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during the meeting — A miracle on the heath and its consequences — 

 Partridges and hares turned down at Newmarket— Royal sojourn 

 in December — Heavy snow stops hunting and hawking — Arrival of 

 H.E. Baron Denow — His expenses at Newmarket — Ceremonies 

 attending his audience at the palace — Incidental disbursements 

 relating to these royal visits at Newmarket — Lord Thomas Gerard — 

 Sir Jajues Hay — Sir Richard Presto7i — The Hon. Sir Thomas 

 Somerset — Sir Thomas Howard — Sir Edward Sackville — Robert 

 Rich, Earl of Warwick — Sir Henry Rich — Sir William Cavendish 

 — The Earl of Buccleuch — The Earl of Melrose — The Earl of Kellie 

 — Viscount Pnrbeck — Viscouttt Doncaster — 1620. Royal sojourns in 

 the spring and autumn — Merry times at the palace — Tilting and 

 theatricals — Court life during the visit — Shroving — The King and 

 Prince entertained at Saxham by Sir John Crofts — Quarrels among 

 the Scotch courtiers — A duel and the consequences — Visit of the 

 ambassador of the Palatine — More Newmarket proclamations — 

 Chief Justice Montagu appointed Lord High Treasurer — Gives 

 Buckingham a bribe of ^20,000 for the office — More Newmarket 

 peers — Expenses at the palace incidental to these royal visits — The 

 Earl of Mafichester — Viscount Falklatid — Viscount Dunbar — 1621. 

 Royal sojourn in November and December — Causes much animad- 

 version — The popular feeling in London — Proceedings in the House 

 of Commons — Pass a petition and remonstrance — Committee of the 

 House appointed to convey the vote to the King — They arrive at 

 Newmarket — The King in the toils — He receives the committee in 

 the palace — The conference — The King writes to the Speaker — 

 Threats to commit members — The royal prerogative — The King 

 returns to London — Is amazed at the minutes of the House — Sends 

 for the Journals — Destroys the protestation in the presence of the 

 Council — And dissolves the Parliament — The King retires to Theo- 

 bald's — Thrown from horseback into the New River — And narrowly 

 escapes drowning — 1622. Royal sojourns in the spring and 

 autumn — Passing events — More shroving at Saxham — More 

 Newmarket peers — Theology — Sir Richard Graham — Viscount 

 Air — Lord Jedburgh — Pricking the sheriffs — Orders for preserving 

 the game — Poaching excessive — Ministerial tactics — Hawking — 

 More Newmarket proclamations — Home Rule — Its effect in London 

 — Causes inconvenience to many — The Home Rule policy produces 

 contrary effects — And frustrates the objects for which it was designed 

 — Inclement weather — The East India and Muscovy merchants 

 proceed to Newmarket — And are robbed on the road — Depredations 

 by highwaymen at Newmarket — Novel mode adopted by them to 

 elude arrest — Racing intelligence — Betting — The Duke of Bucking- 

 ham and the Earl of Salisbury — The King's jockeys and their wages 

 — The surveyors of the races — Their emoluments and liveries — • 

 Dispensation of patronage at Newmarket — The Duke of Bucking- 

 ham, Sir Richard Graham, and Sir Edmund Verney — Payments to 



