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“W. Earl of Newcastle to his wife (the Countess of Newcastle).[23]
Оглавление“1636, April 8. London.—There is nothing I either say or do or here but it is a crime, and I find a great deal of venom against me, but both the King and the Queen have used me very graciously. Now they cry me down more than ever they cried me up, and so now think me a lost man. They say absolutely another shall be for the Prince and that the King wondered at the report and said he knew no such thing and told the Queen so; but I must tell you I think most of these are lies, and nobody knows except the King.”
[23] Welbeck MSS., Hist. Comm. Reports, 13th Report, Appendix, Part II, p. 127.
He had several rivals for the office.
