tain at which of the Hamptons in Warwickshire he resided. There are four places of that name in the county.-Hampton-inArden, Hampton-Curlew, Hampton-Lucy, and Hampton-uponAvon, formerly called Hampton-Bishop, it having, as well as Stratford, belonged to the See of Worcester; it was an hamlet then belonging to the town, so that probably this was the place where he lived. He was a married man; his daughter Elizabeth was baptized at Stratford, on February 14, 1580-4. As eldest son we must suppose that he inherited his father's lands and tenements; had the Poet been older than him, he would have ob tained them, and had that been the case, we should undoubtedly have known it. 2. WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE, of whom I shall speak in a future page. 3. John Shakespeare, who resided at Stratford; he had two wives, Margaret Roberts, married there Nov. 25, 1584, and buried there October 29, 1587; his second wife's name I have no where seen by the former he had no issue, by the latter he had two sons and a daughter, all baptized at Stratford-1. Humphrey, May 4, 1590; 2. Philip, Sept. 21, 1591; and Ursula, March 11, 1588-9. What became of this brother of the Poet, farther, I cannot learn; he must have left Stratford *. 4. Gilbert Shakespeare, baptized October 13, 1566: dying a young man, he was buried at Stratford, Feb. 8, 1611-12. 5. Richard Shakespeare, baptized March 11, 1573-4, and bus ried at Stratford, Feb. 4, 1612-13. * Until within these fifty years, there was a Mr. Shakespeare in Warwickshire; he was steward to several gentlemen; he used land himself. The elder Mr. Peyton, who kept the White Lion Inn, in Stratford, married his widow. She was his second wife. She was a gentleman's daughter, and Mr. Peyton had acquired a very considerable fortune. I was very well acquainted with Mrs. Fisher, Mrs. Peyton's sister, the same lady who gave me the curious tobacco-box, with Oliver Cromwell's head upon it, and who gave it to his relation Mr. Neale, as I have noticed in my Crom well Memoirs. This box I have since exhibited to the Society of Antiquaries, in London. Mr. Shakespeare was a person well esteemed; he was very intelligent. Mrs. Fisher told me that he always said he was of the Poet's family, though not descended from him. He had no child. The name of Shakespeare is known still to remain. Several persons of consideration have this surname. John Shakespeare, Esq. Alderman of London, died in 1775. There was one in London a contemporary with Shakespeare, for Edward, son of Edward Shakespeare, base-born, was buried at Cripplegate, St. Giles's, in London, in 1607. There is one memorable peculiarity of the Shakespeares of the Poet's family, they were unsteady in their baptismal names, constantly, taking new ones, of eleven males given above, there were seven different baptismal names. K K-VOL. IV. 6. Edmund Shakespeare, baptized March 3, 1580-1. Of this brother of the Poet I learn nothing more; he probably died at nurse, at school, or when an apprentice. 7. Joan Shakespeare, baptized Sept. 15, 1558. Because there was a younger sister, also called Joan, Steevens foolishly thought that both these Joans were not the Poet's sisters. Why not? the first might die an infant, or in childhood: she might live, and yet she might leave a sister of her own baptismal name; it was no (rare thing for parents to have more children than one of the same Christian name; even three at one and the same time: innumetable proofs there are of this. The Protector, Edward Seymour, Duke of Somerset, had three sons who grew to manhood, all in wedlock, and all of the name of Edward. Joan, we may believe, was the eldest child. 8. Margaret Shakespeare, buried on April 30, 1563, an infant, 9. Joan Shakespeare, baptized April 15, 1569; she married to Hart, of Stratford, and left a family *. .... 10. Ann Shakespeare, baptized September 28, 1571, buried April 4, 1579. Such were the brothers and sisters of the Poet. We know very little of them from the life of Shakespeare. He only mentions his sister Mrs. Hart, and her children, in his will. Perhaps she only survived him, or only wanted, or only deserved his notice. I suppose that he rather assisted to support his parents at last, than they him, and he might have contributed something to his bro thers whilst he lived; I do not think that any one of them outlived him. He might have been kind to the children of his brother John, but of this we are not certain, nor what became of them. Having thus taken notice of all the relations of the Poet that are to be met with, I shall notice his birth, baptism, burial, marriage, and descendants, giving some remarks upon his early his tory; his life, after his appearing in London, is too well known to dwell upon. [To be concluded in our next.] *It is supposed that Mr. Charles Hart the Tragedian, was of the family of Hart, in Stratford-upon-Avon, but if so, I think no way related to Shakespeare. Dying at Stanmore-Magna, in Middlesex, he was buried there August 20, 1683; his will, dated July 10, was proved Sept. 7, in the same year. He gave to his friend, Edward Ky. naston, the actor, one full share of the soil and tenement thereon, called Drury> lane Play-house, the whole being divided into 36 shares, for the remainder of the term of 41 years. There is no memorial of Mr. Hart at Stanmore, in the church or cemetery. ORIGINAL POETRY. HORACE IN LONDON. BOOK I. ODE XI. Tu ne quæsieris scire (nefas) quem mihi, quem tibi &c. DEAR girl, from cabalistic lore, To Fortune's dreaded power resign'd, To-day the sunny hours dance by, O snatch them! for to-morrow, Time flies-Death threatens to destroy- Then, Sophy, bring the sparkling bowl, H. Justice. FRUITS OF STUDYING THE LAW. A COURTIER hearing his King say, "I would, but have not time t'oblige ye," Cried, "Lawyers hold, and well they may, Nullum tempus occurrit Regi”. Prosecutor. "An't please your worship, while I slept, Temple. A title, which really from purchase arose, A lawyer describ'd from devise to proceed; TO ROSA. Colonel Briton..." Methinks the intrigues of the mind are mighty Mistress Centlivre, in the Wonder. NAY, tell me not, with flatt'ring tongue, Of wisdom far above me; Nor tell me that I've sweetly sung, Self-knowledge+-psha! I better prize *Voluntas reputatur pro facto. CANZONET. BLOW, Zephyr, blow, and to my love impart Oh! whisper in her ear, that you're a sigh! 1 Flow, river, flow, and to my love impart Yet blooming Zephyr, as you thus impart, THE LILLY RIVALLED. BY WILLIAM HOLLOWAY. A LILLY of the silent vale, grace the gardens, groves, and bow'rs, But hung their heads and clos'd their eyes, And on her snowy bosom laid; . To find a spotless rival there. P. G. |