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" In July, 1648, he lost his eldest son, Kenelm, in the royal cause at St. Neot's ; shortly before which event he returned to England, and, after some difficulties, was, we are told, allowed to compound for his estate ; but he was still too obnoxious to the Parliament to be permitted to remain, and the Commons passed a resolution that he should leave the kingdom, and that if he was afterward found within it, without leave of the House, he should forfeit both his estate and his life. Nor, it wil...l be seen, were the suspicions entertained of his de- signs, without some foundation. He was again kindly received in France by Hen- rietta Maria, Queen of England, who had appointed him her Chancellor, a situation which he held until his death ; and, soon afterwards, he was sent by her Majesty into Italy on a mission to Pope Innocent the Tenth. The favour with which his Holi- ness at first treated him was, according to Aubrey, soon lost, in consequence of the improper haughtiness and freedom which INTRODUCTION.
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