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Gilbert Burnet: The Duke of...

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The Duke of Buckingham gave me once a short but severe character of the two brothers. It was the more severe, because it was true: the King (he said) could see things if he would, and the Duke would see things if he could.

Source: Referring to Charles II and James II in History of My Own Times.
-- Gilbert Burnet, (Sep 8 1643-1715), Scottish theologian, religious leader; He was an influential bishop who offered confidential advise to William and Mary; wrote History of His Time, 1734.


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