"It was a son of the Bishop of Orkney, Thomas Lydserfe, who now thought he had the wit to amuse, the knowledge to instruct, and the address to captivate the lovers of news in Scotland. But he was only able, with all his powers, to extend his publication to ten numbers, which were very loyal, very illiterate, and very affected."
John Macray.
Oxford.
Door-head Inscriptions (Vol. vii., pp. 23. 190. 588.; Vol. viii., p. 38.).—Over the door of the house at Salvington, Sussex, in which Selden was born, is this inscription:
"Gratvs, honeste, mihi; non clavdar, inito sedeq'
Fvr, abeas; non sv' facta solvta tibi."
It has been thus paraphrased:
1. By the late William Hamper, Esq., Gent. Mag., 1824, vol. ii. p. 601.:
"Thou'rt welcome, honest friend; walk in, make free:
Thief, get thee gone; my doors are clos'd to thee."