Gents Mag 1839 part 2 p.511

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	Gentleman's Magazine 1839 part 2 p.511 book of Martin Luther's is written William Howarde. Volo sed non valeo (the family motto), non possum quod desidero. On a copy of Calvin's Institutes, 1569, is Qui sibi videtur stare videat ne cadat. On a copy of Galatea is, for thear glory is to change, and thear liberty is to rainge. On another volume is the softer language of conjugal affection, Merces amoris amor. Mary Howarde. W. Howarde. 1582. The three officers, the diary of whose tour in 1634 is preserved among the Lansdowne manuscripts, were hospitably entertained by Lord William Howard and his lady at Corby castle. The writer says - "These noble twain (as it pleas'd themselves to tell us themselves) could nott make above 25 yeares both togeather when first they were marry'd, that now can make above 140 yeares, and are very hearty well and merry, and long may they continue soe, for soe have they all just cause to pray, that live neere them; for their hospitality and fre entertainment agrees with their generous and noble extraction, and their yeares retains the memory of their honourable predecessor's bountifull housekeeping." This little book includes a very interesting biography of Lord William Howard, for which the materials have been furnished in the elaborate and very magnificent volume, of Memorials of the Howard family, recently printed by Mr. Howard of Corby. The ancient MS. relative to the abbey of Glastonbury, described in the extract we have given respecting the library, is the same which was inquired after by the late Mr. Douce, in our Magazine, shortly before the publication of Warrer's History of Glastonbury. We are happy to find that it is still preserved. In p.37 we find mentioned four large carvings of wood, in the great hall, "representing a griffin, a unicorn, a dolphin, and a bull; these" it is added, "formed the crests of the Dacre, Multon, Greystock, and Grimthorp families, and have evidently been made to carry banners with the same arms." Gigantic carvings of this kind are seen over the gateways of several of the castles in the North, as at Hilton, and elsewhere. We notice the present description, to remark upon the inaccuracy of the term crests; they would more properly be called supporters. At the time of their execution they used to be called "beasts," and only one was used, which bore the arms on a banner, as mentioned in the present case. The ancient crests of these families, it will be found on inquiry, were something different: for all ancient crests are such as a knight might really carry on his head, not an entire animal, neither an elephant nor a castle, - though very frequently an animal's head. In p.39 we find mentioned the name of an old painter, who adorned the panels of the ceiling of the chapel with the heads of the genealogy of Christ, springing from the root of Jesse, in fifty-four compartments. It is given "Magister Lucas Egliement, Pictor MCXII." But we suspect there may be some trifling error. Can the artist be the same with Cornelius Engelbert, who, as noticed by Walpole in his Anecdotes of Paintings, came to England and was made painter to Henry the Eighth? The date appears full early for him; but in that also there may be some mistake. We have not time to accompany Mr. Jefferson to Lanercost abbey, though he appears to have described the ruins of its architecture in a very satisfactory manner; but we will now conclude with the following very elegant verses, by the present heir apparent of Naworth, who appears to inherit the poetical talents of his late grandfather, Frederick, Earl of Carlisle: LINES TO A JASMINE TREE IN THE "COURT OF NAWORTH CASTLE," Written by Viscount Morpeth. My slight and slender jasmine tree That bloomest on my border tower, Thou art more dearly loved by me Than all the wreaths of fairy bower. I ask not, while I near thee dwell, Arabia's spice or Syria's rose; Thy light festoons more freshly smell, Thy virgin white more freshly glows.
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