Sir John Fleming (Vol. vii., p. 356.).—If Caret can obtain access to the pedigree of the Flemings of Rydal Hall, Westmoreland, I anticipate he will find that this Sir John was the third son of Sir Michael le Fleming, who came over at the instance of Baldwin, Earl of Flanders, to assist King William in his conquest of England. I may add that the Rydal family, honoured with a baronetcy, Oct. 4, 1704, bear for their arms—"Gules, a fret argent."
T. Hughes.
Chester.
Life (Vol. vii., p. 429.).—Campbell, in his lines entitled A Dream, writes:
"Hast thou felt, poor self-deceiver!
Life's career so void of pain,
As to wish its fitful fever
New begun again?"
Though everybody knows the line—
"After life's fitful fever he sleeps well"—