pies thirty-six pages, with interlinear corrections and
additions. This Ms. does not contain the words _This brief narrative_, &c.
nor the letter dated the 3d Nov. 1681.
"THRENODIA CAROLINA."
(1) "This book contains S^r Tho. Herberts memoirs being the original in
his own hand sent to S^r W^m Dugdale in 1678."
(2) "A true and perfect narrative of the most remarkable passages
relating to king Charles the first of blessed memory, written by the
proper land of S^r Thomas Herbert baronet, who attended upon his
ma^{tie} from Newcastle upon Tine, when he was sold by the Scotts,
during the whole time of his greatest afflictions, till his death and
buriall; w^{ch} was sent to me S^r Will^m Dugdale knight, garter
principall king of armes, in Michaellmasse Terme a^o. 1678, by the said
S^r Thomas Herbert, from Yorke, where he resideth."
"VERITAS ODIUM PARIT."
(3) "Court passages in the two last yeares of the raigne of king
Charles the first, during y^e time of his affliction."
2. The Harleian Ms. in the British Museum, No. 4705.
This Ms. is in small folio. It was formerly in the possession of Peter
le Neve, norroy. A preliminary leaf has the subjoined attestation by
sir William Dugdale. The narrative is much more ample and
circumstantial than in the former Ms., but it is not all in the
handwriting of sir Thomas Herbert. The letter dated 3 November 1681,
and the relations of Huntington, Cooke, and Firebrace, are added in the
handwriting of Dugdale; also, the names of persons who corresponded
with Charles I. while he was a prisoner in the Isle of Wight. The
passages transcribed by the REV. ALFRED GATTY appear in this Ms.--also
in the edition of 1702. The edition of 1813 is a _verbatim_ reprint of
the first and second articles of that of 1702. It was edited by Mr.
George Nicol.
"CAROLINA THRENODIA."
"This booke containeth a large answer to a short letter sent by S^r
Will^m Dugdale kn^t (garter; principall king of armes) unto S^r Thomas
Herbert baronet, {260} residing in the citty of Yorke. By w^{ch} letter
he did desire the sayd S^r Thomas Herbert to informe him of such
materiall passages, as he had observed touching the late king Charles
the first (of blessed memory) during the time that he the sayd S^r
Thomas did attend him in person; B^t for the two last yeares of his
aff
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