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Besides Mr. Pepys there came to Rochester in 1573 

 Queen Elizabeth, and in 1606 James the First and that 

 exceedingly jovial boon companion, the King of 

 Denmark ; but they appear to have been both in decent 





Restoration House, Rochester. 



and sober frame — indeed, something in the penitential 

 mood — for they underwent a sermon in the Cathedral. 

 James the Second was at Rochester too, but not in the 

 best of spirits I apprehend, or in the mood for viewing 

 any ruins except those of his own life. For he came 

 here under a Dutch guard, after his first attempt to 



