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Published by JOHN FRANCIS, 20, Wellington Street, For all the uses of the finest Arrowroot, BROWN & POLSON'S CORN FLOUR HAS TWENTY YEARS' WORLD-WIDE REPUTATION. DICH HOLBORN WO PRICES PORDERED John Brown John Polson LONDON, SATURDAY, JULY 17, 1875. CONTENTS.- N° 81. tion to the noble, ancient, victorious, valiant, and most To the Right Honorable and Singular good Lord Robert Earle of Essex and Ewe, Earle Marshall of England, Viscount Hereford, Lord Ferrers of Chartley, Bouchier, and Lovaine, Maister of the Queenes Maiesties horse, and of the Ordinance, Chancellor of the Universitie of Cambridge, Knight of the most noble order of the Garter, and one of Her Highnesse most honorable privy Counsell." The following is a graphic sketch of a first-class fencing school : NOTES:-The London Fencing Schools of Shakspeare's Time, 41-Sempill and Shakspeare-Libraries and MSS. Consumed by Fire, 43-The Child of Hale, 44-Dr. Mavor and the Public Matters) in which he took part-Scythed ChariotsUse of the Word "Hierarchy." 45" Wind-sucker "-Furmety or Frumenty-"Une justice"-William BullockBearing-Reins, 46. QUERIES:-Audley of Heleigh, 46-Peck's "Desiderata Cariosa"- Buckeridge Family-Battle of Ivry-Primate Long-William Wood-Family Arms-English History"Monumenta Paderbornensia"-An Order, 47-Augustine Dudley-Peter Lord Manley, 1415-The Queen's 13th Regiment of Foot-Riden of Wimbiry-Hugh Broughton and Henry Jacob-Tennyson's "Locksley Hall "-Historical Por traits-Heraldic-The "Monthly Magazine"-Boroughs of England, 48-Gilling Castle-Various-Knights of the Royal Oak-Battle of the Bridge at Pisa, 49. REPLIES:-The Mithraic Mysteries, 49-Arms of the Scottish "There were," says Silver, "three Italian teachers of Sees, 50-Yorkshire Village Games-Claude Pithois, 51- offence in my time. The first was Signior Rocko; the Philological: Janaka-Episcopal Biography-Sparks-Sons of the Burning Coal-"Gay (Gey) and," 52-Irish Air-The second was Jeronimo, that was Signior Rocko his boy, Holy Roman Empire-On the Pronunciation of C in Italian, that taught gentlemen in the Blackfryers, as Usher for 53-Wordsworth-Sebastian Cabot-"Troue" in Church his Master instead of a Man. The Third was Vincentio. wardens' Accounts-"La Superstition "-"Skating Rink "— This Signior Rocko came into England about some thirtie The Leslies of Barbadoes-W. Hamilton of Bangour-years past; he taught the Noblemen & Gentlemen of "Quandoquidem populus decipi vult," &c.-Coincident the Court, he caused some of them to wear leaden soales Passages, 54-Michael Angelo-Old MSS.-Field-Marshal to their shoes, the better to bring them to nimbleness of Wade-Cruikshanks-"Swear by no, bugs"-"A nook and half yard of land"-Shakspeare: Bacon, 55-Burton's feet in their fight. He disbursed a great sum of money "Anatomy of Melancholy "The Opal-Neville's Cross, for the lease of a fair house in Warwick Lane, which he Durham-Kabyles"-Wollaston's "Religion of Nature called his colledge, for he thought it great disgrace for Delineated"-Bedca: Bedford - Fasting Communion him to keepe a Fence-Schoole, he being then thought Bloomfield's Poems, 56- Duncumb's "Herefordshire to be the only famous Maister of the Art of Armes in the Miss Bailey-"Beautiful Snow"-Betel Boxes, 57-Luther whole world. He caused to be fairely drawne and set -Schiller's "Song of the Bell"-The Bronze Coinage-Milton's "rathe primrose"-Beaumaris Castle-Mrs. Ryves and round about his Schoole all the Noblemens & GentleMrs. Harris-Fire! 58-German (Children's) Stories-Royal mens armes that were his schollers, & hanging right and Pauper Latinists-"Odds and Ends"-Ancient Church- under their armes their rapiers, daggers, gloves of male wardens Accounts-Sir W. Brereton-Caerlaverock, 59. and gantlets. Also he had benches and stooles, the Notes on Books, &c. roome being verie large, for Gentlemen to sit round about his Schoole to behold his teaching. He taught none commonly under twentie, fortie, fifty, or an hundred pounds. And because all things should be very necessary for the Noblemen and Gentlemen, he had in his Schoole a large square table, with a greene carpet, done round with a verie brode rich fringe of gold, alwaies standing upon it a verie faire Standish covered with Crimson Velvet, with inke, pens, pin-dust, and sealing-waxe, and quiers of verie excellent fine paper gilded, readie for the Noblemen & Gentlemen (upon occasion) to write their letters, being then desirous to follow their fight, to send their men to dispatch their business. And to know how the time passed, he had in one corner of his schoole a Clocke, with a verie faire large diall; he had within that schoole a roome the which was called his privie schoole, with manie weapons therein, where he did teach his schollers his secret fight, after he had perfectly taught them their rules. He was very much beloved in the Court. Then came in Vincentio & Jeronimo, they taught rapier fight at the Court, at London, and in the Countrey, by the space of seaven or especially Vincentio, said that Englishmen were strong eight yeares, or thereabouts. These two Italian fencers, men, but had no cunning, and they would go backe too much in their fight, which was great disgrace unto them. Upon these words of disgrace against Englishmen, my brother Toby Silver and myselfe made challenge against them both to play with them at the single rapier, Rapier and dagger, the single dagger, the single sword, the sword & target, the sword & buckler, and two-hand sword, the Staffe, battell axe, and Morris Pike, to be played at the Bell Savage upon the Scaffold, where he that went in his fight faster backe than he ought, of Englishman or Italian, should be in danger to Notes. THE LONDON FENCING SCHOOLS OF Some years ago, in a book called Shakspeare's England, I devoted some time and care to working out a hint of Collier's as to the source of Touchstone's "cause of quarrel," i. e., the curious book on duelling by Vincentio Saviolo, to whom the poet alludes by name, as also to Caranza, with whose works I am unacquainted. That the bard met his Mercutios, and Tybalts, and Sir Andrews at the fencing schools of the day is evident from the language he puts into their mouths. The Paradoxes of Defence, by George Silver, a master of fence," who may have played good Master Slender "three veneys for a dish of stewed prunes," though less known than Saviolo's book, is, I think, quite as illustrative of Shakspearian times, and deserves to be better known. I therefore append some of the quaintest passages. Mr. Silver seems to have had a great contempt for the new-fangled rapier, and does not conceal his dislike : "Paradoxes of Defence, wherein is proved the true grounds of fight to be in the short auncient weapons, and that the short sword hath advantage of the long sword or long rapier, and the weakenesse & imperfection of the apier-fights displayed. Together with an Admoni |