John Davies, of Camberwell, the storekeeper at Deptford dockyard, caused
a chair to be made out of the remains of the ship, 'The Golden Hind,' in
which Sir F. Drake accomplished his voyage round the world, which had
been kept at Deptford until the timber decayed, and presented it to the
Library. It stands now in the Picture Gallery, beside a chair which is
said (but on what authority is not known) to have belonged to Henry
VIII[127], and bears a plate on which are inscribed some verses, in
Latin and English, by Abraham Cowley. A good engraving of it is to be
found in Lascelles' and Storer's _Oxford_, published in 1821[128], and
in the _Life of Drake_, published in 1828.
[127] The style of moulding on the back seems to point to a somewhat
later date.
[128] A description, including a copy of the verses, and illustrated by
a woodcut, is also to be found in vol. xxix. (1837) of the _Mirror_, p.
8, copied from the _Nautical Magazine_.