FROM THE ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE, IN THE COLLECTION OF
THE RIGHT HONE THE EARL OF PEMBROKE.
OF THE
KINGS OF ENGLAND,
NOW FIRST COLLECTED
From the Originals
IN ROYAL ARCHIVES, AND FROM OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES, PRIVATE AS WELL AS PUBLIC.
EDITED,
WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,
BY
JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.R.S.,
HON. M.R.I.A., HON. M.R.EL., F.S.A., ETS.
Nothing is so capable of giving a true account of History as Letters are; which describe actions while they are alive and breathing, whereas all other relations are of actions past and dead."-DEAN SWIFT.
VOL. II.
LONDON:
HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,
GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1846. EPB
Frederick Shoberl, Junior, Printer to His Royal Highness Prince Albert, 51, Rupert Street, Haymarket, London.