New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1914-06-21

The doings at the court OF Charles IL
of England were anything but forinat
as is shown in this instance revived oy
Charles Knight from the BoscoDei
Tracts:
Charles more than once dined with
the good citizens Of London on tneH
Lord Mayors Day, and did so the year
Sir Robert Viner was Mayor. Sir Rod
ert was a very loyal man, and IL you
will allow the expression, very fono OIL
his sovereign; but what with the JOY
he felt at heart for the honor done MIN
bv his prince, and the warmth ne was
in with continual toasting healths 10
the royal family, his lordship grew
little too free with his majesty, ana
entered into a familiarity not alto
gether graceful in SO public place
The King understood very well how TO
extricate himself in all such difficulties,
and. with a hint TO the company 10
avoid ceremony, stole OF and mace
toward his coach. which stood ready
for him in the Guildhall yard. But the
Mayor liked his company so well and
was grown so intimate that he pursued
him hastily, and, catching him fast by
the hand, cried out with a vehement
oath and accent. sir, you shall stay
and take t'other bottle! The airy mon
arch looked kindly at him over his
shoulder, and with a smile and
graceful air repeated this line of the
old song:
"'He that's drunk is as great as king
and Immediately turned back and COM
piled with his hosts invitation.
A KING THE COMPLIANT OF A
PlcKPocKET.
Charles enjoyed a practical joke.
on one of his birthdays pickpocket
had obtained admittance to the draw
ing room, disguised in the dress OF a
gentleman, and commenced the practice
of his profession by extracting a gold
snuffbox from a nobleman's pocket.
Scarce had he done so when he saw the
King looking at him; but knowing
Charles's disposition, he had the con-
summate impudence to put his finger
to his nose and wink knowingly at his
majesty to hold his tongue. few
minutes afterward, by which time the
thief had made off, the King was ex-
ceedingly amused by perceiving the
nobleman feeling in his pockets for the
box. At length he could resist no
longer and called out to the victim
You need not trouble yourself, my
lord; your box is gone and am an ac-
complete in the theft; the rascal made
me his confidant "
Such lack of form would never have
been tolerated in the court Of Charles
II of Spain, where the forms OF ETH
quette were rigidly upheld.
The second Queen of Charles II of
Spain was enjoying the chase on one
occasion when she took fell from her
horse. Her foot was caught in the
stirrup and she was dragged along the
ground. The Queen had forty-three at
tendants with her, but not one of them
moved hand or foot. They stared at
her plight in open-mouthed helpless
ness because no one except the Grand
Equerry had the right to touch the
! Queen when she was on horseback. AT
/ last, when she was in actual danger of
/ death, two gentlemen went to help her.
They disengaged the royal foot and
promptly prepared their swiftest horses,
ready to fly for their lives on account
of the SCATTERING of custom of which
they had been guilty. They were par
doned, by King Charles only upon in
/ tercession of the Queen.
! The narrator of this incident is also
responsible for another in which the
| Queen OF Spain was prominent. At a
time in history when silk was more of
luxury than it is to-day, and silk