“Mute The camel labours with the heaviest load, And the wolf dies in silence. Not bestowed In vain should such examples be: if they, Things of ignoble or of savage mood, Endure and shrink not, we, of nobler clay, May temper it to bear.” “Childe Harold,” iv. 21. [51] High Treason, as defined by the Statute of 25 Edward III. (1351), is divided by Blackstone into seven distinct branches. The first is “compassing or imagining the death of the King, the Queen, or their eldest son and heir.” 2. “Violating the King’s companion, or the King’s eldest daughter unmarried, or the wife of the King’s eldest son and heir.” 3. “Levying war against the King in his realm.” 4. “Adhering to the King’s enemies in his realm, or elsewhere.” 5. “Counterfeiting the King’s great or privy seal.” 6. “Counterfeiting the King’s money.” 7. “Slaying the chancellor, treasurer, or any of the King’s justices, being in their places, doing their offices.” (Blackstone’s, Comm. vol. iv. p. 76). Petit Treason is aggravated murder, according to the same Statute; and may happen in three ways: 1. “By a servant killing his master.” 2. “By a wife killing her husband.” 3. “By an ecclesiastic killing his superior.” (Blackstone, _ib._ p. 202). [52] A Regency of Lords Justices administered the government during the numerous absences of the King in Hanover. [53] “Sussex Archæological Collections,” vol. xxiii. p. 215. [54] “Gentleman’s Magazine,” 1751, p. 186. [55] Blackstone, “Comm.” vol. iv. p. 202. [56] Blackstone, “Comm.” vol. iv. p. 202. [57] Blackstone, “Comm.” vol. iv. p. 202. [58] Blackstone, “Comm.” vol. iv. p. 202. [59] Ff. 48, 19, 28, § 15. [60] _Othello_, Act i. sc. 3. [61] _King Henry VI._, Part ii. Act iv. sc. 1. [62] Two sets of pirates’ chains from the Thames are in the collection of the Rev. J. W. Tottenham. [63] “Notes and Queries,” 1874, vol. i. p. 35. Fifth Series. [64] C. A. Markham, “Ancient Punishments in Northamptonshire,” p. 16. [65] Ibid. [66] Percy. “Reliques of Ancient English Poetry,” vol. i. p. 306. [67] “Ale makes many a man reel over the fallows; Ale makes many a man to swear by God and All-Hallows; Ale makes many a man to hang upon the gallows-- With dole.” “Songs and Carols.” Edited by Thomas Wright. Percy Society, 1847. [68] “History of Penrith,” _ut sup._ [69] “Records of Buckinghamshire,” paper by the Rev. J. C. Wharton, vol. ii. p. 159. [70] “Notes and Queries,” 1873, vol. xi. pp. 83, 125. Fourth Series. [71] “The Pilgrim’s Progress,” chap. iv., Fate of Simple, Sloth, and Presumption. [72] “The Antiquary,” Nov., 1890. [73] C. Madeley, “Obsolete Punishments,” p. 35. [74] “Rizpah,” _Tennyson_. [75] Communicated by Mr. C. Madeley. [76] “Sussex Archæological Collections,” vol. xxiii. pp. 214-5. [77] _See_ W. Howitt, “The Rural Life of England,” 1838, vol. ii. [78] _See_ W. Howitt, _ut. sup._