49 ([return])
[ Stat. I W.& M. sess. I. c. 2.]
50 ([return])
[ Ronquillo, March 8/18. 1689.]
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[ See the account given in Spence's Anecdotes of the Origin of Dryden's Medal.]
52 ([return])
[ Guardian, No. 67.]
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[ There is abundant proof that William, though a very affectionate, was not always a polite husband. But no credit is due to the story contained in the letter which Dalrymple was foolish enough to publish as Nottingham's in 1773, and wise enough to omit in the edition of 1790. How any person who knew any thing of the history of those times could be so strangely deceived, it is not easy to understand particularly as the handwriting bears no resemblance to Nottingham's, with which Dalrymple was familiar. The letter is evidently a common newsletter, written by a scribbler, who had never seen the King and Queen except at some public place, and whose anecdotes of their private life rested on no better authority than coffeehouse gossip.]