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the court officials incident to these royal visits — Sir Edmimd Verney 

 — The Earl of Salisbury— \6i2,. Royal sojourns in the spring and 

 autumn — The Prince of Wales, the Duke of Buckingham, and Sir 

 Richard Graham leave Newmarket in disguise en route to Madrid — • 

 The royal pilgrimage of love a State secret — Passing events at the 

 palace — The observance of Lent — The trained bands — The royal 

 prerogative in the chase — How exercised — Sharp practice — Postal 

 expenses between London and Newmarket — Naval affairs — -Alarming 

 rumours about the Spanish alliance — Great excitement throughout 

 the country — The Council proceed to Newmarket — -Interview with 

 the King — Who lets the cat out of the bag — Troops sent to New- 

 market — The panic subsides — State retinue equipped and despatched 

 to the Prince — Royal present of jewels from the regalia for the bride- 

 elect — Are valued at ^600,000 — Enumerated by the King in his 

 letters to the Prince — Passing events at the palace — Royal com- 

 mands to take up partridges and turn them down at Newmarket — 

 Arrival of the Corps Diplomatique — The Cambridge comedians 

 perform at the palace — Cost of their entertainment — Great concourse 

 of visitors in the town — Audience of the envoy of the Arch-Duke— 

 Received by the King in camera — Occupies the Prince's apartments 

 during his visit — Royal sojourn in the autumn — Arrival of French 

 falconers — Present of hawks from Louis XIII. — State of the game 

 at Newmarket — ^Poaching excessive — Royal commands thereon — 

 The supervisor of the game at Newmarket — Incidental expenses at 

 the palace during the sojourn of the court — Sir Edzvard Conway — 

 Lord Brooke — Sir Edward Peyton — The Earl of Arundel — -1624. 

 Royal sojourn in the spring — More about the Venatic envoy from 

 France — His state entry by torchlight — Heavy expenses attending 

 his visit — He outstays his welcome — Valuable jewels and other 

 presents given to the embassy by the King— Return of the Prince 

 of Wales — The King breaking up — Another Newmarket peer — 

 Distribution of honours and emoluments — Dearth of wild-fowl at 

 Newmarket — The cause and remedy — Collapse of the Spanish match 

 — Political incidents — The King unable to get to Newmarket — The 

 political horizon clears — -And the King goes to Newmarket in 

 November — More about the preservation of the game — Lord Petre's 

 warren — Landlord, tenant, and sovereign — Serious illness of King — 

 Passing events at the court — Sporting affairs — Incidents and orders 

 — The rival Persian ambassadors — Curious expenses incurred at the 

 palace during these royal visits — Lord Grey— Sir George Goring, 

 Junior — Lord Petre — Sir William Pelham — Viscount Annandale — 

 1625. The last sojourn of James I. — His fatal illness — His pre- 

 dilection for sport under difficulties — More Newmarket proclamations 

 — More Newmarket peers — Jobbery — The golden age of corruption 

 — Lady Purbeck and the Prince of Wales — Deer in the London 

 parks — Departure of the King for Chesterford — He arrives at 

 Royston — His last illness and death — His character as a sportsman 



