The favorite of two kings, immensely rich, all-powerful in a kingdom which he disordered at his fancy and calmed again at his caprice, George Villiers, Duke of Buckingham, had lived one of those fabulous existences which survive, in the course of centuries, to astonish posterity.
Favorito de dos reyes, rico en millones, todopoderoso en el reino que agitaba según su fantasía y calmaba a su capricho, Georges Villiers, duque de Buckingham, había emprendido una de esas existencias fabulosas que quedan en el curso de los siglos como asombro para la posteridad.