go Devon and Cornwall Notes and Queries. his good Father, who was a man of primitive piety and severe only to himselfe ; he changed this life for a beter the 6"' of Aprill, 1659, aged 63 ; and Lettice his deare wife, died August y*" 29th, 1658. Reader thinke of thine, and of thy Saviour's death. This world's deceit, Hell's horrour. Heaven's glory. That time is not recallable thy breath May stopp this minute, meditate the story Of thy past accous, fast repent & pray Prepaire thyselfe thus for y° judgment day. Above are the arms of Bayley : — Argent, three torteaiix, and a chief gules, impaling Skeffington, viz.. Quarterly ofS : i., Argent, three bulls' heads erased sable, differenced with a crescent ; ii., Vert, a bend between six mullets or; Hi., Argent, three eagles displayed sable ; iv., Vert, a fess vair between three leaves erect or ; v.. Ermine, on a chief indented gules, three escallops argent ; vi., Argent, three crows sable, beaked and legged gules; vii., the same as ii. ; viii., Argent, a chevron gules between three cinque- foils sable. %^pMi Z^" ■"^. A.J.P.S. 80. A Shillingford Story (IX., p. 29, par. 23). — A correspondent has pointed out that another version of the story is recorded by " Peter Pindar." It will be found in a poem entitled " The Royal Visit to Exeter," on p. 478 in Vol. III. of the 1812 edition of his works. Eds. " Now Varmer Tab, I understand, Drode his legs vore, and catch'd the hand, And shaked wey might and main : ' I'm glad your Medjesty to zee ; And hope your Medjesty,' quoth he, ' VVuli nere be maz'd again.' ' Maz'd I maz'd ! what's maz'd f ' then zed the King ; ' I never heerd of zich a thing. What's maz'd ? What, what, my Lord ? ' ' Hem,' zed my Lord and blow'd his noze ; ' Hem, hem, Sir ; 'tis, I do suppose. Sir, an old Devonshire word.' And then my Lord a scratch'd his head ; And, coughing wance or twiss, he zed, ' I'll try to vend it out.' And then agen he hcmm'd and haad ; And puziin while his pate a claw'd, King George a tern'd about."
