Bale himself, in the list of his own writings, enumerates "ex diversis bibliothecis."
Did this piece contain any account of his researches in libraries alluded to? If so, has it ever been published? Tanner makes no mention of it in his Bibliotheca Britannico-Hibernica.
H. F. S.
Cambridge.
A short Sermon.—In an essay on Benevolence, by the Rev. David Simpson of Macclesfield, it is reported of Dean Swift, that he once delivered in his trite and laconic manner the following short sermon, in advocating the cause of a charitable institution, the text and discourse containing thirty-four words only:
"He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the Lord, and that which he hath given will He pay him again. Now, my brethren, if you like the security, down with your money."
When and where did this occur, and what was the result?
Henry Edwards.