“Munster may curse the time that Villiers came

To make us worse, by leaving such a name

Of noble parts as none can imitate,

But those whose hearts are married to the State;

But if they press to imitate his fame,

Munster may bless the time that Villiers came.”

Biographia Britannica, vol. vi.

[141]. Burke’s Extinct Peerage.

[142]. Dr. Waagen--Life of Velasquez, p. 48.

[143]. From the name of his country-seat.