[179] Robert Boyle’s brother Francis was his heir presumptive.

[180] This may have been young Lord Barrymore’s second wife, daughter of Henry Lawrence.

[181] Philaretus.

[182] Colonel Lawrence’s account, quoted by Bagwell.

[183] Chalked up on the door of the House of Commons.

[184] Bagwell.

[185] Some Worthies of the Irish Churches, by G. T. Stokes, D.D., ed. by Dr. Lawlor, p. 74.

[186] Birch’s Life.

[187] Letter from Hartlib to Boyle; Birch’s ed. Works, vol. vi.

[188] The Encænia.