Old Virginia and her neighbours

THE COMING OF THE CAVALIERS. 21and promulgated by the eminent historian Robertson,that Virginia proclaimed Charles II. as sovereigna year ortwo before he was proclaimed inEngland.^ The absurdity of this story was longago pointed out ; ^ but since error has as many livesas a cat, one may still' -^hear it repeated.Charles n.. T-iCharles II. was proclaimed kino- m tine'- proclaimed^king-.land on the 8th of May, 1660, and inVirginia on the 20th of September following.^October the royal commission for Berkeley arrived,and the governor may thus have felt that the conditionson which he accepted his office from theassembly were no longer binding. Our next chapterwill show how lightly he held them.If one may judge from the public accounts ofYork County in 1660, expressed in the arithmeticof a tobacco currency, the 20th of September musthave been a joyful occasion :—Att the proclaiming of his sacred MaistyTo y^ Ho^^