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ROYALTY RESTORED
OR
LONDON UNDER CHARLES II.
by
J. FITZGERALD MOLLOY
*
TO THOMAS HARDY, ESQ.
DEAR MR. HARDY,
In common with all readers of the English language, I owe you a debt
of gratitude, the which I rejoice to acknowledge, even in so poor a
manner as by dedicating this work to you.
Believe me,
Faithfully yours always, J. FITZGERALD MOLLOY.
*
PREFACE TO FIRST EDITION.

No social history of the court of Charles II. has heretofore been written.
The Grammont Memoirs, devoid of date and detail, and addressed "to
those who read only for amusement," present but brief imperfect
sketches of the wits and beauties who thronged the court of the merry
monarch whilst the brilliant Frenchman sojourned in England. Pepys,
during the first nine years of the Restoration, narrates such gossip as
reached him regarding Whitehall and the practices that obtained there.
Evelyn records some trifling actions of the king and his courtiers, with
a view of pointing a moral, rather than from a desire of adorning a tale.
To supply this want in our literature, I have endeavoured to present a
picture of the domestic life of a king, whose name recalls pages of the
brightest romance and strangest gallantry in our chronicles. To this I
have added a study of London during his reign, taken as far as possible
from rare, and invariably from authentic sources. It will readily be seen
this work, embracing such subjects, could alone have resulted from
careful study and untiring consultation of diaries, records, memoirs,
letters, pamphlets, tracts, and papers left by contemporaries familiar
with the court and capital. The accomplishment of such a task
necessitated an expenditure of time, and devotion to labour, such as in
these fretful and impatient days is seldom bestowed on work.
As in previous volumes I have writ no fact is set down without
authority, so likewise the same rule is pursued in these; and for such as
desire to test the accuracy thereof, or follow at further length statements
necessarily abbreviated, a list is appended of the principal literature
consulted. And inasmuch as I have found pleasure in this work, so may
my gentle readers derive profit therefrom; and as I have laboured, so
may they enjoy. Expressing which fair wishes, and moreover
commending myself unto their love and service, I humbly take my
leave.
J. FITZGERALD MOLLOY.
*
LIST OF THE PRINCIPAL BOOKS, PAMPHLETS, TRACTS, AND
NEWSPAPERS, CONSULTED IN WRITING THIS VOLUME.

"Elenchus Motuum Nuperorum." Heath's "Flagellum; or, the Life and
Death of Oliver Cromwell." Banks' "Life of Cromwell." "Review of the
Political Life of Cromwell." "A Modest Vindication of Oliver
Cromwell." "The Machivilian Cromwellist." Kimber's "Life of
Cromwell." "The World Mistaken in Oliver Cromwell"(1668). "A
Letter of Comfort