Sacharissa; some account of Dorothy Sidney, countess of Sunderland, her family and friends, 1617-1684 . pity to his sufferings, andthat she could not go a step lower to meet anybody thanthat led her, though when she thought there were no eyes onher, she was more gracious to him. But perhaps this mightnot be true, or it may be she is now grown weary of thatconstraint she put upon herself. I should have been sadderthan you if I had been their neighbour to see them so kind ;as I must have been if I had married the Emperor [SirJustinian Isham]. He used to brag to me always of a greatacquaintance h
Sacharissa; some account of Dorothy Sidney, countess of Sunderland, her family and friends, 1617-1684 . pity to his sufferings, andthat she could not go a step lower to meet anybody thanthat led her, though when she thought there were no eyes onher, she was more gracious to him. But perhaps this mightnot be true, or it may be she is now grown weary of thatconstraint she put upon herself. I should have been sadderthan you if I had been their neighbour to see them so kind ;as I must have been if I had married the Emperor [SirJustinian Isham]. He used to brag to me always of a greatacquaintance he had there, and what an esteem my lady hadfor him, and had the vanity (not to call it impudence) to talksometimes as if he would have had me believe he mighthave had her, and would not ; Ill swear I blushed for himwhen I saw he did not! ^ These sprightly remarks from Dorothy Osbornes pen are the more valuable since we have no other information about Lady Sunderlands union with Sir Robert Smythe. This part of her life is absolutely barren in records, and the most Letters of Dorothy Osborne, p. I\obp:rt Smythk. F>om the picture by John Rihy. RELICS OF SACHARISSA 137 diligent research has hitherto failed to discover anything moreabout her second marriage. We cannot tell how long heriuisband lived or where he died. There is no record of hisburial either at Bidboroiigh, the parish church of Boundes,or else at Sutton-at-Hone, where the other members of hisfamily were buried. All we know is, that in the first yearof their marriage a son was born to them, who received hisfathers name, and who is occasionally mentioned in LadySunderlands letters as my sonne Smith. This youngRobert Smythe spent his childhood at Althorp, and in afterdays was often there with his half-brother. Lord he was twenty, he married a Northamptonshire lady,Catherine, daughter of Sir William Stafford of Blatherwyck,and went to live on the family estates at father was ev
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