Calendar: 1855-1856 Page 360

356 GENERAL LITERATURE AND SCIENCE passed on the public and private character of Louis by Philip de Commines Describe the relationship in which Edward IV stood to Edward III and state whether his title to the crown was better than that asserted by the representatives of the House of Lancaster Write life and character of Richard III Did his conduct as an administrator show that he was possessed of genius and ability and can you find any proof of this in the laws which he added to the Statute Book 10 What title had Henry Tudor Duke of Richmond to the crown of England and by what step did he improve that title after his accession 11 Give sketch of Henry's domestic policy and compare the condition of England as to Literature and the Arts during his reign with what it had been in these respects at the beginning of the century IV -CransStatc into Satin rlcgtactf 'Tis sung in ancient minstrelsy That Phoebus wont to wear The leaves of any pleasant tree Around his golden hair Till Daphne desperate with pursuit Of his imperious love At her own prayer transform'd took root laurel in the grove Then did the Penitent adorn His brow with laurel green And 'mid his bright locks never shorn No meaner leaf was seen And poets sage in every age About their temples wound The bay and conquerors thank'd the gods With laurel chaplets crown'd