_Mainwaring_ (P. 116). "He now removed to Covent-garden, and entered into partnership with Rich, the master of that house. Hasse and Porpora were the composers at the Haymarket. When the former was invited over, it is remarkable that the first question he asked was whether Handel was dead. Being answered in the negative he refused to come, from a persuasion that where his countryman was--for they were both Saxons by birth--no other person of the same profession was likely to make any figure." _Mattheson._ "This agrees with a remark of mine before made. Hasse was born in Bergedorf, a small town belonging to Hamburg and Luebeck in common; he is, therefore, a Lower-Saxon of the highest type.... However, the reason why these two Saxons did not wish to encroach upon each other's precincts was a very different one from that indicated by our biographer." _Mainwaring_ (P. 132). "Dublin has always been famous for the gaiety and splendour of its court, the opulence and spirit of its principal inhabitants, the valour of its military, and the genius of its learned men. Where such things were held in esteem he [Handel] rightly reckoned that he could not better pave the way to his success than by setting out with a striking instance and public act of generosity and benevolence. The first step that he made was to perform his Messiah for the benefit of the city-prison." _Mattheson._ "On a beau etre genereux et liberal, quand il n'en coute que des chansons, et que d'autres payent les violons; c'est en bon allemand: _Mit der Wurst nach dem Schinken werfen_ ('To throw the sausage at the ham')." _Mainwaring_ (P. 135). "The Foundling Hospital [in London] originally rested on the slender foundation of private benefactions. At a time when this institution was yet in its infancy; when all men seemed to be convinced of its utility; when nothing was at all problematical but the possibility of supporting it;--Handel formed the noble resolution to lend his assistance, and perform his Messiah annually for its benefit. The sums raised by each performance were very considerable, and certainly of great consequence in such a crisis of affairs. But, what was of much greater, was the magic of his name and the universal character of his sacred drama." _Mattheson._ "Notes were his magic, or his black-art." _Mainwaring_ (P. 137). "So that it may truly be affirmed that one of the noblest and most extensive charities that ever was planned by the wisdom, or projected by the piety of men, in some degree owes its continuance as well as prosperity to the patronage of Handel." _Mattheson._ "By this he was not out of pocket; it rather brought him credit, which is better than money."