Flies of estate and sunshine."

Cf. _Troil. and Cressida_, III. S.:

"Men, like butterflies,
Show not their mealy wings but to the summer;
And not a man, for being simply man,
Hath any honour."

Also, _Third Pt. Henry Sixth_, II. 6.:

"The common people swarm like summer flies,
And whither fly the gnats, but to the sun?
And who shines now, but Henry's enemies?"

S.A.Y.

_Old Dan Tucker._--In a little book entitled _A Thousand Facts in the
Histories of Devon and Cornwall_, p. 50., occurs the following passage:

"The first governor [of Bermuda] was a Mr. Moore, who was
succeeded by Captain Daniel Tucker."

Does this throw any light on the popular negro song--

"Out o' de way, old Dan Tucker," &c.?

H.G.T.