46 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1642. 



Majesty esteemeth it to be given when it is to me ; and 

 your Majesty doth not only faithfully promise on the 

 word of a King but of a Christian, that you will punc 

 tually perform your engagements advantageously to 

 him and his, and never forsake either, whilst you 

 breathe, joining his safety with your own, which is, and 

 ever shall be your Majesty s resolution.&quot; 



We have here a summary of the interview between 

 Charles the First and Lord Herbert at Nottingham. 

 The King was no doubt very gloomy, and the discourse 

 between them most serious. There was on all occasions 

 an imperturbable dignity of manner about his Majesty, 

 although his personal appearance operated against him, 

 his visage being long, with a narrow forehead, large 

 nose, grey eyes, thick lips, and peaked beard. He 

 stammered, too, in his speech, being also somewhat 

 impetuous and hurried amidst all the apparent coolness 

 and calmness of his conduct and conversation. Lord 

 Herbert, on the contrary, in the very prime of life, 

 was a man of cheerful aspect, with small dark full 

 eyes, and smooth, oval, delicately formed features. 

 Both wore the flowing locks in fashion, the one in 

 ample curls, the other in plain long wavy hair. The 

 Marquis fastidiously observed all courtly etiquette ; 

 without the accomplishment of fluency in speech, his 

 conversation would be deferential, simple, without any 

 show of boldness other than what conscious integrity 

 of purpose might naturally inspire *, unaffected, direct, 

 and straightforward 5 displaying much suavity without 

 any taint of selfishness, and profound zeal without the 

 slightest hypocrisy. 



We almost see and hear again the wily financier, 

 (such is the freshness of the reported conversation) 

 while the meek, unsophisticated Lord Herbert is scru- 



