[33] They were taken away by Bonaparte to Paris; but in 1815, were sent back to Venice.
[34] St. Peter's disciple, first Bishop of Padua.
[35] The celebrated Thomas, Earl of Arundel, part of whose collection was eventually procured for the University of Oxford by Evelyn, and is distinguished by the name Marmora Arundeliana.
[36] Or della Scala.
[37] Bonaparte afterward took it, and placed it on his own head.
[38] Sir Arthur Hopton was uncle, not brother, to Lord Hopton (so well known for his services to Charles in the course of the Civil War).
[39] The lady here referred to was Lucy, daughter of Richard Walters, Esq., of Haverfordwest. She had two children by the King; James, subsequently so celebrated as the Duke of Monmouth, and Mary, whose lot was obscure in comparison with that of her brother, but of course infinitely happier. She married a Mr. William Sarsfield, of Ireland, and after his death, William Fanshawe, Esq.
[40] This he does not fail to repeat at the end of every year, but it will not always be necessary here to insert it.
[41] A copy of it is subjoined. "These are to will and require you to permit and suffer the bearer thereof, John Evelyn, Esq., to transport himself, two servants, and other necessaries, into any port of France without any your lets or molestations, of which you are not to fail, and for which this shall be your sufficient warrant. Given at the Council of State at Whitehall this 25th of June, 1650.
"Signed in the Name and by Order of the Council of State,
appointed by authority of Parliament,
Jo. Bradshawe, President.