And, pleas'd with his playing so well,
He took her again, in reward of his Art;
Such power had Music in Hell!"
G. M. B.
Flemish Refugees.—In the troubled times of the Reformation, England was not seldom the refuge for Flemings who, for the sake of religion, abandoned their country. Among these was Mr. Joos Tuck, who, according to a consistorial decision of Dec. 14, 1582, was proposed by G. Van Den Haute, then pastor at Sluis, to the brethren of the Flemish Class, since "they had taken knowledge of the sound and good gifts of their brother." He left Sluis soon after, probably in July, 1583, and withdrew to England. I should be glad to learn what befell him there.
Peter Lambert was a student of the University of Ghent: though, as far as I am aware, he is not mentioned in Te Water's History of the Reformed Church and University in Ghent. On July 21, 1583, a student made known his wish to propose himself as candidate for the ministry; and on August 4 appeared Peter Lambert, student of the University of Ghent, before the consistory, requesting the brethren to grant him the twenty-five guilders which had been promised; because, on account of the troubled state of the country, he wished to flee to England, on which request was decided: "Since a well-known and pious brother, who is compelled to flee, is in need of help, let the deacons and pensionary of the town be addressed thereon." Very probably, therefore, he also took refuge in England. Can any one give me farther information?—From the Navorscher.
J. H. Van Dale.
"Sad are the rose leaves," &c.—Can you or any of your correspondents tell me whence come the following lines?—
"Sad are the rose leaves which betoken
That there the dead lie buried low;