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-- Poems: pp. 12, 56, 72-81, 102, 103, 258 [viii. 697-736].

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CORRIGENDA

P. 5, l. 12, for 'him. It has not been' read 'his career. Until lately it had not even.'

P. 5, ll. 22-26, for 'In fact no trace ... face of Ralegh's words' read 'But a few years ago an entry was discovered in the Registers of St. Mary Major, Exeter, of the burial in that church on February 23, 1581, of "Mr. Walter Rawlye, gentelman." Katherine Ralegh, as appears from her will, found in 1895, died in 1594.'

P. 89, l. 10, omit 'published in 1615.'

P. 90, l. 2 from bottom, omit 'in 1615 by Ralegh and his wife.'

P. 102, l. 28, for 'absence of the detail of private life' read 'barrenness in Oldys's biography of the detail of private life.'

P. 209, l. 7, for 'Wolvesey Castle, the old episcopal palace, now a ruin' read 'the great Hall of the Castle.'

P. 233, l. 20, for 'Send me my life' read 'Lend me my life.'

P. 248, l. 4, omit 'and there remained all the years of his imprisonment.'

P. 248, l. 8, for 'died on Tower Hill' read 'was buried in St. Peter's Chapel in the Tower.'

P. 256, l. 14, for 'the Duke' read 'the Dukes.'

P. 258, l. 8 from bottom, 'Historical scavengers, Aubrey and Osborn,' omit 'Aubrey and Osborn.'

P. 269, l. 11, for 'against the phrase' read 'against misuse of the phrase.'

P. 285, l. 12, for 'a statement in the Dialogue' read 'a statement in the Preface to the History.'

P. 317, l. 2, for 'November 17' read 'November 14, 1617.'

P. 324, l. 10 from bottom, for '"I know"--or, according to the Apology, "I know not"' read '"I know," according to the Apology--or, according to another account, "I know not."'

P. 335, ll. 11-14, omit sentence 'Mr.... mob,' which, entirely in error, attributes to Dr. Gardiner the opinion of another writer.

P. 373, l. 9 from bottom, for 'God hold me and' read 'God hold me in.'

P. 398, l. 22, omit 'and a fund of materials not yet properly manufactured.'

SIR WALTER RALEGH.

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