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And this "humanitarian" he of "terrier- courage," who, when a " falsehood respecting the young artist Severn

was repeated left the room, declaring 'he

would be ashamed to sit with men who could utter and believe such things,' "

who " could not live without the love of my friends," but who " would jump down ^Etna for any great public good," who fought shy of even a Shelley's aristocratic patronage he is not without an opinion on Isabella's brothers, in

Why were they proud ? Because red-lined

accounts Were richer than the songs of Grecian years ?

Why in the name of Glory were they proud ?

For them the Ceylon diver held his breath, And went all naked to the hungry shark ;

For them his ears gush'd blood ....

. . . .for them alone did seethe

A thousand men in troubles wide and dark.

He says :

" My glory would be to daunt and dazzle the

thousand jabberers about pictures and books."

Keats among the decadents ! He whose longing was " to escape disquisitions on poetry, and .... criticisms." He knew how

Great spirits now on earth are sojourning. And his spirit would be with him who, dwelling among the lonely hills, would utter words to awaken the sensual and the vain from the sleep of death ; and who, learning from nature, would make the chief object of his influence the mind of man. " I am quite disgusted with literary men," said the young Keats, " and will never know another except Wordsworth."

W. F. P. STOCKLEY.

University College, Cork.

THE WITCHES OF WARBOYS : BIBLIOGRAPHICAL NOTE.

OF the works included in the following list, Nos. I. and ,11. are in the Bodleian Library ; No. III. is in the British Museum ; No. IV. is unknown; Nos. V. to XXVIII. are in my collection. I have abbreviated some of the titles, and omitted many short, though important references to these witches, in order to save space. It is very singular that few of the writers on this subject have been acquainted with the original pamphlets, except No. XII. (Gough), and perhaps No. V. (Boulton). Only one copy is known to have been sold, and that was in 1812. Cf. No. XXIII.

I. A true and particular obseruation of a no- | table piece of Witchcraft, practised by John Sa- | muel the Father, Alice Samuel the Mother

and Agnes Samuel ( the Daughter, of Warboise, in the Countie | of Huntington, Vpon flue Daugh- ters of Robert | Throckmorton of the same towne and Countie | Esquire, and certaine o-ther maid-seruants to the number of twelue | in the whole, all of them being hi one house : Nouember 1589.

8vo, black-letter. No printer's name. (Worn and imperfect at the end.)

" Sig. B. The running title is ' The Arraign- ment and Execution of the Witches of War- boyse ' " (' Ath. Ox.').

See Nos. XII.. XV., and XXVII.

II. The most strange and | admirable discouerie of the ] three Witches of Warboys arraigned, con- | uicted and executed at the last Assizes at Huntington, | for the bewitching of the flue daughters of | Robert Throckmorton Esquire, and | diuers other persons, with sun- f drie Diuelish and grie | uous torments : | and also for the bewitching to death of | the Lady Crumwell, the like hath not | bene heard of in this age. London Printed for Thomas Man and lohn Winning- | ton, and are to be solde in Pater noster Row, | at the signe of the Talbot. | 1593.

4to, black-letter.

See Nos. XII., XXIII., and XXIV. Cf. XXIV. Entered to Newman, and not Man. Brayley says this was a reissue of No. I.

III. The most strange and | admirable dis- couerie of the three Wit- | ches of Warboys, arraigned, conuicted, | and executed at the last assises at Hunting- | ton, for the bewitching of the fiue daughters of | Robert Throckmorton, Esquire, and diuers other | persons, with sundrie Diuellish and grie- | uous torments : | and also for the bewitching to death of | the Lady Crum- well, the like hath | not been heard of in this | age |. London : Printed by the Widdowe Orwin, for Thomas Man, and John Win- | nington,. and are to be solde in Paternoster Rowe, at the I Signe of the Talbot, 1593.

4to, black-letter. O hi fours.

Cf. XXIII. Dedicated

To the Right Worshipfull master | Edward Fenner, one of the lustices of the | court of he* Maiestie's bench.

To the Reader.

At length, though long first, gentle | Reader', bhis notable arraignment | and examinations of Samuel, his | wife, and daughter, for their sundry view. It hath for spe- | ciall cause been so long deferd, as well that nothing | might escape vntoucht which they had done, as that eue | ry ihing might bee thoroughly sifted* least it should passe | any way corruptly. These cares hauing perfected the | worke, it is now past the presse x> your presence, | wherein I presume yee shall finde matter | as admirable as euer this age | affoorded.
 * witchcrafts in Huntington-shire | are come to

Hazlitt says : " This is a volume of high curiosity and is deserving of republi cation." This appears to be a revised issue or edition of No. II.

IV. A Lamentable Songe of Three Wytches of Warbos, and executed at Huntingdon.

Licensed to John Danter, Dec. 4, 1593. This s unknown, except by the entry in No. XXIV. PAYNE COLLIER in ' N. & Q.,' 3 S. i. 501 (June 28,.

1862), says : " We believe no such lamentable

song is extant." Cf. No. XXIV.