[70] Letter of R. Whyte in "Sidney Papers."
[71] See "Every Man out of his Humour."
[72] "Burleigh Papers" by Haynes.
[73] "Royal and Noble Authors."
"His Bilboa blade, by marchmen felt,
Hung in a broad and studded belt;
Hence in rude phrase the Borderers still
Call noble Howard Belted Will."
Lay of the Last Minstrel.
[75] Thus we find sir George Manners, ancestor of the dukes of Rutland, who died in 1513, bequeathing to each of his unmarried daughters a portion of three hundred marks to be paid at the time of their marriage, or within four years after if the husband be not twenty-one years of age; or at such time as the husband came of age.
Collins's "Peerage," by sir E. Brydges.
[76] "Illustrations" by Lodge.