[242] This appears ungenerous. There seems no just ground for suspecting the Marquess of any motive incompatible with the most devoted loyalty.—See his own declaration in a subsequent page of this article.
[243] Lord Clarendon’s Hist., vol. iii. p. 154, ed. 1706.
[244] “Out of a window they (the rabble) killed Colonel Lawley, and two officers more, without hurting a common soldier.”—Clar. Hist.
[245] Lord Clarendon’s Hist., vol. ii. p. 156, ed. 1706.
[246] An allusion possibly to some design on the part of Charles to forsake rebellious London, and make York his capital; but more probably—as I am reminded by a correspondent—to an old prophetic saw in rhyme, viz.—
“Lincoln was, London is, and York shall be
The greatest city of the three.”
[247] Ubi Troja nunc seges.
[248] Literally, having been created Marquess very recently.
[249] This quaint phrase may mean two days or two months.
[250] Thus the King had his money, and the poor Marquess was indulged with the royal conversation, which Dr. Bayly worked up into the “Certamen Religiosum,” a duodecimo of 232 pages.—Certamen Religiosum, p. 2-11, Lond. 1649.