. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . ian IV., King of Denmark,paid a visit to England in 1606, a feast was given to James andhim at Theobalds (Fig. 1843), by Cecil. Two facts may suffice toshow the spirit of these domestic enjoyments under the eye of theBritish Solomon: both monarchs got so drunk, that James had tobe carried to his bed by his courtiers ; whilst Christian, on the wayto his room, missed his proper route, and found the way into theapartments of the Countess of Nottingham, whom he insulted inthe grossest manner
. Old England : a pictorial museum of regal, ecclesiastical, baronial, municipal, and popular antiquities . ian IV., King of Denmark,paid a visit to England in 1606, a feast was given to James andhim at Theobalds (Fig. 1843), by Cecil. Two facts may suffice toshow the spirit of these domestic enjoyments under the eye of theBritish Solomon: both monarchs got so drunk, that James had tobe carried to his bed by his courtiers ; whilst Christian, on the wayto his room, missed his proper route, and found the way into theapartments of the Countess of Nottingham, whom he insulted inthe grossest manner. The effects of such examples were trulylamentable. An eyewitness of this very entertainment says—Men who had been shy of good liquors before, now wallowed inbeastly delights ; the ladies abandoned their sobriety, and were seento roll about in intoxication, (Harrington.) As to the traits ofthe kings mental tastes that we have not yet mentioned, it wouldbe unpardonable to forget James the author, in James the anythingelse. And such an author! the variety of whose writings are ao *.r~ J^5w--j -^^ >. 1938.—Newark Castle. (From an original Drawing.)
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