Derived down to us, and receivedIn a succession, far the noblest way,

Of breeding up our youths in letters, arms,

Fair mien, discourses, civil exercise,

And all the blazon of a gentleman.—

Where can he learn to vault, to ride, to fence.

To move his body gracefully ; to speakHis language purer; or to tune his miudOr manners more to the harmony of NatureThan in these Nurseries of Nobility ?

fi£N Jonson’s New Inn. Act L S.-eo* 3.

». B. A LIST OF THB NATIONAL RECORDS, ANCIENT CHRONICLES, AND OTHER STANDARD AUTHOR**TIBS QUOTED, OR REFERRED TO, IN THE FOLLOWING WORK, WILL BE FOUND ANNEXED K» AAOHSUBJECT RESPECTIVELY.