[118] See notice of Heath in note to the translation. G.
[119] 'Lord' is titular, not of the peerage. Doubtless Crashaw celebrates Sir Robert Heath, Kt., who was successively Recorder of London, Solicitor-General, Attorney-General, and finally, 26th October 1631, Chief-Justice of the Common Pleas. From this post he appears to have been dismissed three years later; but in 1641 he was appointed a Judge of the King's Bench, and in 1643 Chief-Justice of that court, when he would be commonly called '_Lord_ Chief-Justice of England.' Being a Royalist, he fled into France in 1646, and died at Calais 30th August 1649. His remains were brought to England and buried at Brasted, Kent, in which church there is a fine monument. His age was seventy-five. G.
[120] That is, from the Scotch trip of 1663. This appeared in the University collection, 'Rex Redux' &c. (see Preface in present Volume), 1633. Among other contributors were Edward King ('Lycidas'), Thomas Randolph, Waller, and Henry More. G.
[121] The following is a note of Charles I.'s family:
Charles James, born May 13, 1628; died same day.
Charles, born May 29, 1630; afterwards Charles II.
Mary, born November 4, 1631; afterwards mother of William III.
James, born October 14, 1633; afterwards James II., probably the unborn child of this poem.
Elizabeth, born December 28, 1635; died of grief for her father 5th September 1650 (see Vaughan's fine poem to her memory, Works by us, _s.n._).
Anne, born March 17, 1636-7; died December 8, 1640.
Henry, born July 8, 1640; afterwards Duke of Gloucester and Earl of Cambridge.
[122] The King (Charles I.) had the small-pox in 1632. This appeared originally in the University Collection on the occasion, 'Anthologia in Regis,' &c. (see Preface to present volume). Henry More and Edward King ('Lycidas') contributed also. G.
[123] See note to preceding poem. From Voces Votivæ &c. (see Preface to this volume). G.
[124] From 'Delights of the Muses,' 1648, pp. 47-8; not in Turnbull. G.
[125] Turnbull gives simply as the heading 'Natales Principis Mariae.' The date is Nov. 4, 1631. This Princess was born Nov. 4, 1631. G.
[126] From Tanner MS., as before; hitherto unprinted. See note to preceding poem. G.
[127] Originally headed 'Natalis Ducis Eboracensis;' but altered as above, as the English poem on this subject was so changed when other children were born, and the earlier title became inapplicable. Appeared originally in the University collection 'Ducis Eboracensis' &c. (see Preface in present volume). This was afterwards James II. G.