Lives of the last four princesses of the royal house of Stuart

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Princess Elizabeth much grieved — Appeals to the Lords —
Gives her letter to Earl of Pembroke — He delivers it to the
Lords — They vote it is a breach of their privileges, for the
Commons to dismiss servants of the royal children — Appoint a
committee of themselves to visit them and make inquiries —
Commons much displeased — Eleven of Elizabeth's servants
dismissed — Palace gates ordered to be closed at ten every night
— Kindness of the Countess of Dorset to her royal pupils
— Elizabeth promised in marriage to the Lord Herbert — Death
of Countess of Dorset ....... 154
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Elizabeth and Gloucester consigned to the care of the Earl and
Countess of Northumberland — Earl insists on having liberty to
treat them with proper respect — Takes them to Sion House —
Letter from Elizabeth to Princess-royal — Retrenchments
insisted on by the Commons — Earl of Northumberland selects
St. James's palace for the residence of Elizabeth, Gloucester,
and their attendants — The Duke of York captured and given
into the Earl's care by the Commons — Earl conducts him in
royal State to St. James's palace — Plague breaks out in
London — The Earl removes the King's children to Sion
House, when the commissioners are appointed to treat with
the King at Newcastle — The Earl of Pembroke, of his own
accord, waits on Elizabeth and her brothers, to hear their
messages to their royal father — News of the base sale of King
Charles to the English parliament by the Scotch army — Afflicts
Elizabeth and James — Northumberland takes them to Hampton
Court — Compelled suddenly to carry them to St. James's
palace, by intelligence of the seizure of the King at Holmby
House, by Cornet Joyce — King's letter to the Duke of York,
requesting to see his children — James sends the letter to both
Houses of Parliament, with earnest request to see his royal
father — They consent — The Earl of Northumberland conducts
the Princess and her two brothers to Maidenhead, whither
King Charles comes, escorted by Fairfax and others, to meet
them — Touching interview between the captive King and his
children — Cromwell weeps on witnessing the scene — They go
with the King to Caversham, and pass the night — The Earl
compelled to separate them next day — Children weep bitterly
— Plague breaks oat again near St. James's palace — The Earl
wishes to remove the royal children to Sion House — Parliament