"But thou, proud Chame, which thus hast wrought me spite, Some greater river drown thy hatefull name; Let never myrtle on thy banks delight; But willows pale, the leads of spite and blame, Crown thy ungratefull shores with scorn and shame: {150} Let dirt and mud thy lazie waters seize, Thy weeds still grow, thy waters still decrease; Nor let thy wretched love to Gripus ever cease." P. 13. ed. 1633. See also the "Masque," in Beaumont and Fletcher's _Maid's Tragedy_, Act I. vol. i. p. 17. edit. 1750. On l. 936. (G.):-- "And here and there were pleasant arbors pight, And shadie seats and sundry flowring banks." Spenser's _F. Queen_, vol. ii. p. 146. ed. 1596. On l. 958. (G.):-- "How now! back friends! shepherd, go off a little." _As You Like It_, iii. 2. On l. 989. (D.) See Bethsabe's address to Zephyr in tire opening of Peele's _David and Bethsabe_:-- "And on thy wings bring delicate perfumes." On l. 995. (D.):-- "Her gown should be goodliness Well ribbon'd with renown, _Purfil'd_ with pleasure in ilk place Furr'd with fine fashioun." Robert Henryson's _Garment of Good Ladies_. See Ellis' _Spec. of Early Eng. Poets_, i. 362. J.F.M. * * * * * FOLK LORE. _High Spirits considered a Sign of impending Calamity or Death_ (Vol. ii., p. 84.).-- "_Westmoreland_. Health to my lord, and gentile cousin, Mowbray. _Mowbray_. You wish me health in very happy season; For I am, on the sudden, something ill. _Archbishop of York_. Against ill chances, men are ever merry; But heaviness foreruns the good event. _West_. Therefore be merry, cos; since sudden sorrow Serves to say thus,--Some good thing comes to-morrow. _Arch_. Believe me, I am passing light in spirit. _Mow_. So much the worse, if your own rule be true." Second Part of _King Henry IV._, Act iv. Sc. 2. In the last act of _Romeo and Juliet_, Sc. 1, Romeo comes on, saying,-- "If I may trust the flattering eye of sleep, My dreams presage some joyful news at hand: My bosom's lord sits lightly on his throne; And, all this day, an unacustom'd spirit Lifts me above the ground with cheerful thoughts." Immediately a messenger comes in to announce Juliet's death. In Act iii. Sc. 2., of _King Richard III._, Hastings is represented as rising in the morning in unusually high spirits. This idea runs through the whole scene, which is too long for extraction. Before dinner-time he is beheaded. X.Z. _Norfolk Popular Rhymes_.--On looking over an old newspaper, I stumbled on the following rhymes, which are there stated to be prevalent in the district in which these parishes are situated, viz. between Norwich and Yarmouth:-- "Halvergate hares, Reedham rats, Southwood swine, and Cantley cats; Acle asses, Moulton mules, Beighton bears, and Freethorpe fools."