Note 11 — SOME ACCOUNT OF MIDDLETON AND HIS WORKS.

In the Library of the Edinburgh University is a unique copy of Epigrams and Satires: Made by Richard Middleton of Yorke Gentleman, London, 1608. 4to. The Epistle Dedicatory is addressed “To the Gentleman of condigne desert William Bellasses.” The Epigrams end on p. 19; the Satires, entitled Times Metamorphoses, occupy the remainder of the work, which extends in all to 39 pages. The author is a wretched scribbler, and sometimes uses the grossest language.