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POEM MENTIONED IN ONE OF THE LANSDOWNE MSS

By HEARTY WELL-WISHER (London)

In vol. 61. of the Lansdowne MSS. in the British Museum occurs the following remarkable letter from the Bishop of London (John Aylmer) to Lord Burghley. I wish to be informed to what "foolish rhime," which had been printed in Oxford and London, it applies? It is a question of some literary importance to me at the present moment, and I am glad to have the opportunity of putting it by means of your new hebdomadal undertaking. I hope to meet with a reply in your "NOTES AND QUERIES" of next week. "To the Lord Treasurer, "Yt may please your good L. to understand, that upon inquiry made for the sett…

Topics: Literature, Historical Customs, Genealogy

Locations: British Museum, London, Oxford