Life of the Duke 69 



six months, at a great charge, keeping an open and 

 noble table for all comers, and being pleased especially 

 to entertain such as were excellent soldiers, and noted 

 commanders of war, whose kindness he took as a great 

 obligation, still hoping that some occasion would 

 happen to invite those worthy persons into England 

 to serve His Majesty; but seeing no probability of 

 either returning into England, or doing His Majesty 

 any service in that kind, he resolved to retire to some 

 place where he might live privately ; and having 

 chosen the city of Antwerp for that purpose, went to 

 the Hague to take his leave of His Highness the 

 Prince, our now gracious soveraign. My Lord had 

 then but a small stock of money left ; for though the 

 then Marquess of Hereford (after Duke of Somerset, 

 and his cousin-german, once removed, the now Earl 

 of Devonshire had lent him 2000Z. between them; 

 yet all that was spent, and above lOOoZ. more, which 

 My Lord borrowed during the time he lived in Rotter- 

 dam, his expence being the more, by reason (as I 

 mentioned) he lived freely and nobly. 



However My Lord, notwithstanding that little 

 provision of money he had, set forth from Rotterdam 

 to Antwerp, where for some time he lay in a publick 

 inne, until one of his friends that had a great love and 

 respect for My Lord, Mr. Endymion Porter, who was 

 groom of the bed-chamber to His Majesty King 

 Charles the First (a place not onely honourable, but 

 very profitable) being not willing that a person of 

 such quality as My Lord should lie in a publick house, 

 proffered him lodgings at the house where he was, 

 and would not let My Lord be at quiet, until he had 

 accepted of them. 



My Lord after he had stayed sonje while there, 

 endeavouring to find out a house for himself which 



