Convey’d me forth, and reconvey’d again;
Thrice had Arcturus driv’n his restless wain,
And heav’n’s bright lamp the day had thrice reviv’d
From first departure, till I last arriv’d.”
This poem was reprinted by Mr. Park in the Supplement to the Harleian Miscellany. There are extracts from it in the Retrospective Review, Vol. v. p. 275.
[59] He was collated Feb. 2. A. D. 1508. Le Neve’s Fasti. p. 146.
[60] These words follow in most of the manuscripts, but are probably an interpolation: “and mother afterwards of the queen’s highness, that now is, (whose virtuous life and godly disposition Jesu long preserve, and continue against the malignity of her corrupt enemies!)”
[61] This house merged to the crown by the attainder of Empson, and appears to have been a princely dwelling, for in the patent, an orchard and twelve gardens are enumerated as belonging to it. The grant bears date in 1510. It stood upon the ground which is now occupied by Salisbury Square and Dorset Street, its gardens reaching to the banks of the river.
[62] Who had. MS. L.
[63] Was. MS. L.