P. 140. Princesse Katherine, borne, &c., in one day. IN Ellis's Original Letters, Second Series, iii. 265, is printed a scrap from Harl. MS. 6988, in the handwriting of the Princess Elizabeth, daughter of Charles I., giving a list of the children of that prince by Henrietta Maria, with the dates of their birth. There mention is made of a Princess Katherine, born Jan. 29, 1639. 1639 is, I believe, a slip of the pen for 1637; that is to say, the princess was born on the 29th of January, 1637-8. This discrepancy between the Charisteria and the memorandum in Harl. MS. escaped Sir H. Ellis, who was possibly unaware of the existence of the former. For, unless a mistake is assumed on the part of the writer of the MS., the existence of two Princesses Katherine must be granted. P. 183. To a Lady with Childe that ask't an Old Shirt. THE custom to which the Poet here refers, was no doubt common in his time; although the indefatigable Brand does not appear to have met with any illustration of it, except in Lucasta. But since the note at p. 183 was written, the following passage in the old morality of The Marriage of Wit and Wisdom (circa 1570) has come under my notice: "Indulgence [to her son Wit]. Well, yet before the goest, hold heare My blessing in a cloute, Well fare the mother at a neede, Stand to thy tackling stout." The allusion is to the contemplated marriage of Wit to his betrothed, Wisdom. P. 249. Ut re mi. SEE Love's Labour's Lost, 1598, iv. 3: "Hol. Old Mantuan! Old Mantuan! who understandeth thee not, loves thee not-ut, re, sol, la, mi, fa” And Singer's Shakespeare, ed. 1856, ii. 257, note 15. CONTENTS. 2 Song. To Amarantha, that she would Dishevell her III. MISCELLANEOUS POEMS. PAGE A Forsaken Lady to her False Servant The Grassehopper. To My Noble Friend, Mr. An Elegie on the Death of Mrs. Cassandra Cotton The Vintage to the Dungeon. A Song . A Guiltlesse Lady Imprisoned; after Penanced To His Deare Brother Colonel F[rancis] L[ovelace]. 1 Since the note at p. 133 was written, the following descrip- IV. COMMENDATORY AND OTHER VERSES, PREFIXED TO VARIOUS PUBLICATIONS BETWEEN 1638 AND 1647. An Elegie. Princesse Katherine Borne, Christened, Clitophon and Lucippe translated. To the Ladies To My Truely Valiant, Learned Friend; who in his Rose's, a jeweller in Henrietta Street, in Covent Garden, is an ex- cellent piece of hers, drawne after she was newly dead. She had a most lovely sweet-turned face, delicate darke browne haire. She had a perfect healthy constitution; strong; good skin; well- d Love made in the First Age. To Chloris. To a Lady with Child that ask'd an Old Shirt Paris's Second Judgement Friendship, Mr. Pet. Lilly III. COMA ENDATORY VERSES, PREFIXED TO VARIOUS To My Dear Friend, Mr. E[ldred] R[evett] on his On the Best, Last, and only Remaining Comedy of Mr. Fletcher, "The Wild-Goose Chase " (1652). To My Noble Kinsman Thomas Stanley, Esq.; on his Lyrick Poems composed by Mr. John Gamble |