FROM THE ORIGINAL OF VANDYKE, IN THE COLLECTION OF

THE RIGHT HON THE EARL OF PEMBROKE.

OF THE

33540

KINGS OF ENGLAND,

NOW FIRST COLLECTED

From the Originals

IN ROYAL ARCHIVES, AND FROM OTHER AUTHENTIC SOURCES,
PRIVATE AS WELL AS PUBLIC.

EDITED,

WITH AN HISTORICAL INTRODUCTION AND NOTES,

BY

JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.R.S.,

HON. M.R.I.A., HON. M.R.S.L., F.S.A., ETC.

Nothing is so capable of giving a true account of History as Letters are; which describe
actions while they are alive and breathing, whereas all other relations are of actions past and
dead."-DEAN SWIFT.

VOL. II.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1846.