John Evelyn, diary entry (18 September 1683), quoted in Diary and Correspondence of John Evelyn, F.R.S. Vol. II (1854), p. 185
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It is true he was of a jolly temper, after the old English fashion; but France had now the ascendant, and we were become quite another nation.
— John Evelyn
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About Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English historian, statesman and grandfather of two queens regnant, Mary II and Anne.
About Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon (18 February 1609 – 9 December 1674) was an English historian, statesman and grandfather of two queens regnant, Mary II and Anne.
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