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ROBERT HENRYSON.

DIED A.D. 1500.

ALL that is known of this Scotch poet is that he was a Benedictine monk, and subsequently became schoolmaster of Dunfermline. His productions were numerous, consisting of a volume of fables, the "Testament of Fair Cressid," and some miscellaneous pieces. He died at a good old age, about the year 1500.

THE ABBEY WALK.

"I have learned, in whatsoever state I am, therewith to be content."
Phil. iv. II.

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Thy gold, and all thy goodes gay,
When fortune list, will from thee fall;
Since thou such samples see'st each day,
Obey, and thank thy God for all.

Though thou be blind, or have an halt,
Or in thy face deformed ill,

So it come not through thy default,

No man should thee reprove by skill.1
Blame not thy Lord, so is his will:

Spurn not thy foot against the wall,
But with meek heart and prayer still,
Obey, and thank thy God for all.

God, of his justice, must correct,
And of his mercy, pity have:
He is a Judge, to none suspect,

To punish sinful man and save.
Though thou be lord above the laif,2

And afterward made bound and thrall,
A poor beggar with scrip and staiff,
Obey, and thank thy God for all.

In wealth be meek, heich3 not thyself,
Be glad in wilful poverty;
Thy power, and thy worldly pelf,
Is nought but very vanity:
Remember Him that died on tree,

For thy sake tasted bitter gall;

Who heis low hearts and lowers high;
Obey, and thank thy God for all.

4 Exalts.

3 Lift up.

2 The rest.

1 By right.

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ANNE ASKEW was one of the numerous victims of persecution in the days of Henry VIII. She was the daughter of Sir William Askew, a gentleman of good family and property in Lincolnshire. She herself corresponded with Queen Catherine Parr, and was on friendly terms with many of the ladies of the court. Having embraced the Protestant faith, she was turned out of doors by her husband, Mr. Kyme. In March, 1545, she was arrested on a charge of heresy, thrown into

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