• a Short Survey of 26 Counties

    From Arthur Neuendorffer@21:1/5 to All on Thu Feb 17 09:08:38 2022
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    . "Moore C W The Freemasons Monthly Magazine Vol IV 1845"
    .
    GRAND MASTERS, OR PATRONS, OF THE FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS IN ENGLAND,

    1607. James I., a Brother Mason, Grand Patron by Prerogative, appointed
    the celebrated Inigo Jones, Grand Master of all England, in which
    capacity he served for eleven years. His Wardens were the Earl of
    Pembroke, and *{N}icholas {STONE}*, Esq., who, attended by many
    Brothers attired in Craft clothing, walked to White Hall, and laid
    the first {STONE} of the Banquetting Hall, with knocks, huzzas,
    and sound of trumpets, throwing a purse of gold upon the {STONE}
    for the operatives to drink “To the King and Craft!"

    1618.[W]illiam [H]erbert , Earl of Pembroke, was chosen Grand Master.
    . He appointed Inigo Jones his Deputy.

    Charles I., a Royal Mason and Grand Patron by Prerogative ;
    . under him the Earl of Darnley, Grand Master, who erected
    . the beautiful gate of the (PHYS)ick Gardens, at Oxford.

    1630-1-2. [H]enry [DANVERS] , Earl of Danby. ----------------------------------------------- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjpedl7IgHQ https://rosbarber.com/bodleian-first-folio/ .............................................
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    . Which sham’d his Fellow Shepherds on the Green,
    . And growing Vain, he would Essay once more,
    . But left the Fame, which he had gained before;
    . Oft did he try, at length was forc’d to yeild
    . He *STOVE* in Vain, – he had himself Excell’d:FORD
    .
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    [H.DANV/ERS] -10 : Prob. ~ 1 in 3200 --------------------------------------------------------------------- https://wikivisually.com/wiki/Henry_Danvers%2C_1st_Earl_of_Danby

    <<On the night of the death of the 17th Earl of Oxford [Sun., June 24, 1604] Baron [H]enry [DANUERS], the Earl of Southampton and Sir Henry Neville as
    well as the a [LEE] were arrested by order of the king and Privy Council. .......................................................................
    Baron [DANUERS] had been employed in Ireland under the Earl of Essex, and Charles Blount, 8th Baron Mountjoy, successive lords-lieutenant of Ireland.>> -----------------------------------------------------------
    . . . . First Folio (1623)
    TO THE MEMORIE of the deceased Authour
    . . *MAISTER W. SHAKESPEARE*

    . SHake-speare, at length thy *PIOUS FELLOWES* giue
    . The world thy Workes: thy Workes, by which, out-liue
    . Thy Tombe, thy name must: when that {STONE} is rent,
    . And Time dissolues thy {STRATFORD MONIMENT},
    . Here we aliue shall view thee still. This Booke,
    . When Brasse and Marble fade, shall make thee looke
    . Fresh to all Ages: when Posteritie
    . Shall loath what's new, thi(N)ke all is prodegie
    . Th(A)t is not *S[H]AKE-SPEARE(S)* ; eu'ry Line, each Verse
    .(H)ere shall reuiue, re[D](E)eme thee from thy Herse.
    . Nor Fire, nor cankring Age, a{S N|A]so said,
    . Of his, {T}hy wit-fraught B{O}oke shall once i{N}vade.
    [N]or shall I {E}'re beleeve, or thinke thee dead.
    (Though mist) [U]ntill our bankrout Stage be sped
    (Impossible) with som[E] new straine t' out-do
    {P}assions of Iuliet, and her Romeo;
    {O}[R] till I heare a Scene more nobly take,
    {T}hen when thy half=[S]word parlying Romans spake.
    {T}ill these, till any of thy (v)olumes rest
    . Shall with more fire, more feeling be expr{E}st,
    . Be sure, our Shake=speare, thou canst n[EVER DYE],
    . But cr{O}wn'd with Lawrell, liue eternally.
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    [H.DANUERS] 45 : Prob. in poem ~ 1 in 192,000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earl_of_Danby

    <<Earl of Danby was a title that was created twice in the Peerage of England. The first creation came in 1626 in favour of the soldier [H]enry [DANUERS],
    1st Baron Danvers (28 June 1573 – 20 January 1643). He had already been created Baron Danvers, of Dauntsey in the County of Wiltshire, in 1603, also
    in the Peerage of England. The titles became extinct on his death in 1644.>> ---------------------------------------------------------- http://www.geocities.ws/garydanvers/PS-funeral.html http://www.geocities.ws/garydanvers/PhilipSidney-HD-Page.jpg

