist who, during the American 
revolution, was zealous in his support of the Tories. With re¬ 
gard both to subject matter and versification it is a rather poor 
performance. 
Among the French satirical testaments of the eighteenth 
centry may be noted: Testament de Mantoue (c. 1732); in 
which a city makes bequests to the powers of Europe ; 3 Adieux 
et Testament de Robin, (1734) in which a dog wills away part3 
of his body and his ravenous disposition ; 4 Le Testament de 
Bertholde (1750), 3 Testament de galanterie de Dorilas (1775), 3 
Testament de Messire Alexandre Hercule Epaminondas 
(1760) ; 3 Testament de Rose Beline (1768), in which a dying 
courtesan leaves satirical gifts to her friends and partners in 
crime; 5 Le Testament de sieur cles Brugnieres (1788) ; G Retires 
et aventurcs d’ Alexandre de Schell (1789). 6 
Of a more serious character are Aigubelle’s, Testament 
1 Poems by G. D. Harley , London, 1796, p. 219. 
2 P. L. Pattee, The Poems of Philip Freneau, Princeton, 1902, II, 120. 
3 Peignot, II, 289-90. 
4 Ibid. II, 255. 
s Londres, 1768. 
e Peignot, II, 291-2. 
