maydes, Cary, Middlemore, Woodhouse, Gargrane, Roper; the sixt is determined, but not come. God send them good fortune, for, as yet, they have no mother." This maternal appellation was at that time given to some dowager lady of rank, who, with great propriety, was chosen as governess over the maids of honour. A similar appointment existed in the court of France; and the memoirs of Anne of Austria describe the great trouble the lady, who then held the situation, had to protect her charge against the attempted familiarities of Louis XIV. towards the close of his minority. No mother of the maids of honour has been appointed in the English court since the revolution of 1688. LADY ARABELLA STUART. THE following pathetic ballad was written on the unfortunate lady, Arabella Stuart, who, on account of her double relation to royalty, excited the jealousy of queen Elizabeth, and fell a victim to the persecutions of her accuser, king James the First: THE "True Lover's Knot Untied: Being the right PATH whereby to advise Princely Virgins how to behave themselves, by the example of the renowned Princess, the Lady ARABELLA, and the second Son of the Lord Seymour, late Earl of Hartfort. To the Tune of Frog's Galliard, &c. Licensed and Entered according to Order. "As I to Ireland did pass, I saw a ship at anchor lay, Another ship likewise there was, Which from fair England took her way. This ship that sail'd from fair England, That they to London should her bring. I drew more near, and saw more plain She wrung her hands and wept amain, When near fair London Tower she came, "How now, Arabella," then our king Unto this lady straight did say, Who hath first ty'd ye to this thing, 66 That you from England took your way?" "None but myself, my gracious liege, These ten long years I've been in love Though he be not the mightiest man So much your grace doth understand: My lands and livings are well known "In gallant Darbyshire likewise, I nine-score beadsmen maintain there I never raised rent," said she, For why? I had enough before. Whom of your nobles will do so, For to maintain the commonalty? I would I had a milk-maid been, Or born of some more low degree, And no man could have hindred me: Or, would I were some yeoman's child, According unto my degree, As other virgins as I know. The highest branch that soars aloft Needs must beshade the myrtle-tree, But when the tree is cut and gone, And from the ground is borne away, The lowest tree that there doth stand, In time, may grow as high as they. Once when I thought to have been queen, I knew your grace had right to th' crown You of the eldest sister came, And so good night, my sovereign liege, "Lady Arabella," said our king, And so good night, Arabella fair," Love is a knot none can unknit, Him whom I love I cannot forget, Though from his presence I must part. The meanest people enjoy their mates, For being crost by cruel fates, I want both love and liberty. But death, I hope, will end the strife; Farewell, farewell, my love," quoth she: "Once I had thought to have been thy wife, But now am forc'd to part with thee." At this sad meeting she had cause, In heart and mind, to grieve full sore; Did never see lord Seymour more. "London: Printed by and for W. O. and are to be sold by the booksellers of Pye-corner and London-bridge."* CONNUBIAL LOVE. O LOVE!-Heaven's sweetest boon, bestow'd, WORCESTER BELLS. A. IN the days of popery, bells, when consecrated, received the names of particular saints; but in later times they have been differently appropriated. In St. Helen's church, at Worcester, there is a set of bells cast in the time, of queen Anne, which bear names and inscriptions that record the victories gained during that reign, as follow: 1. Blenheim. "First is my note, and Blenheim is my name; There is a wooden cut, in two parts: one representing some vessel at sea; he other, lady Arabella with a fan in her hand. 2. Barcelona. "Let me relate how Louis did bemoan His grandson Philip's flight from Barcelon." "Deluged in blood, I, Ramilies, advance "Let Menin on my sides engraven be; 5. Turin. "When in harmonious peal I roundly go, "With joy I hear illustrious Eugene's name; 7. Marlborough. "But I for pride, the greater Marlborough bear; 8. Queen Anne. "Th' immortal praises of queen Anne I sound, The inscriptions on these bells are all dated 1706, except that on the seventh, which is dated 1712. EPIGRAM BY DR. ADAMS. VENUS, as Vulcan's wife, commands the fire, |