[45] But actually so named from being the guard who preside over the royal buffet, or side-board.

[46] Extract from lines presented to His Majesty King James the Second, upon his birth-day, by Edmund Waller.

[47] From Lord Lansdowne to King James II.

[48] Life of King James.

[49] This speech will be found in the third volume of Rapin's History of England, page 85.

[50] History and Antiquities of the County and Town of Carrickfergus.

[51] Memoirs of Grammont.

[52] Rapin's History of England.