18 AUGUST 1883, Page 18

SHIRLEY AND TATE AND BRADY.

[To THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR.") SIR,—Nicholas Brady, and Nahum Tate, Esq., Poet- Laureate to his Majesty, on December 3rd, 1696, obtained his Majesty's " Royall allowance" that their version of the Psalms of David may be used in churches, &c.

In Psalm cxii., verse 6, the two last lines are :—

" The sweet remembrance of the just Shall flourish when he sleeps in dust."

Query, where did the above two respectable gentlemen get this ? From Shirley ? I suppose so.—I am, Sir, &c.,

THOMAS RtCn.tRns.

Wineanton, 79 High Street, August 14th.