in his irregular yout The love of that noble ways; for, besides fair lodg furnished for him with all ne daily added; indeed so ma and from his majesty, Dr. Donne was appointed 1 that employment to the Princes of the Union; is created baron Hay, of Sauley, co. York; and in July ent ambassador to the French court. In March, 1617, Insellor, and in November the same year, was married to Lucy Percy, then in her eighteenth year, youngest of Northumberland, still prisoner in the Tower. The lady "of incomparable beauty," was so much against bation (who aimed at a higher extraction), that it is ction with her; and Haye, who had little regard for he possession of his much admired bride. ding with his presence at supper; and to endeavour the "stout old earl," the following year created his In May, 1619, he departed on his embassy to the companied by Dr. Donne, as chaplain; and in 1622, France. A letter from him, when on this journey, al's, is a pleasing record of their familiarity and live upon the crums of my German devotions; ed up, had been an eternal feast. Love me still, rts from hence, a tun of excellent wine, against here I mean to be, Your domestic humble Servant. 19th May."-Sir T. Mathews' Coll., p. 323. y, lord Doncaster was created earl of Carlisle ; er. And having lived a "very jovial life" in Whitehall, in 1636. a person well qualified, by his breeding in , to entertain the king; and by the gracefulness ite a particular interest in him. "He lived," in a fair intelligence than any friendship with with his master to provide for his own interest, er men. In the excess of clothes and diet, pense of any of the age which he lived; as which others did but copy. Yet he had a I could have taken as much delight in any er as pleasant and worth his care." His elegant and costly; and it is related that, attendants, for the honor of England, and his own share, a pie of the value of twenty ly as it contributed to support his lustre : n a strict computation, having received e public money, he left nothing behind to be remembered by, but the reputation d courtier!" King James, whose motto,-- Beati pacifici,-did truly speak the very thoughts of his heart, endeavoured first to prevent, and after to compose, the discords of that discomposed state; and, amongst other his endeavours, did then send the Lord Hay, Earl of Doncaster, his ambassador, to those unsettled princes; and, Hail, bishop Valentine! whose day is this, And all the chirping choristers Thou marryest every yeare The lyric larke and the grave whispering dove, The household bird, with the red stomacher. In April following, the princess left England with her husband. In a letter to Sir Edmund Bacon, dated Thursday, the 29th April, Sir Henry Wotton writes: My lady Elizabeth and the Count Palatine, having lain long in our poor province of Kent, languishing for a wind (which she sees, though it be but a vapour, princes cannot command), at length, on Sunday last, towards evening, did put to sea; some eight days after a book had been printed and published in London, of her entertainment at Heidelberg; so nimble an age it is!"-Reliq. Wotton., p. 410. Ominous of adversity! her second septennial commenced with an adverse wind, against which she languished long and vainly for a change. In 1620, on the death of the emperor Matthias, his nephew Ferdinand, who succeeded him in the imperial dignity, caused himself to be proclaimed king of Bohemia. But the States of Bohemia, considering their crown elective, offered to Frederick, Elector Palatine, who accepted the offer, and marched his forces into Bohemia, in support of his new subjects. Ferdinand took the field in maintenance of his own pretensions, overcame Frederick at the fatal battle of Prague, and not only deposed him from his throne, but forced him to surrender his Palatiuate, and take refuge in the Low Countries; nor did the weak policy of James ever enable him to recover either. He died at Metz, in 1632; and his queen remained at the Hague, until the Restoration of Charles II., when she returned to England, aud died in 1661, at Craven House, Drury-lane, the residence of William, the first earl Craven, whom, it is said, she had married. Of her thirteen children, prince Rupert, her third son, was the active general of his uncle, Charles I., in the civil war; and her fifth and youngest daughter, the princess Sophia, who married Ernest Augustus, duke of Hanover, was the mother of George the First, king of England. * Sir James Hay, of Pitcorthie, co. Fife, a younger brother of a noble family, attended his majesty to England on his accession to the English Crown, in 1603, and by his royal master's mediation, obtained in marriage, Honora, daughter and heiress of Sir Edward Denny, (afterwards earl of Norwich,) who met the king with so much ceremony of estate, as sheriff of Hertfordshire, on his progress towards London. The death of this lady, under painful circumstances, is mentioned in one of Donne's letters to Sir H. Goodyere. "After I have told you," he writes, "that the lady Hay died last tuesday, and that to her end she was anguished with the memory of the execution of that fellow which attempted her in the coach, I have told you all that hath fallen out here."