of the truly noble, vertuous, and learned Lady, the
Lady Agnes Wenman; of the Lady Penelope Dynham; of Mrs. Jane
Wenman. Verses on the Chapel of Wadham College consecration, St.
Peter's Day, 1613; on Caversham or Causham House; of Witham
House, Oxfordshire, the house of a noble Knight, and favourer of
my Muse; and Elegy on a Bullfinch, 1648; of the Four Mile Course
of Bayaides Green, six times run over, by two famous Irish
footmen, Patrick Dorning and William O'Farrell.--It contains
about 40 leaves, much corrected, and at the end is 'L'Envoy':--

"'Go, sweet Polymnia, thanks for all your cost
And love to me; wherein no love is lost.
As you have taught me various verse to use,
I have to right you to be a Christian Muse.'"

I have been thus particular in transcribing this passage from Cole,
because this copy, mentioned as being in the possession of Mr. Knight,
jun. (quere, where is it now?), varies from mine, obtained from Mr.
Heber's Collection, and was no doubt the one prepared and corrected for
the press by Basse. The following poems, mentioned by Cole, are not in
my copy:--

"To the Right Hon. the Lady Aungier (then wife of Sir Thos.
Wenman) upon her coming out of Ireland, {297} and return
thither. Acrostics of the truly noble, vertuous, and learned
Lady, the Lady Agnes Wenman; of the Lady Penelope Dynham; of
Mrs. Jane Wenman. Verses on the Chapel of Wadham College
consecration, St. Peter's Day, 1613; and on Caversham or Causham
House."

My copy, however, contains the following poems, not mentioned in the
other:--

"Of a Great Floud; of the Raine-bowe; of Pen and Pensill, upon a
fayre and vertuous Ladye's Picture; and the Spirituall Race."

The MS. contains 52 leaves, beautifully written without any corrections,
and is in the original binding. It was procured by Mr. Heber from
Hanwell, the Bookseller in Oxford, who had probably purchased it on the
taking down of Ricot, the old seat of the Norreys family, and the
dispersion of its contents. It has the autograph of Francis Lord Norreys
on the fly-leaf, and was no doubt a presentation copy to him from Basse.
The poetry of this work does not rise above mediocrity, and is not equal
in thought or vigour to the Epitaph on Shakspeare. The chief portion of
the volume is occupied with the singular tale of "The Youth in the
Boat," which is divided into two parts; the first, contai