ese erections, and a little more pains would have been taken to see
that they were properly built. Some have been undermined by the sea and
washed down already; in others, the facing of brick has crumbled away;
and in all the fancied security which the original tower taught us to
expect would be probably lessened were the English towers subjected to
an attack.

WM. DURRANT COOPER.

"_A Frog he would a-wooing go_" (Vol. ii., p. 75.).--I know not whether
this foolish ballad is worth the notice it has already received, but I
can venture to say that the supposed Irish version is but a modern
variance from the old ballad which I remember above sixty years, and
which began--

"There was a frog lived in a well,
Heigho crowdie!
And a merry mouse in a mill,
With a howdie crowdie, &c. &c.
This frog he would a-wooing go,
Heigho crowdie!
Whether his mother would let him or no,
With a howdie crowdie," &c.

Of the rest of the ballad I only remember enough to be able to say that
it had little or no resemblance to the version in your last Number.

C.

_William of Wykeham_ (Vol. ii., p. 89.).--1. I believe that there is no
better life of this prelate than that by Bishop Lowth.

2. The public records published since he wrote give several further
particulars of Wykeham's early career, but a proper notice of them would
be too extended for your columns.

3. When W.H.C. recollects that New College, Oxford, the first of the
works he names, was not commenced till 1380, and that Wykeham had then
enjoyed the revenues of his rich bishopric for nearly fourteen years,
and had previously been in possession of many valuable preferments, both
lay and ecclesiastical, for fourteen years more, he will find his third
question sufficiently answered, and cease to wonder at the accumulation
of that wealth which was applied with wise and munificent liberality to
such noble and useful objects.

I am not able to answer W.H.C.'s 4th and 5th questions.

[Greek: Phi.]

_Execution of Charles I._ (Vol. ii., p. 72.).--The late Mr. Rodd had
collected several interesting papers on this subject; and from his
well-known acquaintance with all matters relating to English history,
they are no doubt valuable. Of course they exist. He offered them to the
writer of this note, on condition that he would prosecute the inquiry.
Other engagements prevented his availng himself of this liberal offer.

J.M.

Woburn Abbey.

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