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Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, to Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and
Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn to Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas and Author:John Evelyn Title: Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, to Which Is Subjoined the Private Correspondence Between King Charles I and Sir Edward Nicholas, and Between Sir Edward Hyde and Sir Richard Browne Subtitle: Ed. From the Orig. Mss. at Wotton by William Bray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1850 Original Publisher... more »: Colburn Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: 11th. To Rochester, when I took order to settle officers at Chatham. 12th. To Gravesend, and returned home. A cold, busy, but not unpleasant journey. 25th. This night being at Whitehall, his Majesty came to me standing in the withdrawing-room, and gave me thanks for publishing " The Mystery of Jesuitism," which he said he had carried two days in his pocket, read it, and encouraged me; at which I did not a little wonder; I suppose Sir Robert Murray had given it to him. 27th. Dined at the Lord Chancellor's, who caused me after dinner to sit two or three hours alone with him in his bedchamber. 2nd February. I saw a Masque performed at Court, by six gentlemen and six ladies, surprising his Majesty, it being Candlemas-day. 8th. Ash-Wednesday. I visited our prisoners at Chelsea College, and to examine how the marshal and sutlers behaved. These were prisoners taken in the war; they only complained that their bread was too fine. I dined at Sir Henry Herbert's, Master of the Revels. 9th. Dined at my Lord Treasurer's, the Earl of Southampton, in Bloomsbury, where he was building a noble square, or piazza, a little town; his own house stands too low, some noble rooms, a pretty cedar chapel, a naked garden to the north, but good air. f I had much discourse with his lordship, whom I found to be a person of extraordinary parts, but ...« less