[162] Steenie—a familiarisation of Stephen. The name was given Buckingham by James I., in reference to the beauty of St. Stephen, whose face, during his martyrdom, is described in the New Testament as shining like that of an angel.
[163] See the account of the Paradise of Glory, in vol. ii., p. 225.
[164] Memoirs of Samuel Pepys, Esq., 2nd edition, vol. i., p. 309.
[165] Id., p. 357.
[166] Lives and Letters, as above.
[167] See three Poems in his Genuine Remains.—Chalmers's British Poets, vol. viii., p. 187.
[168] British Poets, vol. vii., p. 101.
[169] Londinium Redivivum, vol. iv., p. 410.
[170] Gentleman's Magazine for 1793, p. 88.
[171] Memoirs and Correspondence, as above, vol. i., p. 182.