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mighty slieatlied sword. His lady in ample folds of 

 silk, with the usual long, tightly fitting, jewelled 

 stomacher, has her hair in a fringe of small curls over 

 her forehead, combed closely back, where it terminates 

 in a knot from which a few ringlets flow behind 5 she 

 wears also pearl ear-drops and a pearl necklace, which 

 ornaments are repeated on her child. 



The same year, on the 8th of April, he lost his mother, 

 Anne, Countess of Worcester, who was buried at 

 Eaglan. It is possible, therefore, that his marriage 

 was deferred during her illness, and not celebrated until 

 some months after her decease. 



It was then the 15th year of Charles the First s reign. 

 Before the close of the year following, the Long Parlia 

 ment commenced its sittings, when Lenthal was chosen 

 Speaker. All projectors and monopolists were de 

 nounced as incapable of holding office, several members, 

 therefore, withdrew, whose places were speedily sup 

 plied. What must have been his Lordship s impressions 

 under the existing aspect of political affairs may easily 

 be conceived, while as yet &quot; Royalist&quot; and u Bound- 

 head&quot; could scarcely be called popular terms of party 

 distinction. 



In 1641, that martyr of science, Galileo, died, whose 

 case so far assimilated with the Marquis s own, that 

 they were of the same religious persuasion: the one 

 proscribed at home for the peculiar heretical turn his 

 genius had taken, the other under the ban of suspicion 

 for his papistical persuasion and supposed consequent 

 prejudices. 



We now enter on the most critical era in the his 

 tory of this great and good man. He was then residing 

 in London, where he continued for some length of 

 time, with the politic motive of avoiding as much as 

 possible the suspicion of Parliament ; for through his 



