‘Accordingly I hid myself in some thick underwood, determining to devote the ensuing hours to reflection on my situation.’

Whitetop is an invasive species in North America.

‘How about we all try a policy of non-involvement for once? A little laissez-faire?’

Sir, it is three dayes since I saw the Prince: what his happier affayres may be, are to me vnknowne: but I haue (missingly) noted, he is of late much retyred from Court, and is lesse frequent to his Princely exercises then formerly he hath appeared.