es' Attendants in Spain_ (Vol. ix., p. 272.).--In a small 4to.
MS. in my possession, entitled "A Narrative of Count Gondomar's Proceedings
in England," is the following list of "The Prince's Servants" who
accompanied him in his Journey into Spain:
"_Master of the Horse_, Lord Andover.
_Master of the Ward_, Lord Compton.
_Chamberlain_, Lord Carey.
_Comptroller_, Lord Vaughan.
_Secretary_, Sir Francis Cottington.
_Gentleman of the Bed-chamber_, Sir Robert Carr.
{Sir William Howard,
{Sir Edmund Verney,
{Sir William Crofts,
_Gentlemen of the Privy_ {Sir Richard Wynne,
_Chamber_ {Mr. Ralph Clare,
{Mr. John Sandilaus,
{Mr. Charles Glemham.
{Mr. Francis Carew.
_Gentleman Usher of the Privy Chamber_, Sir John North.
{Mr. Newton,
_Gentlemen Ushers of the Presence_ {Mr. Young,
{Mr. Tyrwhitt.
_Grooms of the Bed-chamber_, five.
_Pages_, three.
_Chaplains_, two."
EDWARD F. RIMBAULT.
_Churchill's Grave_ (Vol. ix., p. 122.).--The fact that Churchill's grave
is at Dover, is not an obscure one. It was visited by Byron, who wrote a
poem on the subject, which will be found in his _Works_. This poem is
remarkable, among other things, from the circumstance that it is written in
avowed and serious imitation of the style of Wordsworth.
M. T. W.
"_Cissle_" (Vol. ix., p. 148.).--If A. refers to Forby's _Vocabulary of
East Anglia_, he will find:
"SIZZLE, _v._ To dry and shrivel up with hissing, by the action of fire
or some greasy or juicy substance."
C. R. M.
_Contributors to Knight's "Quarterly Magazine"_ (Vol. ix., p. 103.).--I can
answer one of E. H.'s inquiries. Gerard Montgomery was the assumed name of
the Rev. J. Moultrie. It was originally adopted by him in that most
brilliant of all school periodicals, _The Etonian_, and the mask was thrown
off in the list of contributors given at the end of the third volume. In
_The Etonian_ it was attached to "Godiva," the poem which attracted the
warm admiration of Gifford of the _Quarterly Review_, a man not prodigal of
praise, and the "Godiva" of Moultrie may still fearlessly unveil its charms
beside the "Godiva" of Tennyson. His longest poem in Knight's _Quarterly_
was "La Belle Tryamour,
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