Thus the best and happiest of orators.
Some may haply here expect I should have continued the particulars of this history to the time of his majesty's happy restoration, by giving an account of the reception his majesty found from the several princes beyond the seas, during his exile, and of his evenness of mind and prudent deportment towards them upon all occasions; but that was clearly beyond the scope of my intention, which aimed only to write the wonderful history of a great and good king, violently pursued in his own dominions by the worst of rebels, and miraculously preserved, under God, by the best of subjects.
In other countries, of which his majesty traversed not a few, he found kindness and a just compassion of his adversity from many, and from some a neglect and disregard; yet, in all the almost nine years abroad, I have not heard of any passage that approached the degree of a miracle like that at home; therefore I may, with faith to my own intentions, not improperly make a silent transition from his majesty's arrival at Paris, on the 13th day of October, 1651, to his return to London on the 29th of May, 1660; and, with a Te Deum laudamus, sum up all, and say with the prophet: "My lord the king is come again in peace to his own house.” * "And all the people shouted, and said, God save the king!"+
ANNE of Austria, notice of, 84, 328. Aremberg, Prince d', 88.
Arlington, Lord, his character, 143;
his interview with Miss Stewart, ib.; notices of, 364; sends to Holland for a wife, 144, 364. Arscot, Duke d', 88.
Arran, Earl of, notice of, 107, 344; admirer of Lady Shrewsbury, 119; his remarks on Miss Hyde, 163, 164; plays the guitar, 174. Arras, siege of, 85, 330.
Bagot, Miss, 217; her acquaintance with Miss Hobart, 220; married to Lord Falmouth, 221; notice of, 382.
Bapaume, notice of, 93, 331.
fainting fits, 279; marries Talbot, 320; notice of, 386, 415.
Brice, Gregorio, defended Lerida,
Brinon, valet de chambre to Count Grammont, 41; leaves Paris with the Count, 43; reprimanded by the Count, 44; tries to persuade the Count from gaming, 47. Brisacier, Marquis de, intrigues with Miss Blague, 126, 128.
Brissac, Duke de, duped by Gram- mont, 201.
Bristol, Earl of, his parties, 171, 368. Brooks, Miss, notices of, 105, 350; intrigues with the Duke of York, 171; marries Sir John Denham, 172. See Denham.
Bardou, Mad., maid of honour, 210; Brounker follows Miss Jennings,
quits the court, 216.
Barker, Mrs., notice of, 385.
Barry, Mrs., notice of, 385.
Batteville, Baron de, notices of, 55, 327.
Bellenden, Miss, maid of honour,
210; quits the court, 216. Berkley, Sir George, governed the Duke of York, 106, 343. Bidache, campaign at, 42, 327. Blague, Col., notice of, 498. Blague, Miss, plotted against by Miss Hamilton, 125; notice of, 358; intrigues with the Marquis de Bri- sacier, 128; at the masquerade, 135; her eyes called 'marcassins,' 218; marries Sir Thomas Yarbo- rough, 218.
Blood, Col., anecdotes of, 440. Bold, John, assisted Charles II. 497. Boscobel, origin of the name, 483; oak of, 515.
Boynton, Miss, alluded to, 217; falls in love with Talbot, 247;
259; notices of, 392. Buckhurst, See Dorset. Buckingham, Duke of, dissipates his
estate, 106, 343; his familiarity with Miss Stewart, 142; his buf- foonery with Lady Muskerry, 272; intrigues with Lady Shrewsbury, 297; kills her husband in a duel, 299; notices and anecdotes of, 361, 404; his talent for ridicule, 425; his proposal for stealing the queen, 431; reproved by Charles II., 453; escapes with Charles from Worcester, 491. Buckingham, Duchess of, notice of, 299, 404.
Bussi, his description of Grammont,
35; Voltaire's account of, 323. Byron, Lady, notice of, 429.
Cæsars de Vendôme, notice of, 40,326. Cameran, Count de, invited to sup- per by Grammont, 51; loses at quinze, 52.
