notwithstanding being (as he saith) counselled by a friend of his, at that instant, to kill himselfe, it fell out well for him to opinionate himselfe [translating s'opiniatrer] yet in hope[…].

Lastly, the Grand Escuyer, or Master of the Horse, superintendent of the Premier Escuyer and other officers of the stables; his charge it is to march on horseback before the King, bearing a sword and belt, when his Majesty entreth into any city; but in those towns which have a parliament he carries ( in place thereof) a casque of blew velvet seméed with fleurs de lys, his own horse caparisoned with the like.

Although the estate had been shot previously, there had been no effective keepering and little success with the pheasants released.

Attempts to obtain a hydrazone of scopoline were also unsuccessful.