lived in the reigns of Queen Elizabeth and James I. and perhaps later."* From Ritson's Bibliographia, p. 317, it will be perceived that he was the presumed author of fifteen publications in verse and prose, differing very widely from each other in their subject and design. The satiric medley now before me is particularly noticed by Mr. Warton in his poetic history, Vol. IV. where several extracts from it may be seen. The following is here added, on account of its relation to that celebrated English buffo Richard Tarleton, who, as Bastard said in his Epigrams, "was extol'd for that which all despise." He died in 1588, as appears from the parish register of St. Leonard, Shoreditch.t

EPIG. XXX.

"When Tarltont clown'd it in a pleasant vaine, And with conceits did good opinion gaine

Upon the stage, his merry humor's shop,

Clownes knew the Clowne by his great clownish slop;
But now they're gull'd; for present fashion sayes--
Dicke Tarleton's part gentlemen's breeches playes:
In every streete where any gallant goes,

The swagg'ring slop is Tarlton's clownish hose."

The Satires are six in number. In the fourth occurs the following catalogue of country sports, which may serve to elucidate some of the engravings

Percy's Reliques, III. 117.

† See Mr. Henry Ellis's very curious History of Shoreditch, p. 211. In Fitzgeffry's Affanie and Peacham's Thalia's Banquet, epigrams occur on Tarleton, and a Latin epitaph "Richardo Tarltono Comædorum principi,” will be found in Stradlingi Epigramm. 1607.

in Mr. Strutt's amusing volume entitled Glig-Ga-! mena Angel-Deod.

P

"Man, I dare challenge thee to throw the sledge,

To jumpe or leape over a ditch or hedge,
To wrastle, play at stoole-ball, or to runne,
To pitch the barre, or to shoote off a gunne,
To play at loggets, nine-holes, or ten-pinnes,
To try it out at foote-ball by the shinnes;

At ticke tacke, Irish noddy, maw and ruffe,

At hot-cockles, leap-frog, or blindman-buffe :

To drinke halfe pots, or deale at the whole can,
To play at base, or pen and ink-horne, Sir Jhan :
To dance the morris, play at barly-breake,

At all exploits a man can thinke or speake,
At shove-groat, venter point, or crosse and pile,
At beshrew him that's last at yonder stile;
At leaping ore a Midsommer bone-fier,
Or at the drawing Dun out of the myer.*
At any of these, or all these presently,
Wag but your finger, I am for you, I:

I scorne (that am a youngster of our towne)
To let a Bow bell cockney put me downe.”

T. P.

ART. CII. The Song of Mary the Mother of Christ; containing the story of his Life and Passion. The teares of Christ in the Garden, with the description of heavenly Ierusalem. London:

* This unknown pastime seems to have been used as a proverbial phrase, and occurs in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet.

"Tut! Dun's the mouse, the constable's own word :-
If thou art Dun, we'll draw thee from the mire."

Printed by E. Allde for William Ferbrand, a dwelling neere Guild-hall-gate, at the signe of the Crowne, 1601. 4to pp. 45.

In this work are six poems as follows. The Song of Mary the Mother of Christ, containing the story of his Life and Passion," 96 7-line stanzas. "The Teares of our Saviour in the Garden," 26 6-line st. "A heavenly prayer in contempt of the world and the vanities thereof," 4 6-line st. "The description of heavenly Ierusalem," 52 4-line st. "Another on the same subject," 19 4-line st. and "A Sinner's Supplication, or the soules Meditation," 21 4-line st.

J. H.

ART. CIII. An Answere to a Romish Rime lately printed, and entituled, a proper new Ballad, wherein are contayned Catholike questions to the Protestant. The which Ballad was put foorth without date or day, name of authour or printer, libell-like, ·scattered and sent abroad, to withdraw the simple · from the fayth of Christ, onto the doctrine of Antichrist the Pope of Rome. testant Catholike, I. R. › speake against me, and the opon me. Psal. lxis. 12. leeue not every spirit, but trye the spirits whether they be of God, or no: for many false prophets are gone out into the world., 1 John iv. 1. An1swere a foole according to his be wise in his own conceyte.

Written by that PròThey that sit in the gate,

drunkards make songs Dearely beloved, be

foolishnes, lest he

Prouerbs xxvi. 5.

2. Imprinted at London by Simon Stafford, dwelling

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in Hosier Lane, neere Smithfielde. 1602. 4to. 20 leaves.

A SHORT prose address "to the indifferent readers, be they Protestants, Papists, or neyther;" states, the writer "together with others in a search, found some good English bookes, and some two or three English pamphlets of another stampe and nature, viz. a Popish rosary of prayers, and diuers Popish pictures in it, circled about with the forme of beads, as if all were the holyer, that comes within that compasse. We found there among other things also, a toy in rime, entituled, a proper new Ballad, wherein are certaine Catholike questions (for so he termeth them) to the Protestant. Onely of zeale to the trueth, and ofloue to such simple soules, as might be snared with such petty bayts as this ballad is, I haue taken a little paynes in answering the same as well as I could, being a man of small skill to meddle in greater matters.-There are many such parphlets, together with other like Romish wares, that are sent abroad among the common people, both Protestants and Papists in London and in the countrey, & that by certaine women brokers and pedlers (as of late in Staffordshire there was) who with baskets on their armes, shal come and offer you other wares vnder a colour, and so sell you these, where they see and know any likelyhood to vtter them. I will shewe you how I haue dealt and ordered things in the answering hereof. First, I founde it set to no certaine tune: but because it goeth most neere to the olde tune of Labandalashot, therefore I haue made that all may be sung to that tune if neede be. Secondly, the authour of this ballad,

his skill seemed to me to be as bad in poetry as in diuinity, and therefore I am herein driuen sometimes to adde and abbreuiate the authors particular words, but I faile him not a iote for his owne sense and false meaning: let this bee considered of therefore of all men. Thirdly, this ballad-monger hath deuided his worke into 9 principall parts or heads, and I observe them in a sort, as shall appear by the figures set before euery part. Fourthly, wheras the conclusion of the ballad is long, I giue him leaue to goe it through, and then I followe him with mine answere all together; and so with my epilogue, and a short song of Popery, made long agoe in scorne of Papist's foolery, I end, referring the readers for further satisfaction in this point to M. Crowly his booke which is an answere in prose to the like question, printed 1588. Your's in the Lorde I. R."

Then follows "a pretty fine answere to a Romish Rime, entituled, a proper new ballad, &c. to the tune of Labandalashot." The original is given in twentyfour stanzas, Roman type, and the answer in fortysix stanzas, black letter.

"The Papist's Complaint.

"Many and sundry sects appeare

now in the world both farre and neere:

The Protestant, the Puritan,

the Caluanist, and Zwinglian,

The Brownist, and the family of loue,

and many mo that I can proue: Besides the Romane faith truely,

which Protestants call Papistry.

All these are Christ's true church, they say,
but now on which shall my soule stay?"