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[11] Sharon Turner.
[12] Turner, ch. xii.
[13] For the discussion of the time and circ.u.mstances of the introduction of French into law processes, see Craik, i. 117.
[14] Sharon Turner's History of the Anglo-Saxons, i. 199. For an admirable summary of the bardic symbolisms and mythological types exhibited in the story of Arthur, see H. Martin, Hist. de France, liv. xx.
[15] Craik says, (i. 198,) "Or, as he is also called, _Lawemon_--for the old character represented in this instance by our modern _y_ is really only a guttural, (and by no means either a _j_ or a _z_,) by which it is sometimes rendered." Marsh says, "Or, perhaps, _Lagamon_, for we do not know the sound of _y_ in this name."
[16] Introduction to the Poets of Queen Elizabeth's Age.
[17] So called from his having a regular district or _limit_ in which to beg.
[18] Spelled also Wycliffe, Wicliff, and Wyklyf.
[19] Am. ed., i. 94.
[20] Wordsworth, Ecc. Son., xvii.
[21] "The Joyous Science, as the profession of minstrelsy was termed, had its various ranks, like the degrees in the Church and in chivalry."--_Sir Walter Scott_, (_The Betrothed_.)
[22] 1st, the real presence; 2d, celibacy; 3d, monastic vows; 4th, low ma.s.s; 5th, auricular confession; 6th, withholding the cup from the laity.
[23] "The Earl of Surrey is said to have translated one of Virgil's books without rhyme, and, besides our tragedies, a few short poems had appeared in blank verse.... These petty performances cannot be supposed to have much influenced Milton; ... finding blank verse easier than rhyme, he was desirous of persuading himself that it is better."--_Lives of the Poets--Milton_.
[24] From this dishonor Mr. Froude's researches among the statute books have not been able to lift him, for he gives system to horrors which were before believed to be eccentric; and, while he fails to justify the monarch, implicates a trembling parliament and a servile ministry, as if their sharing the crime made it less odious.
[25] The reader's attention is called--or recalled--to the masterly etching of Sir Philip Sidney, in Motley's History of the United Netherlands. The low chant of the _cuisse rompue_ is especially pathetic.
[26] This last claim of t.i.tle was based upon the voyages of the Cabots, and the unsuccessful colonial efforts of Raleigh and Gilbert.
[27] Froude, i. 65.
[28] Introduction to fifth canto of Marmion.
[29] Froude, i. 73.
[30] Opening scene of The Merry Wives of Windsor.
[31] Rev. A. Dyce attributes this play to Marlowe or Kyd.
[32] The dates as determined by Malone are given: many of them differ from those of Drake and Chalmers.
[33]
If parts allure thee, think how Bacon s.h.i.+ned The wisest, brightest, meanest of mankind.
_Pope, Essay on Man_.
[34] Life of Addison.
[35] Macaulay: Art. on Warren Hastings.
[36] The handwriting of Junius professionally investigated by Mr. Charles P. Chabot. London, 1871.
[37] H. C. Robinson, Diary II., 79.
