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And now, quitting Nelly's household and other expenses, it is time to turn to matters of more moment.

In the autumn of 1679 died Mrs. Roberts, the daughter of a clergyman, who had lived with the King, though she is not known to have had aay children by him. She had sent for Burnet when dying, and expressed her sense of sorrow for her