The Table book; . the most exalted offices inthe state. His king will invest him withgreat power, as a reward for his zeal. Eng-land will be greatly rejoiced A strongparty will enter into a league against him,but their envy and hatred will not power of God, which reigneth over all,will cut him off in his prime, and the nation\^ ill bitterly bemoan her loss. Oh, Eng-land? beware of thy enemies. A greatfriend thou will lose in this man. The preceding is a prediction made afterthe event—a mere hoax on the credu-lous. There is nothing of the kind amongthe prophecies imputed to Nixon, w
The Table book; . the most exalted offices inthe state. His king will invest him withgreat power, as a reward for his zeal. Eng-land will be greatly rejoiced A strongparty will enter into a league against him,but their envy and hatred will not power of God, which reigneth over all,will cut him off in his prime, and the nation\^ ill bitterly bemoan her loss. Oh, Eng-land? beware of thy enemies. A greatfriend thou will lose in this man. The preceding is a prediction made afterthe event—a mere hoax on the credu-lous. There is nothing of the kind amongthe prophecies imputed to Nixon, who wasnot an astrologer, and probably existed no-where but in the imagination of the writerof the manuscript copied by the LadyCowper. BUSH EELS. At this season when persons, at inns inLincolnshire, ask for eel-pie, they arepresently provided with bush eels; name«ly, snakes, caught for that purpose in thebushes, and sold to the landlords cheaply,Which are made into stews, pies, and fries. P. 526 THE TABLE BOOK. CASE CONTAINING THE HEART OF LOED EEWAED BRUCE,At Culross Abbey. Lord Edward Bruce was eldest son ofSir Edward, baron of Kinloss, so createdby James I. in 1603, to whom the kinggave the dissolved abbey of Kinloss, inAyrshire, after he had been instrumentalin his succession to the crown of England ;whither accompanying the king, be was made master of the rolls in 1604, died in1610, and was buried in the Rolls son, the lord Edward, killed in duel bysir Kdward Sackville in 1613, was suc-ceeded by his brother, who was createdearl of Elgin ia 1633, and an English baronin 1641. Vol. III. 527 iU THE TABLE BOOK. Sir Edward Sackville, l)y whose handthe lord Edward Bruce fell, was youngerbrother to Richard SackviUe, earl of Dor-set, on whose death he succeeded to thetitle. He was lord president of the coun-cil, a joint lord keeper, and filled severalother distinguished offices under Chailes I.,to whom he adhered, by whose side hefoug-ht at the battle of Edge-hill, an
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