Notes and Queries, Vol. V, Number 122, February 28, 1852 / A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.

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VOL. V.—No. 122.
SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 28. 1852.
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The British Museum purchased for 14 l. the copy of the 1640 edition of Ben Jonson's Works , which was sold by Messrs. Sotheby and Wilkinson, in the library of the Honorable Archibald Fraser of Lovat. The volume, which had on its exterior covers the arms of Carr, Earl of Somerset, contains on one of them the following inscription:— These verses were made by the author of this booke, and were delivered to the Earl of Somerset upon his Lordship's wedding-day. Then follow the verses in the poet's own handwriting.
To the Most Noble and above his Titles Robert Earle of Somerset.
They are not those, are present wth theyr face,
And clothes, and guifts, that only do thee grace