The following letter has been adduced as a proof that Villiers owed his favour with Charles to an incident in the Monarch’s early life--his sole dereliction from propriety, as it is said. Buckingham, it is said, was Charles’s confidant, and mediator between him and King James:--
"Steenie, I have nothing now to wryte to you, but to give you thankes bothe for the good counsell ye gave me, and for the event of it. The King gave mee a good sharpe potion, but you took away the working of it by the well-relished comfites ye sent after. I have met with the partie that must not be named, once alreddie, and the cullor of wryting this letter shall make mee meete with her on Saturday, although it is written the day being Thursday. So assuring you that this business goes safelie on, I rest
“Your constant loving friend,
“Charles."[[246]]
“I hope ye will not shew the King this letter, but put it in the safe custodie of Mister Vulcan.”
THE END.
R. BORN, PRINTER, GLOUCESTER STREET, REGENT’S PARK.
Footnotes
[1]. Brodie, vol. ii., p. 117.