OF

CHARLES THE SECOND

BY THE

HONOURABLE HENRY SIDNEY,

(AFTERWARDS EARL OF ROMNEY)

INCLUDING HIS CORRESPONDENCE

WITH

THE COUNTESS OF SUNDERLAND,

AND OTHEr distinguISHED PERSONS AT THE ENGLISH COURT;

TO WHICH ARE ADDED,

LETTERS ILLUSTRATIVE OF THE TIMES OF

JAMES II. AND WILLIAM III.,

EDITED, WITH NOTES, BY

R. W. BLENCOWE, ESQ. A.M.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1843.