Stemmata Magnatum.
ORIGIN OF THE TITLES
OF SOME OF THE
ENGLISH NOBILITY.
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"When Adam dolve, and Eva span,
Who was then a Gentleman?
Then came the Churle, and gather'd Good;
And thence arose the Gentle Blood."
"It is an ancient received saying, that there is no Poverty but is descended of Nobility; nor no Nobility but is descended of Beggary."
History of the Gwedir Family, p. 94.
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Westmoreland, Earl.—From the County.