Long must Ipswich alas! thy fair Structure deplore, An act so Vandalic her feelings must wound, And strange to relate, no memorial would now How a Body so learned and Worshipful too Was this then the cause, that poor souls they suppos'd The Figure of Justice on high, Tho' hood-wink'd, their plans and designs might o'erlook, Therefore shudder'd to see it so high? Or did they conclude that this Goddess was blind, Because hood-wink'd and bandaged about, And thence wish'd for some being their merits to see, And to trumpet their acts with a shout? * In 1812, Mr. Raw, of Ipswich, published by subscription a handsomely engraved View in Aqua tinta of the Market Cross, and Town-Hall, from a Drawing by that ingenious artist, Mr George Frost. It is a valuable memorial and record of the latest state and appearance of those two antient and venerable Buildings. "The Market-House is an old Rotunda, with a figure of Justice "on the top: the form is not unpleasing.' Gilpin's Observations on several parts of the Counties of Cambridge, Norfolk, Suffolk and Essex, 1809. 8vo. Or did the dread Emblem she held in her hand, Raise their fears, and their conscience astound, That if in the balance they fairly were weigh'd, Alas! they should wanting be found? Or, inflam'd with that spirit, which bodies like this In their senses most sober obey, They resolv'd at their Meetings that Punch should preside, And that Negus* be scouted away? Or since vice is so prevalent, was it their aim By removing each nuisance so cross grained, and thus Alas! no such reasons occasion'd this act, No such thoughts did their bosoms inspire: No: the cause was the claims of poor Papists, alas ! The horror of fagot and fire. To a Borough so loyal and Protestant too So Dowsing-like§ down with the Structure they pull'd, And thus they for ever each Sinner debarr'd The donor of the Statue. William Dowsing, of Stratford, was appointed the principal of the Parliamentary Visitors in 1643, to inspect and remove all super. stitious images, paintings, inscriptions &c. from the churches in this county; which to the regret of all modern Antiquaries he most effectually did. "The Journal" of this tasteless and fanatical zealot was published in 1786, in 4to. by R. Loder of Woodbridge. But tho' to a Sign so idolatrous they Yet these Inconsistents we Persian-like see Tho' Freemen, yet what a disgrace to that name, When we see them Petition* that none shall be free And so warm are these zealots, so full their Address With the cry of" No Popery" stor'd, That was e'en some poor Taylor found cross-leg'd, I ween, They would soon drag him off from his board. Or e'en some poor wight to look cross-grain'd and sad, When touched by a Bum-Bailiffs hand; I've no doubt they'd denounce him a Papist at once, And a dangerous pest to the land. Then tremble, poor Norwich,† and doff off thy Whig, Or else they'll Petition t' Unmitre thine head, But no: let us augur a far better thing, Which fancy in prospect now weaves, That you'll carry your point, and at these dotards still Be enabled to laugh in your sleeves! This alludes to the Petition from the Borough against Catholic Emancipation. + The pious and liberal-minded Dr. Henry Bathurst, bishop of Norwich, a firm and zealous advocate of catholic emancipation. BRAVE LORD WILLOUGHBY. Peregrine Bertie, Lord Willoughby of Eresby, was the only son of Catherine, Duchess of Suffolk, by Richard Bertie, esq. her second husband; of whom some account is given at page 147. In the year 1586, he distinguished himself at the siege of Zutphen in the Low Countries. He was the year after made general of the English forces in the United Provinces, in the room of the Earl of Leicester, who was recalled. This gave him an opportunity of signalizing his courage and military skill in several actions against the Spaniards. One of these, greatly exaggerated by popular report, is probably the subject of the following old Ballad, which, on account of its flattering encomia on English valor, has always been a favorite with the people. His Lordship married Mary, the daughter of John Vere, Earl of Oxford, and left issue by her, who died in 1624, five sons and a daughter. He deceased in 1601, and was buried at Spilsby in Lincolnshire, where a monument was erected to his memory. The subject of this Ballad may possibly receive illustration from what Chapman says, in the Dedication to his version of Homer's Frogs and Mice, concerning the brave and memorable retreat of Sir John Norris, with only 1000 men, through the whole Spanish army, under the Duke of Parma, for three miles together. Both Captain Norris and Turner were famous among the military men of that age. To the extraordinary history of his mother, the Duchess of Suffolk, at page 147, the following description of her monument in Spilsby church may, perhaps, be deemed an interesting addition. Under the arch, which separates the aisle from the chancel, is a large monument of stone, richly gilt and ornamented. In two recesses are the busts of a man and woman; the man in armour, the woman with a ruff, &c. The mo nument has a large projecting base, on the front of which is the following inscription: SEPVLCHRVM D RICHARDI BERTIE ET D CATHERINE DVCISSÆ SVFFOLKIE BARONISSE DE WILVBY DE ERESBY CONIVG ISTA OBIIT XIX SEPTEMB. 1580. ILLE OBIIT IX APRILIS 1582. On the top of the base stand three whole-length figures supporting escutcheons; and on the base itself are eight more escutcheons. The front is supported by three pillars. In six divisions are engraved passages of scripture, and at the bottom are five escutcheons. In the Gent. Mag. vol. 77. pt. 1. p. 209, is an engraving of the plate, in two compartments, originally prefixed to the Ballad entitled, "The most rare and excellent History of the Duchess of Suffolk, &c." See also "Fuller's Church History," Book 8, p. 38. THE fifteenth day of July, The next was captain Norris, From field would never flee. With fifteen hundred fighting men, Alas! there were no more, They fought with fourteen thousand then |