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Secret History Of Charles The First, And His Queen Henrietta
by
[Footnote 210:
The author of the Life of this Archbishop and Lord Keeper, a voluminous folio, but full of curious matters. Ambrose Phillips the poet abridged it. ]
[Footnote 211:
A letter from Mr. Mead to Sir Martin Stuteville, October, 1625. Sloane MSS. 4177. ]
[Footnote 212:
There is a very rare print, which has commemorated this circumstance. ]
[Footnote 213:
Mr. Pory to Mr. Mead, July, 1626. Harl. MSS. No. 383. The answer of the king’s council to the complaints of Bassompierre is both copious and detailed in vol. iii., p. 166, of the “Ambassades” of this marshal. ]
[Footnote 214:
A letter from Mr. Pory to Mr. Mead contains a full account of this transaction. Harl. MSS. 383. ]
[Footnote 215:
A letter among Tanner’s MS. in the Bodleian Library notes–“When they were turned away from Somerset House the passage was somewhat rough;” and adds, “I know not what revilings took place betwixt them and the king’s guard, but one of the soldiers told me that for furious speech, he would rather have taken common thieves to prison.” A stanza of a popular song of the day testifies to the joy of the Commons of England on the event:–
Harke! I’ll tell you news from court;
Marke, these things will make you good sport.
All the French that lately did prance
There, up and downe in bravery,
Now are all sent back to France,
King Charles hath smelt some knavery.
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[Footnote 216:
A letter from the Earl of Dorchester, 27th May, 1630. Harl. MSS. 7000 (160). ]
[Footnote 217:
The letters he sent to Buckingham are full of tender respect for the queen, lamenting her (certainly unwarrantable) neglect of reciprocity of attention, and silly squabbles in favour of her servants. ]