    [H]enry [DANUERS], aged 13, Philip Sidney's page, seated
    upon Sidney's war horse and trailing a broken lance. ..........................................................
    Bolbeck or Bolebeck, coat of arms:
    lion brandishing a broken lance.

    http://www.cumulo-nimbus.ca/shakespeare/images/bolbec.jpg
    a lion, *SEJANT* , supporting with dexter a *BROKEN LANCE*. --------------------------------------------------------------
    . . . King Henry IV, part II > Act III, scene II
    .
    FALSTAFF: Come, manage me your caliVER. So: VERy well: go
    . to: VERy good, exceeding good. O, give me always a
    . little, lean, old, chapt, bald shot. Well said, i'
    . faith, Wart; thou'rt a good scab: hold, there's a
    . tester for thee.

    SHALLOW: He is not his *CRAFT's MASTER*; he doth not do it
    . right. I remember at Mile-end Green, when I lay at
    . Clement's Inn--I was then Sir Dagonet in Arthur's
    . show,--there was a *little quiVER fellow*, and a'
    . would manage you his piece thus; and a' would about
    . and about, and come you in and come you in: 'rah,
    . tah, tah,' would a' say; 'bounce' would a' say; and
    . away again would a' go, and again would a' come: I
    . shall nE'Er see such a fellow. -------------------------------------------------------
    . . The Dead by James Joyce
    .
    It was falling too upon every part of the lonely churchyard where Michael Furey lay buried. It lay thickly drifted on the crooked crosses and headstones, on the spears of the little gate, on the barren thorns. His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow
    falling faintly through the universe and faintly falling, like the descent of their
    last end, upon all the li[V]i[N]g, [A]n[D] t[H]e dead.
    .
    [H.DANV.] -2
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    And the most, though meanest, of thins are made more precious,
    when they are *dedicated to Temples*. In that name therefore,
    we most humbly consecrate to your H.H. these remaines of your
    servant Shakespeare; that what delight is in them, may be EVER
    your L.L. the reputation his, & the faults ours, if any be
    committed, by a payre so carefull to shew their gratitude
    both to the li[V]i[N]g, [A]n[D] t[H]e dead, as is.
    .
    [H.DANV.] -2
    --------------------------------------------------------------- https://www.amazon.com/Relation-Survey-Counties-Observed-Journey/dp/1391605845

    <<Excerpt from A Relation of a Short Survey of 26 Counties Observed in a Seven Weeks Journey Begun on Aug. 11, 1634: By a Captain, a Lieutenant, and an Ancient, All Three of the Military Company in Norwich

    But if we are forced to confess that we know no thing of the Lieutenant beyond his name, we are no better off as regards the Captain and the Ancient. The senior officer's name is indeed mentioned on one occasion. On page 41 the party was much de layed in
    the wild Cumberland hills by the loss of our Captain Dehumas. The name is curious, and suggests that he was a member of the Dutch, or per haps of the Walloon band, both of which appear in the muster-rolls. As for the Ancient, his name is not revealed to
    us at all; but he seems to have been medically inclined, for he had his ideas of the efficacy of the Bath waters, and of the manner in which they should be used, as his companions put themselves under his direction when they visited the baths, the sight
    of which put strange ideas into the Lieutenant's head. ............................................................. Seventeenth-century References
    to Shakespeare's Stratford Monument by David Kathman http://shakespeareauthorship.com/monrefs.html

    In 1634 a military company of Norwich was travelling through the English countryside. One Lieutenant Hammond of the company kept a diary of what he encountered during his travels, and on or about September 9 he made the following entry:
    .............................................................
    In that dayes travell we came by Stratford upon Avon, where
    in the Church in that Towne there are some Monuments which
    Church was built by Archbishop Stratford; Those worth
    observing and of which wee tooke notice were these.

    A monument for the E. of Totnes and his lady, yet living. ...............................................................
    The monument of Sr. Hugh Clopton, who built tha(T) [S]trong
    stone bridge of f(A|Y]re arches over that riv(E|R]. He was
    Ld. Mayor of Londo(N). [A] (NEAT) monument of that f(A|M]ous
    English poet, Mr. Wm. Shakespeere, who was borne heere. .................................................
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    {STOW Monument}: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:John_Stow.jpg
    [VERE] -51
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    And one of an old gentleman, a batchelor, *Mr. COMBE*, upon whose
    name the sayd poet did merrily fann up some witty and facetious
    verses, which time would nott give us leave to sacke up. --------------------------------------------------------
    Art Neuendorffer

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