...records the scene at Whitehall, a week before the king's decease : — " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total neglectfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which this day sennight I was witness of, the king...

...Evelyn describes it at a later time. " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and prophaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and, as it were, total...this day se.nnight I was witness of; the King sitting nnd toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland [Chtffcmainc], Mazarin, &n. A French boy singing...

...all dissoluteness, and as it were total neglectfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which Uiis day sennight I was witness of, the king sitting and...Portsmouth, Cleveland, Mazarine, &c. ; a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery ; whilst about twenty of the great courtiers and other dissolute...

...The last scene in which he was engaged well illustrates his character. " I can never forget," says Evelyn, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness,...dissoluteness, and, as it were, total forgetfulness of God, being Sunday evening, which this day se'nnight I was witness of — the king sitting and toying with...

...described by Evelyn, as he saw them shortly before the death of Charles : — " I can never forgut the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming, and all dissoluteness, and as it were total forgetfulncss of Goil (it being Sunday eveninc). which this day se'nnight I was witness of, the king...

...Charles II. was very bad. The following is a scene as described by Evelyn:— " I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...day se'nnight I was witness of. The King, sitting . . . with Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarene, a French boy, singing low songs in that glorious gallery,...

...Church. On the very evening of the Sunday that he was consecrated (Jan. 25th, 1685), says Evelyn, " I was witness of the King, sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c., a French boy singing love-songs in that glorious gallery, while about twenty of...

...records the scene at Whitehall, a week before the king's decease : — "I can never forget," he says, "the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were total neglectfulness of God, it being Sunday evening, which this day sennight I was witness of, the king...

...A week after he recorded his impressions of the scene which he there witnessed: "I can never forget the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming,...total forgetfulness of God, it being Sunday evening. The king sitting and toying with his concubines, Portsmouth, Cleveland, and Mazarine, &c. : a French...

...which Sunday was disposed of by the virtuous King and his courtiers. " I can never forget," he says, " the inexpressible luxury and profaneness, gaming and all dissoluteness, and as it were a total forgetfulness of God (it being Sunday evening,) which this day se'nnight I was witness of;...