FROM THE ORIGINAL OF HOLBEIN, IN THE COLLECTION OF

THE RIGHT HONBLE THE EARL OF EGREMONT.

JAMES ORCHARD HALLIWELL, ESQ., F.R.S.,

HON. M.R.I.A., HON. M.R.S.L., F.S.A., ETC.

"Nothing is so capable of giving a true account of History as Letters are; which describe
actions while they are alive and breathing, whereas all other relations are of actions past and
dead."-DEAN SWIFT.

IN TWO VOLUMES.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

HENRY COLBURN, PUBLISHER,

GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.

1848.