[406] Sir Edward Carteret provided his rooms at the rent of £60 a year.
[407] Secret Services of Charles II and James II 3–15. I do not know if the very comic accounts said to have been presented by Oates and Bedloe are authentic (L’Estrange, Brief Hist. iii. 121–124. Lingard xii. 363). They are not inconsistent with the men’s character, but L’Estrange was quite capable of having invented them. In any case they were not paid.
[408] State Trials vii. 796, ix. 489, 490, x. 134, 136, 137, 1275, 1299. Reresby, Memoirs 196. Evelyn, Diary October 1, November 15, 1678. Smith, Intrigues of the Popish Plot. Luttrell, Brief Relation i. 112. North, Examen 223. Lives of the Norths ii. 180. Hatton Correspondence i. 198. Sitwell, First Whig 43, 44. I am indebted to Sir George Sitwell for some of these references, and have ventured to quote a portion of his admirable description, some strokes of which however are drawn from sources not beyond doubt. The epithet applied to the Pope is from “Rawleigh Redivivus.”
[409] Grey, Debates vi. 296. Barillon, November 25/December 5, 1678. L.J. xiii. 389–392. C.J. November 28, 29, December 6, 7. Danby’s notes of Oates’ examination, November 25. Add. MSS. 23043: 5. James to the Prince of Orange, November 26, 1678. Foljambe MSS. 125. See too House of Lords MSS. 66. Lord Ossory to the Duchess of Ormonde. Hist. MSS. Com. Rep. vi. App. 723. James (Or. Mem.) i. 529. Burnet ii. 173, 174. Even Oldmixon did not believe the accusation. History of the House of Stuart 618.
[410] Burnet i. 470–474. In 1671 Burnet propounded the questions; “Is a woman’s barrenness a just ground for divorce or polygamy; and is polygamy in any case lawful under the Gospel?” The answer to both was in the affirmative.
[411] Sarotti describes him as “un cadavere spirante.” December 12/22, 1679.
[412] Burnet i. 474, ii. 180. North, Examen 186. Airy, Charles II 137, 138, 230. The relations between the king and queen became much better about this time in consequence, one may imagine, of these intrigues. Countess of Sunderland to Henry Sidney, August 15, 1679: “The Queen, who is now a mistress, the passion her spouse has for her is so great....” Sidney’s Charles II i. 86.
[413] Pepys, Diary December 24, 31, 1662. Burnet i. 469, 470.
[414] Barillon, April 28/May 8, May 5/15, 1679. Temple i. 421, 423, 426, 429. MS. diary of Lord Keeper Guildford, Dalrymple ii. 322. Burnet ii. 233. Foxcroft, Life of Halifax i. 173–178. Hatton Correspondence v. 192.
[415] Sidney, Letters 52, 53.