The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 2 (of 3) / From original and authentic sources

by Mrs. A. T. Thomson

[191]. Letter from Lord Kensington to the Duke of Buckingham.--Ellis’s Original Letters, 3rd series, vol. iii., p. 169; also, Cabala, p. 294.

[192]. Cabala, p. 1287. This letter is dated Feb. 26, 1624.

[193]. Rushworth’s Collection, p. 169.

[194]. Ibid.

[195]. According to one account, the Duke of Anjou, the brother of Henrietta, was proxy for the King of England.--See Mr. Mead’s Letter to Sir Martin Stuteville, April 30; Ellis’s Letters, 1st series, p. 190. 1625.

[196]. Ellis’s Letters, vol. iii., p. 187.

[197]. Ibid.

[198]. Ellis’s Letters, vol. iii., p. 187.

[199]. The 31st of March.

[200]. Decoration at this time was carried to such an extent in France, that Lord Kensington describes some of the masquers at a court fête as having almost all their clothes embroidered with diamonds; embroidery of gold and silver being at that time forbidden.--Cabala, 290.