[Illustration: ~Monument in Minster Church to Lord Shorland.~]
Of whom they have a wondrous story,
Which (as they tell) I’ll lay before ye.
_Gostling._
[345] Mr. Nichols’s account of Hogarth.
[346] It is to be regretted that his grace’s picture was not preserved
in this collection.
[347] This drawing unluckily has not been preserved.
[348] _The Royal Sovereign_ and _Marlborough_.
[349] This story is quoted by Mr. _Grose_ in his Antiquities, Vol. II.
art. _Minster Monastery_. “The legend,” says Mr. _Grose_, “has, by a
worthy friend of mine, been hitched into doggrel rhyme. It would be
paying the reader but a bad compliment to attempt seriously to examine
the credibility of the story.”
[350] A cross-legg’d figure in armour, with a shield over his left
arm, like that of a Knight Templar, said to represent Sir _Robert de
Shurland_, who by _Edward_ I. was created a Knight banneret for his
gallant behaviour at the siege of _Carlaverock_ in _Scotland_. He lies
under a _Gothic_ arch in the south wall, having an armed page at his
feet, and on his right side the head of a horse emerging out of the
waves of the sea, as in the action of swimming.--GROSE.
Vol. II.--38.
[Illustration: ~The Diet of Augsburgh Commemoration Medal.~]
_To the Editor._
Sir,--This engraving is from a silver medal, of the same size, which
commemorates two events--The first is that of the date of June 1530,
which is called the Confession of Augsburgh, to settle the religious
disputes, in a Diet, or Assembly of Princes between the Lutherans and
the Catholics--The second relates to the celebration of the Centenary of
the Diet.
The inscription “Johannes” on the side of the medal dated 1530, is for
John Elector of Saxony. The inscription “Joh. Geor.” on the side dated
1630, is for the Elector John George III. The escutcheon with swords
saltierwise, accompanying their arms, denotes the dignity of Grand
Marshal of the Empire.
The medal is in the possession of John Burrell Vaux, Esq. of Thetford,
in Norfolk, who obligingly lent it to me, with permission to have a
drawing taken from it for any purpose I pleased, together with a
memorandum accompanying it, to the preceding effect. As a friend to the
composure of differences, I deemed it suitable to the peaceful columns
of the _Table Book_; and I shall be happy if so striking a memorial,
and the events it refers to, receive further illustration from other
correspondents.