_P._ He runnes far that never turnes.
_C._ Not so, he may breake his necke in a short course.
_P._ No man can call againe yesterday.
_C._ Yes, hee may call till his heart ake, though it never come.
_P._ Had I wist was a foole.
_C._ No, he was a foole that said so."

And so it proceeds, not without humour and point, here and there
borrowing from known sources, as in the following:--

"_Proverb._ The world is a long journey.
_Cros._ Not so, the sunne goes it every day.
_P._ It is a great way to the bottom of the sea.
_C._ Not so, it is but a stone's cast."

However, my object is not to give specimens of the production further
than are necessary for its identification. My queries are, 1st, Who
bought Mr. Heber's fragment, and where is it now to be found? 2nd, Are
any of your correspondents aware of the existence of a perfect copy of
the work?

I naturally take a peculiar interest about Nicholas Breton, because
I have in my possession an unknown collection of amatory and pastoral
poems by him, printed in quarto in 1604, in matter and measure obvious
imitations of productions in "The Passionate Pilgrim," 1599, imputed
to Shakespeare, and some of which are unquestionably by Richard
Barnfield.

Any new information regarding Breton and his works will be most
acceptable to me. I am already in possession of undoubted proof that