Copy 1, Volume 2

Diary of the times of Charles the Second / by the Honourable Henry Sidney, (afterwards earl of Romney) including his correspondence with the Countess of Sunderland and other[s] distinguished persons at the English court; To which are added, letters illustrative of the times of James II and William III. Edited, with notes, by R.W. Blencowe.

  • Romney, Henry Sidney, Earl of, 1641-1704.
Date:
1843
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Credit: Diary of the times of Charles the Second / by the Honourable Henry Sidney, (afterwards earl of Romney) including his correspondence with the Countess of Sunderland and other[s] distinguished persons at the English court; To which are added, letters illustrative of the times of James II and William III. Edited, with notes, by R.W. Blencowe. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE EARL OF SUNDERLAND TO MR. SIDNEY. Windsor, May 18th. I have taken care that a yacht may be at the Brill on Saturday se’nnight, which will he the 29th of this month; I hope you will be well enough to hold your resolution of coming then. Canaples is come, but the jealousies his journey gives are so ridiculous I cannot think them worth repeating. I have writ to the Prince what I had to say to you. When you are here you will find great changes, hut none but for the better. I go the next week to Althorpe, and shall not be in London again till Wednesday morning, where the King will also be at Council, which is the reason why I put off the yacht one day further, because I would fain see you on your arrival. Don P. Ronquillos is come, and I like him very well, though I fear he is a little fanfaron, by what he says of Spain and Flanders. S. SIR LEOLINE JENKINS TO MR. SIDNEY. Sir, ’Tis now ten at night (and the post is going out) that I return from Windsor, where I had the