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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Royalty Restored/London Under Charles II by J. Fitzgerald Molloy: king." Around this noble residence, where the court was wont to
tarry in summer months, stretched broad and flowerful gardens,
with wide parterres, noble statues, sparkling fountains, and
marble vases; and beyond lay the park, planted "with swete rows
of lime-trees."
And here all day long, in the fair summer time of this year,
pleasure held boundless sway. Sauntering in balmy gardens, or
seeking shelter from sun-rays in green glades and leafy groves,
their majesties, surrounded by their brilliant court, chased
bright hours away in frolic and pleasantry from noon till night.
Then revelry, gaining new life, began once more, when courtly
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