[45] Dr. Wilkins published a book (_A Discovery of a New World_), concerning the art of flying, in which he said he did not question but in the next age it will be as usual to hear a man call for his wings when he is going a journey, as it is now to call for his boots. The Duchess of Newcastle objecting to Dr. Wilkins the want of baiting places on the way to his New World, he expressed his surprise that the objection should be made by a lady who had all her life been employed in building castles in the air. (_The Guardian_, No. 112. Addison.) This scheme does not seem to have reached the length of an experiment! [46] A most zealous Royalist; King Charles called him 'my plain-dealing chaplain,' because Dr. Hudson told him the truth when others would not. He was murdered at Woodcroft House, Northamptonshire, 1648. _Desiderata Curiosa_, p. 378. Peck. [47] _Annals of England_, p. 432. [48] i.e. the art of dial-making. [49] _Lives of the Gresham Professors._ Ward, p. 96. [50] _Memorials of the See of Chichester_, p. 290. CHAPTER IV. 1646-1658. DEATH OF MRS. M. WREN--KING CHARLES MURDERED--A MONOTONOUS WALK--INVENTIONS--A DREAM--ALL SOULS' FELLOWSHIP--BEGINNINGS OF ROYAL SOCIETY--ASTRONOMY--AN OFFER OF RELEASE--THE CYCLOID--CROMWELL'S FUNERAL--LETTERS FROM LONDON. La Royauté seule, depuis vingt ans, n'avait pas été mise à l'épreuve; seule elle avait encore à faire des promesses auxquelles on n'eut pas été trompé.... On y revenait enfin, après tant d'agitations comme au toit paternel qu'a fait quitter l'espérance et où ramène la fatigue.--_Monk_, par M. Guizot, p. 69.