He began to have respect for the King's person, when he knew that all England declared for a free parliament, and departed from Holland without order, as soon as he understood that there was nothing that could longer oppose the re- establishment of monarchal government, with a design to crave letters of recommendation to General Monk.
"Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete Transcribed From The Shorthand Manuscript In The Pepysian Library Magdalene College Cambridge By The Rev. Mynors Bright"
Samuel Pepys Commentator: Lord Braybrooke
Even ladies of European monarchal families were represented-the Queen of England and her daughters by works of art-the Empresses of Germany, Russia, and Austria as well as the Queen of Italy by costly laces-often the work of their own hands-and invaluable jewels-with romantic histories.
"By Water to the Columbian Exposition"
Johanna S. Wisthaler