ted by

C. W.

Stoke, Bucks.

_The Rolliad._--(_Memorandum in Sir James Mackintosh's copy of that work._)

"Bombay, 23rd June, 1804.

"Before I left London in February last, I received from my old friend, T.
Courtenay, Esq., M.P., notes, of which the following is a copy, giving
account of the Authors of _The Rolliad_, and of the series of Political
Satires which followed it:--

Extract from Dedication. Fitzpatrick.
Nos. 1. 2. G. Ellis.
No. 3. Dr. Lawrence.
No. 4. J. Richardson.
No. 5. Fitzpatrick.
Nos. 6. 7. 8. Dr. Lawrence.
No. 9. Fitzpatrick.
Nos. 10. 11. J. Richardson.
No. 12. Fitzpatrick.
Nos. 13. 14. Dr. Lawrence.

PART II.

Nos. 1. 2. G. Ellis
Nos. 3. 4. J. Richardson.
No. 5. Fitzpatrick.
No. 6. Read.
No. 7. Dr. Lawrence.

_Political Eclogues._

Rose. Fitzpatrick.
The Lyars. Do.
Margaret Nicholson. R. Adair.
C. Jenkinson. G. Ellis.
Jekyll, Lord J. Townsend and Tickell.

_Probationary Odes._

No. 1. Tickell.
2. G. Ellis.
3. H. B. Dudley.
4. J. Richardson.
5. J. Ellis. ?G.
6. Unknown.
7. (Mason's). Do.
8. Brummell.
9. Sketched by Canning, the Eton Boy, finished by Tickell.
10. Pearce. ?
11. Boscawen.
12. Lord J. Townsend.
13. Unknown. Mr. C. believes it to be Mrs. Debbing, wife of Genl. D.
14. Rev. Mr. O'Byrne.
15. Fitzpatrick.
16. Dr. Lawrence.
17. Genl. Burgoyne.
18. Read.
19. Richardson.
20. G. Ellis.
21. Do.
22. Do.

"If ever my books should escape this obscure corner, the above memorandum
will interest some curious collector.

"JAMES MACKINTOSH.

"The above list, as far as it relates to Richardson, is confirmed by his
printed Life, from which I took a note at Lord J. Townsend's four days ago.

"J. MACKINTOSH. 18 Nov., 1823."

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NOTE ON PALAMON AND ARCITE.

It has probably often been remarked as somewhat curious, that Chaucer, in
describing the arrival of Palamon and Arcite at Athens, mentions the day of
the week on which it takes place:

"And in this wise, these lordes all and some,
Ben on the Sonday to the citee come," &c.

Nothing seems to depend on their coming on one day of the week rather than
on another. In reality, however, this apparently insignificant circumstance
is astrologically connected with the issue of the con