The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1914-05-10

James, Duke or monmouth, son uI
Charles II. and the "brown, beauti-
ful. bold but insipid creature" Lucy
Walter or Walters. IN hero wor-
shipped by Mrs. EvAS NErEAN in
on the LcU of Throne G.ane) ::
somewhat tawdry hero and very
ardent worshpper. sufficiently aware
of her IDOLS clayfootedness To note
that "to defend Monmouth a certain
valor Is needed" OF that valor dis
erection is no part. Monmouth was
two men: one handsome. with the
graces and the vices of IA giddy court
wanton in his escapades amorous or
murderous. puppet of conspirators the
other brave, magnanimous, a credit Ia
the throne at whose left" he stood
very stuart.
Intriguing with the ladies in wait
ing and later with those who played
for higher stakes. he il n less royal
Monmouth than the man Of mercy whd
spared the Covcnanters after Boutwell,
Bridge. Pusillanimous in his pleading for
undeservcd forgiveness at the hands
of King James, ready To abjurc his
religion to save not his soul but his
neck. what revival Of innate but court
stified virtues was II that gave him
courage and dignity on the scaffold?
Excellent and efficient in his service
in Holland; later. how ptiful a spectacle
in that ahort.vc rebellion that ended
with its figurehead's abandonment oi
| his men To the savage judgment OF
| Jeffreys and the Bloody Assize." him
self. the leader. to he plucked. a drag
gled captive. ANONYMOUSLY out of the
depths of a dirty ditch.
Badly born acknowledged bastard o,
king. his death Ike his birth becam,
subject of quarrel. with its manufac.
tured mystery of the Iron Mask. Mar.
ried to cold" woman. Anna. Duches,
Of Buccleuch the woman who woulC
| be queen" he had soul mate.
| Henrietta Lady Wentworth: and in hi
| llicit relation with her he was loyal
! The Buccleuch Manuscript IN its re-
port Of his talk with the four Bishop.
who stayed with him in prison thu
| night before his execution is quantity
| luotable:
/, was TOO true that he hadde for loni
| time lived very dissolute and irreEuii
! NE: for the last two yeares he had mRd
a. his business 20 lead a more sober an,
| before: toward the cnecUng thereof ne a.,
/ what he could 20 subdew ana mpr'!n" hi
body by frequent fasting and pray"r.
| when he was married 70 the Duches -
| Monmouth he was vcrle young ana undo
age. and did not weel know what he Ill
| or obleldge himself to perform on tht
| accompt The "becam" father while Il
| Wales at the aga of ID. they .tyl: ne Ia,
! not that perfect love aud affection for H..
| that either she deserved or he wished him
| self 70 have had toward her. which wa
The occasone Of his goeng 50 tr"quentl,
| ,st-ay from her; he aud IA" i.adir Hen
rieta Wentworth had consulted God e.
| prayer and fasting about e.. ami was sat
| sned In their consceuces - the lunocen
ole and sinccrit!e OF the Intention.
His "honor rooted in dishonor stood.
and the Monmouth Of the histories an,
The encyclopedias is more attractive
nerson than the WhtcwaShcd Mon
mouth. Nothing is gained for him -
my one else 10y digging M the mate
rails already well considered and dis
arded. Recent inVestiga ions of tn
facts of Lucy Walters life have no
been particularly 'convncing,' an
Ven We're they 50, could not be partc,l
arly valuable.
Mrs. Nepean has examined the Duke
pockctbook, "Brit, Mus. t:G. l52
Farnh,' and transcrihes interestln
iassages. she makes live personalitie
him. his wife and his mistress, AN
| hats entertainingly of their home,
Dalkeith House and Toddington Manor
nd her predatory catalogue Of Mon
louth portraits is comprehensive AN
worth having. Several Of the portrait
re reproduced.