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Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I. and Charles I.
Historical Sketches of Notable Persons and Events in the Reigns of James I and Charles I Author:Thomas Carlyle General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: Chapman and Hall Subjects: Great Britain History / General History / Europe / Great Britain History / World Literary Collections / Essays Literary Criticism / European / English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh Notes: This is a black and white OCR ... more »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: CHAPTER XI DEATH OF PRINCE HENRY I MARRIAGE OF PRINCESS ELIZABETH TO THE PALSGRAVE [1612-13] Meanwhile the news are bad. On Thursday, 29th October 1612, Lord Mayor's Day, there is a grand to-do in Guildhall; German Prince, Elector Palsgraf, and other high dignitaries, secular and clerical, dining with the new Lord Mayor there. An explosion of princely and civic gratulation and good cheer; radiant enough, if we had time to reawaken it. The Archbishop of Canterbury, good George Abbot, the last of the Souls' Overseers is there ; l Palsgraf and he talk Latin to each other all the afternoon, much to the admiration of the citizens. Bishop of London too is there, -- one King, of whom little is known ; a ' pious man,' employed in Weston's affair.2 Prince Henry, alas, is absent, -- he would have come, but has fallen suddenly ill : this princely corporation dinner is chequered by that one shade of sorrow; but we struggle to suppress it. As to this handsome young Count Palatine, Palsgrave as they call him, he is a handsome man ; lodges in Essex House ; expenses all defrayed by his Majesty ; we understand he is come about marrying the Princess Elizabeth. He comes from Heidelberg, from Munich far beyond seas ; is of the progeny of ' Otto von Wittelsbach,' of one knows not whom ; is Count Palatine of the Upper and Lower Palatinate : a serene Highness whom singular destinies await. His pro...« less