[32] The first Piece that appears to have been, in any degree, _published_ by Dr. _Pegge_, was, A _Latin_ Ode on the Death of King George I. 1727. See "Academiæ Cantabrigiensis Luctus" Signature Z. z. fol. b. [Dr. Pegge was then lately elected Fellow of St. John's College (the first time) as he signs it "Sam. Pegge, A. B. Coll. Div. Joh. Evang. Soc." See before, p. xiii.]--1731. An _irregular English_ Ode on Joshua vi. 20, which he contributed to a Collection of "Miscellaneous Poems and Translations," published (with a numerous subscription) by the Rev. Henry Travers, 1731, octavo, p, 170. [See "Anonymiana," p. 327, for an account of Mr. Travers, and this publication.] A marginal note in Dr. Pegge's copy of Mr. Travers's publication tells us, that this _Ode_ was an _academical exercise_, when the Doctor was an _under-graduate_ at St. John's, which was sent to the _Earl_ of _Exeter_. His Lordship's Ancestors had been Benefactors to the College, a circumstance which, we presume, gave rise to the custom of sending such _periodical exercises_ to the then Earl; though the practice, as far as we know, does not continue. Thus much of this Commemoration, as we believe, remains, that _two_ Sermons are still annually preached (the one at _Hatfield_, and the other at _Burleigh)_ by Fellows of the College, which we apprehend to have been enjoined by the Benefactor. The _Ode_, of which we have spoken, became some years after an _auxiliary_ contribution to Mr. _Travers's_ Collection from Dr. Pegge, jointly with other contemporaries, to relieve the Editor from some pecuniary embarrassments.--An Examination of "The Enquiry into the meaning of Demoniacks in the New Testament; in a Letter to the Author," 1739. An octavo (of 86 pages), with his name prefixed. [This controversy originated from the Rev. Dr. Arthur-Ashley Sykes, who published "An Enquiry into the Meaning of the Demoniacks in the New Testament" (1737). under the obscure signature of "T. P. A. P. O. A. B. I. T. C. O. S." The interpretation of this is, _T_he _P_recentor _A_nd _P_rebendary _O_f _A_lton-_B_orealis, _I_n _T_he _C_hurch _O_f _S_alisbury. Dr. Sykes had been vicar of Godmersham; so that _two_ vicars of Godmersham became, incidentally, parties in the controversy. The question engaged several other Writers; _viz._ Rev. Leonard Twells, Rev. Thomas Hutchinson, and Rev. William Winston, who were followed by Dr. Pegge. He, however, entered so late into the lists, after the subject was almost worn out, that his Publication was not much attended to, though it attracted the applause of several competent judges, such as the Rev. Dr. Newcome, Master of St. John's College, Cambridge; Rev. Dr. Taylor (late Residentiary of St. Paul's); the very learned Bp. Smalbroke; and some others.]--A Sermon on St. John i. 5: "The Light Shineth in Darkness," preached on St. John's-day, 1742, at _Canterbury_