1796.] 
The Sea Kale is propagated either by’ 
feeds or roots; if the former, it fhould 
not be cut till the 3d or 4th year; -if 
the latter, i.e. by tranfplanting, it will 
be fit for ufe the 2d year—The feed is 
fown very thick, and remains in the 
feed-bed one year, the roots are then 
taken up, and.tran{planted at the dif. 
tance of a foot from each other, which 
{pace they will foon fill up; mdeed this 
plant propagates itfelf fo faft, that you 
raay almoft fay it is with difficulty era- 
dicated. It dhould, however, be covered 
during the winter with long dung, to 
preferve it from the froft. “When ex- 
pofed to the air, it turns green, and then 
Is not fit forthe table: for the fpace,: 
therefore, of ten or twelve days previous 
to its being cut for ufe, it muft undergo 
the procefs of blanching—which is done 
by burying it, during that time, in coal 
afhes or fand. 
Miller mentions this plant in his Gar- 
daueue Dictionary, under the article 
Crambe Maritima, and fays, that it is 
found wild upon fea fhores in divers 
parts of England, particularly in Suffex 
and Dorfetfhire. It is found alfo upon 
the fouthern. coaft of Devonthire, where 
it fhoots itfelf up among the fands. But 
it is now very much propagated in our 
gardens; -and it is in order to increafe 
the cultivation of fo ufeful a plant in 
more northern counties, that I trouble 
you with this communication. 
Youn sinecess rN: 
Devonfbire, March 9, 1796. : 
SnnRRIEIRemeniee 
To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SIR, 
I BELIEVE none of the commentators 
* on Shakefpear have noticed the fol- 
lowing ftriking coincidence of a paflage 
of his with one in an ancient writer— 
I call it cozncidence, being well convinced 
that it is not at all likely to have been an 
imitation. In the TRAGOPODAGRA of 
“Lucian, the goddefs Podagra, being 
braved by a couple of noftrum-mongers, 
is reprefented as challenging them to a 
trial of powers; in confequence of which 
fhe breaks out intu-the following invo- 
Cation :—Acup o cxuvewmar, Se. ; 
““ Hither, ye Yorsmenzs, minifters of 
my fury, affemble from all parts. You, 
fire the: bottoms of the feet,to the “toe 
ends—you, feize upon,.the ancles-——you, 
infufe your fharp venom from the thighs 
to the middle of the knees—you, twit 
all the fingers.’” Re Se TG 
5 hakefpear and Lucian.—=Gratius and Malherbe. 
‘The Torments anfwer;“* See, we have 
obeyed your: commands :. the wretches 
lie miferably. howling, tortured in all 
their limbs py your embraces !”’ 
In SHAKESPEAR’S TEMPEST, Pro/- 
pero fets on his: {pirits. to;hunt the con- 
{pirators, Caliban, Stephano, and Trin- 
culo, with thefe words: 
Profp: Fury, Fury, there; Tyrant, there; > 
hark! hark! 
Gocharge raygoblins,that they grind their joints 
With dry convulfions 5; fhorten up their finews 
With aged cramps; and more pinch-fpotted - 
make them 
Than pard or cat-a-mountain. 
Ariel. Hark, they roar! 
Your’s, &ew 

To the Editor of the Monthly Magazine. 
SiR, 
ae dificuly ftarted by your corref- 
pondent G. W. refpecting a poem” 
claimed botn by Jdértin and Bourne, re- 
minds me of a fimilar one, which I acci- 
dently fell upon in*my reading, ‘the 
folution of which may, perhaps, give: 
fatisfa€tion to other readers. . In the 
Latin Poems of Grotius, is a-thort piéce, 
entitled “* Oftenda loquitur,’’ -relative to- 
the famous three years’ fiege of that 
town, under Spinola, the fublimity of 
thought in which has been much admired. 
In the Poefies de Malherbe, under, the 
title of “* Profopopéé d’Oftende,” are 
four flanzas, containing the very fame 
thoughts in the fame order; fo that. one 
of thefe pieces is obvioufly a tranflation 
of the other, though neither of them is 
marked as fuch. At the taking of Oftend, 
Grotius was about 21, and Malherbe 47 ; 
but when I refleéted upon this circum- 
ftance, it appeared t6-me no argument 
againft the ‘originality of Grotius, fince 
he was a remarkably early genius, and 
wrote Latin verfe attwelve. Moreover, 
the Latin lines have fuch a fuperior air 
of originality, that I was decided in my 
Ow. judgment in favour of Grotius, be- 
fore I found the matter cleared up in the 
Scaligeriana, where it is directly afferted 
that. Malherbe’s verfes. are a tranflation 
of the other. I confefs, I cannot think 
the want of an acknowledgment in Mal. 
herbe'a vental omifion ; and I imagine 
it probable that the “French poet de- 
fienedly decorated himfeli with the fpoils 
of. the yotng Dutchman, whom he 
might fappole-unknown to mott of his 
readers. oma rant 
1 will copy the lines of Grotius, with 
the hope that fome of yonr poetical; cor- 
N 2 ‘ refpondents 
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