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here. Butt the man (one John Arden) in whose hands he had deposited the prize goods out of which this summ was to bee raysed, is soe insoluent that he lyes in prison eyther nott able or not willinge to giue any satisfaction. The truth of this will bee confirmed to you by word of mouth by Mr. Edgman, of whose safe arriuall with you, and returne into these parts, I should be gladd to heare.

The affaires of this kingdome are in a dubious condition, occasioned chiefly by reason of some jealosies betweene the Queene Regent and the Princes; to which the neere approachinge majority (the 6th. 7.) will, in probability giue a period, one way or other, by a more firme settlement of the authority, ministery, and direction of affaires. As for the aspect towards vs, all I can say to you is, it will bee answerable to the successe of his Maties affaires in schottland, vppon which they here looke as the North Pole-starre by which they intend to steere. Our good Queene spends much of her time of late in a new Monastery at the end of Queene Mother's Cours (formerly the faire and pleasant house of Mar Basompeere at Challiot) of which shee is the titular foundresse; and the sweete Duke of Yorke doth here subsist vppon the allowance of one thousand crownes a month payd him from this state, beinge greatly esteemed by all for his comelinesse and personall dexterity, in his behauiour and exercises.

Amongst all the publique and priuat calamities wherwith it hath pleased God to visit my poore family, wee yett (by His gracious blessinge and mercy) injoy our healths, and the hopes of a better condition, when eyther our humiliations, or our enemies sinnes shall moue the Divine power to looke more fauourably vppon vs; in order to the obtaininge wheroff I yet make shifte to keep vp a chappell and the Inglish Liturgie in my house, where, by ordinary and extraordinary deuotions wee implore Gods blessinges vppon his Maties person and just cause. To that divine Omnipotency

recommending you (with all our cordiall and kind.

salutes) I rest,

Dear cousin,

Y most affectionate kindsman
and faithfull humble seruant,

PARIS, 19 Aug. 1651.

R. BR.

I pray present my seruice to all such worthy friends of mine of our owne nation, in whom you find any memory of, or kindnes for, mee. Butt, faile nott to render mee most louinge and most respectfull to my noble friend to me still (for I know nott his new titles) Mr. William Murray.

Postscript. Extract of a letter from Nantes. 15th Aug. Prince Rupert is arriued with his prizes in Portugall, 15 leagues from Lisbone, and there hee fitts his shipps with some others that belonge to the Kinge of Portugall, to goe against the Kinge of Spaines gallions. This is written by a good hand from Lisbone.

Wee heere hope the newes of Schottland, and the defeat in Fife, is nott soe bad as the London prints would make vs beleeue. I pray God send us some comfortable tidinges, and bless his Ma". with victory and successe in all his undertakinges.

VOL. IV.

A A

GENERAL INDEX

TO THE

DIARY AND CORRESPONDENCE.

ABBEVILLE, notice of, i. 45 Abbot, Dr. George, Archbishop of Canterbury, his hospital, i. 299; family of, iii. 342; portrait, 301 Mr., a scrivener, ii. 123 n; condemned as a loyalist, ii. 144 Abdy, Mr., i. 226

Abel, John, his counter-tenor voice, ii. 172

Abingdon, Montague Bertie, Earl of, Lieutenant of the Tower, displaced, ii. 389

Academies at Richelieu, i. 79; at Paris, 268, 269 "Acetaria" (1699), by Mr. Evelyn, ii. 368, 392, 393, 397; iii. 384 Acoustics, &c., letter on, iii. 209, 210 Act at Oxford (1654), i. 304; (1664), 406; (1669), ii. 43, 44 Acton, Sir William, Lord Mayor, iv.

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Aiguillon, Duchess of, iv. 347 Air, excellence of the Italian, i. 88;. experiment on, i. 385

Aitzema, Leo D', his " History of the

United Provinces" (1657), iii. 221 Aix, in Provence, account of, i. 84 Albano, tombs of the Horatii and Curiatii at, i. 169

Albemarle, George Monk, Duke of,

various references to, i. 381, 397, 399, 408-422; ii. 2, 3, 21, 27, 28 n, 81, 165, 179, 194; stays in London during the plague (1665), i. 419; appointed General at sea, &c., 422; his victory over the Dutch fleet, ii. 5, 6; share of a Spanish galleon (1687), 278; trials respecting an estate, 339, 356, 379; portrait of, iii. 301

See Keppel, ii. 365 n Albemarle Street, notice of, ii. 21 and n

Albert Eremitano, bust of, i. 217 Alberti, Cherubin, paintings by, i.

