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What Took Place at Portsmouth August 23, 1628

           Whenhecomparedthepubliccrimesofthisministerstartlingcrimes,Europeancrimes,ifsowemaysaywiththeprivateandunknowncrimeswithwhichMiladyhadchargedhim,FeltonfoundthatthemoreculpableofthetwomenwhichformedthecharacterofBuckinghamwastheoneofwhomthepublicknewnotthelife.Thiswasbecausehislove,sostrange,sonew,andsoardent,madehimviewtheinfamousandimaginaryaccusationsofMiladydeWinteras,throughamagnifyingglass,oneviewsasfrightfulmonstersatomsinrealityimperceptiblebythesideofanant.

           Therapidityofhiswalkheatedhisbloodstillmore;theideathatheleftbehindhim,exposedtoafrightfulvengeance,thewomanheloved,orratherwhomheadoredasasaint,theemotionhehadexperienced,presentfatiguealltogetherexaltedhismindabovehumanfeeling.

           HeenteredPortsmouthabouteighto’clockinthemorning.Thewholepopulationwasonfoot;drumswerebeatinginthestreetsandintheport;thetroopsabouttoembarkweremarchingtowardthesea.

           FeltonarrivedatthepalaceoftheAdmiralty,coveredwithdust,andstreamingwithperspiration.Hiscountenance,usuallysopale,waspurplewithheatandpassion.Thesentinelwantedtorepulsehim;butFeltoncalledtotheofficerofthepost,anddrawingfromhispockettheletterofwhichhewasthebearer,hesaid,"ApressingmessagefromLorddeWinter."

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