bles to graunt him so much,that hee might be eftsoons layde on the ground as before, and the esquier to be laid aloft upon him,for the knight perceived that the esquier through excessive heat, and the weight of his armor, did marvellously faint, so as his spirits were in maner taken from him. The king and the nobles perceyving the knight so courageously to demand to trie the battel forth to the utterance, offring great summes of money, that so it might be done, decreed that they should be restored again to the same plight in which they lay when they were raised up but in the mean time the esquier fainting, and falling down in a swoone, fel out of his chaire as one that was like to yield up his last breth presently among them. Those that stood about him cast wine and water upon him, secking so to bring him againe, but all would not serve, till they had plucked off his armor, and his whole apparel, which thing proved the knight to be vanquisher, and the esquier to be vanquished. After a little time the esquier began to come to himself, and lifting up his eyes, began to holde up his hed, and to cast a gastly looke on every one about him which when it was reported to the knight, he commeth to him armed as he was (for he had put off no peece since the beginning of the fight) and speaking to him, called him traitor, and false perjured man, asking him if he durst trie the battel with him againe but the esquier having neither sense nor spirite whereby to make answere, proclamation was made that the battell was ended, and every one might go to his lodging. : The esquièr immediately after be was brought to his lodging, and layde in bed, beganne to wax raging woode, and so continuing still out of hys wittes, about nine of the clocke the next day he yeelded up the ghost. This combate was fought (as before ye have heard) the viith of June, to the great reioysing of the common people and discoragement of traytours. Account of Chelsea College; from THE Royal Hospital at Chelsea stands a small distance from the river-side; it is built of brick, except the coins, cornices, pediments, and columns, which are of freestone. The principal building consists of 8 large quadrangle, open on the south side: in the centre stands a bronze statue of the founder, Charles II, in a Roman habit, the gift of Mr. Tobias Rustat.* The east and west sides, each 365 feet in length, + are principally occupied by wards for the pensioners; at the extremi ty of the former is the governor's house, in which there is a very handsome state-room surrounded with portraits of Charles I. and II; William III. and his Queen; George II.; their present Majesties, &c. In the centre of each of these wings, and in that of the north front, are pediments of freestone, support. ed by columns of the Doric order. In the centre of the south front is a portico, supported by similar columus, and on each side a piazza, on the frieze of which is the following inscription: "In subsidium et leva It cost 5001. + Measured from the extremity of the north front. men emeritorum senio, belloque fractorum, condidit Carolus Secundus, auxit Jacobus Secundus, perfecere Gulielmus et Maria Rer et Regina, 1690." The internal centre of this building is occupied by a large vos tibule, terminating in a dome; on one side is the chapel, and on the other the hall. The former was consecrated by Bishop Compton in the year 1691. It is about 110 feet in length, paved with black and white marble, and wainscotted with Dutch Oak. The altar-piece, which represents the ascension of our Saviour, was painted by Sebastain Ricci. A rich service of gilt plate, consisting of a pair of massy candle sticks, several large chalices and flaggons, and a perforated spoon, was given by James II.; the organ was the gift of Major Ingram. The hall, where the pensioners dine, is situated on the opposite side of the vestibule, and is of the same dimensions as the chapel. At the upper end is a large picture of Charles II. on horseback, the gift of the earl of Ranelagh; it was designed by Verrio, and finished by Henry Cooke.+ The whole length of the principal building, as it extends from east to west, is 790 feet; a wing having been added at each end of the north side of the great quadrangle, which forms part of a smaller court. These courts are occupied by various offices, and the infirmaries; the latter are kept remarkably neat, and supplied with hot, cold, and vapour baths. To the north of the college is an inclosure of about thirteen acres, planted with avenues of limes and horse-chesnuts; and towards the south, extensive gardens. The whole of the premises consists of about fifty acres. The The establishment of the Royal Hospital or College at Chelsea, consists of a governor, lieutenant-governor, major, two chaplains, an organist, a physician, surgeon, apothe cary, secretary, steward, treasurer, controller, clerk of the works, and various subordinate officers. number of ordinary pensioners is 336; these men must have been twenty years in his majesty's service; but such as have been maimed or disabled, may be admitted at any period. The number of those who can enjoy the advantages of this establishment, being so small in proportion to that of the brave veterans who stand in need of them, the present governor, very much to his credit, has made a rule, that except under very particular circumstances, no person shall be admitted into the house under sixty years of age; by this means the benefit of the charity is appropriated with much greater certainty to those who are its most proper objects. The pensioners who live in the house (commonly called the in-pensioners) are provided with clothes (an uniform of red lined with blue); lodging and diet, besides which they have an allowance of eight-pence a week. The college being considered as a military establishment, the pensioners are obliged to mount guard, and to perform other garrison duty. They are divided into eight companies, each of which has its proper complement of officers, serjeants, corporals, and drummers. The officers, who have the nominal rank of captain, lieutenant, and ensign, are chosen from the most meritorious old serjeants in the army, and have an allowance of three shillings and sixpence per week; the serjeants have † Ibid. vol. iii. p. 92. * Anecdotes of Painting, vol. iii. p. 142, [*H 3] two two shillings; the corporals and drummers ten-pence. Two serjeants, four corporals, and fifty-two of the most able privates, are appointed, by the King's sign-manual, to act as a patrol on the road from Chelsea to Pimlico, for which duty they have an additional allowance. The patrol consists of half the number here mentioned, the duty being taken alternately. There is likewise in the college a small corps, called the light horsemen, thirty-four in number, who are allowed two shillings per week, and are chosen indiscriminately out of any of the regiments of cavalry. The various servants of the college, among whom are twenty-six nurses, make the whole number of its inhabitants