Ballad-Makers and Legislators

J. S. furnishes us with a similar reference to Fletcher of Saltoun; as does also Melanion, who adds, "to whom does Fletcher allude?" I have, in a note-book, the following notice of Lord Wharton:— "Lord Wharton used to boast that he effected a revolution which cost a monarch three crowns by a song [Lilliburlero]; but what bard has yet been able to uphold a tottering and decrepit state by the magic of his poesy?" —Note on *Hudibras*, Part I. Canto ii. line 399., in an edition, with notes by Grey and others; published by T. M'Lean. London, 1819. I cannot say that I envy him the boast. Three crown…