[Footnote 252: François Faure, in his funeral sermon on Henrietta Maria. Mme de Motteville in her memoirs makes almost the same remark (ed. 1783). I, 261.] [Footnote 253: Diurnall Occurrences, May, 1641.] [Footnote 254: Add. MS., 27,962, I, f. 233. Cf. the remark of Giustiani, May 24th, 1641: "Li piu savii pero pronosticano a piena bocca che l'habbi ben tosto a reduirsi questa monarchia a governo interamente democratica."--P.R.O. Venetian Transcripts.] [Footnote 255: A little later (October 30th, 1641) the French ambassador in England, remembering that Father Philip belonged to the anti-Richelieu party, wrote asking if he should work for his "l'esloignement." Aff. Etran. Ang., t. 48.] [Footnote 256: Charles left the room after a few words with Rosetti, leaving his wife to make the offers described above, but there is no reason to doubt that she had his authority.] [Footnote 257: _Lettres de Henriette Marie à sa soeur Christine_, August 8th, 1641, pp. 57-9.] [Footnote 258: Pym, Hampden, Haselrig, Holles, Strode, in the Commons; in the Lords, Lord Kimbolton, the brother of Walter Montagu, who had been the King's personal friend and had accompanied him to Spain in 1624.] [Footnote 259: George Lord Digby, eldest son of the Earl of Bristol.] [Footnote 260: The narrow majority by which the Grand Remonstrance passed the House of Commons marked the formation of the constitutional Royalist party.] [Footnote 261: This version is a corruption of the real prophecy of Grebner, which was contained in a book given by him to Elizabeth and by Elizabeth to Trinity College, Cambridge. See "Monarchy or no Monarchy in England: Grebner his prophecy by William Lilly, student in Astrology" (1651).] CHAPTER VIII THE QUEEN AND THE WAR I 'Tis time to leave the books in dust, And oil the unused armour's rust, Removing from the wall The corselet of the hall. ANDREW MARVELL It would be impossible, within the limits of these studies, to give even a brief outline of the events of that momentous period of our history known as the Civil War. All that can be attempted is to indicate the various activities of Henrietta Maria in connection with it.