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&rr|irotap fimlmm. THIRD SERIES, No. XXI.—JANUARY, 1860. THE EARLS, EARLDOM, AND CASTLE OF PEMBROKE. No. V. THE EARLS MARESCHAL. (Continued from p. 245, Vol. V.) Henry had not time to become jealous of his great sub¬ ject and benefactor, who died just when his support was no longer necessary, and when his counsels would there¬ fore probably have been neglected. The young king fell under the personal guardianship of the Bishop of Winchester, and De Burgh, who had been continued as Chief Justice, became regent of the kingdom. The great Earl Mareschal's character was very diffe¬ rently regarded in the different countries in which he bore rule, and possessed property. In his epitaph, preserved by M. Paris, he is made to say,— " Sum quera Saturnum sibi sensit Hibernia j Solem Anglia ; Mercurium Normannia ; Gallia Martem." Or thus,— " Me Mars the French, their Sun the English owned, The Normans Mercury, the Irish Saturn found." He had indeed been to Ireland an exterminator, to England a glory and an honour, in Normandy a subtle and successful negotiator, and in France an able and brave captain. ARCH. CAMB., THIRD SERIES, VOL. VI. B