Careless, Major, alluded to, 462. Carlingford, Lord, his stories to Miss
Stewart, 308; notice of, 406. Carlis, Colonel, kills a sheep for the
king, 504; family of, 514. Carnegy, Lady, See Southesk. Castlemaine, Countess of, her cha- racter, 108, 347; intrigues with Jacob Hall, 118; endeavours to regain the king's affections, 146; desires to appear in the king's car- riage, 149; her partiality for Lord Chesterfield, 159; quarrels with the king about Jacob Hall and Jermyn, 250; created Duchess of Cleveland, 255; fondness for the Duke of Monmouth, 295; brought to bed, 309; intrigues with Chur- chill, 310; informs the king of Miss Stewart's intrigue with the Duke of Richmond, 312; hated by Catharine of Braganza, 437; lost 25,000l. at gaming, 443; her children by Charles, 446. Catharine, the Infanta of Portugal,
her reception, 105, 339; her ap- pearance at court, 109, 350; her court, 110; endeavours to please the king, 125; her severe illness, 145, 365; desires to appear in the king's carriage, 149; her maids of honour, 210; her residence at Tun- bridge, 268; her melancholy fate, 299; visits Bristol, 300, 405; in- tercedes for Miss Stewart, 315; her marriage to Charles, 436; her reception at Portsmouth, 437; ha- tred to Lady Castlemaine, 437. Cerisè, master of the hotel at Lyons,
Charles I., his execution, 422. CHARLES II., PERSONAL MEMOIR OF,
419; his birth and education, ib. ; leaves England and joins his mo- ther at Paris, 421; departs for Holland, 422; invited to Scotland, 424; crowned at Scone, 481; heads the Scottish army, 426; proclaimed king at Worcester, 484; the battle and defeat, 427, 489; escapes, 455,
483; White Ladys, 456, 493; dis- guises himself, 457, 494; stays in the wood of Boscobel, 458, 494, 498; his adventure with a miller, 459, 501; concealed by Mr. Woolf, 460, 502; his concealment in an oak, 503; cooks the mutton, 505; concealed by Mr. Pitchcroft (Whit- greave), 462, 506; attended by the Penderells, 507; by Colonel Lane, 463; adventure with a blacksmith, 464; attended by Mrs. Lane's sis- ter, 464, 513; adventure at Mr. Tombs', 522; stops at Mr. Nor- ton's, 465, 523; adventure with the butler, 466, 524; concealment at Trent, 469, 524; disappointed in a ship, 469, 471, 525; goes to Burport, and adventure with an ostler, 470; goes to Mrs. Hyde's, 471, 530; goes to Mr. Symons', 531; visits Stonehenge, 472; is provided with a ship and proceeds to Brighton, 473; embarks at Shore- ham, 474, 533; reaches Rouen, 476, 533; residence on the conti- nent, 427; his mistresses and ma- trimonial projects there, 429; ad- ventures at the Hague, 430; com- munications with Monk, 432; pro- claimed king at Whitehall, 433; his restoration, 104, 332, 434; his coronation, 105, 333; touches for the evil, 435; marries Cathe- rine of Braganza, 436; sells Dun- kirk, 438; invites Lady Muskerry to the masquerade, 127; attachment to Miss Stewart, 141; his court described, 173; intrigues with Miss Wells, 216; his attentions to Miss Jennings, 225; his affection for Lady Castlemaine on the decline, 250; neglects the queen, 299; coldness of Miss Stewart, 311; jealous of the Duke of Richmond, 312; discovers the duke with Miss Stewart, 314; sends a squadron to Guinea, 317; pardons Miss Stew- art, 316; his illness and death, 444; his children enumerated, 446;
Coventry, Sir John, anecdote of, 440; advises Charles on his es- cape, 527; finds a ship for the king's escape, 527.
Crofts, William, notices of, 308, 406. Cromwell, his government, 103; de- feats Charles I. at Worcester, 427, 486; plots against him, 428. Cromwell, Richard, proclaimed pro-
tector, 431; pamphlet concerning him called "Oliver's Ghost," 431. Cromwell, Frances, Charles II.'s at- tachment to, 429.
miscellaneous anecdotes of the king, 447. Chesterfield, Lord, description of, 159, 367; his jealousy excited, 160, 174; tells Hamilton of his wife's green stockings, 182; of her in- discretions with the Duke of York, 182; his conduct exposed in bal- lads, 189. Chesterfield, Lady, notices of, 109, 305; her intrigue with Hamilton, 144; intrigues with the Duke of York, 158; with Hamilton, 160; her advances to the Duke of York, 173; her guitar, 174; her green stockings, 178; her billet to Hamil-Davis, Miss, alluded to, 311; no- ton, 180; her indiscretions with the Duke of York, 182; carried by her husband into the country, 184; writes to Hamilton, 193; her trick upon him, 195. Chiffinch, alluded to, 313; notices of, 413.
Churchill, intrigues with Lady Castle- maine, 309; banished the court, 310; notices of, 406.
Churchill, Miss, intrigues with the
Duke of York, 274; her adven- ture, 282; notices of, 398. Clarendon, Earl of, prime minister, 106, 341; his poverty at Brussels, 429; his disgrace, 439; anecdote of, 450.
Cleveland, Earl of, attempts to escape from Worcester, 497. Cleveland, Duchess of, See Castle- maine.