145

Albury, Surrey, villa of Mr. Howard, i. 255, 257, 324, 387; the grounds improved by Mr. Evelyn, ii. 32,

56; bought by Mr. Solicitor Finch,
1687, 280; Mr. Evelyn desirous
of possessing (1657), iii. 63 and n
Alchemist, a pretended one at Paris
(1650), i 274, 278 n; stories of
an, 286

Aldobrandini, Cardinal Pietro,i. 185,
186

Alessandro, Signor, musician, i. 140,
265

Alexander III., Pope, (Roland,
Bishop of Sienna), i. 207; paint-
ing respecting, 144

VII., Pope, Fabio Chigi,
his intrigues with the Queen of
Sweden, ii. 157

Alexander, Mrs., letter to, iv. 29
Algardi, Alessandro, architect, i. 189
Alibone, Sir Richard, Justice of the
King's Bench, a Papist, ii. 287
Alkoran, written on a sheet of calico,
i. 306
Allegri, Antonio da Corregio, paint-
ings by, i. 60, 98, 139, 169, 392;
ii. 354; sum paid for a Venus by,
ii. 338

Allen, Capt. Sir Thomas, i. 414, 415
n, 416; ii. 60

Allestree, Dr. Richard, Dean of West-
minster, i. 363, 372; ii. 45, 46;
sermons of, 104, 145
Alleyn, Edward, his College at Dul-
wich, ii. 108

Allington, William, Lord, ii. 63; his
house at Horseheath, 52, and n
Rev. John, preaches

against regicides, i. 317
Allix, Dr. Peter, ii. 253 and n, 266
All Souls' College, Oxford, painting
in the chapel of, i. 406
Almont, Sir James Levingston, Earl
of Callendar, iv. 81
Alois, Planta, its peculiarities, iii.
205

Alps, journey over the (1646), i. 238

-243

Alstedius, John Henry, referred to,
i. 378, 404; ii, 342
Alston, Dr., President of the College
of Physicians (1664), i. 404
Althorp, Northamptonshire, seat of]

Lord Sunderland, ii. 107, 288-
290, 357; earthquake at, 321
Amazons in Persia, ii, 154
Ambassadors, see Embassies, on the
precedency between the French
and Spanish (1661), i. 375; ii.
396; narrative by Mr. Evelyn,
vindicating the King and his ser-
vants, i. 430-434; French and
Spanish apply for Irish soldiers,
iv. 53, 66; foreign, ordered to give
up priests who were the King's sub-
jects, 109; the Venetian, offended
by the parliament, 127; instruc-
tions to Sir R. Browne, 328; sent
to France and Holland, 333; seat
of the English, disfigured at Cha-
renton, 314

Amber, spider, &c., enclosed in, ii.
174

Amboise, Castle of, i. 75; Cardinal

George D', his tomb, 64, 84
Ambrose, St., quoted, iii. 89
Ambrosian library at Milan, i. 234,

235

Ammanatti, Vincenzo, architecture
of, i. 176

Amphitheatre at Vienne, i. 83; at

Perigueux, 86; of Vespasian, 121 ;
at Verona, 229

Amsterdam, account of (1641), i. 24
-28; hospital, 25 and n
Anabaptists, their objection to oaths,

i. 340; increase of, 341; iii. 45
Anatomy, school of, at Leyden, i. 30;
at Padua, 218, 224; at Oxford, 307
Anchor, method of casting in Acts,
xxvii. 29, illustrated, ii. 207
Anchorite of Mount Calvary at Paris,

i. 263

Anderson, Sir Richard, ii. 158, 184
Andoyne, Abbot of, i. 40
Andrews, Dr. Launcelot, Bishop of
Winchester, i. 319; ii. 136, 138,

191

Mayor of London, 1649,

iii. 44
Angelico, an apothecary at Vincenza,
i. 228
Angeloni, Signor, his medals, &c., i.
115, 116, 169

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