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A ftern half length of John Knox, writing.
Lord John Belafys, in a red doublet and flafhed fleeves; youifl
and handfome ; fon of Lord Fauconberg. A perfon, fays the nob|
hiftorian, of exemplary induftry and courage, who raifed fix regH
ments for the king’s fervice, and behaved with great fpirit jl
feveral engagements: at length being made commander in chifl
of the forces in Torkjhire, at the battle of Selby, funk beneaa
the fuperior fortune of Sir ’Thomas Fairfax, and was by him taki
prifoner. He received great honors at the reftoration, and lived tif|
the year 1689.
A fine old portrait, a half length in rich armour.
Twenty fmall heads, in black lead, of the family of HaniM
and its allies. Very neat.
The life of Hercules, in ten fmall pieces, highly finifhed, butwiifl
a ftiff outline, like the manner of Albert Durer. In the back gH
are views of Flemifh houfes ; fo probably thefe were the work o fl
Flemijh artift.
• Edward Earl of Jerfey-, a nobleman in great trait with Kin
William; embailador to France, and fecretary of ftate : in the ne|3
reign, lord chamberlain, and appointed lord privy feal on the day dj
his death, Augujl 11, 1711.
At Lord Dunmore’s lodgings is a very fine piiture, by Mytens,I
Charles I. and his queen going to ride, with the Iky ihowering row
on them. The queen is painted with a lovelock, and with brown«
hair and complexion, and younger, than any of her portraits I t n
A black ftands by them holding a grey horfe ; and the ceie-
ited dwarf, Jeffery Hudfon, attends, holding a fpaniel in a firing.
Iveral other dogs are fporting around. The little hero in this
xe underwent a life of vaft variety. He was born the fon of - a
lorer, at Oakeham, in 1619 ; at the age of feven he was not eigh-
in inches high -, at which time he was taken into the family of the
Jktoi Buckingham, at Burleigh on the hill, and had there -the honor
■being ferved up to table in a cold pye, to furprize the court then
*a progrefs. On the marriage of Charles the firft, he was promoted
to the fervice of Henrietta -, and was even fo far trailed as to :be fent
ltd France, to bring over her majefty’s mid wife. In -his paflage he
las taken by a pirate, and carried into Dunkirk. His captivity gave
p to the Jeoffreides, a poem, by Sir William Davenant, on his duel
that port with a turkey-cock. His diminutive fize did not
(event his ailing in a military capacity, for during the civil 1rs he ferved as captain of horfe. In following the fortunes
tofhis miftrefs into France, he unluckily engaged in a quarrel
■th Mr.. Crofts, who came into the field armed only with a
tjuirt : a fecond meeting was appointed, on horfeback, when
killed his antagonift at' the firft •fhot. For this he was.
■tpelled the court, which fent him to fea, when he was again
PJptive to a Turkifb rover, and fold into Barbary. On his releafe
p was made a captain in the royal navy -, and on the final retreat
p Henrietta, -attended her to France, and remained there till the
FWation. In 1-68,2, this little Creature was made of that im-
iance.as to be fuppofed to be concerned in the Popijh plot,
1(* was committed to the gate-houfe ; where he ended his life,
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