"Eidem pro novemdecem virḡ et dim̄ aureæ et argenteæ pergamen̄ laciniæ pondent sexdecim unc̄ 2/ʒ 1/℈ venet. ... pro consuat̄ ad ornand̄ duas sedes utroque latere thronæ in domo Parliament."—Gt. Ward. Acc. Car. II. xxx. and xxxi. = 1678-9.
In 1672-73 is an entry for "2 virgis teniæ pergamen̄."
Surtees' "Inventories."
Bib. Nat. MSS. F. Fr. 8621.
In the Recueil de pièces les plus agréables de ce temps, composées par divers autheurs. Paris, chez Charles Sercy, MDCLXI.
The poem is dedicated to Mademoiselle de la Trousse, cousin of Madame de Sévigné, and was probably written by one of her coterie.