."

Also, _Third Pt. Henry Sixth_, II. 6.:

"The common people swarm like summer flies,
And whither fly the gnats, but to the sun?
And who shines now, but Henry's enemies?"

S.A.Y.

_Old Dan Tucker._--In a little book entitled _A Thousand Facts in the
Histories of Devon and Cornwall_, p. 50., occurs the following passage:

"The first governor [of Bermuda] was a Mr. Moore, who was
succeeded by Captain Daniel Tucker."

Does this throw any light on the popular negro song--

"Out o' de way, old Dan Tucker," &c.?

H.G.T.

_Lord John Townsend._--I have a copy of the _Rolliad_, with the names of
most of the contributors, taken from a copy belonging to Dr. Lawrence,
the editor of the volume, and author of many of the articles. In the
margin of "Jekyll," lines 73. to 100. are stated to be "inserted by
Tickle;" and lines 156. to the end, as "altered and enlarged by Tickle:"
and at the end is the following note:--

"There are two or three other lines in different parts of the
foregoing eclogue, which were altered, or inserted by
Tickle--chiefly in the connecting parts. The first draft (which
was wholly Lord John Townsend's) was a closer parody of Virgil's
18th eclogue; especially in the beginning and conclusion, in the
latter of which only Jekyll was introduced as 'the poet.'

"Tickle changed the plan, and made it what it is. The title (as
indeed the principal subject of the eclogue) was in consequence
altered from 'Lansdown' to 'Jekyll.' The poetry and satire are
certainly enriched by Tickle's touches; but I question whether
the humour was not more terse and classical, and the subject
more just, as the poem originally stood."--_L_.

Probationary Odes No. XII. is by "Lord John Townsend."

"Three or four lines in the last stanza, and perhaps one or two
in some of the former, were inserted by Tickle."--_L._

Dialogue between a certain Personage and his Minister (p. 442. of the
22nd edition) is by "Ld. J.T."

A new ballad, Billy Eden, is by "Ld. J.T., or Tickle."

Ode to Sir Elijah Impey (p. 503.):

"Anonymous--I believe L'd. J.T."--_L._

Ministerial undoubted Facts (p. 511.):

"Lord J. Townsend--I believe."--_L._

W.C. TREVELYAN.

_Croker's Boswell_ (Edit. 1847, p. 721.).--Mr. Croker cannot discover
when a good deal of intercourse could have taken place between Dr.
Johnson and the Earl of Shelburne, because "in 1765, whe