[BB] This note is in MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 20ᵛ. Aubrey gives in trick the
coat:--'quarterly <or and gules> over all a bend vair [Sackville];
impaling, <or>, on a pale <azure>, 3 fleur de lys <of the field>
[Cranfield],' surmounted by a coronet. The note contains some
confusions, which may be cleared up. (_a_) MS. Aubr. 8 was written in
1681, 'this earl' is therefore Charles, 6th earl (succeeded 1677, died
1706); but Aubrey twice calls him _Richard_. (_b_) The translation
of _the Cid_ appeared, part i in 1637, and part ii in 1640. It was
executed by Joseph Rutter (tutor to Richard, 5th earl) at the command
of Edward, 4th earl; and therefore the attribution of the translation
should be to Edward, 4th earl, who died 1652.
[BC] In MS. Aubr. 8, fol. 102ᵛ, Anthony Wood has written this
note:--'In pag.[924] 10, 'tis said that Richard, earl of Dorset,
translated into English a French comedy called _the Cid_, whereas both
the parts of it were done by Joseph Rutter.' To which Aubrey answers:
'It was Sam Butler told me that my lord of Dorset translated it.'--In
MS. Aubr. 7, fol. 9ᵛ, Aubrey writes: 'Sam. Butler (Hudebras) one time
at the tavern sayd that 'twas _this_ earl of Dorset's father that
translated the comoedie called _The Cid_, writt by Corneille. Me thinks
he should not be mistaken; but the world is mighty apt to it, you see.'
=Thomas Sackville=, first earl of Dorset (1536-1608).
[925]Epigram on the earle of Dorset, who dyed suddenly at the
council-boord.
Uncivil death! that would'st not once conferre,
Dispute, or parle with our treasurer,
Had he been thee, or of thy fatall tribe,
He would have spar'd thy life, and ta'ne a bribe.
He that so often had, with gold and witt,
Injur'd strong lawe, and almost conquer'd it,
At length, for want of evidence to shewe,
Was forc't himselfe to take a deadly blowe.
These verses I transcribed out of the collection of my honoured friend
and neighbour, Thomas Tyndale, esq.
Memorandum:--the tryall was with this Sir Richard Temple's great
grandfather[926]. The Lord Treasurer had in his bosome some writings,
which as he was pulling-out to give in evidience, sayed '_Here is
that will strike you dead!_' and as soon as he had spoken these
words, fell downe starke dead in the place.--from Sir Richard Temple.
(Memorandum:--an extraordinary perturbation of mind will bring an
apoplexie: I know severall instances of it.)
'Twas this lord that gott Salisbury house _cum appurtenantiis_, juxta
St. Bride's, in exchange for a piece of land, neer Cricklade in Wilts,
I thinke called Marston, but the title was not good, nor did the value
answer his promise.--from Seth, <bishop of> Sarum, who sayes that all
the parish of St. Bride's belonged to the bishop of Sarum, as also all
Shoe-lane.
_Note._