“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.