Q. "What man lyeth here, sey me, Sir Frere?"
A. "No man."
Q. "What ellis?"
A. "It is a woman."
Then follows her pedigree all in rhyme, from which it appears that she was a daughter of King Edward I., and the remarkable circumstance is stated, that she was borne of her "moder"!
As the poem is about three pages long and all pretty much like the sample we have given, we will not inflict it upon our readers.
H. W. Brewer.
AT NEWPORT, ESSEX.