[236]"The Life of Clarendon," edited by himself, new ed. 1827, 3 vols. I. 380.
[237]"Mr. Evelyn tells me of several of the menial servants of the Court lacking bread, that have not received a farthing wages since the King's coming in."—Pepys's Diary, ed. Lord Braybrooke, 3d ed. 1848, 5 vols. IV. April 26, 1667.
"Mr. Povy says that to this day the King do follow the women as much as he ever did; that the Duke of York... hath come out of his wife's bed, and gone to others laid in bed for him;... that the family (of the Duke) is in horrible disorder by being in debt by spending above £60,000 per annum, when he hath not £40,000." (Ibid. IV. June 23, 1667).
"It is certain that, as it now is, the seamen of England, in my conscience, would, if they could, go over and serve the king of France or Holland rather than us." (Ibid. IV. June 25, 1667).
[238]Pepys's Diary, vol. IV. July 29, 1667.
[239]Rochester's Works, edited by Saint-Évremond.
[240]Pepys's Diary, II. January 1, 1662-1663.
[241]Ibid. IV. July 30, 1667.
[242]Ibid. III. July 26, 1665.
[243]Ibid. II. November 9, 1663.