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ACCOUNT, &c.<br />
alii<br />
The rema<strong>in</strong>der is pr<strong>in</strong>ted from a copy furnifhed <strong>by</strong> Mr. C<strong>at</strong>cott,<br />
with some corrections from ano<strong>the</strong>r copy, made <strong>by</strong> Mr.<br />
Barrett from one <strong>in</strong> Ch<strong>at</strong>ter<strong>to</strong>n's h<strong>and</strong>-writ<strong>in</strong>g. This poem<br />
makes part of a prose-work, <strong>at</strong>tributed <strong>to</strong> <strong>Rowley</strong>, giv<strong>in</strong>g an<br />
account of Pa<strong>in</strong>ters, Carvellers, Poets, <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r em<strong>in</strong>ent na<br />
tives of Bris<strong>to</strong>l, from <strong>the</strong> earliest times <strong>to</strong> his own. The<br />
whole will be publifhed <strong>by</strong> Mr. Barrett, with remarks, <strong>and</strong><br />
large additions ; among which we may expect a complete <strong>and</strong><br />
au<strong>the</strong>ntic his<strong>to</strong>ry of th<strong>at</strong> dist<strong>in</strong>guifhed citizen of Bris<strong>to</strong>l, Mr.<br />
William Canynge. In <strong>the</strong> mean time, <strong>the</strong> Reader may see<br />
several particulars rel<strong>at</strong><strong>in</strong>g <strong>to</strong> him <strong>in</strong> Cambderis Britannia, So<br />
merset'. Col. 95.—Rymer's Fœdera, &c. ann. 1449 & I45°.~"~<br />
Tanner's N<strong>at</strong>. Monast. Art. Bris<strong>to</strong>l <strong>and</strong> Westbury.—<br />
Dugd<strong>at</strong>is Warwickjhire, p. 634.<br />
It may be proper just <strong>to</strong> remark here, th<strong>at</strong> Mr. Canynge's<br />
bro<strong>the</strong>r, mentioned <strong>in</strong> ver. 129, who was lord mayor of Lon<br />
don <strong>in</strong> 1456, is called <strong>Thomas</strong> <strong>by</strong> S<strong>to</strong>we <strong>in</strong> his List ot Mayors,<br />
ice.<br />
The transaction alluded <strong>to</strong> <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> last Stanza is rel<strong>at</strong>ed <strong>at</strong><br />
large <strong>in</strong> some Prose Memoirs of <strong>Rowley</strong>, of which a very <strong>in</strong><br />
correct copy has been pr<strong>in</strong>ted <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Town <strong>and</strong> Country Maga<br />
z<strong>in</strong>e for November 1775. It is <strong>the</strong>re said, th<strong>at</strong> Mr. Canynge<br />
went <strong>in</strong><strong>to</strong> orders, <strong>to</strong> avoid a marriage, proposed <strong>by</strong> K<strong>in</strong>g Ed<br />
ward, between him <strong>and</strong> a lady of <strong>the</strong> Widdevile family. It<br />
is certa<strong>in</strong>, from <strong>the</strong> Register of <strong>the</strong> Bifhop of Worcester, th<strong>at</strong><br />
Mr. Canynge was orda<strong>in</strong>ed Acolytbe <strong>by</strong> Bifhop Carpenter on<br />
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