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." Thy gold, and all thy goodes gay, Though thou be blind, or have an halt, So it come not through thy default, No man should thee reprove by skill.1 Spurn not thy foot against the wall, God, of his justice, must correct, To punish sinful man and save. And afterward made bound and thrall, In wealth be meek, heich3 not thyself, For thy sake tasted bitter gall; Who heis low hearts and lowers high; 4 Exalts. 3 Lift up. 2 The rest. 1 By right. 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 |