[The fact to which the following verses refer, is related by Dr. Edward Clarke in his Travels.]

I had already notified Sir Caspar Purdon Clarke of the terms of the will, and the museum's attorney was present when it was read.

"[FN#10] [FN#10] Sir James Clarke on Consumption.

The same appearance precisely was observed by Dr. Clarke at Raschid, or Rosetta.

He afterwards, as he informs Lord Hunsdon, in the epistle before his "Rosalynde," 1590, "fell from books to arms;" and he calls it "the work of a soldier and a scholar," adding that he had sailed with Captain Clarke to the islands of Terceras and the Canaries.

The expedition of Messrs. Lewis and Clarke for exploring the river Missouri and the best communication from that to the Pacific Ocean has had all the success which could have been expected.

Enter Fernando, bareheaded, talking with the Duke of Macada; Duke Gyron, Medyna, Marquesse d'Alquevezzas; 2 Gen., one with Pikes sword, which is laid on a table; Jaylour, Teniente; Clarke with papers.

Dr. Burney describes Clarke as excelling in the tender and plaintive, to which he was prompted by a temperament of natural melancholy.