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duty, 2 troops taken from it, and 60 : (sic) more lost in 

 fight, much weaker, therefore it is desired that the re 

 mainder of this horse may be by order secured in 

 Colonel Lingen s regiment ; till such time the rest of 

 the money by the said Earl, appointed for the raising of 

 his regiment, may be received.&quot; 



On Friday, the 18th of July, his Majesty returning 

 to the Castle dined there, continuing his visit until the 

 22nd, when he set out for a place called The Creek. In 

 the evening, however, he had supper at the Castle, and 

 remained there until Thursday, the 24th. He purposed 

 going to Bristol, but apprehending the approach of the 

 Scots, on arriving at The Creek, he went thence to 

 Newport, Cardiff, Eadnor, and Ludlow Castle. After a 

 lapse of six weeks, his Majesty, on Sunday, the 7th of 

 September, paid his third visit to Eaglan Castle in time 

 to partake of supper. He staid until Monday, the 15th 

 of September,* when he took a final leave of his boun 

 tiful host. During this last visit his Majesty appears, 

 on different occasions, to have gone to Abergavenny on 

 the 8th and llth, attended with his guards. 56 



Much misapprehension prevails respecting these royal 

 visits, which it is clear were made on three distinct 

 occasions, his Majesty staying the first time thirteen 

 days, on the second six days, and on the last eight days. 



A singular instance of the Marquis s freedom in 

 addressing the King occurs in the following statement 

 made by his chaplain : 23 



u The Marquis had a mind to tell the King as hand 

 somely as he could, of some of his (as he thought) 

 faults ; and thus he contrived his plot against the time 

 that his Majesty was wont to give his Lordship a visit, 



* Symonds in his Diary states that, on &quot; Sunday, 14th [Sep.], About noon his 

 Majesty left Raglan, and marched to Monmouth ; thence that night to Hereford. 

 48 Seiners Tracts, Iter Carolinum. 23 Bayly, Ap. XIV. 



