The anagram on General Monk, afterwards Duke of Albemarle, on the restoration of Charles II., is also a chronogram, including the date of that important event:—
Georgius Monke, Dux de Aumarle,
Ego Regem reduxi Ano. Sa. MDCLVV.
The mildness of the government of Elizabeth, contrasted with her intrepidity against the Iberians, is thus picked out of her title: she is made the English lamb and the Spanish lioness.
Elizabetha Regina Angliæ,
Anglis Agna, Hiberiæ Lea.
The unhappy history of Mary Queen of Scots, the deprivation of her kingdom, and her violent death, are expressed in the following Latin anagram:—
Maria Steuarda Scotorum Regina.
Trusa vi Regnis, morte amara cado.
In Taylor’s Suddaine Turne of Fortune’s Wheele, occurs the following very singular example:—