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George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Colonial history. (search)
ssion. Though he was not himself a regicide, his zeal made him virtually an accomplice, by his influence over others. Evelyn's Memoirs, II. 3 He could not consider consequences, and zeal overwhelmed his judgment. Nor was he entirely free from tthe last week of his life, he spent his time in dissoluteness, toying with his mistresses, and listening to lovesongs. Evelyn. If decision ever broke through his abject vices, it was but a momentary flash; a life of pleasure sapped his moral coura that he might once more see the sun. Barillon, in Dalrymple, App. to p. i. b. i. Compare James' II. Memoirs, i. 746; Evelyn, III. 130, 131. He desired absolution; For God's sake, send for a Catholic priest; but checked himself, adding, it may exn, his mistresses. Do not leave poor Nelly Gwyn to starve, was almost his last commission. Burnet, II. 284. So, too, Evelyn, III. 132. Such was the lewd king of England, on whose favor depended the liberties of the New England colonies, wher
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 12: (search)
uld have intimidated the members of the profligate cabinet. The affairs of New England were often discussed; but the privy council was overawed by the moral dignity which they could not comprehend. There were great debates, in which the king Evelyn,. II. 343 took part, in what style 1671 May 26. to write to New England. Charles himself commended this affair more expressly, because the colony was rich and strong; able to contest with all other plan- Chap. XII.} 1671. tations about them; ch, of their breaking from all dependence on this nation. Some of the council proposed a menacing letter, which those who better understood the peevish and touchy humor of that colonie were utterly against. After many days, it was concluded, Evelyn, II. 344. that, if any, it June 6. should be only a conciliating paper at first, or civil letter; for it was understood they were a people almost upon the very brink of renouncing any dependence upon the crown. Information of the present face o
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 13: (search)
e of 1663 Mar. 24. north latitude to the River San Matheo, was accordingly erected into one territory; and the historian Clarendon, the covetous though experienced minister, hated by the people, faithful only to the king; Pepys, i. 192, 366. Evelyn. Monk, so conspicuous in the restoration, and now ennobled as duke of Albemarle; Lord Craven, Life of Lord Keeper Guilford, 393. Pepys, i. 115. a brave Cavalier, an old soldier of the German discipline, supposed to be husband to the queen of He loved wealth without being a slave to avarice; and, though he would have made no scruple of robbing the devil or the altar, Pepys, i. 366. he would not pervert the course of judgment, or be bribed into the abandonment of his convictions. Evelyn, II. 361, asserts positively that Shaftesbury did not advise the king to invade the exchequer. Lingard is severe in his judgment. If, as lord chancellor, he sometimes received a present, his judgment was never suspected of a bias. Quick to disc
George Bancroft, History of the United States from the Discovery of the American Continent, Vol. 2, 17th edition., Chapter 14: (search)
ered, that a new 1669 May. one might be issued to Lord Culpepper, who had succeeded in acquiring the shares of all the associates. The grant was extremely oppressive, for it included plantations which had long been cultivated. Beverley, 65. Chalmers, 330. But the prodigality of the king was not exhausted. To Lord Culpepper, one of the most cunning and most covetous men in England, Hartwell, Blair, and Chilton, 31. at the time a member of the commission for trade and plantations, Evelyn, ii. 342. and to Henry, earl of Arlington, the best bred person at the royal court, allied to the monarch as father-in-law to the king's son by Lady Castlemaine, ever in debt exceedingly, and passionately fond of things rich, polite, and prince- 1673 Feb. 25. v, Ibid. 372, 431. the lavish sovereign of England gave away all the dominion of land and water, called Virginia. For Chap. XIV.} the full term of thirty-one years. Hening, ii. 569—583, 427—521. Bark, ii. App. XXXIV., &c The