Note 58 — Chapter II
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The death of this nobleman was remarkable. It had been foretold by his tutor and Lady Davis that he should not outlive his fiftieth birthday. The fatal day arrived; it found his Lordship very “pleasant and healthful,” and he supped that evening at the Countess of Bedford’s; he was then heard to remark that he should never trust a lady prophetess again. He went to bed in the same good spirits; but was carried off by a fit of apoplexy in the night. Before his interment it was resolved to embalm his body; when one of the surgeons plunged his knife into it, the Earl is said by a tradition in the family to have lifted up one of his hands. The Lady Davis, who had foretold the death of this nobleman, was imprisoned for some time. The Earl died in 1630.