New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-12-24


IL likes me not to revile those who are 1 suppose
gone beyond that bourne from whence no 'ra'oiier
returns. AZ. - coorro
MAY now inquire your hame A'uo 10 "'eN
And nine. beshrew me, is Henry Barnes. We
arc some kind of kin, sir-cousins, let US ca H.
'Twere wearisoue to pursue the tale of grandpa
| Tiers and aunt5 up To lis apex
Oh. wonderful. wonderful exclaimed.
And after that out Of all whoopingI Aye you
MY family, know. once owned place near
here but / was unaware this was it, ~ ,--....
Here is my hand, good cousin. Ihank lorGune
we have met And / shook hands heartily WIN
the genial Elizabethan gallant, who seemed c9l-
tivated person into the bargain as OF course Denls
| nm ancestor of mine He looked very IKE an
Fnyishman of to-day, bat far, well-bullt, hahd.
| some Engishman, with shoitcropDed halr' anu q
pointed beard, and turned up feline moustachc;
fellow with fun in his eye and ready SUITE , On ~
| his lips We agreed that 1t would be well not 70
reveal his wonderful revival as u "I"iI bs ro
faaum ruIgus. delicatey exp planned 10 MN so,ne
| times that his words we're archaic but ohy wien S
| they we're such an ordinary educated Eneiis I5
mai could not understand. After while tho ola
lodge keeper announced dinner. r.;4oro
Dinner SAID Master Henry barnes' ,, IS IL on0
of your now fashions to call supper dinner e
| I'VE have adopted the French mode. ! saio' VI
taking what we call lunch or late Dreaklaa T. nooJV
or ?, and meal. whcG we nov a uoTin families
where there are ladies, take cup Oh tea uotWV' -,
or o. TO stay their stomacis, and give thenn an OF
potunity for discussing modes and the characteIS Vi
| their neighbors.' - . III, ,,or
| rant me- these three centuries. ,,,
NJ Rorncs admired the little implements of table
service which were new TO hun, such as SAT- spoons
| and the To him. new and quaint patterns III VIM no
glasses iinger-bOwls. etc lie dld justice 10 ,y
| scapons as he persisted in calling them, ahu PuU
| away q respectable quantity OF hook during uin-
ner ana sherry during dessert, buC ulu ho' "ir'N
'tI nsed, am afraid to drink like those DanskeTs
| Hamlet and lago-you know lagc-taiKeu oi Ito
'"'T Nv IIoTr rX"ISmed l. struck by sudden happy
thourht you shall come with ne TO LONDON anu
how Shakespeare IS now piaye 90 ondon again
| Won shall carry me there, one day shortly an II
| please you. Cousin George, :, s,o,r;,o ,.o,
i shall have great pleasure IN showing you
| round' said, internally proud of being one VINO
| knew bis way about town. ,,
Show me good sOOth. SIR oughJ 10 Bnow Ion
don ~ well as you-but YOU will know the best o.
dinarjos and the present hcetesses in Eastcheap
doubtless better than remember their houses Is
the Boar's Head yet there = 49,
Il must inform you little on the progress OF Eng
lish history see. You must know that some years
after Won On chit TO have been dead in the reign OF
the third sovereign after Elizabeth. destructive
fire ragged in London, destroying many OF the oiuer
streets and quarters. Still may tell you that much
of your time still stands; the Temple Tor instance
the Inns of Court generally though they have been
extensively added to- Inere Is new ~ a"i o.
though 81. -, ho,,o
spent, walking and talking i'll poor old Panls'
This Bears fiegd stands no longer, but many
other fine old taveIns d. Snpp1se heeu no' ,o
other commonplace events which make up history
since your time ;, -
books But beseech you, tell NE III general words
the social changes. the ideas, the books, and the
theatres, aud poets OF the day is theiea oPa d
there be Spanish war | am not yet q wake
In the first place, Shakesreare, as poet and
holder of dramatic mirrors up to nature, ~ supreme
aud acknOw lodged as such 10y the whole world
Here's thy health, Will! have often heard him
talk at the " Mermaid" used to belong to It, AND
I how al him li-t'O
do pray YOU drink glass more of this SheI rls-sick
to bis memory. and then shall have mad enough
aud to spare
We drank tho toast of this venerable name in
silence. / remembered. as We left the table the
story If Sir W. Raleigh, and asked my cousin II he
smoked tobacco. He enthusiastically SAID he ala,
observing. What with Shakespeare ard tobacco,
| do so far perceive that mine age IS not yet dead
1t Won will tarry for Inc awhile, have pipe of
mine wn in my chamber, which may interest you
much rs that marvellous wood aud silver thlhg
CT yours does me-
and his ode to tobacco, beglnnlng:
Homer Of Molly, aud Neponthe sings
and FASTENED to refresh il from book IN order 10
quote it to Henry Barnes When be descended. 81
find the author is not Marlowe but Davies, Henry
but -GneMIe of CLAW rather thick III the stem as
compared with the size of the bowl. L saiu: i
think you must admit that my pipe IS rather an
improvement on yours. Stii}, remember at Gam
bridge clay pines were much Iun alter We used to
take much prdo III the even and comely colorlng OF
them and have two or three such relics OF gag
so YOU were at C8mbridgeD
Il have only left it "A year or two ~
In faith / was there two OF three years. what
will You say if do tell you that have smok ell this
pipe up in my old chamber in Bene't College on
many winters night, while sitting round the IRE
with Kit Marlowe, and Greene. and Nash ana hat-a-
dozen Others whose names are now as distant music
to me- We used 10 place huge can OF ale on the
ground, the utternost of us would pass 1t to his
neghbor, and all silently drank to orr mis-
tresses noisy to one another deeply to all good
men and true. and all fair wenches.'
t,ara Alnr latrA
thought |, ~ Varsity man of the 10th Century,
Even so,fair sir And will dare to assert that tho
ale.can circulated somewhat more speedily tnan the
seven spheres when Marlowe was IN the rooDi
Il don't doubt 1t. | should think the Alma Mater
found you rather lively lot, did 1t mott
DO you know the ballad verse on poor Marlowe,
written by some pious Protestant clown, clown by
the redundance OF his feet clown by the malignant
envy of his wordsY
"well might learned Cambridge oft regret
lie ever there was bred.
The tree she IN his mind Lad set
Brought poison forth instead"
Poor Kit. II he lad OILY lived | verify be-
lieve Cousin George. that circle were the most
atheous roaring aean' batting. ale,drinfing wench-
loving men IN the aforesaid Cambridge. and yet
we were witbal given to study. to letter. to travel
to making, well as to other accomplishments
of men Of parts, such as fighting. singing. amt dice
playing. What angered the deans more Than al the
violent folly of uncurbed, impetuous youth was the
logic and leaning and ieering which we always
cOuUriyed to direct Ike cnlverns. against all that
was quite ynnrg fellow, had barely become
Bachelor, when MarlOwe was Master in Arts, but he
never was as some, VINO sever themselves from the
young and reckless soon rs they take on them the
dignity of degree, ana lead sOmbIe hermit lives.
Marlowe Master and aught else as lie might bc,
renamed III spirit pensiOner student and thorn III
tue flesh of that inty old rock OF pety and gravity
Copcot who was raised from Dean to Master for MS
many sins the ycat took my degree.
/ can well imagine the life you must all have led
him.
You should see his scowl when he met us on the
Petty Curry, he in his gown. carrying perhaps an
enormous book, We with raplcrs Sticking backward
under the short skirt of students gowns. We
always saluted him, which | think angered him yet
more
so you wore gowns then -