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The life and times of George Villiers, duke of Buckingham, Volume 3 (of 3)

Note 140 — Chapter III

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"In the Earl of Cork’s chapel at Youghal, where he was buried, there still remains the following hexastich to his memory:--

“Munster may curse the time that Villiers came

To make us worse, by leaving such a name

Of noble parts as none can imitate,

But those whose hearts are married to the State;

But if they press to imitate his fame,

Munster may bless the time that Villiers came.”

Biographia Britannica, vol. vi.

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