R. BORN, PRINTER, GLOUCESTER STREET, REGENT’S PARK. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Transcriber’s Note There are several anomolies in the footnoting. Footnotes were numbered from 1 to 99, and then the sequence was repeated, starting with ‘1’. There are also a number notes which are denoted only with a traditional asterisk, etc. There is no apparent reason for the dual system. There is one instance, on p. 130, where a numbered footnote (138) is to be found referenced in a note (137) indicated with an asterisk. For this text, all footnotes have been re-sequenced numerically across the whole volume, to assure uniqueness. At the bottom of p. 25, the letter opening ‘MY DERE LORD’ is prefixed by an apparent footnote anchor, for which there is no matching note. This has been deemed a stray printer’s mark and removed. On p. 284, the paragraph ending ‘bonds with another man.’ was printed with, in the original, a footnote anchor ‘1’, but there is no matching footnote. The ‘1’ anchor is repeated on the following page, with the expected note. The anomolous anchor has been removed. Given the frequent quotations, it was inevitable that opening and closing quotation marks would sometimes be lost or misplaced. A sampling of these problematic passages reveals that the author has a tendency to paraphrase and otherwise misquote. They are placed here where the context or voice makes their position obvious, or where an inspection of the original sources was possible and allowed for the proper placement. 29.18 to himself and all good men.[”] Added. 29.20 [“]Sir George Goring, writing Removed. 32.2 than with his victuals.[”] Added. 45.5 which were by the Duke so freely Added. forgiven,[”] 59.2 [“]and then, when should they be paid?” Added. 60.17 were now content to forget him.[’]” Added. 80.13 on any minister of start[.] Added. 87.15 says Lord Clarend[e/o]n Replaced. 87.18 for the pardon of his errors;[”] Added. 87.21 even Lord Clarend[e/o]n observes Replaced. 92.13 apparently cau[ /s]eless melancholy Restored. 114.2 looking down into y[^e] hall Added. 118.25 his end was upon Satterdau morning[.] Added. 217.15 in which Shak[s/e]speare had a share Replaced. 238.8 “authorizing Thomas Gyles,[”] Added. 240.22 to have first drank of it herself[.] Added. 244.215.1 Jo[u/n]son,” p. 59. Replaced. 259.20 sent [to ]request a transcript Restored. 326.21 Letter from Sir Francis Netherso[t/l]e Replaced. End of the Project Gutenberg EBook of The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3), by Katherine Thomson