[81] As to the character of Robartes, see Clarendon's _Life_, Cont., p. 198; 'vicious under the appearances of virtue,' Burnet's _Own Times_, i. 98; 'vieux sacripante, &c.,' _Mem. de Grammont_, chap. viii. Carte's _Ormonde_, ii. 378 _sqq._, Ormonde to Ossory, February 16, 1668-9, _ib._ appx. On the other hand, Lord Herbert of Cherbury thought his conversation most pleasing. The instructions to Robartes are in State Papers, _Ireland_, calendared at July 29, 1669, and drafts of them in the same vol. pp. 740-746. Duchess of Ormonde to George Mathew, February 1668-9, _Ormonde Papers_, new series, iii. 442. The Presbyterian Patrick Adair, while praising Robartes, does not deny that he was 'somewhat morose in his temper and carriage,' _True Narrative_, chap. xviii. [82] As to the Tories from 1664 to 1667, see 32nd _Report_ of the Deputy Keeper of Public Records, pp. 92-97; as to Nangle, State Papers, _Ireland_, July 17, 18, 1666; as to Costello, _ib._ March 11, 16, 1666-7. There is much about Tories and highwaymen in Orrery's _State Letters_, particularly those to Ormonde in March 1666-7. Proclamation, June 3, 1668, State Papers, _Ireland_. Sir Peter Pett to Williamson, May 23, _ib._ [83] Ormonde to Ossory, February 16, 1668-9, in appx. to Carte's _Ormonde_, vol. ii. Cal. of State Papers, _Ireland_, pp. 1-6. There is a good deal about Lady Robartes in _Mem. de Grammont_, chap. viii., but the scandalous chronicler cannot say much against her. Duchess of Ormonde to George Mathew, March 6, 1668-9, _Ormonde Papers_, iii. 442. [84] Lord O'Brien's letters to Williamson in October 1669, State Papers, _Ireland_; Armourer to same, October 31, _ib._; Lord Herbert of Cherbury to same, October 4, _ib._; the King to Robartes, December, n.d.; Robartes to the King, December 7, _ib._ Marvell's letter of March 21, 1670. Airy's edition of Burnet with the notes, i. 482. 'I am,' said Locke, 'more a friend to the clergy and their calling than those amongst them who show their forwardness to leave the word of God to serve other employments. The office of a minister of the Gospel requires the whole man,' _Third Letter for Toleration_. [85] Arlington to Robartes, February 19, 1669-70, State Papers, _Ireland_; Frowde to Williamson, April 23, May 14, _ib._; Leigh to Williamson, June 11, _ib._ [86] State Papers, _Ireland_, February 20 and March 23, 1661, for Fitzharris. Orrery to Arlington, _ib._ November 8, 1665. Warrant for Colonel Edward Vernon and others, _ib._ July 1669. Vernon had received Alden's confidences in 1663, Carte's _Ormonde_, ii. 262. [87] Grey's _Debates_, November 25, 1669; Marvell's _Letters_, nos. 128 and 129, but the latter is dated November 4 in Grosart's edition, which cannot be right, probably a mistake for December.