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a covvld ; for being hote vv''^ ryding a long chace, he sittethe 

 in the open ayr and drinketh, w*"'^ cannot but continew, yf 

 not increase, a new cowld." His lordship adds that the king 

 " lykethe exceeding well the contrey, and ys resolved for 

 certayn to stay thes 5 dayes in this town. He hathe been 

 but once abrode a huntyng since his coming hether, and that 

 day he was driven owt of the feeld w"^ presse of company, 

 w*^" came to see him ; but therein he tooke no great delyght, 

 therefore came home, and playd at cards. S"" Wyliam 

 Woodhowse, that is sole director of theas parts, hath devised 

 a proclamation that none shall presume to come to him on 

 hunting days ; but those that come to see him, or prefer 

 petitions, shall doe yt going forthe, or coming home." 

 Probably the most arduous duty that ever fell to the Earl of 

 Worcester's lot was in connection with the Queen Consort's 

 progress to Bath in April, 161 3 ; but as usual he performed 

 his devoir without a hitch, and frequently did the honours of 

 the royal tour, through what may be termed his own country, 

 with such profuse hospitality and liberality, that it must 

 have cost him a small fortune. Her Majesty only stayed 

 ten days at Bath, yet the little excursion is said to have cost 

 the royal exchequer the enormous sum of ^30,000. The earl 

 died at his town residence, Worcester House, in the Savoy, 

 March 3, 1627-8, in the seventy-ninth year of his age, and 

 his remains were conveyed with great solemnity to his family 

 seat, Raglan Castle, in Monmouthshire, where they were 

 interred in the family vault. The present Duke of Beaufort 

 is a real chip of the old block. 



^^ Robert Cecil, Earl OF Salisbury — youngest son of 

 William Cecil, Lord Burleigh, Queen Elizabeth's celebrated 

 High Treasurer, by his second wife, Mildred, daughter of Sir 

 Anthony Cook — was born, probably, about the year 1550, and, 

 being of a weak constitution, was tenderly brought up by his 

 mother, and educated under a careful and excellent tutor till 

 he was sent to St. John's College, Cambridge, where he 

 obtained the degree of M.A. He represented the city of 

 Westminster in the Parliaments of 1585 and 1586, and in some 



