72 LIFE, TIMES, AND SCIENTIFIC LABOURS [1644. 



from henceforward to give the Garter to your arms, 

 and at your pleasure to put on the George and blue 

 ribbon. And for your greater honour, and in testimony 

 of our reality, we have with our own hand affixed our 

 Great Seal of England unto these our Commissions and 

 letters, making them patents. 



&quot; Witness ourself at Oxford, the first day of April, in 

 the 20th year of our reign, and the year of our Lord, 

 One thousand six hundred and forty-four.&quot; 



Under any ordinary circumstances there would appear 

 to be no possibility of obscurity respecting this title, 

 and that any should exist only occasions the more 

 surprise, when considered in reference to a family so 

 eminently in favour with Charles the First. But the 

 subtle Monarch might have his own reasons for favour 

 ing any source of possible remote obscurity, until 

 assurance of the Earl of Glamorgan s success in his new 

 enterprise should embolden him to make his title clear ; 

 for it has been well observed of him, that he was not only 

 a most unscrupulous but a most unlucky dissembler. 67 



This much disputed title is, however, acknowledged 

 by Charles the Second in a royal warrant, bearing date 

 the 6th of April, 1661, as one, he is informed, &quot; settled 

 by our Eoyal Father, of blessed memory.&quot; 74 



His Majesty gave the Earl the following instructions:* 



&quot; Oxford, this 2nd of January, 1644. Several heads 

 whereupon you our right trusty and right well-beloved 

 Cousin Edward Earl of Glamorgan may securely 

 proceed in execution of our commands. 



67 Macaulay. 74 Ni chols. * From Mss&amp;lt; Badminton . 



