JAMES I. and Queen, in two ovals, joining hands; with portraits of the Kings from William the Conqueror, ovals; rare.

ANN of Denmark, with Prince Charles and Princess Elizabeth; small oval, from a silver plate. S. Pass sc. Companion to James, queen, &c.

Progenies JACOBI et ANNÆ, &c. mezz. C. Turner.

JAMES I. and his Family; in a square, within a pyramidal triangle, supported by Christ; " Vox Dei" at the top; in the manner of Pass; 4to. It appears to be a companion to the next, engraved in the same manner:

JAMES I. on his throne; Prince Charles presenting the King and Queen of Bohemia, in parliament, to his father; the people at the bottom, holding out their hands and hearts; " Vox Regis" at the top.†

JAMES I. and his Family, kneeling at the top of a triumphal arch; Guy Fawks, &c. below; in the manner of Simon Pass; sh. This curious print was done in commemoration of the deliverance from the powder-plot.

As I shall have occasion hereafter to make particular mention of the Palatine family, I shall only observe here, that Frederic, the eldest son of the King of Bohemia, returning with his father from Amsterdam to Utrecht, in the common passage-boat, the vessel overset, in a thick fog; and the prince, clinging to the mast, was entangled in the tackling, and half drowned, and half frozen to death. The king, with some difficulty, saved his life by swimming.

JAMES I. sitting; Prince Charles and his sister standing; nobles, &c.

Prefixed to a pamphlet, entitled "Vox Dei," 4to.

+ Prefixed to a pamphlet, entitled "Vox Regis," 4to.

to the many discoveries he made, of which he sent him intelligence. Ob. 24 May, 1612.*

THOMAS HOWARD, comes Suffolciæ, & totius
Angliæ thesaurarius. R. Elstracke sc. small 4to.

THOMAS HOWARD, earl of Suffolk. Bocquet sc. In
Royal and Noble Authors," by Park; 1806.

THOMAS HOWARD, earl of Suffolk; with autograph.
Thane.

See also Pine's Tapestry..

THOMAS HOWARD, earl of Suffolk. J. Blood sc. From the original of Zucchero, in the collection of the Right Honourable Thomas, earl of Carlisle, K. G.; in Mr. Lodge's" Illustrious Portraits."

Thomas Howard, earl of Suffolk, was son of Thomas, fourth duke of Norfolk; by his second dutchess, Margaret, daughter and heir of Thomas, lord Audley of Walden. He was one of the volunteers in the memorable engagement with the Spanish Armada in 1588, and afterward in the expedition to Cadiz; on both which occasions he gave signal proofs of his courage. He was, soon after Cr. 1603. the accession of James, created earl of Suffolk; was afterward

constituted lord-chamberlain of the household, and in 1614 lordtreasurer of England. In 1619 he was dismissed from his office, and fined 30,000l. for taking bribes, and embezzling the king's treasure; crimes more imputable to his countess than himself. His ruin was, with great probability, supposed to be involved with that of his son-in-law, the Earl of Somerset. Thomas Howard his

He built the magnificent house at Hatfield, where much of the old furniture is preserved which was there in his lifetime. There may be seen his portrait, and several of the lord-treasurer, his father; one of which is in Mosaic. There is also a portrait of the celebrated Laura, of whom Petrarch was enamoured, inscribed,

“Laura fui, viridem Raphael facit atque Petrarcha."

There is a print of this lady in Thomasin's curious book, entitled, "Petrarcha redivivus."

second son, was the first earl of Berkshire of this family. Ob. 28 May, 1626.*

Sir HENRY MONTAGUE, one of the leading members of the House of Commons in this reign, and lord chief-justice of the King's Bench, was, by the interest of the Countess of Buckingham, mother to the duke, made lord-treasurer. His staff, which he was forced 18 Jac. I. to resign in less than a year, is said to have cost him 20,000l. He was succeeded by the Earl of Middlesex, who was soon succeeded by others. The Earl of Suffolk said to one of his friends," that the best way to prevent death, was to get to be lord-treasurer; for none died in that office." The head of Sir Henry Montague is in the class of lawyers.

EDWARD SOMERSET, earl of Worcester, &c. lord privy-seal. S. Passæus sc. 1618; 4to. Sudbury and Humble; scarce. Second address sold by William Peake.

EDWARD, earl of Worcester, with Thane.

autograph.

The Earl of Worcester was one of the most accomplished gen- Cr. 1514. tlemen in the courts of Queen Elizabeth and James I. In his youth, he was remarkable for his athletic constitution, and distinguished himself by the manly exercises of riding and tilting, in which he was perhaps superior to any of his contemporaries. In the 43d of Eliz. he was appointed master of the horse; which office he resigned in the 13th of James, and was made lord privy-seal. Ob. 3 Mar. 1627-8. He was ancestor to the present Duke of Beaufort.

* He built the vast structure called Audley Inn,† the greatest part of which is demolished. There is a set of views of this stately palace, by Winstanley. The prints are scarce, as the plates were engraved for one of the descendants of the lord-treasurer. It is remarkable, that forty-nine, and even fifty pounds, were bid for this book of views, at Dr. Mead's sale, by Messieurs Bathoe and Ingram, booksellers in London, who received unlimited commissions from Mr. Walpole, and the late Mr. Barrett of Kent, to buy it. The value of the book is four or five guineas. What remains at Audley End hath been improved, with much taste, by Sir John Griffin.

HENRY VEERE, earl of Oxford, lord highchamberlain; RV (aughan) in a cypher; sold by Compton Holland; 4to.

HENRY VERE, earl of Oxford, on horseback, with Henry, earl of Southampton; small folio. J. Jenner exc.

HENRY VERE, earl of Oxford; in an ornamented border of soldiers. W. Pass sc.

HENRY VERE, earl of Oxford. J. Payne sc.

His portrait is at Welbeck.

The Earl of Oxford, who had been a dissolute and debauched young man, was, when the fervour of his youth abated, one of the most distinguished characters of his time. He was ever among the foremost to do his country service, in the senate or the field; was one of the few among the nobility, who dared to check the prerogative; and could not forbear giving vent to his indignation, when he saw the king's tameness with respect to the Palatinate, in such terms as occasioned his being sent to the Tower. Though he inherited all the martial ardour of his family, he could never exert it in this reign, but in attempting impossibilities. He was one of the "handful of men" who went under Sir Horace Vere against the great army of Spinola ;* and headed a party of brave soldiers in a desperate attack on the impregnable works of that general, at Terheiden; in which he exerted himself so much, that it threw him into a fever, which soon put an end to his life.

CHARLES HOWARD, earl of Nottingham, baron of Effingham, lord high-admiral, &c. S. Passaus sc. 4to. Compton Holland exc.

There is a whole length of the Earl of Nottingham, in the robes of the Garter, standing under an arch, engraved by William Rogers, for Sir William Segar's Honour civil and military," folio.

His portrait, by Mytens, is at Hampton-court.

* The portraits of the chief of them, by Mierevelt, are at Lord Townshend's, at Raynham, in Norfolk.