Life of Rev. Francis Hodgson

, vol. i p. 107). No such poem was apparently ever published. In Hodgson's

Lady Jane Grey

, Queen Mary of England plays a part; hence, possibly, the mistake.

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[Footnote 4:]

Byron asked the Duke of Portland to procure him "permission from the E. I. Directors to pass through their settlements." The duke replied, in effect, that Byron trespassed on his time and patience. So Byron at least took his answer (see

English Bards, and Scotch Reviewers,

line 1016 and

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