Side lights on English history; . e galleasses, and some like car-racks, and other ships of war; andabove 500 watermen, already pressed,and 1,000 musqueteers of the TrainedBands, in the shires hereabout, madeready for this service, which, in allcomputation, cannot stand the King inso little as £5,000. On Tuesday, I took occasion to go tocourt, because I had never seen thePalsgrave nor the Lady Elizabeth nearhand for a long time. I had my fullview of them both, but will not tellyou what I think; but only this, thathe owes his mistress nothing, if hewere a kings son, as she is a kingsdaughter. T
Side lights on English history; . e galleasses, and some like car-racks, and other ships of war; andabove 500 watermen, already pressed,and 1,000 musqueteers of the TrainedBands, in the shires hereabout, madeready for this service, which, in allcomputation, cannot stand the King inso little as £5,000. On Tuesday, I took occasion to go tocourt, because I had never seen thePalsgrave nor the Lady Elizabeth nearhand for a long time. I had my fullview of them both, but will not tellyou what I think; but only this, thathe owes his mistress nothing, if hewere a kings son, as she is a kingsdaughter. The worst is, methinks, heis much too young and small timberedto undertake such a task. Letter from JoJni Cliamberlain, Esq.^to Mrs. Car let on. London, February iS, 1612-13. Though Mr. Wake be now coming,and looks for his dispatch within a dayor two, who is able to make a largediscourse of all that passed at this wed-ding; yet because this is like to arrivethere before him, I will give you alittle touch or taste of that, whereof. James I. SI you may receive from him full andcomplete satisfaction. On Thursday night the fireworkswere reasonably well performed, allsave the last castle of fire, which bredmost expectation, and had most devices,but when it came to execution hadworst success. On Saturday, likewise,the fight upon the water came short ofthat show and brags have been madeof it; but they pretend the best to bebehind, and left for another dav, whichwas the winning of the castle on land,.But the king and all the company tookso little delight to see no other activitybut shooting and putting of guns, thatit is quite given over, and the navyunrigged, and the castle pulled downthe rather for that there were divershurt in the former fight, as one lostboth his eyes, another both his hands,another one hand, with divers othersmaimed and hurt, so that to avoidfurther harm it was thought best to letit alone ; and this is the conclusion ofall the preparation, with so much ex-pense of
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