"Dat veniam corvis," &c.

There were two headmasters of the school of Merchant Taylors, of the respective names of Du Guard and Stevens: the former having printed Salmasius' *Defensio Regia*, was ejected by Lord President Bradshaw; and the latter held the vacant post in the interim, from February to September, 1650. He wrote during his tenure of office in the School Probation Book."— "Res DEUS nostras celeri citatas Turbine versat." "*Dat veniam corvis, vexat censura columbas*, Pejus merenti melior, et pejor bono." On his restoration Du Gard pleasantly retorted,— "Du Gardum sequitur Stephanus, Stephanumque vicissim, Du…