the like occasion, an angel of gold, being almost the last penny he had left. These outward gifts may likewise be understood as tokens of inward forgiveness. [392] More's Life of Sir Thomas More, p. 271. [393] Stat. 13 Edward I. Upon the whole, Sir, I conceive that what I have offered above, though with much enlargement, is the meaning of the ignominious term affixed to the sum of Thirteen Pence Halfpenny; and cannot but commiserate those for whom it is to be paid. I am, Sir, Your faithful humble Servant, SAMUEL PEGGE. CUSTOM OBSERVED BY THE LORD LIEUTENANTS OF IRELAND. On the great road from London to West Chester, we find, at the principal Inns, the Coats of Arms of several Lord Lieutenants of Ireland, framed, and hung up in the best rooms. At the bottom of these Armorial Pictures (as I may call them) is a full display of all the Titles of the Party, together with the date of the year when each Viceroyship commenced. I have often inquired the reason of this custom, but never could procure a satisfactory answer. I do not reprobate the idea of this relique of ancient dignity, as these Heraldic Monuments were doubtless intended to operate as public evidences of the passage of each Lord-Deputy to his delegated Government. They now seem only to be preserved for the gratification of the vanity of the capital Inn-keepers, by shewing to Humble Travellers that such and such Lord-Lieutenants did them the honour to stop at their houses; and yet I will not say, but that for half-a-crown handsomely offered to his Excellency's Gentleman, they might likewise become part of the furniture of every alehouse in Dunstable. After fruitless inquiry, accident furnished me with the ground of this custom, which now only serves to excite a little transitory curiosity. Having occasion to look into Sir Dudley Digge's "Complete Ambassador," published in 1654, I was obliged to the Editor for a solution, who, in the Preface (signed A. H.), speaking of the reserve of the English Ambassadors, in not making public their Negotiations, has this observation:--"We have hardly any notion of them but by their _Arms_, which are hung up in _Inns_ where they passed." This paragraph at once accounts for the point before us, and is sufficient, at the same time, to shew that the custom was anciently, and even in the seventeenth century, common to every Ambassador, though it now only survives with those who go in the greater and more elevated line of Royal representation to Ireland. SAMUEL PEGGE. THE END. _Of the Publishers of this Work may be had_ ANONYMIANA; OR, TEN CENTURIES OF OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS AUTHORS AND SUBJECTS; (Compiled by the late very Learned and Reverend DR. PEGGE); _With a copious Index.----8vo. Price 12s._