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wood's terrible indictment. It is entitled
'Comfort against Calumny,' and bears
throughout evident reference to the scandals
then current. But the attempted vindication
of James and his courtiers is too clearly
couched in the " Qui s'excuse s'accuse "
manner. The bishop was a courtier to the
tips of his finger-nails. His language is that
of Lily's ' Euphues '; to him James and Buck-
ingham to whom one of the four sermons is
dedicated are saints at the very least, if not
angels; and all the flying reports of their
transgressions are but the slanders and
calumnies of the sons of Belial, relentless
persecutors of God's dear children in all ages !
One plain conclusion, however, is to be drawn
from the utterances of both preachers, and
that is, that the scandals were rife at the
time, and that they were universally credited.
A savage epigram of two lines, written as an
epitaph on Buckingham, and included in the
' State Poems,' indicates with sufficient clear-
ness what the nature of the scandals was.
One of the bishop's sermons, bearing the title ' Prayers Preservative : or, The Princes Priuy Coat,' has two separate dedications. The first is to "The King's Most Excellent Maiesty, Charles The First of that Name"; the second is to " The Prince his Highnesse." The date is 1625. The dedications are not dated, but the first opens with an explanation that the second dedication was the original one, and that whilst the sermon was being printed off news of the death of King James came abroad. In this second one the bishop reminds the prince that prayer's preservative power it was " which lately catcht and latcht you up betwixt the stirrop and the ground." So that it seems Charles, about the date of his royal father's death, had a fall from his horse, probably in the hunting-field.
DAVID BLAIR.
Armadale, Melbourne.
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NOTES AND CORRECTIONS.
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Vol. LIII.
Pp. 3-10. Adam Smith. See Mathias, 'P. of L.,' 130, 400 ; an ed. of 'Moral Sentiments,' Edinb. 1813; Morell, 'Philos. Nineteenth Cent.,' 1846, i. 229; Tennemann, ed. Morell, 1852, p. 377 ; Bain, ' Emotions and Will,' 1865, p. 271; Sidgwick, 'Hist. Ethics,' 1886, p. 205 ; Wilson and Fowler, ' Principles of Morals,' 1886, i. 61 ; Scottish Review, Oct. 1887. Pp. 13-15. Alex. Smith. See Mncmillan's Mag., Feb. 1867.
P. 28. Charlotte Smith. Mathias, ' P. of L. '
56, 58.
Pp. 32-3. Elizabeth Smith. De Quincey's
- Works,' ed. Masson, 1889, ii. 404.
P. 37. Smith of Chichester. His picture of the 'Hop Pickers' was engraved by F Vivares, 1760.
P. 46. Sir Harry Smith. See the Jllust. Lond. News, 3 July, 10 July, 1847.
P. 54. Horace Smith. The ' Tin Trumpet ' was reprinted with his name, as No. 8 of Bradbury, Evans & Co.'s "Handy Vol. Series," in 1869, and reached its fifth thousand in 1870.
P. 59. Smith of Deanston printed a 'Report to the Board of Health on the Sanitary Con- dition of Hull,' 1850.
P. 63 a, line 32. It would be better to read " Lankester's " instead of " Derham's."
P. 65. Jeremiah Smyth, Esq., grandson of the Admiral, and Mary (Skinner) his wife, are buried in Holy Trinity Church, Hull.
P. 66 a, line 2 from foot, " were " ; Isaac Gregory Smith still lives.
P. 70 a, line 5. For "Brooks's" read Brook's.
Pp. 74-5. John Smith, Platonist. Patrick's 'Autob.,' pp. 17-22, 247.
P. 75 b. John Smith's 'Art of Painting': there was an ed. 1706 ; that of 1723 is called the fifth.
P. 76 a, line 4. For "Work" read Works.
P. 76 a, line 13 from foot. For " Witten " read Witton.
P. 76. John Smith. ' Bede ' ; Wrangham's ' Zouch,' ii. 165, 193.
P. 76 b. John Smith, d. 1717. Was he the Mr. Smith of Oxford whose poem on the battle of Blenheim is printed with Rochester and Roscommon, 1707 1
P. 83. John Christopher Smith. ' Gray,' by Mason, 1827, p. 415.
P. 83 b, line 9 from foot. For " licenses " read licences.
P. 121 a. For "Hesslington" read ffes- lington.
P. 121 b. Londesborough can hardly said to be near Foston.
P. 121. Sydney Smith. His ' Speech Beverley on the Catholic Claims ' was printed, 1825. He also wrote a 'Letter to the Electors upon the Catholic Question,' York, 1826. In reply there appeared (1) ' The Elector's True Guide,' by an East Riding Freeholder ; (2) ' The True Protestant,' by a True Protestant ; (3) 'The Catholic Claims Rejected,' by an English Protestant, all York, 1826. Some details of his Yorkshire life in Christian
Society, i. 597-8 ; 'N. & Q.,' 4 fch S. v. 117.
Pp. 124-5. Sir Tho. Smith founded
two
