The Second Book 45 



Dowager of Orange, and the Prince of Orange, which was 

 received with much kindness and civility. 



From Rotterdam he directed his journey to Antwerp, and 

 from thence, with one coach, one chariot, and two waggons, he 

 went to Mechlin and Brussels, where he received a visit from 

 the Governor, the Marquis of Castle Rodrigo, the Duke of 

 Lorraine, and Count Piccolomini. 



From thence he set forth for Valenciennes and Cambray, 

 where the Governor of the town used my Lord with great 

 respect and civility, and desired him to give the word that 

 night. Thence he went to Peronne, a frontier town in France 

 (where the Vice-Governor, in absence of the Governor of that 

 place, did likewise entertain my Lord with all respect, and 

 desired him to give the word that night), and so to Paris with- 

 out any further stay. 



My Lord being arrived at Paris, which was in April 1645, 

 immediately went to tender his humble duty to her Majesty, 

 the Queen-Mother of England, where it was my fortune to see 

 him the first time, I being then one of the Maids of Honour 

 to her Majesty ; and after he had stayed there some time, 

 he was pleased to take some particular notice of me, and ex- 

 press more than an ordinary affection for me ; insomuch that 

 he resolved to choose me for his second wife *. For he, having 

 but two sons, purposed to marry me, a young woman that 

 might prove fruitful to him and increase his posterity by a 

 masculine offspring. Nay, he was so desirous of male issue 

 that I have heard him say he cared not (so God would be 

 pleased to give him many sons) although they came to be per- 

 sons of the -meanest fortunes ; but God (it seems) had ordered 

 it otherwise, and frustrated his designs by making me barren, 

 which yet did never lessen his love and affection for me. 



After my Lord was married, having no estate or means left 

 him to maintain himself and his family, he was necessitated to 

 seek for credit, and live upon the courtesy of those that were 

 pleased to trust him ; which, although they did for some 

 while, and showed themselves very civil to my Lord, yet they 

 grew weary at length, insomuch that his steward was forced 

 one time to tell him that he was not able to provide a dinner 



1 They were married in Sir Richard Browne's chapel at Paris (Evelyn's Diary, vol. 

 ii, p. 217, ed. Wheatley). The marriage took place about December 1645 (Portland 

 MSS., ii, 137). 



