42. Proverb of James I.
—In the Miscellaneous State Papers (published 1778), vol. i. p. 462., we find Steenie (the Duke of Buckingham) writing to his royal master as follows:—
"Give my leave here to use your own proverb,—For this the devil cone me no thanks."
At the risk of being thought very dull, I ask, what is cone, and what is the meaning of the proverb? James was no ignoramus, after all.
VARRO.
43. Mrs. Hutchinson.
—What became of the celebrated Lucy Hutchinson, who wrote the memoirs of her husband—where did she die? and from whence is all the information that can be got about her, subsequently to her autobiography, to be obtained?
M.
44. Amadis de Gaule, Early Translation of.
—I have lately purchased a black-letter volume, dated 1595. The first part has no title, but the second is called,—