_--New York Shipping List, 1366._


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THE LETTER H.

_From an old History of England._


"Not superstitiously I speak, but H his letter still
Hath been observed ominous to England's good or ill."

Humber the Hun, with foreign arms, did first the brutes invade;
Helen to Rome's imperial throne the British crown convey'd;
Hengist and Horsus first did plant the Saxons in this isle;
Hungar and Hubba first brought Danes, that sway'd here a long while;
At Harold had the Saxon end at Hardy Knute the Dane;
Henries the First and Second did restore the English reign;
Fourth Henry first for Lancaster did England's crown obtain;
Seventh Henry jarring Lancaster and York unites in peace;
Henry the Eighth did happily Rome's irreligion cease.


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CHURCH OF AUSTIN FRIARS.


The church of Austin Friars is one of the most ancient Gothic remains in