above five hundred and fifty. There are also belonging to the establishment, four hundred serjeants, who are out-pensioners, and receive a shilling a day; these are called king's letter-men, and are appointed, balf by the governor, and half by the secretary at war. The number of private outpensioners is unlimited; their allowance is five-pence per day, and they are always paid half a year's pension in advance. Their number has been much increased since the passing of the militia-act; they are now upwards of twenty-one thousand, and are dispersed all over the three kingdoms, at their various occupations, being liable to be called upon to perform garrison-duty as invalid companies in time of war. The expences of this noble institution (excepting about 70001. which arises from poundage of the household troops, and is applied towards the payment of the out-pensioners) are defrayed by an annual sum voted by parliament. The yearly expence of the house-establishment, including the salaries of the officers, repairs, and other incidental charges, varies from 25,000l. to 28,000l. The internal affairs of the hospital are regulated by commissioners appointed by the crown, and consisting of the governor, lieutenant-governor, and some of the principal officers of state, who hold a board, as occa sion requires, for the paying of outpensioners, and other business. Articles of Reconciliation between a Man and his Wife, Oct. 9, 1629; from the same. IT T was agreed between Joseph Caron and Margery, his wife, in manner and form following: I, Joseph Caron, do willingly promise to my wife Margery, that upon condition that she will not hereafter make farther inquiry into any thing that hath in time past occasioned jealousy on her part, I from this time forward will forbear the private company of any woman or maid whom she may suspect to be dishonestly inclined; and in particular, because of her former suspicions, how unjust soever, I do promise to estrange myself from Mrs. Large and Mrs. Colmer, and wh› msoever else she hath formerly sus pected: and that I will forbear striking her and provoking speeches, and be as often with her at meals as I can conveniently, and in all things carry myself as a loving husband ought to do to his wife: In witness whereof I have subscribed my name the day and year above mentioned. JOSEPH CARON. Since Mr. Burke's bill, the army poundage is confined to those troops. promise to my foresaid husband, Joseph Caron, that upon condition that he perform faithfully what he hath promised, I will from this day forward forbear to inquire into any thing that hath in time passed occasioned jealousy in me towards my husband; and in particular do acquit Mrs. Colmer, by these presents, from any guilt of dishonesty with my husband, being now persuaded of his innocency therein, whatsoever I have formerly said to the contrary; and do promise, for the time to come, the premises being duly performed on my husband's part, to carry myself towards him in all things as becometh a loving and faithful wife: In witness whereof I do subscribe my name the day and year above written. I, Margery Caron, do willingly gave the appearance of a front of prodigious extent. Vertue describes it as a noble square pile all of stone; the four sides almost alike, with statues on the front within was a small square of brick, not handsome; the out-offices of brick and stone, very convenient and well nisposed. The hall richly adorned with marble statues, busts, &c. The ceiling of the staircase by Thornhill. The grand apartments finely adorned with paintings sculpture and furniture.t The columns which supported the building were all of marble, as was the great staircase, each step of which was made of an entire block, above twenty feet in length. The whole expence of the building and furniture is said to have amounted to 200,0001.§ James of Greenwich was the architect. Dr. Alexander Blackwell, author of a treatise on agriculture, was employed to superintend the works. without doors; and it is probable that he laid out the gardens and pleasure-grounds, which abounded with vistas, lakes, canals, and statues, in the taste then prevalent. The duke's manner of living corresponded with the magnificence of his mansion, and fell little short of the state of a sovereign prince. When Pope's well known satire against false taste came out, it was immediately supposed to have been directed against Canons and its noble owner, there characterized under MARGERY CARON. Account of Canons, the 'celebrated Seat of the Duke of Chandos, in the Parish of Stanmore Parva; from the same. TH HE magnificent mansion, built upon this estate, about the year 1712, by Mr. Brydges, afterwards duke of Chandos, has been frequently celebrated in verse and prose.* It stood at the end of a spacious avenue, being placed diagonally so as to shew two sides of the building, which at a distance Samuel Humphreys' wrote a poem upon Canons, addressed to the duke of Chandos, folio 1728. It speaks of the place in terms of general panegyric, but contains little of description. There is another poem on Canons by Gildon. + MS. in the earl of Orford's collection at Strawberry-Hill. Defoe's Tour through England. Hawkins's history of music, vol, v. p. 1798. Gentleman's Magazine, September 1747. [* H 4] the the name of Timon. Dr. Johnson in his life of that poet says, "from the reproach which the attack on a character so amiable brought upon him, he tried all means of escaping. He was at last reduced to shelter his temerity behind dissimulation, and endeavoured to make that disbelieved which he had never the confidence openly to deny. He wrote an exculpatory letter to the duke, which was answered with great magnanimity, as by a man who accepted his excuse without believing his professions." There is print of Hogarth's in which he represents Pope white-washing the earl of Burlington's house, and bespattering the duke of Chandos's a * The most striking passages in the satire applicable to Canons are the following: Greatness with Timon dwells in such a draught As brings all Brobdignag before your thought: + There is certainly something equivocating in what he says in the prologue to bis satires: Who to the Dean and silver bell can swear, There is no doubt if he intended at all to disguise his satire he would introduce some extraneous circumstances. After all, I think the chapel is the most characteristic feature in the portrait. Lives of the Poets, vol. iv. p. 89. § It is a remarkable circumstance, that Warburton, in his first edition of Pope's works, admits the application of the satire to Canons, by observing upon this pas sage, that "had the poet lived three years longer, he had seen his prophecy fulfilled." In a future edition, as if anxious to explain away what upon consideration he thought might confirm a charge not creditable to his friend, he alters his observation thus: that "he would have seen his general prophecy against all illjudged magnificence displayed in a very particular instance." |