Colepepper, Lord, quarrels with Prince Rupert, 422. Comminge, the French ambassador, 148, 365. Condé, Prince de, notice of, 83, 328; visited by Grammont, 90; de- feated by Turenne, 93; besieges Lerida, 152, 366. Corbeta, Francisco, the Italian mu- sician, 174; his saraband, 190. Cornwallis, Lord, his memory re- spected by Grammont, 209; notice of, 379.
Crosby, Mr., preaches before Charles at Worcester, 485.
tices and anecdotes of, 412; her children by Charles, 446. Denham, Sir John, marries Miss
Brooks, 172; notice and anec- dotes of, 369.
Denham, Lady, her discovery of Lady Chesterfield's indiscretions, 182; poisoned by her husband, 192, 374.
Derby, Earl of, reaches Boscobel, 483; taken prisoner and tried by a court-martial, 495.
Dillon, alluded to, 120. D'Olonne, Count, notice of, 114,
Dongan, notice of, 218; loved by
Dorset, Lord, exposes Lord Chester- field in ballads, 189; notices and anecdotes of, 371; debauches Nell Downing, Sir George, his adventure Gwynn, 310.
with Charles II., 431.
Dryden, anecdote of, 452. Du Plessis Pralin, notices of, 37, Duncan, notice of, 132, 359.
tutor to Prince
Charles, 420. Durfort, Earl of Feversham, notices of, 219, 382.
Elliott, Mr. Humphrey, lends the Earl of Derby 10., 484.
Etherege, Sir George, exposes Lord Chesterfield in ballads, 189; no- tices and anecdotes of, 373.
Fairfax, alluded to, 421. Falmouth, his love for Miss Hamil- ton, 140; brings an offer of a pen- sion to Grammont from the king, 147; advises the Duke of York on his marriage, 163; marries Miss Bagot, 221.
Fielding, Miss, notice of, 217. Fiesque, Countess de, notice of, 114, 354.
Flamarens, Marquis de, attempts to
rival Grammont, 204; notices and anecdotes of, 375.
Fox, Sir Stephen, notices of, 209, 379.
France, its position in the time of Grammont, 36.
Francisco, See Corbeta.
Gaboury, alluded to, 95.
Garde, Mad. de la, maid of honour, 210, 380; her charge to Miss Stewart, 211; marries Mr. Sil- vius, 216.
George, Prince of Denmark, anec- dote of, 447:
Gibbs, Miss, alluded to, 320, 415. Giffard, Mr., takes the king to White Ladys, 493; taken prisoner, but escapes, 495; his loyalty, 510. Gigeri, expedition of, 317, 415. Gloucester, Duke of, his death, 105, 338.
Grammont, Count, his first cam- paign, 36; his qualities admired and imitated, 37; his acquaintance with Matta, ib.; fondness for play, 38; gives an account of his life to Matta, 40; plays at backgammon with the horse-merchant, 45; in- vites Count de Cameran to supper, 50; visits Marshal Turenne, 54; wins fifteen horses, 55; goes to Turin with Matta, 56; intrigues with Madame de St. Germain, 58; and with the Marchioness de Se-
nantes, 68; plays a trick on Mat- ta, 70; plans for arresting Matta and the Marquis de Senantes, 79; returns to France, 83; joins Tu- renne, 87; visits Condé, 90; pur- sued by the enemy near Ba- paume, 94; his reception by Ma- zarine, 96; banished from the French court, 101; visits Eng- land, 103; his reception there, 110; intrigues with Mrs. Middle- ton, 115; is rivalled by Montague, 121; falls in love with Miss Ha- milton, ib.; invited by the king to the masquerade, 124; rivalled by the two Russells, 137; advised by St. Evremond, and answers him, 141; receives an offer of a pension from the king, 147; presents a magnifi. cent calash to the king, 149; story of his link-boy, 150; story of Poussatin, his chaplain, 152; adds verses to Francisco's saraband, 187, 190; his story of Madame de l'Orme, 200; the only foreigner in fashion, 204; is rivalled by Talbot, 206; his way of refreshing memories, 209; mediates between the king and Lady Castlemaine, 251; recalled to France, 283; adventure on his journey, 287; his adventure at Vaugirard, 293; returns to England, ib.; adven- ture in a gaming-house, 302; persuades Hamilton against Miss Stewart, 304; marries Miss Ham- ilton, 320; Hamilton's epistle to, 18; notices and anecdotes of, 415.
Grammont, Marshal de, notice of, 152, 366; meets the Count, 291. Granville, Sir Jas., his interviews with Monk, 433.
Guinea, expedition to, 305, 406, 319, 415.
Guise, Duke of, notice of, 149. Gunter, Col., alluded to, 472-3;
assists Charles in his escape, 529; rewarded for his loyalty, 533. Gwynn, Nell, alluded to, 269, 311;
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