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In his second letter, he alludes to &quot; lying and scan 

 dalous pamphlets concerning&quot; his Lordship s father, 

 but what these may have been has not transpired they 

 may only have referred to him as connected with the 

 Roman Catholic party. 



In another letter he expresses his &quot; gratitude&quot; for 

 his Lordship s noble expression of services *, and alludes 

 to his sister Carnarvon. And in the last of these letters, 

 he flatteringly informs his Lordship, that, &quot; I esteem 

 your services such as my words cannot express them ;&quot; 

 yet by words alone were they ever, as then, expressed, 

 only to be as conveniently repudiated. 



Up to forty years of age, Lord Herbert had lived as 

 became a gentleman of ancient nobility, great expecta 

 tions, and in the enjoyment of the most friendly inter 

 course with his sovereign. Well educated, travelled, 

 accustomed to courtly life, devoted to learned studies 

 and given to scientific pursuits, he has been hitherto 

 only presented to us, in his domestic relations, as a duti 

 ful son, a husband and father, having few engagements 

 to withdraw him from the management of his estates, 

 or distract him from the enjoyment of country sports and 

 social intercourse. During this period, he had probably 

 nothing more serious on hand than an occasional change 

 of residence, as he passed some portions of the year at 

 Raglan Castle, and occupied at others the ample accom 

 modations of Worcester House. 



In a statement* he wrote long after, he incidentally 

 remarks : &quot; I was not privy, or present with his Ma 

 jesty at Greenwich [26th February, 1641] when he first 

 took his resolution for the North, and removed, without 

 the Queen, to Theobalds ; from which he was pleased 

 to write me a lamentable letter by the hands of Sir 



* See Chapter XVIII. 



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