[214] G. P. B. No. 129.

[215] Winwood, ii. 170.

[216] These words look as if he had been found not in the passage but in the court.

[217] He was a favourite dependent of Knyvet’s, who, on April 10, 1604, had recommended him for an office in the Tower.—S. P. Dom. vii. 18.

[218] See my History of England, 1603-1642, i. 80, 81.

[219] I.e. Guardians.

[220] Correspondence of King James VI. with Sir Robert Cecil, pp. 31, 33, 36.

[221] Correspondence of King James VI. with Sir Robert Cecil, p. 75.

[222] Degli Effetti to Del Bufalo, June 16/26.—Roman Transcripts, R.O.

[223] Degli Effetti to Del Bufalo, July 21/31.—Roman Transcripts, R.O.