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Gaunt House

           ItwasasmuchinjuredbyitschargesinfittingoutanarmamentagainsttheSpaniards,duringthetimeoftheArmada,asbythefinesandconfiscationsleviedonitbyElizabethforharbouringofpriests,obstinaterecusancy,andpopishmisdoings.ArecreantofJames’stimewasmomentarilypervertedfromhisreligionbytheargumentsofthatgreattheologian,andthefortunesofthefamilysomewhatrestoredbyhistimelyweakness.ButtheEarlofCamelot,ofthereignofCharles,returnedtotheoldcreedofhisfamily,andtheycontinuedtofightforit,andruinthemselvesforit,aslongastherewasaStuartlefttoheadortoinstigatearebellion.

           LadyMaryCaerlyonwasbroughtupataParisianconvent;theDauphinessMarieAntoinettewashergodmother.Intheprideofherbeautyshehadbeenmarriedsold,itwassaidtoLordGaunt,thenatParis,whowonvastsumsfromthelady’sbrotheratsomeofPhilipofOrleans’sbanquets.TheEarlofGaunt’sfamousduelwiththeCountdelaMarche,oftheGreyMusqueteers,wasattributedbycommonreporttothepretensionsofthatofficer(whohadbeenapage,andremainedafavouriteoftheQueen)tothehandofthebeautifulLadyMaryCaerlyon.ShewasmarriedtoLordGauntwhiletheCountlayillofhiswound,andcametodwellatGauntHouse,andtofigureforashorttimeinthesplendidCourtofthePrinceofWales.Foxhadtoastedher.MorrisandSheridanhadwrittensongsabouther.

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