beg leave to tell your lordship, (and the Spec"tator commonly fees more than the Gamefter,) that the World extremely marvels at "you more than others; and it makes those who "wish you beft to be transformed, to wonder that your Lordship fhould be the firft of your "race who deferted the Crown, which one of "your predeceffors faid he would ftill follow, though it were thrown upon a hedge. Had your princely brother (William Earl of Pembroke) "been living, he would have been fooner torn by "wild horfes than have banded against it, or aban"doned the King his Master, and fallen into fuch grofs idolatry, as to worship the beast with "many heads." The two following Letters relative to the manner in which this Nobleman difpofed of his proxy in the House of Peers, at the beginning of the difputes between Charles and his Parliament, were very kindly communicated to the COMPILER by the MARQUIS OF BUCKINGHAM. MADAM, "I have receaved two very greate bleffings "these two laft dayes, the one yesterday at Be verley, the other this day at Nottingham, by "Mr. Denham, and cannot expreffe the greate "fenfe I have of your Ladyfhip's favour and good opinion in both. I am extreme glad to ་ "heare "heare you are upon a journey to London. If your advice and intereft doe not prevayle with Sc your father, I have no hope left; 'tis not poffible for me to fay more in the argument to "him than I have. Nor can I imagine what ill fpirit can engage him thus to venture his for"tune, his fame, his honour, and the honour of "his house, in a veffel where none but defpe"rate persons have the government. His car riage of late hath beene fo well represented to "the King, and well receaved, for God's fake "let him not fall into a relapfe; but if the pro pofitions now fent be not accepted, perfuade him away hither. Upon my life he will re"pente it elfe, and it will be too late; and fure "no honest man can thinke any unreasonable ་ thing is afked. Your brother must give me "leave to wonder a little at him: 'tis long fince I writ my humble advice to him, and cannot "poffibly understand the ground of his ftay, and "I have often affured his Majefty of his refolu tion. I know not what argument they have at London for the confidence, but truly they "feeme to have very few friends in these partes, " and I do not think their condition is much "better in other places. I cannot take any op"portunity of mentioning your Ladyship to his Majefty, but he prevents me, in all the ex"preffyones of efteeme of you that are poffible. "I affure "I affure you, he hath a very juft value of your «care of him. I am not yet out of hope of kiffing your Ladyfhip's hands before the Sum"mer ends, which will be an unexpreffible happiness to "Your Ladyship's most humble fervant, "EDW. HYDE*. "Nottingham, this 22d July. My Lord of Falkland is your Ladyship's "moft humble fervant." (Direction) "For my Lady CARNARVON." 60 MY DEARE HART, "God himself knoweth how much I have "loved and honoured your father more than any body else, and with how much zeale I "have endeavoured to ferve him towards the King of late, fince that distanse that happened " between them; and I beleeve and am confident, "that if ever there had been a revolution or change in things, it would have been both in my power and will to have ferved him very confiderably towards the King, if I may be"leeve the King's profeffions to me. But I muft "needs tell you, hee has done that that may "perchanfe hinder much my credit with the King, and leffen my power both to ferve him. " and myself. I beleeve it to be the greatest "misfor Afterwards Earl of Clarendon. "misfortune that ever beefell me, that have hi"therto, I thanke God, kept as faire a reputa"tion as any man, in perfevering in my ownė way conftantly and refolutely without either "feare or defigne or change. I am now fuf pected and branded with the fufpicion of un"derhand dealing, by those who are and weere "my chiefeft frends; and what troubles mee moft, the King himfelf takes it very unkindly " from mee, till I cleared myself to him from "whom I came yesterday, I meane in my guiving my proxy to your father, whom the King "does believe to be violent against him in every thing. My Lord himfelf knowes, how unwilling I was to leave my proxy, for I defired "leave of the House that inftant my Lord Southampton afked leave, and had it: though "I had leave firft from the King, merely because "I would leave no proxy, forefeeing the incon"veniencies 'twould bring me into. You know "afterwards, how I declarde it, hoping your "father would have forgotten it. I fhould not "have left it then, neyther, but that I have oft "heard your father fay, he would ever give the "vote he was entrusted withall according to his fence that gave it him, not according to his "owne: which if he had done, he had done "himself and grate deal of honour and right sit; he had obliged the King, and not difobliged his owne party neyther: befides the infinite obligeing mee: but as it is, he difobliged "mee so much, that never anie thing went fo "neere me. I vow to God, I am afhamed to "show my head amongst those I esteeme moft, "for I am partly counted a turnecoate amongst "them, and have partly loft that reputation I had, which I valued infinitely above my life, " and doe yet so much, that to redeme myself againe, 1 must needs defier one favour from you, which I fhall efteeme above any, that you "would be pleased to fpcake to your father, ་ relating to him the inconveniencies I have fuf "fered, which to my fence are the greatest that "ever could have happened to mee, by be"queathing him my vote, fince he has in foc many greate confiderable matters guiven it "both against my fence, and, as the King con"ceiveth, against him; efpecially that he will be pleafed henceforward either to give it according to my fence, by which I know he shall gaine good opinion from the King, and not "at all prejudiffe himself with his owne party, " and oblidge me very much: otherwife, I fhall beg this favour of him, that he will be pleased "to guive me my vote againe, or elfe to make "noe use of it at all; and that I fhall ever re |