_Scandal against Queen Elizabeth._--The following note occurs in vol. iv.
p. 135. of Burton's _Parliamentary Diary_:--
"Osborn,--see his works (1673), p. 442,--says, 'Queen Elizabeth had a
son, bred in the state of Venice, and a daughter, I know not where or
when;' with other strange tales that went on her I neglect to insert,
as fitter for a romance than to mingle with so much truth and integrity
as I profess."
Is this rumour any where else alluded to? and if so, upon what foundation?