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had she possessed such a pair of eyes as the painter has given her. Two Etruscan vases, and a good composition Eagle from the antique, finish the or- naments of this room.

In the gilt-room, Mr. Thymic, half length. Earl of Strafford, half length. Having else- where* repeated what I considered the indisputed charge of ingratitude on the part of Charles I. to- wards this nobleman; let me here make the amende honorable, by transcribing from the memorandum- book of Dr. Birch, preserved in the British Mu- seum, the following minute. " The King, upon the " impeachment of Strafford, went to the House of tc Lords, and desired that the articles against him ' i might be read, which was accordingly done. But " many Lords called out, Privilege, Privilege; ''< and when he departed, it was ordered that no " entry should be made of the Kmg's demand, or " the keeper's compliance." The King offered to come to the Tower with a great train, and ailord him an opportunity of escaping, but lie ret used.

Thomas Howard Earl of Arundel; to whom the arts are more indebted for their encouragement, than to any nobleman of the age in which he lived. He carried his passion for virii; to uch a height as to neglect his private an J public concerns; and

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