's but a few.
 
A posset was made, and the women did sip,
And simpering said, they could eat no more;
Full many a maiden was laid on the lip, -
I'll say no more, but give o'er (give o'er).
 
But what our fair readers will chiefly regret, is the loss of three declarations
of love: the first by St. Clere to Matilda; which, with the lady's answer,
occupies fifteen closely-written pages of manuscript. That of Fitzosborne to
Emma is not much shorter; but the amours of Fitzallen and Eleanor, being of a
less romantic cast, are closed in three pages only. The three noble couples were
married in Queenhoo-Hall upon the same day, being the twentieth Sunday after
Easter. There is a prolix account of the marriage-feast, of which we can pick
out the names of a few dishes, such as peterel, crane, sturgeon, swan, etc.
etc., with a profusion of wildfowl and venison. We also see that a suitable song
was produced by Peretto on the occasion; and that the bishop who blessed the
bridal beds which received the happy couples, was no niggard of his holy water,
bestowing half-a-gallon upon each of the couches. We regret we cannot give these
curiosities to the reader in detail, but we hope to expose the manuscript to
abler antiquaries, so soon as it shall be framed and glazed by the ingenious
artist who rendered that service to Mr. Ireland's Shakspeare MSS. And so (being
unable to lay aside the style to which our pen is habituated), gentle reader, we
bid thee heartily farewell.]
 

                                    No. III.

                            Anecdote of School Days.

        Upon Which Mr. Thomas Scott Proposed to Found a Tale of Fiction.

It is well known in the South that there is little or no boxing at the Scottish
schools. About forty or fifty years ago, however, a far more dangerous mode of
fighting, in parties or factions, was permitted in the streets of Edinburgh, to
the great disgrace of the police, and danger of the parties concerned. These
parties were generally formed from the quarters of the town in which the
combatants resided, those of a particular square or district fighting against
those of an adjoining one. Hence it happened that the children of the higher
classes were often pitted against those of the lower, each taking their side
according to the residence of their friends. So far as I recollect, however, it
was unmingled either with feelings of democracy or aristocracy,