Pleasure Reconciled to Virtue 7

National Archives, SP 14/95/3, fol. 6

Letter, Nathaniel Brent to Sir Dudley Carleton , 2 January 1618, London . Two separate sheets: the letter occupies pp. 1-3; p. 4 subscription.

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The happie newes of ye Kings new grand-child at Heidelberg hath caused ye Streets in London ^ ⎡to⎤ shine with bon-fiers, and hath almost put ye his majes tie out of his melancholye humor which hath to much possessed him this Christmas. I haue heard som ould courtiers say they never knew so sad a court in so merri a time. the Queen hath caused ye Ladies maske to be put of which my my Lor d Hay should haue made at ye robes last night. the other which ye Prince is to make in the banqueting house on 12th night, and wherein


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him self is to be an actor, is likely to hould. your Lordship hath heard before this time yt ye marchands of Middleburgh& ye East Indies haue undertaken to furnish ye Exchequer with 50000^li; of which his majes tie hath bin pleased to assigne for Ireland 12000^li, for ye Arrerages of ye Artillerie 8000^li, for Marquis Hammelton 8000^li for my Lor d D'Aubigni 4000^li for my Lor d Hay 3000^li, for my Lor d Haddington 2000^li, and 4000^li for ye Princes maske. al which he wil most gratiously performe if there be not to much difficultie found in ye collecting of it.

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CSPD 1611-18, 510-11
Bentley (1941-68), 4.669-70
H&S, 10.577
Orgel & Strong, 1.279
M. Sullivan (1913), 106, n. 3