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STANYHURST. 565 Statira, and from thence, on the following morning, to the place of his interment (Port Royal church-yard). His funeral was attended by Rear-Admiral Brown, a l l the navy, and most o f the army, who saw the military honours due t o his rank paid. Captain Stackpole's character i n the navy was o f the first possible standing, and his challenge t o fight the Statira against the American frigate the Macedonian, had s o endeared him t o every officer and man o n board his ship, that there were but few that could refrain from tears o n learning his unhappy fate. How mysterious are the decrees o f the Most High. The same individual, Lieutenant Cecil, who took the life o f Stackpole, was himself engaged i n a second duel a few months afterwards, o n nearly the same ground, was slain, and was buried within a yard o f his former antagonist. RICHARD STANYHURST, An historian, poet, and divine o f the sixteenth century, was born i n Dublin, probably about 1545 o r 1546. His father, James Stanyhurst, was a lawyer, recorder o f Dublin, and speaker o f the House o f Commons i n several parlia ments. He published, i n Latin, “Piae Orationes;” “Ad Corcagiensem Decanum Epistolae,” and three speeches, i n English, which h e delivered a s speaker, a t the begin ning o f the parliaments o f the 3rd and 4th Philip and Mary, and the 2nd and 11th o f Elizabeth. He died De cember 27, 1573, leaving two sons, Walter and Richard. Of Walter our only information i s , that h e translated “ In nocentius d e Contemptu Mundi.” Richard had some classical education a t Dublin, under Peter White, a celebrated schoolmaster, whence h e was sent t o Oxford i n 1563, and admitted o f University college. After taking one degree i n arts, h e left Oxford, and under took the study o f the law with diligence, first a t Furnival's inn, and then a t Lincoln’s-inn, where h e resided for some time. He then returned t o Ireland, married, and turned