^{page 298 note *} S. P. O. Dom. Jas. I. xxiii. 32. Chamberlain writes to Carleton, that the Earl of Salisbury is too indulgent to his young son.

page 298 note † Nichols's Progresses of James I. vol. i. p. 478.

page 298 note ‡ S. P. O. Dom. Jas. I. xii. 2. Will Lytton's letters are mentioned at a later date (Jan. 1610) as much commended by Lord Salisbury, who would have “given a thousand pounds his son could do as much.” S. P. O. lii. 23; printed in Birch's James I. vol. i. p. 102. See also Birch, vol. i. p. 142.

page 298 note § Nichols's Progresses of James I. vol. i. p. 555.

^{page 299 note *} S. P.O. xv. 51. Printed in Lives of the Devereux, Earls of Essex, vol. ii. p. 224.

page 299 note † S. P. O. xv. 104.

page 299 note ‡ See his letters to his father. S. P. O. xvii. 92, and xx. 30.

page 299 note § Preserved at Hatfield House; extracts from them have been printed by Miss Aikin, Court of James I. vol. i. p. 399, having been obtained from transcripts made by Dr. Haynes, editor of the Burghley Papers.

page 299 note ‖ Court of James I. vol. i. p. 399.

page 299 note ¶ S. P. O. Dom. Jas. I. xxxvii. 52.

^{page 299 note **} See Winwood's Memorials, iii. 175, and S. P. O. xxxviii. 54; printed in Birch's James I. vol. i. p. 84.

page 299 note †† Aikin's Court of James I. vol. i. p. 402.

^{page 300 note *} Winwood's Memorials, iii. 154.

page 300 note † May 24, 1610, Chamberlain writes to Sir Ralph Winwood: “The young Lord Cranbourne took occasion, upon this accident, to come posting away, which, yf there had been any stirring, was not the meanes to avoid, but rather to runne into danger; but the world apprehends he had another errand homeward, and a stronger adamant to drawe him hither, the desire to gather the first fruits of his fayre young lady.” Winwood's Memorials, iii. 175.

page 300 note † S. P. 0. lv. 20 and 23.

page 300 note § Winwood's Memorials, iii. 213.

page 300 note ‖ Afterwards physician to Anne of Denmark, and to Charles I.; he was knighted in 1636, and died in 1657, æt. 92.

page 300 note ¶ Chamberlain, writing to Carleton, Nov. 8, 1608, speaks of him as “a traveller of no note or account, but only preferred by Dr. Wilson.” S. P. O. xxxvii. 53, printed in Birch's Jas. I. vol. i. p. 80. He was afterwards assistant master of the ceremonies and a knight; and died in 1641 set. 70. He wrote Fineti Philoxenus, &c. An unfavourable character of him is to be seen in Weldon's Court of James I. f. 92 (1651).

^{page 300 note **} S. P. O. lviii. 29.

page 300 note †† S. P. O. lviii. 76, 81, 83.

page 300 note ‡‡ S. P. O. lviii. 93.

^{page 301 note *} S. P. O. lviii. 94.

page 301 note † Winwood's Memorials, iii. 257.

page 301 note ‡ Winwood's Memorials, iii. 257.

page 301 note § S. P. O. lxi. 83.

page 301 note ‖ Chamberlain to Sir D. Carleton. S. P. O. lxviii. 35. Printed in Birch's James I. vol. i. p. 133.