ness and formality with which his nature is fraught. His adust complexion disposeth him to rigour and severity, which his admirers palliate with the name of zeal. No man had ever a sincerer countenance, or more truly representing his mind and manners. He hath some knowledge in the law, very amply sufficient to defend his property at least a facility of utterance, descended to him from his father, and improved by a few sprinklings of literature, hath brought himself, and some few. adrairers, into an opinion of his eloquence. He is every way inferior to his brother Guernsey, but chiefly in those talents which he most values and pretends to; over whom, nevertheless, he preserveth an ascendant.

His great

ambition was to be the head of those who were called the churchparty; and, indeed, his grave solemn deportment and countenance, seconded by abundance of professions for their service, had given many of them an opinion of his veracity, which he interpreted as their sense of his judgment and wisdom; and this mistake lasted till the time of his defection, of which it was partly the cause; but then it plainly appeared, that he had not credit to bring over one single proselyte, to keep him. self in countenance.

The following character is also by

the same hand, and an instance equally strong, of the same party blindness.

principles, and afterwards kept steady. by the loss of his place [of secretary at war.] His bold forward countenance, altogether a stranger to that infirmity which makes men bashful, joined to a readiness of speaking in public, hath justly intitled him, among those of his faction, to be a sort of leader of the second form. The reader must excuse me for being so particular about one, who is otherwise altogether obscure.

It is not foreign to the plan of this article, to insert the following description of the court and person of Q. Elizabeth, from the journey into England, of Paul Hentzer, in 1598.

Minds of a much deeper turn than the author of this itinerary seems to have been, may find matter of agreeable reflection in bis account of England, as it appeared under Q. Elizabeth. That great princess had as much state and magnificence in her court, as wisdom and steadiness in her government. She knew that it was necessary to strike the imaginations as well as to pursue the real interest of her people. Thus she threw a veil over the foibles of her personal character, and prevented the weak vanity of an old coquette from eclipsing the virtues of a great Queen. Our traveller is a very minute painter; but even minute things, where they concern great characters, seem to quit their nature, and become things of consequence; besides that they bring us nearer to the times and persons they describe. It will be equally agreeable in his character of the English, to trace the difference which increase of riches, refinement, and even time itself,

have made in the manners and tastes of the people; and no less so, to observe that ground-work of character, which is the same in the people of those days and of ours, and which no accidental circum. stances are able totally to alter.

studded with golden fleurs,de-lis the point upwards; next came the Queen, in the sixty-fifth year of her age, as we are told, very majestic her face oblong, fair, but wrinkled her eyes small, yet black and plea sant; her nose a little hooked; her

palace at Greenwich, reported to have been originally built by Humphry Duke of Glou. cester, and to have received very magnificent additions from Henry VII. It was here Elizabeth, the present Queen, was born; and here she generally resides, particularly in summer, for the delightfulness of its situation. We were adinit. ted, by an order Mr. Rogers had procured from the lord-chamber. lain, into the presence-chamber, hung with rich tapestry, and the floor, after the English fashion, strewed with hay, through which the Queen passes in her way to chapel at the door stood a gentletleman dressed in velvet, with a gold chain, whose office was to intro, duce to the Queen any person of distinction, that came to wait on her: it was Sunday, when there is usually the greatest attendance of nobility. In the same hall were the archbishop of Canterbury, the bishop of London, a great number of counsellors of state, ice of the crown, and gentlemen, who waited the Queen's coming out; which she did from her own apartment, when it was time to go to prayers, attended in the following manner: first went gentlemen, barons, earls, knights of the gar. ter, all richly dressed, and bareheaded; next came the chancellor bearing the seals in a red silk purse, between two; one of which carried the royal sceptre, the other the sword of state, in a red scabbard

defect the English seem subject to, from their too great use of sugar); she had in her ears two pearls, with very rich drops; she wore false hair, and that red; upon her head she had a small crown, reported to be made of some of the gold of the ce lebrated Lunebourg table: her bo som was uncovered, as all the English have it till they marry; and she had on a necklace of exceeding fine jewels; her hands were small, her fingers long, and her stature neither tall nor low; her air was stately, and her manner of speaking mild and obliging. That day she was dressed in white silk, bordered with pearls of the size of beans; and over it a mantle of black silk, shot with silver threads; her train was very long, the end of it borne by a marchioness; in. stead of a chain she had an oblong collar of gold and jewels. As she went along in all this state and magnificence, she spoke very graciously, first to one, then to another, whether foreign ministers, or those who attended for different reasons, in English, French, and Italian; for, besides being well skilled in Greck, Latin, and the languages I have mentioned, she is mistress of Spanish, Scotch, and Dutch: whoever speaks to her, it is kneeling; now and then she raises some with her hand. While we were there, W. Slawata, a a Bohe. mian baron, had letters to present to her; and she, after pulling off her glove, gave him her hand to

