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Wisdom, and folly, understanding, & credulity tho' opposites, were blended in his character, indeed to an exact observer of human nature, they often appear in the same Man. Before his restoration he had a Son by [[underline]] Lucy Waters [[/underline]] or Barlow call'd [[underline]] Duke of Monmouth; [[/underline]] when he married [[underline]] Catherine of Portugal 1662 [[/underline]] he kept [[underline]] Mrs Palmer [[/underline]] who became [[underline]] Lady Castelmaine [[/underline]] and after that was created [[underline]] Duchess of Cleveland [[/underline]] of whose Children I shall afterwards speak, then he saw [[underline]] Mlle de Kerouaille, [[/underline]] whom he very much loved, she was created [[underline]] Duchess of Portsmouth, [[/underline]] in England, and [[underline]] Louis XIV [[/underline]] to oblige [[underline]] Charles [[/underline]] made her [[underline]] Duchess d'Aubigné [[/underline]] in France to descend to her Son [[underline]] Prince Charles Duc of Lenox [[/underline]] and his heirs male. At Winchester the ˄ [[addition]] king [[/addition]] met with the Celebrated actress [[underline]] Nell Gwin [[/underline]] he liked her some time she had a Son
