Sales catalogue 641: Maggs Bros

Date:
1937
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/13/171
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 641: Maggs Bros. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Chesterfield (Philip D. Stanhope, 4th Earl of)—continued. force of warm and young passions, those quick pleasures are always of very short duration, soon grow into distaste, then to dislike, and end in aversion. In my mind a man is not fitt to marry in earnest who has not for some time acted marriage for his diversion, and upon different Theatres; for that only can teach him what he is to expect from it. Tired of the never failing disagreeable conse- quences of tumultuous pleasures, he seeks only for uninterrupted quiet and comfort. He preferrs a companion to a Mistress, and Society to Dissipation. This is what we should only think of, because it is all we have to hope for, at our age, mais aussi pas sans dot.’’ Ete. To Prince RuPERT ON THE CiviL War. 47 CLARENDON (EDWARD HYDE, Ist EARL OF, 1609-1674). Famous Royalist statesman and Lord Chancellor. Author of ‘“‘ History of the Rebellion and Civil War in England.” AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO PRINCE RUPERT. 2 pp., folio. The Hague, 1648. £42 (SEE ILLUSTRATION OPPOSITE.) A long letter written to Prince Rupert minutely describing the terrible state in which the Royalists were as regards money and provisions. Clarendon had fied to the Hague and joined Prince Charles as his Chief Adviser. In this letter he writes in a very dismal strain about the absolute lack of money to purchase supplies to carry on the Civil War in England, which, as a matter of fact, had at this time been decided in favour of Parliament by the capture of King Charles, who was executed the next year. ‘* Your Highnesse very well knowes the straight wee are in heare for wante of mony, which can only be raysed upon the sugars, to which purpose some offers have bene made, and the partyes are sent to attend your Highnesse, wee are like- wise doinge our best to recover the 25 chests, but what successe wee shall have in it I yet know not, only it is evident, that wee have no other hope of mony, either for victualls, match and bullet, or the Zealand Souldyers, then the Sugars. . . . Iam this day by the princes commaunde to attende the duke of Yorke, who I presume will speedily give order for such provisions as are necessary for himselfe, for I finde no scruple made of his Highnesse goinge; which is ex- pressly derected by the Queene. . . . Sr. Will Boswell is now gone to procure any such orders as are to be gott concerninge the Maryners, and he doubtes not of the States resolucon to keepe my Ld. of Warwicke in 2 tydes after the departure of our fleete.’’ Ete. 48 CLEMENT VII (1478-1534). Pope. Opposed Divorce of Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. PAPAL BULL, WRITTEN IN LATIN ON VELLUM, SIGNED BY THE SCRIVENER AND TWO OTHERS. [With pendant lead seal of Pope Clement VIT]. Large oblong folio, 1 page (small portion of text cut out). Rome, 4th June, Loee. £5 5s The decree is addressed to the nobleman Arnaldo de Gavareto, and establishes his right of inheritance to certain estates, and the property existing thereon, as numerated in detail in the document. 49 COBDEN (RICHARD, 1804-1865). Statesman. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED TO F. W. NEWMAN. 54 pp., 8vo. House of Commons, 13th April. £1 Is On political matters. .
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