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NOTES:-Robert Baron, Author of 'Mirza,' 1- First

Edition of Browne's Britannia's Pastorals-Recvels of

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QUERIES:-"Traverse the cart"-Personal Nantes in
India-Lists of Bishops in Cathedrals, 7-Badge of the
6th Foot-Gods in Egypt-Framore: Mason: Linke
Joshua Webster- Pocnck the Orientalist, 8-Cranch
Family-Swinburne Hall-Dickens in London-Old
London'-"Sijceblong": a Dutch Word-Hawkins,
Earl of Tankerville-Heraldic-Jeffreys Family-Musical
Congresses - 'Tales of Devon'-"Racker Way" —
Napoleon III's Portrait-Queen of my Heart'-Glegg | The entry of his admission to Caius is thirs
-Palæographic Contractions-W. H. Dally. Chartist, 10 given in Dr. Venn's Biographical History of
Caius College';

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ROBERT BARON, AUTHOR OF
MIRZA, A TRAGEDIE.'
THE following notes partly supplement and
partly correct the account of Robert Baron
given in the 'D.N.B.' over the initials of
Mr. Joseph Knight, late Editor of N. & Q.
The D.N.B. knows nothing of Barot
before 1647, the date of his first
merely saying: · According to Languae, Chuen, a fre
who, on this occasion, seems no more trust.
worthy than usual, he was born in 1634.
This is a deduction from what Languasine
does say, viz., that Baron comp096+C_3
first work at the age of 17, and thi Lang
baine found in Baron's own books. vne
Mr. Knight seems not to have suficiente
consulted. An engraved portrait
author, Etat. suP 17." by W. Marmal
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LONDON, SATURDAY, JANUARY 3, 191.

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work, 'An Apologie for Paris, 1649, is stated

Dr. Venn adds:-
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On 1 April following Baron signed the
Dedication to James Howell of his Eporo-
alyvov or The Cyprian Academy.' In
that Dedication he implies that his work
had been inspired by Howell's 'Dodona's
Grove,' and that he had expressed to Howell
(then in the Fleet) his desire of seeing him:
to which Howell had acceded, and had
since written to him on divers occasions.
A later letter from Howell, dated from the
Fleet on 20 June, 1647, in which he acknow-
ledges the gift of Baron's book, will be found
among the Epistolæ Ho-elianæ,' III. xvii.
(ed. Jacobs, p. 541). He writes to Baron,

who was then in Paris :-

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I send here inclosed a second Bill of Exchange, in case the first I sent you in my last hath miscarry'd: So, my dear Nephew, I embrace you with both my Arms."

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R. B., Esquire, at Grundesburgh";
Howell implies that his correspondent is a
new friend, calls him my dear Nephew,"
and says
to your own family
"I am glad you are so well return'd
-one can hardly
imagine that this could be Baron; and that
(4) is headed "To Mr. R. B. at Ipswich.”
Howell refers to his correspondent's having
visited him, and says:-

On the stagth of the latter sentence Mr. Knigh, differing from Warton, thought that a relationship by blood or marriage existed. between Howell and Baron. The terms of Baron's Letter of Dedication of his book are strongly against any such thing, while Howell's pedigree (Harl. MS. travel. I shall be......glad to steed you in anything "I presume you are constant in your desire to 4181) disproves it again. We must suppose that may tend to your Advantage; for......I take that the bill of exchange either represented much contentment in this inchoation of Friendship. a gift made by the elder man in considera-...If you meet Master R. Brownrig in the Country, tion of the Dedication, or represented I pray present my very kind respects to him: for Baron's own money, and Howell had under- profess myself to be both his and Your most affectionate Servitor." taken to dispatch it to Paris. Howell seems to address more than one of his young friends as nephew."

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As to the part played by Baron in Howell's Epistolæ Ho-elianæ,' there is room for great doubt. Apart from the letter addressed to him by name, from which I have quoted, there are four letters which might plausibly be supposed to be addressed to him, viz. :

(1) 3 Aug., 1645, “To Master R. B."-Book II. Xxxvii.; Jacobs, p. 429.

(2) 3 July, 1646, To Mr. R. Br." - Book II. XXXV.; Jacobs, P. 428.

Mr. Jacobs considers even this letter to be written to Mr. Robert Brownrigg, and that the "Master R. Brownrig" whom it mentions was another man of the same name. I am inclined to think that of the four letters this one, at any rate, was addressed to Baron. Mr. Jacobs was probably not aware that there was any tie between Baron and Robert Brownrigg. The latter had, however, been admitted to Gray's Inn on 10 May, 1645 (a year and a half before Baron), son of Matthew Brownrigg, of Clopton, Suffolk, clerk," and verses of his

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(3) 26 July, 1646, To R. B., Esquire, at Grundes-To his much respected and learned friend burgh."-Book III. xi.; Jacobs, p. 534.

(4) 15 Aug., 1646, "To Mr. R. B. at Ipswich."Book II. xxxii.; Jacobs, p. 425.

Mr. Knight assumes that (1) was addressed to Baron, while Mr. Jacobs, admitting that (3) might be addressed to Baron, believes that more probably its recipient was (an unknown) Richard Blois, and that the other letters were addressed to Mr. Robert Brownrigg, who was a Counsellor of Law, married a Mary Bloss (which name Mr. Jacobs considers as == Blois, though it existed independently in Suffolk), and died at Bexley in 1669 (Page's 'Suffolk,' p. 484).

The question seems to be too much entangled to unravel. One can only point out that Howell in (1) says he had received a letter from his correspondent "by Master Bloys," and refers to his correspondent's "sweet blossoms of ingenuity," on which it were not amiss "if some foreign air did blow" that the heading of (2) is "To Mr. R. Br.," which suggests Brownrigg' rather than Baron," while Howell seems to be addressing the same man as before when he says "I hope you persist in your purpose for foreign Travel," and "I have already discover'd such.... parts of ingenuity in you," &c.; that the heading of (3) differs from the others in being To

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Master Robert Baron' are prefixed to 'The
Cyprian Academy.' It was possibly through
Brownrigg that Baron introduced himself to
Howell.

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After his Letter of Dedication Baron inserts a letter 'To the Ladies and Gentlewoemen of England,' in which he modestly refers to his work as "this babe." Then follow commendatory verses from William Beversham of Grayes Inne Esquire," "Robert Brounrigg of Grayes Inne Gent.," "J: Hall, è Soc: Gray. hosp. Gent.," "Tho: Bradford," Henry Bold Fell. N.C. Oxon,” John Gleane Cantabri.," "ChristophorusBaretus Londinensis. Coll. Cere [=Corp.] Chr. Cantb.," "Joh. Quarles ex æde St Petri Cantabridg.," "Carol. Cremer, Coll. Corp. Christ. Cantabr.,' ," "Wil.: Smith Gent.," and "Jos. Browne Gent."

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Of these William Beversham was called to the Bar on 19 May, 1647; John Hall, after making a reputation at St. John's College, Cambridge, as an essayist and poet, had left Cambridge in 1647 for Gray's Inn,. where he had already been entered on 10 May, 1643; Thomas Bradford had been admitted to Caius in 1643 from Norwich School, of which he eventually became Master (1667); Henry Bold was a poet, soon to be ejected from his fellowship at New College (1648);

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