The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-26
MY OF JOHN MA yNlNaHAM.

.o.,ow Of a curious work recently published
In London
Everv one is aware that this diary has been
,,oelv used nv Mr.. Collier, Mr.. Halliwell and
ether writer's on the age of Shakespeare; ou'
.oucb of the matter set down by the young
Tamnlar Ia still fresh to the literary artlst'
Too or three words will suffice as to the writer
Mr. Collier had noticed that Manningham de-
scr,hes himself as of Kent. Mr., Hunter, who
delighted IN working out biographical puzzles,
nushed his INQUIRIES much further; and Mr.
Bruce has followed up Mr.. Hunters course OF
sxuoa.,oo+,on 20 perfect result. We now
know as much OF Manningham as any one VIII
coro N learn. He was well born and well
oducated. he was q member Of the Middle
Temnle: and he lived for the most part in
chambers. in a position extremely favorable
40 the collection of social gossip. Some OF his
friends were In high places; his information
was direct and personal; and ne seems 10
have been perfectly honorable ana VeraclouS
man. ,,.--z d. fan, r,or,hs
onIv-fn tne years 160I-3-is rich in personal
matter. Let us begin with the great Q1een,
about whom we hnd some new ana curious dc.
fails The source OF these stories was Henry
Parry, one OF the Queens chaplains, afterwards
Bishop of Worcester. Manningham notes what
Parry told him OF the Queens sayings and doiDgs,
some of which are full of chsEacter and color;
Parry was put Gown to preacnat Court on Good
Friday. The Queen said she would not go to
hear him. On being asked why, she answered,
lsughingly Thou wilt speak against me- am
sure.n But when the day came she went 70
hear him. A call of Serleants.at-law was made,
1--WE from the Inner, and six from the other three
Inns-eleven In all. The Queen was pressed to
make the number twelve; but she refused, say
ing merrily that she feared If there were
twelve there would be one false brother among
them.n This creation OF serjeants gave rise to
some other jokes. On the report that there
would be a call of new sergeants reaching the
law courts, one of the old stagers cried Call
OF serjeants Better have call of cllents.n
One oil the Inner Temple men was called
Barker, and on his name being read out
SERGEANT Harris cried, ut is well to have one
barker among so many biters.n
Parry told Manurngham that the Queen had
one day given "a check" to William Barlow,
one OF her favorite chaplans, the divine who
afterwards held the crozer of Rochester and
ofLincoln. Barlow had been very warm against
Lord Essex, and when that starless fayorite
rose in rebellion against his Queen, he had
actually preached sermon against the rebel
at Paul's Cross. Barlo " had Gone good thing,
and deserved the Queens thanks But alter the
Earl's execution, the Queen remembered that
the rebel bad been her own close kinsman, that
he had been boru 10 her love, and that he ha d
shared the kindness which she never failed to
shower on men OF the Boleyn blood. All that
she had done was rigat and just. But the heart
may swell with pain when the head Is clear;
ana LDOu8Q tne law lau DeeQ 6uUereQ Dy ler
TO take its course, the Queen was still woman;
and the sight of any man who had been forward
in that domestic drama threw her luto wretched
moods. For this reason she forbade Barlow to
appear In her presence and when Barlow ven-
tured to disobey, and TO protest his loyalty, she
put him aside with an impatient gesture. "Oh,
sir" she said, 1--WE have heard you are an honest
man: you are an honest man." She would not
blame her chaplain, neither could she bear him
in her sight. Barlow got no promotion in the
Church until Elizabeth died
we have glimpse OF the Queen In one of her
social moments, when she paid visit TO Sir
wards known as Salisbury House. She was
received in royal state, and lavishly enter
tained. AS she passed into the hall, three
ladies, in the characters of Maid, Wife, and
Widow, recited a piece in commentator OF
her own estate. Oat of compliment to Eliza.
beth the maid was allowed to have the best of
1t. After these ladies came Turk (our inter
sourse WITH Turkey was becoming close and
lucratiye), who said he had heard of her
Majesty, and desired to see her face. The Queen
fell in with these humors, and dscoursed with
the pretended Turk in several languages; on
which the turbaned mountebank affected much
rich mantle; and this part of the mummery
must have pleased the Queen. Cecil's hall was
tull OF fine armor, which, the dlarst says, the
queen admired most OF all. In leaving she
The great event of Manningham's time was
the Queens death; and of this tragic scene we
nave nearer and clearer view than any other
chronicler has given us. Manpngham rode
down to Richmond, where the Court was kept,
70 hear his friend Parry preach, aud to learn
now the queen was going on. She was known
70 be dying, and many persons believed that
she was dead. Such things were often kept
secret, from motives of policy. Edward the
Sixth had been dead three days before the fact
was made known. Nay, there were courtiers
IN Holyrood who swore that Elizabeth had been
dead some years, AMI that Cecil had got
an old lady to represent her. Manningham
rode down to see, and after sermon he went
to dine with his friend Parry in the Prlvy
Chamber. Watson, Bishop, OF Chichester, and
the Deans of Windsor and Canterbury, were
of his company, and from these divines the
Templar heard the story of the Queens last
hours on EARTH ''For this fortnightn he
notes, "Her Majesty refused to eat any thing,
to receive any physic, or admit any rest in
of the leonine Queen: "sbe hath been in
q manner speeches. tor two days; very pensiVe
and silent; sitting with her eye fixed on one
object for hours together; yet she always had
old iioness! Whitgift, the aged Lord Primate,
stood by her couch; now trying to cheer her
mind with hope, and now TO strengthen 1t by
prayer. She would not hear him talk of longer
his hand In silence, She took great delight,
we learn, IN prayer, and at the name OF Jesus
she raised her eyes towards heaven. Parry was
anxious to know whether she wished to die, as
she had lived, in the faith of her country,
by sign. She instantly raised her hands
and eyes. In this true spirit the great
ruler passed away. "This morning. says Man.
niDgham. "about O'Clock, her Majesty de-
parted this hfe-mildly like a lamb, easily like
amongst the royal saints in heaven"
In this diary we have the famous words used
by Queen Elizabeth on her death bed, in refer
ence to her success or in better torn, anS