A VIRGINAL

Pepys, in his Diary, Sept. 2, 1666, at the time of the great fire writes:—

“Rivers full of lighters and boats taking in goods, and I observed that hardly one lighter or boat in three, that had the goods of a house in but there was a pair of virginals in it.”

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FEASANT HAWKING.

The Feasant Cock the woods doth most frequent,

Where Spanniells spring & pearch him by the sent.

And when in flight, the Hawk wth quickned speed