In 1650, the chronicler of this anecdote dedicated his book to the subject of it, in the following strain:--“The many favours which I received from your noble family, especially from your Lordship, wrought upon a disposition, some-deal a pretender unto gratitude, how it might, in some measure or other, answer the respect and clear the heart, that had lain charged so long with benefits.” Such expressions seem to qualify the sense in which the affair just related should be taken, coming as it does from no unfriendly hand, and certainly could never have been indited in the way of serious censure on the prevailing character of Lord Herbert. While we cannot omit relating so striking a family incident, it evidently should not be too rigidly construed, when the recorder of it dedicates the recital to Lord Herbert himself at a future day, without offering any apology for introducing a narrative, which, to modern ears, reads exceedingly harsh and offensive; but it is clear that the Sub-Dean of Wells, never contemplated any unfavourable construction, relying probably on the generally well known character of his Lordship at the time of publication. Footnotes [7] Bayly. [93] Symonds. [93] Symonds. [23] Bayly, Ap. XX. [A] Elizabeth, his fourth daughter. [B] The Banqueting Hall. See plan, preceding Chapter I. [C] The Citadel, or Yellow tower of Gwent. The bridge crossing the moat was a gothic arched bridge, terminating with a drawbridge, leading direct from the tower to the bridge. See Plan of the Castle, preceding Chapter I. [23] Bayly, Ap. LI. [23] Bayly, Ap. XLVIII [D] From MSS. Badminton. [E] From MSS. Badminton. [F] From MSS. Badminton. [23] Bayly, Ap. VIII. [G] Mus. Brit. Bibl. Harl. 6852. Plut. LXIV. F. [H] Symonds in his Diary states that, on “Sunday, 14th [Sep.], About noon his Majesty left Raglan, and marched to Monmouth; thence that night to Hereford.” [56] Somers’ Tracts,--Iter Carolinum. [23] Bayly, Ap. XIV. [I] Gower, the poet. [23] Bayly, Ap. IX. and Ap. XLIX. CHAPTER VIII. THE EARL OF GLAMORGAN’S SECOND VISIT TO IRELAND. The Earl of Glamorgan, actuated by private claims and public business visited Ireland early in 1645, as already stated. Returning to England he again set out for Ireland in March of the same year, but being defeated in his intentions, he had to delay his departure until some months later, arriving at length in Dublin either in July or August. The Marquis of Ormond had been fully apprized of his Lordship’s mission through Charles the First’s letter from Oxford, dated the 27th of December, 1644, as also by personal communications with his Lordship during his first visit. The powers granted by the Crown to the Earl of Glamorgan and the nature of his patent, dated 1st of April, 1644–5, are matters of history, so remarkable as to have been already made the subject of distinct treatises, and their peculiar features ably discussed by Dr. Birch and others.