about a yeare and a halfe,' save that on 'Sept.

7th.

Went with my Wife and dear cosin to St.Germains, and kissed the Queene-mother's hand.' He remained in Paris till the end of June, 1650, when he made a flying visit to England, and again obtained a pass from Bradshaw to proceed to France.
On 30th August, he was back again in Paris, where he stayed till his final return to England in February 1652.

His life in Paris at this time was that of a cultured _dilletante_.

He studied, or at any rate dabbled in, chemistry, philosophy, theology, and music; and he found amusement in examining gardens and collections of all sorts of virtuosities and antiquities.