Navye should be otherwise employed or impeached, 1628."

As I am unwilling to multiply authors unnecessarily, it will be sufficient to mention, that in the same place is another paper on the same subject, with a noble name to it, and called"The Opinion of the LORD GRAY, Sir John Norris, &c. for the Defence of the Realm against Invasion, 1588."

Our peer's other piece is intituled,

"Lord Viscount Wimbledon's Demonstration of divers Parts of War; especially of Cavallerye "."

There is extant besides in print,

"The Answer of the Viscount Wimbledon to the Charge of the Earl of Essex and nine

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'Casley's Catalogue, p. 281.

Ib. 283. There is a letter from Camden to this lord, who had consulted him upon some precedent of discipline. Camdeni, &c. Epistolæ, p. 351.

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* [In Harl. MS. 6807, two copies of this Charge occur, which are followed by viscount Wimbledon's Answer, extending to eleven folio leaves. In No. 354, is a "Journal of the Voyage and Enterprise upon Spain, by the English and Dutch, under the Command of Sir Edward Cecyl, General by Sea and Land: from the 8th of Sept. 1625, to the 5th of Dec. following: wherein are sett down, all Instructions, Warrants, Letters," &c.]

other Colonels at the Council-table, relating to the Expedition against Cales"."

"Some Letters in the Cabala *.”

"A Letter to the Mayor of Portsmouth, reprehending him for the Townsmen not pulling off their Hats to a Statue of King Charles which his Lordship had erected there3."

As we have few memoirs of this lord, I shall be excused for inserting a curious piece in which he was concerned. It is a warrant of Charles I. directing the revival of the old English march; as it is still in use with the foot. The manu script was found by the present earl of Huntingdon in an old chest, and as the parchment has at one corner the arms of his lordship's predecessor, then living, the order was probably sent to all lords lieutenants of counties.

(Signed) "CHARLES REX.

"Whereas the ancient custome of nations hath ever bene to use one certaine and constant forme of march in the warres, whereby to be distinguished one from another. And the march of this our English nation, so famous in all the honourable atchievements and glorious

It is printed at the end of lord Lansdown's works, lord Wimbledon being supposed to be assisted in it by sir Richard Grenville. Vide the life of the latter in the Biogr. Brit, vol. iv. [Others among the Harleian MSS.]

See page 294.

warres of this our kingdome in forraigne parts (being, by the approbation of strangers themselves, confessed and acknowledged the best of all marches) was, thorough the negligence and carelessness of drummers, and by long discontinuance, so altered and changed from the ancient gravitie and majestie thereof, as it was in danger utterly to have bene lost and forgotten. It pleased our late deare brother prince Henry to revive and rectifie the same, by ordayning an establishment of one certaine measure which was beaten in his presence at Greenwich, anno 1610. In confirmation whereof, wee are graciously pleased, at the instance and humble sute of our right trusty and right well beloved cousin and counsellor Edward viscount Wimbledon, to set down and ordaine this present establishment hereunder expressed. Willing and commanding all drummers within our kingdome of England and principalitie of Wales, exactly and precisely to observe the same, as well in this our kingdome as abroad in the service of any forraigne prince or state, without any addition or alteration whatsoever. To the end that so ancient, famous, and commendable a custome may be preserved as a patterne and precedent to all posteritie.

"Given at our palace of Westminster, the