[665] Ibid., 863. Lords' Journals, April 13; May 26.
[666] Lords' Journals, April 12, 13, 14.
[667] The Act now noticed should be considered in connection with what is said in a preceding part of this History, p. 96.
[668] Commons' Journals, April 29.
[669] Parl. Hist., iv. 980.
[670] June 12. Parl. Hist., iv. 990.
[671] Hist. of his Own Time, i. 177.
[672] Hook's Archbishops. Second series, i. 173.
[673] Hammond, in 1654, speaks of Sheldon's being "very good company." Letter in Harl. MSS., 21, printed in Ecclesiastic, April, 1853.
[674] See Pepys' account of a dinner party at Lambeth, Diary, May 14th, 1669. He tells disgraceful stories about Sheldon which were current at the time; and, it should be remembered, that although Sheldon at length rebuked Charles for his intimacy with Lady Castlemaine, it does not appear that he had before broken silence as to the shameful libertinism of the Court.