“Charles, Prince of Wales, to His Governor,
Lord Newcastle.
“My Lord,
“I would not have you take too much phisicke, for it doth always make me worse; and I think it will doe the like with you. I ride every day, and am ready to follow any other directions from you.
“Make haste back to him that loves you.
“Charles P.”
A letter of instructions written by Newcastle to his pupil is a curiosity in its way. It is a sort of English Il Principe. Only portions of it are given here.
“The Earl of Newcastle’s Letter of Instructions to Prince Charles for His Studies, Conduct and Behaviour.[26]
“(From a copy preserved with the Royal Letters in the Harleian MS. 6988, art. 62.)
[26] Ellis’s Letters, Series I. vol. III. p. 288.