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exemplification of the tone of feeling with whic Napoleon, in his later days, must have bee regarded by the French West Indians, to one o \vhom we may fairly, I think, attribute the author ship of the following strange poem. I should men tion that the tune to which it is sung is exceedingl good, and very tender and mournful in its cadence The corruptions of the text (which I took dowi from Amps's lips) I have carefully preserved, from their oddity and curiosity. I do not think the son is in print :

Napoleon at the Isle of St. Helena. Bonaparte's returned from the wars of all fighting, He has gone to a place which he '11 never tak

delight in ; He will sit there and tell of the scenes that he ha

seen, O,

. With his heart so full of woe on the Isle of Sain Helena.

Louisa she mourns for her husband who's departed She dreams when she sleeps, and she wakes broken

hearted : Not a friend to console her, even though he migh

have seen her, But she mourns when she thinks of the Isle of Sain

Helena.

No more in Saint Cloud shall we walk in splendour Or go in clouds like the great Sir Alexander. The young King of Rome and the Prince of Guiana Says he '11 bring his father home from the Isle o:

Saint Helena.

Moral.

All ye who have wealth, pray beware of ambition, Or some decree of fate may soon change your con

dition. Be ye steadfast and true, for what's to come ye car

tell ne'er ; Perhaps ye may end your days on the Isle of Sainl

Helena. The rude rushing waves all round the shore are

washing, The great billows heave, against the wild rocks

dashing.

He may look to the moon, of the great Queen Diana, But his eyes are on the waves that surround Saint

Helena.

Thornbury states in the preface that his book, though published in 1873, was written some years before, on the eve of the outbreak of the great Civil War. We may therefore take it that he heard the above song in 1859 or 1860. The differences between this and the version given by MR. PATTERSON at 9 th S. vi. 349 are very interesting to note.

W. B. H.

ANTHONY FORTESCUE (9 th S. vii. 327). Without having made a study of the For- tescue family, or having had an opportunity of seeing Lord Clermont's ' Hist. Fam. For- tescue,' I send one or two items of information which may perhaps help H. C. Sir Adrian Fortescue was twice married. His first wife was Anne (died 1518), daughter of Sir William Stonor, and sister and heir of John Stonor. His second wife was Anne (widow of Sir

Giles Greville), daughter of Sir William Rede. Sir William Stonor at the time of his death

was seised of "two parts of the manor of Parkes, and the alternate presentation of the church of Bryghtwell, co. Oxon, held of John Cotysmore." Sir William Rede's grandmother was a daughter of Sir John Cotysmore of Brightwell ; thus both of Sir Adrian's wives were connected with that place. Sir Adrian's widow married for her third husband Thomas Parry (a noted Protestant during the reign of Queen Mary, afterwards knighted and made comptroller of her household by Queen Elizabeth), and apparently they resided at Brightwell, for not only does Anthony For- tescue arrive at Winchester from that place in 1549, but in 1558 Thomas Parry (after- wards Sir Thomas Parry, the ambassador), the eldest son of this third marriage, ana then aged fourteen, appears as a Winchester scholar from Brightwell. Thus Lord Cler- morit appears to be correct in his statement that the Winchester scholar who helped to welcome Edward VI. when he visited the college was Sir Adrian's son.

Foster in his 'Alumni Oxon.' savs that Anthony Fortescue was made B.C.L. on 30 May, 1559 ; this would be about six months after the death of Cardinal Pole. According to the 'Diet. Nat. Biog.,' Thomas Fortescue, second son of Sir Adrian, in his will dated 1608 speaks of his younger brother Anthony as then living an abstract of this will is given in the fourth series of Brown's ' Somersetshire Wills ' ; the will was proved on 11 June, 1611. He is described as of Dinnington, Berks, Esquire ; and after desiring to be buried at Welford by his mother, Lady Ann Parry, he mentions his arother Anthony Fortescue, but the context s not given. He also refers to his nephews Sir Francis and Sir William Fortescue, and lis niece Lady Margery Poultney, all of whom were children of his elder brother Sir Tohn Fortescue, but no reference is made to any children of his own or of his brother Anthony.

Now as to the conspirator. Dame Con- .tance Pole, of Lordington (widow of Sir Geoffrey Pole), in her will, dated 7 August, 570, refers to her daughters Katherine 'ortescue and Mary Cufawde. She leaves a ilver spoon to each of her three grand- hildren Anthony Fortescue, John Fortescue, nd George Fortescue (this would appear to ndicate they were of tender age), and she ppoints " my friend Raffe Henslowe " one of he executors of her will. Mary Cufawde id not long survive her mother, and in her ill, dated 22 November, 1571, she refers to