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kiss, sparkling with rings and jewels, a mark of particular fayour. Wherever she turned her face, as she was going along, every body fell down on their knees. The ladies of the court followed next to her, very handsome and well shaped, and, for the most part, dressed in white; she was guarded on each side by the gentlemen-pensioners, fifty in number, with gilt battle-axes. In the anti-chapel, next the hall, where we were, petitions were presented to her, and she received them most graciously, which occasioned the acclamation of Long live Queen Elizabeth! --she answered it with, I thank you, my good people. In the chapel was excellent music: as soon as it and the service was over, which scarce exceeded half an hour, the Queen returned in the same state and order, and prepared to go to dinner. But whilst she was still at prayers, we saw her table set out with the following solemnity: a gentleman entered the room bearing a rod, and along with him another who had a table-cloth, which, after they had both kneeled three times with the utmost veneration, he spread upon the table; and after kneeling again, they both retired. Then came two others; one with the rod again, the other with the salt, seller, a plate, and bread; when they had kneeled as the others had done, and placed what was brought upon the table, they two retired with the same ceremonies performed by the first. At last

came an

unmarried lady (we were told she was a countess), and along with her a married one, bearing a tasting-knife; the former was dressed in white silk, who, when she had prostrated herself three times in the most graceful

manner, approached the table, rub. bed the plates with bread and salt, with as much awe as if the Queen had been present. When they had waited there a little while, the yeomen of the guard entered, bareheaded, cloathed in scarlet, with golden roses upon their backs, bringing in at each turn a course of twenty-four dishes, served in plate, most of them gilt: these dishes were received by gentlemen in the same order they were brought, and placed upon the table, while the lady taster gave to each of the guard a mouthful to eat of the particular dish he had brought, for fear of poison. During the time that this guard, which consists of the tallest and stoutest men that can be found in all England, being carefully selected for this service, were bringing dinner, twelve trumpets, and two kettle-drums, made the hall ring for half an hour together. At the end of all this ceremonial, a number of unmarried ladies appeared, who with particular solemnity lifted the meat off the table, and conveyed it into the Queen's inner and more private chamber, where, after she had chosen for herself, the rest goes to the ladies of the court. The Queen dines and sups alone, with a very few attendants; and it is very seldom that any body, foreigner or native, is admitted at that time, and then only at the intercession of somebody in power,

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from this place one goes into the garden, encompassed with water, large enough for one to have the pleasure of going in a boat, and Towing between the shrubs; here are a great variety of trees and plants, labyrinths made with a great deal of labour, a jet d'eau, with its bason of white marble, and columns and pyramids of wood, and other materials, up and down the garden. After seeing these, were led by the gardener into the summer - house, in the lower part of which, built semi. circularly, are the twelve Roman Emperors in white marble, and a table of truck-stone; the upper part of it is set round with cisterns of lead, into which the water is conveyed through pipes, so that fish may be kept in them, and, in summer time, they are very convenient for bathing: in another room, for entertainment, very near this, and joined to it by a little bridge, was a noble table of red marble. We were not admitted to see the apartments of this palace, there being nobody to shew it, as the family was in town attending the funeral of their lord.

Nonsuch is a royal retreat, in a place formerly called Cuddington, a very healthful situation, chosen by

K. Henry VIII. for his pleasure and

retirement, and built by him with an excess of magnificence and elegance, even to ostentation ; one would imagine every thing that architecture can perform, to have been employed in this one work : there are every where so many statues that seem to breathe, so many miracles of consummate art, so many charts that rival even the perfection of Roman antiquity, that At may well claim and justify its

name of Nonsuch, being without an equal, as the poet sung: This which no equal has in art or fame,

Britons deservedly a Nonsuch name. The palace of itself is so encompassed with parks full of deer, delicious gardens, groves ornamented with trellis-work, cabinets of verdure, and walks so embrowned with trees, that it seems to be a place pitched upon by Pleasure herself, to dwell in along with Health.

In the pleasure and artificial gardens are many columns and pyramids of marble, two fountains that spout water, one round the other, like a pyramid, upon which are put small birds that stream water out of their bills in the grove Diana is a very agreeable fountain, with Acteon turned into a stag, as he was sprinkled by the goddess and the nymphs, with inscriptions.

There is besides another pyramid of marble, full of concealed pipes, which spout upon all who come within their reach.

From the same itinerary we shall

present our readers with the manner of celebrating harvest-home in. England, in our author's time.

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manners of our ancestors.

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HE English are serious, and, like the Germans, lovers of how liking to be followed where. ever they go by whole troops of servants, who wear their masters arms in silver, fastened to their left arms; a ridicule they very deserv. edly lay under. They excel in dancing and music, for they are active and lively, though of a thicker make than the French. They cut their hair close on the middle of the head, letting it grow on either side. They are good sailors, and better pirates, cunning, treacherous, and thievish; above 300 are said to be hanged annually in London. Be. heading with them is less infamous than hanging. They give the wall as the place of honour. Hawking is the general sport of the gentry. They are more polite in eating than the French, devouring less bread, but more meat, which they roast in perfection. They put a great deal of sugar in their drink. Their beds are covered with tapestry, even those of farmers. They are often molested with the scurvy, said to have first crept into England with the Norman conquest. Their houses are commonly of two stories, except in London, where they are of three and four, though but seldom of four: they are built of

wood, those of the richer sort with bricks; their roofs are low, and, where the owner has money, cover. ed with lead.

They are powerful in the field, patient of any thing like slavery; successful against their enemies, imvastly fond of great noises that fill the ear, such as the firing of cannon, drums, and the ringing of bells, so that it is common for a number of them, that have got a glass in their heads, to go up into some belfry, and ring the bells for hours together, for the sake of exercise. If they see a foreigner very well made, or particularly handsome, they will say, it is a pity he is not an Englishman.

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