_Anecdote of the Duke of Gloucester._--Looking through some of the
Commonwealth journals, I met with a capital _mot_ of this spirited little
Stuart.
"It is reported that the titular Duke of Gloucester, being informed
that the Dutch fleet was about the Isle of Wight, he was asked to which
side he stood most addicted. The young man, apprehending that his
livelihood depended on the parliament, and that it might be an art to
circumvent him, turning to the governor, demanded of him how he did
construe 'Quamdiu se bene gesserit.'"--_Weekly Intelligencer._