zabeth Countess of Kent, where he had not only the opportunity of Confulting the most valuable Books, but Converfing alfo with the great Mr. Selden. But his Loyal Poem, he Compofed in the Service of Sir Samuel Luke, of Bedfordshire, a Commander under Oliver Cromwell, where he had an opportunity of knowing thofe Living Characters of Rebellion, Nonfenfe and Hypocrify, which he fo lively and pathetically expofes throughout the whole Work. Upon the Reftauration of King Charles the Second, tho' his Pocm did the greatest Service to the Royal Cause, and Intitled him to the best Preferment, yet he was neglected, and the more fo on Account of his great Modefty but at length Richard Earl of Carbury, Lord Prefident of the Principality of Wales, made him his Secretary, and alfo Steward of Ludlow-Castle. About this time he Married one Mrs. Herbert, a Gentlewoman of a very good Family, who had a plentiful Fortune, but being put out on ill Securities, most of it was unfortunately loft. He is reported to have been Secretary to the Duke of Buckingham, when he was Chancellor of Cambridge, but whether that be true or no, 'tis certain the Duke had a great kindness for him, and was often a Benefactor. But no Man was a more Generous Friend to him than that Mecenas, the late Earl of Dorset. In fine, the Integrity of his Life, the Acutenefs of his Wit, and eafinefs of his Converfation, had rendered him most acceptable to all Men; yet he prudently avoided Multiplicity of Acquaintance, and wifely chofe fuch only, whom, his difcerning Judgment could diftinguish, (as Mr. Conley excellently expreffeth it) From the Great Vulgar or the Small. And having thus lived to a good Old Age, admired by all, tho' Perfonally known to few, he departed this Life, in the Year 1680. And was Buried at the Charge of his good Friend Mr. Longville, at the West Weft End of the Church-Yard of St. Paul's CoventGarden, where he lies without any Memorial, and it is a National Scandal upon us that (as Sir Samuel Garth has remarked upon another occafion) "There now wants a poor Square Foot of Stone, "to fhow where the Afhes of one of the greatest "Poets that ever was upon Earth, are deposited. For as Mr. Dennis has judiciously observed, "Mr. Butler was a whole Species of Poets in One, "admirable in a Manner in which no one else has "been tolerable: A Manner which began and en"ded in him; in which he knew no Guide, and "has found no Followers. In Justice to the Publick, it is thought proper in this Place to declare, that all the Manufcripts Mr. Butler left behind him are now in the Cuftody of Mr. Longville, (among which, the moft Confiderable, is one intitled, The Hiftory of Learning Written after the Manner of Hudibras) and that not one Line of thofe Poems lately published under his Name is Genuine. A ***** BAINBRIGG BUCKERIDGE, Efq; Gentleman now living, bred at Oxford, and defigned for the Study of Phyfick but his Genius leading him to Drawing and Painting, he Travelled in his Younger Years; and in Holland, and other foreign Parts, made fome Progrefs in that curious Art, which has been his chief Amufement in a Country Retirement; and next to that, his Inclinations have led him to Poetry. In the late Reign, he had fome Employments under his Grace the Duke of Buckinghamshire, with whom he has al Preface to Ovid's Metamorph. See, his Remarks upon Mr. Pope's Homer, p. 6. C 3 ways ways been in favour. He has writ the following Poems I. A Letter to Signior Verrio, at Hampton-Court, upon a Sketch drawn by him of the Battle of Blenheim, defigned to have been Painted at the Duke of Marlborough's Houfe in Woodstock-Park. II. To Sir Godfrey Kneller upon the Death of Mr. Drydon, Printed among others, upon that Occafion. III. To the Duke of Buckingham, upon his Houfe and Collection of Pictures in St. James's Park, wherein he pays this juft Compliment to his Grace. Under this Roof Parnaffus' Sons fhall meet, IV. To a Lady of Quality upon her intended Voyage into Turkey: falfly attributed to Sir William Trumbal. This Gentleman has also writ feveral of the Lives in the English-School of Painters: Annexed to Mr. Savage's Tranflation of Du Pile's Hiftory of Painting And Translated a Novel from the Spanifh of the famous Cervantes. T C. THOMAS CARE W, Efquire. HIS Gentleman was the Author of feveral Love Poems which met with Approbation, but he is very Wanton in fome of them, and has carried his Flights to an Extravagancy. The Chief of his Poems, are, 1. The Cruel Miftrefs. II. Ingrateful Beauty. An excellent Piece. IV. The Rapture. This is a very airy Piece, but exceedingly well wrote. The Right Noble WILLIAM CAVENDISH, T HIS Nobleman was defcended from a very ancient Family, that firft fettled at Cavendifh in Suffolk. John de Cavendish was one of the Juftices of the King's Bench Anno. 39 Edward the Third. And of this Family was that glorious Seaman Captain Thomas Cavendish, who finished his Expedition, round the World, in the Year 1588. Sir William Cavendish of Chatfworth in the County of Derby, was Treafurer of the Chamber, and One of the Privy Council to King Henry the Eighth. And his Son made Earl of Devonshire by King James the Firft. William, the Third Earl of Devonshire (to whom Mr. Hobbes was Tutor) Married Elizabeth Daughter of William Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, by whom he had Iffue William Cavendish, late Duke of Devonshire, and Colonel Charles Cavendish, a Man of great Valour, and Loyalty to King Charles the Firft, in whofe Service he was Slain. His Grace had conferred on him the Title of Duke by King William the Third, on Account of his early Zeal in concerting Meafures for effecting the Revolution, 1688. He was Lord Steward of the Houfhold to that Prince, and Queen Mary, and Lord High Steward of England at their Coronation; which Honour he likewife Ç 4 d likewife had on the Coronation of her late Majeft y Queen Anne. *" In every Publick Station, the Duke cc at all times was firm to the True Interests of "the Crown, the legal Establishment of the Church, "the antient Privileges of the Peers, the Funda"mental Rights of the Commons, the equal Ba"lance of Europe, and the Original Liberties of "Mankind. He was a Perfon of Univerfal Accomplishments; He had great Skill in Languages, "was an excellent Hiftorian and an Admirable "Poet; he had a fine hand in Mufick, and an Ele"gant Tafte in Painting, and all the Polite Arts. "He Travelled abroad in his Younger Years,. under "the care of Dr. Killigrem, who gave him a juft " and true Relish in all the Refinements of fenfe and "Wit.He was a Poet,not by Genius only,but by Learning and Judgment. The Lord Rofeomon made "him a conftant Revifer of his Immortal Lines te cc His Lordship's Pieces, are the following viz. I. Poema eft Pictura Loquens. An Ode on the Death of Queen Mary. This Piece Mr. Dryden is faid to have preferred above all that was written on that occafion. It begins thus, Long our divided state, Hung in the Ballance of a doubtful Fate, Her the United Land obey'd, No more to Jealoufie inclin'd, Not for their Own, but for their People's Good. |