[503] State Papers, Cal. 1665–66, pref. xix.-xxv. Historians have given inaccurate or incomplete accounts of these naval battles. Ample materials for a full description are afforded in these documents.
[504] Essay on Dramatic Poesie.
[505] State Papers, Dom. Cal., 1666-67, pref. xxvii.
[506] The booksellers near St. Paul's conveyed their property to the crypt for safety, but it was destroyed. The loss in books was estimated at £150,000.—Harl. Misc. vii. 330.
[507] Autobiography of William Taswell, D.D. Camden Miscellany, vol. ii. A bridge at Westminster, extending across the river, was not erected until the year 1738—opened 1750. By Westminster Bridge is here meant either a landing pier or a bridge over a creek.
[508] Compiled from Strype's Stow, Pepys, Evelyn, Baxter, Harl. Misc., vii., State Papers, 1666-7 (see Calendar), and Notes and Queries.
[509] State Papers, Dom. Charles II., Cal. 1666-67, pref. xii., xix.
[510] Commons' Journal, October 26, 1666.
[511] State Papers, Cal. 1666-67, pref. xiii.
[512] Life, ii. 396; iii. 165.