THE
WITS AND BEAUX OF SOCIETY
BY
GRACE AND PHILIP WHARTON
New Edition with a Preface
BY
JUSTIN HUNTLY McCARTHY, M. P.
And the original illustrations by
H. K. BROWNE AND JAMES GODWIN
TWO VOLS.—VOL. I.
New York
WORTHINGTON CO., 747 BROADWAY
1890
DEDICATION.
Dear Mr. Augustin Daly,
May I write your name on the dedication page of this new edition of anold and pleasant book in token of our common interest in the people andthe periods of which it treats, and as a small proof of our friendship?
Sincerely yours,
JUSTIN HUNTLY M'CARTHY.
London, July, 1890.
CONTENTS.
p. xi Preface to the Present Edition
p. xxv Preface to the Second Edition
p. xxix Preface to the First Edition
GEORGE VILLIERS, SECOND DUKE OF BUCKINGHAM.
Signs of the Restoration.—Samuel Pepys in his Glory.—A RoyalCompany.—Pepys 'ready to Weep.'—The Playmate of CharlesII.—George Villiers's Inheritance.—Two Gallant YoungNoblemen.—The Brave Francis Villiers.—After the Battle ofWorcester.—Disguising the King.—Villiers in Hiding.—Heappears as a Mountebank.—Buckingham's Habits.—A DaringAdventure.—Cromwell's Saintly Daughter.—Villiers and theRabbi.—The Buckingham Pictures and Estates.—YorkHouse.—Villiers returns to England.—Poor MaryFairfax.—Villiers in the Tower.—Abraham Cowley, thePoet.—The Greatest Ornament of Whitehall.—Buckingham's Witand Beauty.—Flecknoe's Opinion of Him.—His Duel with the Earlof Shrewsbury.—Villiers as a Poet.—As a Dramatist.—A FearfulCensure!—Villiers's Influence in Parliament.—A Scene in theLords.—The Duke of Ormond in Danger.—Colonel Blood'sOutrages.—Wallingford House and Ham House.—'MadameEllen.'—The Cabal.—Villiers again in the Tower.—AChange.—The Duke of York's Theatre.—Buckingham and thePrincess of Orange.—His last Hours.—His Religion.—Death ofVilliers.—The Duchess of Buckingham.p. 1
COUNT DE GRAMMONT, ST. EVREMOND, AND LORD ROCHESTER.
De Grammont's Choice.—His Influence with Turenne.—The Church orthe Army?—An Adventure at Lyons.—A brilliant Idea.—DeGrammont's Generosity.—A Horse 'for theCards.'—Knight-Cicisbeism.—De Grammont's first Love.—HisWitty Attacks on Mazarin.—Anne Lucie de la MotheHoudancourt.—Beset with Snares.—De Grammont's Visits toEngland.—Charles II.—The Court of Charles II.—Introductionof Country-dance