and from Carew, p. 71.,
"The purest soul that ere was sent
Into a clayey tenement."
C. B.
Cabalistic Author (Vol. ii., p. 424.).—"W. C. or twice five hundred." The meaning is very evident. V. signifies five, and C. one hundred. W. is two V's, therefore W. C. twice five hundred.
Terra Martis.
\[ [Another correspondent points out that W. C., the author, may probably be William Cooper the printer.] \]
Twickenham—Did Elizabeth visit Bacon there? (Vol. ii., p. 408.).—
"At Twickenham Park, either in this [1592] or the following year, through the immediate interest of his steady patron, the Earl of Essex, Mr. Francis Bacon had the honour of entertaining Queen Elizabeth, where he presented her with the sonnet in honour of that generous nobleman."—Nichols's Progresses of Queen Eliz., 2d ed. iii. p. 190.
J. I. D.