nument is,
if I recollect right, of alabaster. The figure is attired in complete
armour, and was originally painted; a good deal of the colour still
remaining. This and the following monument are partly let into the wall,
and are surmounted by beautiful Gothic canopies. The third is, I believe,
also of alabaster, and is the effigy of (I think) the nephew of Margaret of
Anjou's earl, and who lies by the side of his wife, one of Edward IV.'s
family.

It is very likely that all I have been writing is no news to any one. In
that case I have but to ask your pardon for troubling you with such a
worthless Note.

PICTOR.

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{99}

ORIGINAL ROYAL LETTERS TO THE GRAND MASTERS OF MALTA.

In searching through the manuscripts now filed away in the Record Office of
this island with Dr. Villa, who has charge of them, and for whose
assistance in my search I am greatly indebted, I have been gratified by
seeing several original letters, addressed by different monarchs of England
to the Grand Masters of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Each of the
royal letters in the following list bears the signature of the writer:

+-------------+---------------------+---------+-------------------------+
|Writer. |Date. |In what |To whom addressed, |
| | |language |or by whom |
| | |written. |received. |
+-------------+---------------------+---------+-------------------------+
|Henry VIII. |8th January, 1523 | Latin |Villiers de L'Isle Adam. |
|Ditto |1st August, 1524 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Ditto |14th January, 1526 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Ditto |10th day, 1526 | Ditto | Ditto. |
| |(month omitted) | | |
|Ditto |22nd November, 1530 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Ditto |17th November, 1534 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Charles II. |17th January, 1667-8 | Ditto |Nicholas Cotoner. |
|Ditto |29th April, 1668 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Ditto |26th January, 1675-6 | Ditto | Ditto. |
|Ditto |Last day of November,| Ditto | Ditto. |
| |1674 | | |
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