By carriage : thus doth mired _Guy_ complaine,
His Waggon on their letters beares _Charles_ Waine,
_Charles_ Waine, to which they fay the tayle will reach
And at this diftance they both heare, and teach.
Now for the peace of God and men, advise
(Thou that haft wherewithall to make us wise)
Thine owne rich ftudies, and deepe Harriots mine,
In which there is no drosse, but all refine,
O tell us what to trust to, lest we wax
All stiffe and tupid with his paralex ;
Say, shall the old Philofophy be true ?
Or doth he ride above the Moone think you ? _etc._

After the departure of the ' Blazing Starr' of December 1618, very
little is known of Hariot, except that he lived at Sion while his patron
the Earl was still in the Tower, where he was probably frequently
visited by his man of science. The following letter, dated the 19th of
January 1619, to him at Sion from Sir Thomas Aylesbury is interesting as
showing the great interest taken in his old master by his ' loytering
scholar.' Many other letters of this stamp, breathing love and ardent
friendship, are found among the Hariot papers, from Sir William Lower,
Sir John Protheroe, Sir Ferdinando Gorges, Dr Turner, and Sir Thomas
Aylesbury. Here is a sample:

Sr, Though I have bene yet soe little a while att New
Mar-kett, that I have not any thing of moment to ympart; yet I
thinke it not amisse to write a bare salutacons, and let yo
know, that in theise wearie journeys I am often times
comforted wth the remembraunce of yor kind love and paynes
bestowed on yor loytering scholar, whose little credit in the