[1] Strickland's Elizabeth Stuart, p. 218; also Green's Princesses, VI. 38-41.
[4] Bromley Letters, pp. 285-288. Elizabeth to Rupert, March 4, 1658.
[7] Bromley Letters, pp. 189, 295, Elizabeth to Rupert.
[8] Bromley Letters, p. 286, March 4, 1658.
[10] Bromley, p. 167. Elector to Elizabeth, June 27, 1654.
[12] Add. MSS. 18982. Job Holder to Rupert, Aug. 1, 1654.
[14] Bromley Letters, pp. 170, 173, 315, 25 Aug., 25 Sept., Oct. 1654.
[15] Bromley Letters, p. 171, 25 Sept. 1654.
[16] Briefwechsel der Herzogin Sophie mit ihrem Brüder Karl Ludwig, p. 309. 5 Jan. 1678. Publication aus der Preussischen Staats Archiven.
[17] Memorien der Herzogin Sophie, p. 57.
[18] Halisser's Reinische Pfalz, II. p. 643.
[20] Reiger's Ausgelöschte Simmerischen Linie, ed. 1735. p. 182.
[21] Sprüner's Pfalzgraf Ruprecht, p. 134.
[22] Hist. MSS. Com. Rept. V. App. I. p. 152, Sutherland MSS.
[23] Allgemeine Deutsche Biographic, XXIX, 745.
[24] Briefwechsel der Herzogin Sophie, p. 4, 21 Oct 1658.
[25] Challoner Smith. Mezzotint Engraving, Part IV. Div II. pp. xxvi-xxx.
[27] Evelyn's Sculptura, 1662, Chap. VII. p. 145.
[29] Campbell's Admirals, 1785, Vol. II. p. 245.
RUPERT'S RETURN TO ENGLAND, 1660. VISIT TO VIENNA. LETTERS TO LEGGE
Charles II, so often accused of ingratitude, did not prove forgetful of the cousin who had endured so much in his service. No sooner had the Restoration established him in his kingdom, than he summoned Rupert to share in his prosperity, as he had formerly shared his ill-fortune. The summons found Rupert with the Emperor, and suffering from an attack of the fever, which had clung about him ever since his return from the West Indies.
"Your friend Rupert has not been well since he came into his quarters," wrote the Queen, his mother, to Sir Marmaduke Langdale. "He had like to have a fever, but he writes to me that it left him, onlie he was a little weak. As soon as he can he will be in England, where I wish myself, for this place is verie dull now, there is verie little company."[1] Her position at the Hague was, in truth, a sad and lonely one, but she was still able to write in her old merry style, rejoicing greatly in a mistake made by Sir Marmaduke, who had inadvertently sent to her a letter intended for his stewards, and to the stewards a letter intended for the Queen. "If I had you here, I would jeer you to some tune for it!" she said; and so, no doubt, she would have done. But in her next letter she confessed that she had herself "committed the like mistake manie times," and added more news of Rupert, who had gone away for change of air.[2] In a third letter she expressed { 294} satisfaction at the King's affection for Rupert, who was then at Brandenburg with his sister Elizabeth.[3] Before coming to England, the Prince also visited his youngest sister at Osnabrück, and it was late in September when he arrived in London.