The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-03-26

name Of God let him have IT,
We have no doubt these words were spoken
as set down. james was great fo0l, ami the
Queen knew IL; yet foil as he was, ms BIRTH
had made him heir to her throne; ana the
wisest cOurse was TO take him with all his
faults and deal with him as he might deserve.
England made good oaIe gain in taking James.
She got a very bad king, but she also got "a very
fine Kingdom.
sometimes speak freely OF our king, but could
not endure any other TO use such language"
Very likely; he was her kinsman. The Diary
ends before James arrived in London so that
we fail to learn what the Temple diarist thought
OF "our king" when he came to know him.
Manningham was q barrister and the talk
which he noted down turned very much on
lawyers and their doings. Hence we have
stories about Sir Thomas More, Sir Edward
Coke, Lord Bacon, and many more. We have
the story of More in the picture gallery with
the friend who owed him money, commenting
a deaths head with the motto Menlento morieris,
which he said was only MeineR,o Mort Cris-
remember to pay More his money. Also the
tale OF his going to his wife's pew at church and
opening the door for her like a servant, saying,
Madame, his lordship has gomez (meaning his
place as Chancellor); and then adding, merrily
Come, wife, now we, may go together and
talk" sir Edward Coke appears in a better
light in this Diary than usual; some of
his sayings are sharp, and almost
bright. Only one good thing is recorded
of Coke IN our books, and that Is
Tor him by Bacon, who could easily spare such
triaes from his boundless s!ore-the saying to a
great man, "My lord, If you drop in, then you
then / shall dine with YOU" Nothing of this
high quality is recorded of Coke by Manning
ham. But this is rather keen-tor Coke: The
attorney said he could make a lamentable
argume ent: but it would be said of him as Of
Cass andra, when he had spoken much he would
not be believed.n In a case of disputed right
TO patch of land, one of the parties proposed
to divide 1t. Then it is not his" SAID Coke;
''the child is none Of his that would have it
divided.n
A few sayings by Bacon are he1e preserved.
when Mr.. Dodridge, in his argument of Mr.
general, began his speech from Gods govern
ment, 1T is done like good archer quoth FIR.
Bacon, he shoots fair compass" Here we
find another instance OF the contention between
Bacon and Coke, in their earlier days:-"Bacou
said that the general rules OF the law were like
comets and wandering stars. MIR. Attorney
(Coke) said rather they were like the sun; they
have light in themselves, and give light to
others, whereas the stars are but corpora
Opdcd," A third entry may be given since any
true report OF what Bacon said is worth pre-
serving: -"Mr. Bacon, in giving evidence in the
said 1t had always flown high pitch; /. G. hath
been always in the hands of great men,"
Among the young fellows then keeping terms
in the Temple was one OF nimbe tongue and
subtle brain, who was destined to a lurid fame
and singular fate. This young man was Thomas
Overbury,. wit, q poet, statesman of the
highest class. Mammalian knew him well,
and had the sense to feel that his words were
worth setting down. These sayings of Overbury
make real addition 10 his biography, for they
place the young law student, as 1t were, on the
stage in the very character which men fancy
that he developed after his sudden rise to
power. There is q scorn, tension, and daring
in his speeches, which explain how it happened
that King james. was so much afraid OF him.
crooked nose. Oyerbury said, "Snig's nose
looked down to see how many of his teeth were
lost, and could never get up again." Overbury
rallied at Lord louch as a proud, Incompetent
fellow. when he came to sit on the bench at
Ludlow" said Overbury, There were. as it was
wont, two cushions laid, one for the Chief JUS
tice Leuknour another for the President; but
was enough for that place." Every word from
Overbury's lips is fred with scorn. "Ogerbury
spake much against the Lord Buckhurst as a
very corrupt and unhonest person." Again,
"He spake bitterly against the Bishop OF Lon.
don." Bancroft was the bishop. OVerbury
seems to have been Puritan in religion, fact
which has not hitherto been known; and this
fact will explain why he called Bancroft "a
very knave." This record of his opinions on
church affairs is extremely curious:-"He would
not have the bishops to have any tenn mooralities
or temporal Jurisdiction, but live upon tithes,
and nothing but preach. When was mention
ing how dangerous and difficult thug 1t would
be to restore appropriations, he said, Fiat Jus
TIA et co9lIn1 rltdt." Elsewhere we find 1T re-
corded, on the words OF Overbury, that Ben
Jonson the poet now lives upon one To wnsend,
and scorns the world.n Mr.. Bruce conjectures
that this Townsend was Aurelian Townsend,
once steward In Cecifs house. We know that
rare Ben came into humble and discreditable
relations with the great minister about this
time and the means OF his acquaintance may have
been the association with To wnsend here motel
under date OF February IL, 1902, the year after
his hot quarrel with Decker and Marston, and
the year before his first tragedy was produced
at the Globe. 1t was dark time for Ben-the
darkest time, perhaps, in his life. The following
epi'aph on bellows-maker is said to be by
JOnson, and If it is, might be included in future
editions OF his works.
Here lyes 10. PottereIl, maker Of believes,
Master M Of his trace and king OF good iellowes;
He that made believes could not make breath.
The tive references to Shakespeare are of course
known to the public from Mr.. Golfers extracts.
The first refers to the play of Itoe!th Night,
which seems to have been performed az the feast
our feast,n says the diarist, 1--WE had play
called 7lrebfh Nigh, or What You WIZ much
like the Comedy Of Errors, or Meneohmi
IN Plautus, but most like and near to that in
Italian called 'Inganni.' A good practice in it
to make the steward believe his lady widow
was in love with him, by counterfeiting a letter
as from his lady, in general terms, telling him
what she liked best in him, and prescribing his
gesture In smiling, his apparel, etc., and then
when he came 10 practice making him believe
they took him to be mad.n The second refer.
ence to Shakespeare is the story of the poet
cutting out the player with a lady. 1t was a
fashion of that time for people who admired
play 10 send and bid the actor come and sup
with them. Shakespeare, 1T is reported, over.
hearing Burbage make an appointment to go
which was Richard the Third" and went to
meet madame some time before Burbage was
likely to appear. He pleased the lady, aud
was warmly welcomed. BY and by came Bur