...on the restoration of the Stuarts was beheaded for treason by Charles II., though not a Regicide: " Vane young in years, but in sage counsel old Than...whom a better Senator ne'er held The helm of Rome." 1A magnificent bronze statue of Vane by Macmonnies stands in the vestibule of the Boston Public Library...

...him at this time his famous Sonnet: "Vane young in years hut in sage counsel old. Than whom a hetter Senator ne-er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repelled The fierce Kpirot and the African hold. Whether to settle peace or to unfold The drift of hollow states hatxl...

...nc'or held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not anus, repelled The fierce Epirot and the African hold. Whether to settle peace or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to he spelled ; Then to advise how war may, hest upheld, .More hy her two main nerves, Iron and Gold,...

...pronounces a noble eulogy on him in the sonnet which commences, " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsels old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome."] pass sentence on the more resolute offenders. Wheelwright, Anne Hutchinson, and Aspinwall were exiled...

...John Milton gives his appreciation of the great statesman : — " Vane, young in years, but sage in counsel old, Than whom a better senator ne'er held...arms repelled The fierce Epirot and the African bold, 1 These questions are discussed at length in Letters and Papers relating to the First Dutch War, 1652...

...perpetual feast of nectar'd sweets, Where no crude surfeit ends. COMUS TO SIR HARRY VANE THE YOUNGER VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold ; Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of...

...for the Navy Records Societies, 1899. * Life of Sir Henry Vatit, p. 63. CJOOD STATE OF THE NAVY &1 Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift of hollow states hard to be spell'd, Then to advise how War may best upheld, Move by her two main nerves, iron and gold, In all...

...conscience from the paw Of hireling wolves, whose gospel is their maw. IV. TO SIR HENRY VANE THE YOUNGER. VANE, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns not arms repell'd The fierce Epirot and the African bold, s Whether to settle peace, or to unfold The drift...

...chief magistrate of the nation. It is pleasing to speak of »uch a man in the language of Milton. i " A better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome, when gowns, not arms, repell'd The fierce Epirot, and the A Iran bold ; Whether to settle pence, or lo unfold The drift of...

...friend and co-worker in the Commonwealth council of state : — 160 151 Sir John Eliot, 1592-1633 " Vane, young in years, but in sage counsel old, Than...whom a better senator ne'er held The helm of Rome." .... Eliot, frail in health, was crushed so early by the heartless tyranny he resisted that he had...