Whitehall.--My Lord Cleveland's gentlemen.--Sir Thomas Allen's
supper.--Touching for king's evil.--That none might lose their
labour--The man with the fungus nose.--The memory of the
regicides.--Cromwell's effigy.--Ghastly scene at Tyburn.--The
king's clemency.--The Coronation procession.--Sights and scenes
by the way.--His majesty is crowned

CHAPTER IV.

The king's character.--His proverbial grace.--He tells a story
well.--"A warmth and sweetness of the blood."--Beautiful Barbara
Palmer.--Her intrigue with my Lord Chesterfield.--James, Duke of
York. His early days.--Escape from St. James's.--Fights in the
service of France.--Marriage with Anne Hyde.--Sensation at
Court.--The Duke of Gloucester's death.--The Princess of Orange.
--Schemes against the Duke of York's peace.--The "lewd informer."
--Anne Hyde is acknowledged Duchess of York.

CHAPTER V.

Morality of the restoration.--Puritan piety.--Cromwell's
intrigues.--Conduct of women under the Republic.--Some notable
courtiers.--The Duke of Ormond and his family.--Lord St. Albans
and Henry Jermyn.--His Grace of Buckingham and Mistress Fairfax.
--Lord Rochester.--Delights all hearts.--The king's projected
marriage.--Catherine of Braganza.--His majesty's speech.--A royal
love-letter.--The new queen sets sail.

CHAPTER VI.