, 1874-09-26

drinking Bong, which Warton pronounccs tho
iizst conrisial hnllaa Of any merit that appeared
III tue English language. It reola OF in a1l easy,
ftoihcking style, nptly expressive, Of tho spirit
rndn ngo. no copy it entiro
c1nnot cat but nttlo meat,
MY stomach is not good;
Dut sure think TINT Gun drink
With him that wears 4 hood.
Though 60 bare, take ~ no care,
nothing am a-coldo;
atuffo my akin 10 full within,
o. Jolly gooao als and oldc.
fatks and ride 90 bare,
IIootA .foet ufid hand 10 cofie;
Gus: oeify, God se,nt Thee goo1 ale taoughe,
Hhffhtr u DC 'sea or oltet
I 1ovo no rost, but nut-hrowno toste,
And crsb laid in the IRE;
littlo bread shall do me stoaa,
Afocln broat1 uoght desire.
10 frust, no snow. 10 wtnde, I trowc,
Can lll,rt mo 1t wolde,
Of JOY good a1e aud ol1e.
taeie GAI side, etc.
Aud Till, my wife. that ~ her 1ilo
I.ovch well good ala to sccks,
Full oft trinhes sleo TIL SO may
Tho tcares run downe her cicoke.
Then doth cho trowlo to mo tho bowio
Even m lnalilt-worm aholde;
AMI saith, " Sweet heart, I tuoke my mart
OF this Jolly good a1c mud olt1c.
baske aid ssass, tt:.
Now lc. them Ir!akc I'LL they pod ana w.rhe,
,,, Even as good fellows should dos;
They etall not 1utAse to have the hase
Cool Ele doth brineo 1nrn to.
AMI nli good Horlcs ttat harc secured howlcs,
Or haro them lltRtely trolttc,
Gud Hayc tho lircs Of them aud thoir wircs
Whether they bo yong or ol1c.
Nacke and side, ete.
To Thomas Sackvilie, afterwards Earl Of Dor
Court Of nucen Elizabeth, and Ills associate
Thomas Morton, belongs tho honor Of having
written tho first wo!l.le1nod tragedy in tho
English language, It ,wna composed whom
nackyilo was youth, md q 1nomber Of ono Of
tho great HILL Of tho Iuucr Iemp!o, BY tho stu
douts Of that society, during a Chriatn,aa
entertainment. II was afterwards played
before Queen Sso, E;zznSbcth znb d: whitehall,
Is entitled "Tho rhAGiDiE OF rEix Eli 'VsiSE; aNb
TORREK, SGT forth without addition or oItora-
ton, but altogether as tho Same was showed on
stage bofore tho queonca Majoatio about nino
etc." Tho play il divided into tiyo acts, an
each net il closed by 4 "ehorla From Ancient
antl Sage men Of britain." who. in IN odo Of
long-tned stanzas, rovIov, tho past OF tho story
that has just ,transpired, md call attention to
tho moral that 1t coutaina. Each act is aeo pre-
taccd aB wus tho custom in old playa, Hitl
a spectacle called tho Dumb Slow, in
which the naattor Immediately following Was
ehEdowcd forth. Tho directions for tho naa1agc-
1neut Of tllis piece of machinery wlIici
preceded tho fourth net aro ns follows: "Tirut,
tho music OF howoboos began to p1ae. Duringo
whiclo, there came forth from under tho stage,
q th9Igho ont Of bel three Fries ALEGrE
garments aprink1od with blond and hsn,es tl,oiv
bodies girt with annhau, their lols spread with
scrpents instead Of hoaro, tho ono bearing in
l!or llaude snake, tho other 4 Whip, mud tho
thlrdo burning ifrobrando; echo tlriuyngo bo-
foro them hyngo and q q'.eano, which 1noued
by, Furiea nn1lnt,,rally had Shine thoir owno
yeso teao TANTALys. MEDEA. XTHAsiAs' III iasils'
mo, CAallHsEs, ,AI.rIIEA. After tl1ut the
rutlos. and these had l'psaod abouto tho atago
thtso, they departed, l1ld then tho m.lsicko
ccaBod. Hereby was siguif1otl tho unnat,lrall
nurdofa to followe !; TINT in to saie porrax auina
by Ills omno mother, And Of king Gorlouo u.d
qnGS'ene 49,, yiden killed BY thor owno subIeots."
old. haf.snythological CHRONICLES of Britain, nntl
ropoatB tho story OF Hing Gor1obuo, WHO, GOO
ycars botoro Christ, divided his Kingdom, during
his llfo-timo. betwoon Ills two sona. Torre1 and
yolycd in civil war. ~ whlch Tho younger slow
tho older. Tho mother WIDEN, ayeuKod tlla
acalh OF l1or favorite non by numbering hip
brother in liu sleep. Tho citizens tlen royoltea,
itY III turn n,asaaurcd the citizcns; md tho
slaughter continued OIL ali sides untll tho
wlloio Kingdom VAS roducod to q miserable
losulation. lfero nro bluoly tloeda enough to
COiOf LEHEDAf. AM tHo Aoplsdt AyHa Bt EiOGEa.
But, Ringlilarly enough, not ono IL porpetratm
on Tho Htago. Tho account OF tllolu Ii einlply
roatal by tho p1ayorb, and tho spectator las no
opportunity to feast llis oyeg on, tho horrors Of
nittrtlor aud tho agol,ios OF donti,.
Tho tragoly IN writton IN bianll yerao,-Saols-
yi1lo boing tho third Englisl, author who on,-
ployea this mode Of vorsitcatlon. Tho style is
highly commanded for its purity mud noranioacl-
ty; nn,i sir 1'hilip Sydney, IN l,iH "Dofolco Of
roosle, '"'applands tlo play for ta no!a1io aoraI.
1tio. still tho pieen wna not popular In It's Gay.
for the spocchos arc teiliously long aud proBy..
a.A there III d tota ahaa,co Of rathotio or oyoit
i1lE incdont aud Of dranlstio effect. Tho psuIont
Of tho present ugo will 10 led to road It au,ply
from motives Of curiosity,
THE nnlT1slt ntusEuM.
Nct,lrna from tho DrItioh LI,sHouna for 1871
announce that 103, ,071 rcalora aud 1915 stulouts
In tho Manuscripts Department layo viBitod tint
institution within iho yoar. Tho ylsitora to tho
groat circular roasling-soom numbered 1000 less
than during 1879. The daiy average through
1873 Ina boon 05B, and tho number OF yolumou
daily consulted by oacll rnador, 10.
Tho additions to tito proolous storoa OF tho
Museum hayo bcen vast aud costly III The tiu,o