-Letters, p. 171. by a special command from his majesty, Dr. Donne was appointed to assist and attend that employment to the Princes of the Union; In 1615, Sir James was created baron Hay, of Sauley, co. York; and in July the following year, was sent ambassador to the French court. In March, 1617, he was sworn a Privy Counsellor, and in November the same year, was married to his second wife, the lady Lucy Percy, then in her eighteenth year, youngest daughter of Henry, earl of Northumberland, still prisoner in the Tower. The marriage with this young lady "of incomparable beauty," was so much against her father's will and approbation (who aimed at a higher extraction), that it is said he would give no portion with her; and Haye, who had little regard for money, was content with the possession of his much admired bride. The king honored the wedding with his presence at supper; and to endeavour to overcome the scruples of the "stout old earl," the following year created his favorite, viscount Doncaster. In May, 1619, he departed on his embassy to the Emperor, in which he was accompanied by Dr. Donne, as chaplain; and in 1622, was again sent ambassador to France. A letter from him, when on this journey, to Donne, then dean of St. Paul's, is a pleasing record of their familiarity and friendship: "My dear Dean: I must now live upon the crums of my German devotions; which, if I had carefully gathered up, had been an eternal feast. Love me still, and reserve in the ship which parts from hence, a tun of excellent wine, against your Michaelmas Hospitalitie, where I mean to be, Your domestic humble Servant. "In haste from Bordeaux, this 19th May."-Sir T. Mathews' Coll., p. 323. For his services on this embassy, lord Doncaster was created earl of Carlisle ; and received the honor of the garter. And having lived a "very jovial life" in the full tide of court favour, died at Whitehall, in 1636. Lord Clarendon describes him as a person well qualified, by his breeding in France, and study in human learning, to entertain the king; and by the gracefulness and affability of his manners, to excite a particular interest in him. "He lived," writes the noble Historian, "rather in a fair intelligence than any friendship with the favorites having credit enough with his master to provide for his own interest, he troubled not himself for that of other men. In the excess of clothes and diet, he was surely a man of the greatest expense of any of the age which he lived; and was the original of those inventions which others did but copy. Yet he had a great and universal understanding, and could have taken as much delight in any other way, if he had thought any other as pleasant and worth his care." His ante-suppers were at all times the most elegant and costly; and it is related that, when on the French embassy, one of his attendants, for the honor of England, and magnificence of its representative, ate to his own share, a pie of the value of twenty pounds sterling! Money he regarded only as it contributed to support his lustre : so that, continues lord Clarendon, "upon a strict computation, having received above four-hundred thousand pounds of the public money, he left nothing behind him-(not a house, nor an acre of land)—to be remembered by, but the reputation of a fine gentleman and a most accomplished courtier!" for which the earl was most glad, who had always put a great value on him, and taken a great pleasure in his conversation and discourse and his friends of Lincoln's Inn were as glad; for they feared that his immoderate study, and sadness for his wife's death, would, as Jacob said, "make his days few,"* and, respecting his bodily health, "evil" too; and of this there were many visible signs.† To lord Clarendon's character of a mere selfish courtier, it is gratifying to find, even under suspicion, the sterling qualities of a friend. In a letter to Sir H. Goodyere, in the year 1608, when making application to succeed Sir Geofrey Fenton, as Secretary in Ireland, Donne writes: "As I have had occasion to imploy all my friends, so I have not found in them all (except Bedford) more hast and words (for when those two are together, there is much comfort, even in the least) then in the lord Hay. In good faith he promised so roundly, so abundantly, so profusely, as I suspected him; but performed what ever he undertook (and my requests were the measures of his undertakings) so readily and truly, that his complements became obligations; and having spoke like a courtier, did like a friend."--Letters, p. 145. The embassy to Ferdinand was very costly, but entirely fruitless; indeed the king's pacific policy, carried to the extreme of pusillanimity, was a fertile subject for the wits of the age. At one time the king was caricatured with a scabbard without a sword; at another, with a sword which no one could draw, though many were pulling at it, (Wilson, Hist., p. 192); and Howell describes a play at Antwerp, in which the affairs of the prince Palsgrave were ridiculed, by the arrival of a Post out of breath; who, to the question, what news? replied, "Why, the Palsgrave is like shortly to have a huge formidable army, for the king of Denmark is to send him one-hundred-thousand; the Hollanders, one-hundredthousand; and the king of Great Britain, one-hundred-thousand." Thousands of what?" demanded the querist, 66 Why," replied the express, "the first will send him one-hundred thousand red herrings; the second, one-hundred-thousand cheeses; and his royal father-in-law, one-hundred-thousand ambassadors." Letters, p. 105. Sir Richard Weston, Sir Edward Conway, my lord Carlisle, Sir Arthur Chichester, and lord Digby had been all employed on the German embassy within the space of two years; and Fuller remarks, that the Palatinate was satirically called the Land of Promise; so frequently and so solemnly was its restitution promised to king James, who was fed with delays which amounted only to mannerly denials. Indeed the queen of Bohemia, in a letter to "honest Thom. Roe," from the Hague, the 29th May, 1623, writes: " My brother is still louing to me: I would others had as good nature. But my father will never leave treating, though with it he hath lost vs all."-Sir Tho. Roe's Negotiations, p. 146. * Genesis, xlvii., 9. - In a letter to Sir H. Goodyere, at Polesworth, dated 9th March, he writes :-. "It is true that M. Gherard told you; I had that commandment from the king signified to me by my lord, and am still under it, and we are within fourteen days |