[261]. Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton, June 25.--State Papers inedited.
[262]. State Papers, for 1625.
[263]. Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton, Jan. 1, 1619-20.
[264]. Hume.
[265]. Those in the State Paper Office, to which Mr. Lechmere the Keeper, and Mr. Lemon the Deputy Keeper, first directed my attention; and to those gentlemen I am, therefore, wholly indebted for any new view of Buckingham’s character which these remarks, and those which are to follow, may afford. The Domestic Papers have been within the last few years completely arranged, and an accurate calendar made of them, by which the historical reader may derive the greatest possible assistance.
[266]. Anderson’s History of Commerce, vol. ii., p. 140.
[267]. The largest of Queen Elizabeth’s ships, at her death, was of 1,000 tons, carrying 340 mariners and 40 cannon; the smallest, of 600 tons, carrying 150 mariners and 30 cannon; besides the hired vessels.--Macpherson’s History of Commerce.[Commerce.]
[268]. Hist. World, lib. 5, cap. 1, sect. 6.
[269]. Bishop Goodman’s Life of King James I.
[270]. See the Domestic Papers for 1619-20, State Paper Office.