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94 rich a specimen of it. He was in love with a virtuous damsel, the daughter of Messire Guillaume Cassinel; she was usually called La Cassinelle after her father's name, and the Prince expressed his affection for her by bearing on his standard, in gold, un K, un cigne et une L. Juvenal Des Ursins.

  Mr. Cayley, in his life of Ralegh, inserts the following poem, which is said to have been written by Sir Walter the night preceding his execution. Give me my scallop-shell of quiet,
 * My staff of faith to walk upon,

My scrip of joy,.. immortal diet;
 * My bottle of salvation,

My gown of glory, hopes true gage, And thus I'll take my pilgrimage.

Blood must be my bodies balmer, While my soul, like quiet palmer, Travelleth toward the land of heaven; No other balm will here be given. 