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and so have nothing wanting for my particular satis 

 faction (as when he is here, there will not be to the 

 general). I desire you would begin and come this way 

 some time next week, that I may find you here at my 

 return, in order to which I have given order that lodg 

 ings, such as can be found, be taken, where you may 

 be till you can choose yourself a house to your mind, 

 for I cannot be anywhere with my contentment without 



you, 



44 Your most affectionate husband, 



44 HERBERT. 



&quot; London, the 9th of May.&quot; 



Charles the Second had not been many days on the 

 throne, when the Marquis of Worcester wrote a long 

 letter to Lord Clarendon,* 26 explanatory of his instruc 

 tions from his late Majesty, and the powers he granted 

 to him to negotiate with the Irish Eoman Catholics. 

 It very fully and lucidly explains the w^hole of that 

 affair, showing how completely he was in the King s 

 confidence ; and it was, no doubt, written to answer all 

 doubts that his Lordship might entertain. It bears 

 internal evidence of coming from a strictly conscien 

 tious character, and its truthfulness has never been 

 disproved. 



44 The Marquis of Worcester (late Earl of Glamorgan), 

 to the Earl of Clarendon. 



44 MY LORD CHANCELLOR, 



44 For his Majesty s better information, through 

 your favour, and by the channel of your Lordship s 

 understanding things rightly, give me leave to acquaint 

 you with one chief key, wherewith to open the secret 

 passages between his late Majesty and myself, in order 

 to his service ; which was no other than a real exposing 

 of myself to any expense or difficulty, rather than his 



* i6 Clarendon, Vol. ii. p. 201. 

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