266 THE HISTORY OF NEWMARKET. [Book XT. 



respect. Indeed, Charles passed a law enforcing the 

 observance of the Sabbath, which unfortunately still 

 disgraces our Statute Book. 



The full text of a sermon, preached before Charles 

 II. at Newmarket, by Dr. Benjamin Calamy, on 

 Proverbs i. lo — " If sinners entice thee, consent thou 

 not " — will be found printed in his " Sermons Preached 

 upon Several occasions." — London, 8vo, 1687, p. 67. 



Next we have the following items relating to the 



October meeting of this year, which appears to have 



been a somewhat interesting rdttnion, as it 



was attended by the king, queen, and other 



members of the royal family, the chief ministers of 



state, and all the court officials. 



"To Roger Whitley Esq"" His Ma'' Knight Harbinger by 

 vertue of a warr* from the Lord Chamberlaine of his Ma'"* 

 Household dated the xj"' of June 1668, for his & his two 

 Assistants Attendance at New Markett xiij*"" dayes, viz. from 

 y^ xiiij"^ to the xxvij"' of May 1668 at the rate of x' ^ diem 

 for himselfe, and v^ f diem to each of his assistants by warr' 

 from the Right Hono^'" Edward Earle of Manchester late Lord 

 High Chamberlayne of His Ma'^ Household dated y^ xj"' of 

 June 1688 . . . xiij". — Audit Office Records. Declared Ac- 

 counts. Account of Sir Edward Griffin Treasurer of the 

 Chamber of the Household. Bundle 398, Rot. 95." 



" To Thomas Brereton, Thomas Wetherall, and William 

 Cotton, Yeomen Harbingers in full for their shares, of xx'' xij"* 

 allowed to Nicholas Woodgate, Gentleman Harbinger, and 

 the said Yeomen at ix* and v* '^ diem, for their attendance on 

 his Ma"^ at Newmarket xiij" days in May 1668 . . . ix^' x'*- 

 — {Ibid., Rot. 119.) 



Sir Nicholas Armourer''" writes as follows from 

 Cambridge, October 2, 1688, to Mr. Secretary William- 



