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Rh Hundred-and-fifteenth Psalm, eighth verse, They that make them are like unto them; so is every one that trusteth in them. Which, with some verses going before, was now accomplished.’

‘Mr. Peters presented the Marquis’s own Colours, which he brought from Basing; the Motto of which was, Donec pax redeat terris; the very same as King Charles gave upon his Coronation-money when he came to the Crown.’ —So Mr. Peters; and then withdrew,—getting by and by 200l. a-year settled on him.

This Letter was read in all Pulpits next Sunday, with thanks rendered to Heaven, by order of Parliament. Basing House is to be carted away; ‘whoever will come for brick or stone shall freely have the same for his pains.’

Among the names of the Prisoners taken here one reads that of Inigo Jones,—unfortunate old Inigo. Vertue, on what evidence I know not, asserts farther that Wenceslaus Hollar, with his graving tools and unrivalled graving talent, was taken here. The Marquis of Winchester had been addicted to the Arts,—to the Upholsteries perhaps still more. A magnificent kind of man; whose ‘best bed,’ now laid bare to general inspection, excited the wonder of the world.