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29. 1688. ]

[Footnote 496: Register of the Proceedings of the States of Holland and
West Friesland; Burnet, i. 782. ]

[Footnote 497: London Gazette, Oct. 29. 1688; Burnet, i. 782. ; Bentinck
to his wife, Oct. 21/31 Oct. 22/Nov 1 Oct 24/Nov 3 Oct. 27/Nov 6 1688. ]

[Footnote 498: Citters. Nov. 2/12 1688: Adda, Nov. 2/12]

[Footnote 499: Ronquillo, Nov. 12/22 1688. "Estas respuestas," says
Ronquillo, "son ciertas, aunque mas las encubrian en la corte. "]

[Footnote 500: London Gazette, Nov. 5 1688. The Proclamation is dated
Nov. 2. ]

[Footnote 501: Tanner MSS. ]

[Footnote 502: Burnet, i. 787. ; Rapin; Whittle's Exact Diary; Expedition
of the Prince of Orange to England, 1688; History of the Desertion,
1688; Dartmouth to James. Nov. 5. 1688, in Dalrymple. ]

[Footnote 503: Avaux, July 12/22 Aug. 14/24 1688. On this subject, Mr.
De Jonge, who is connected by affinity with the descendants of the
Dutch Admiral Evertsen, has kindly communicated to me some interesting
information derived from family papers. In a letter to Bentinck, dated
Sept. 6/16 1688, William insists strongly on the importance of avoiding
an action, and begs Bentinck to represent this to Herbert. "Ce n'est
pas le tems de faire voir sa bravoure, ni de se battre si l'on le
peut eviter. Je luy l'ai deja dit: mais il sera necessaire que vous le
repetiez et que vous le luy fassiez bien comprendre. "]

[Footnote 504: Rapin's History; Whittle's Exact Diary. I have seen a
contemporary Dutch chart of the order in which the fleet sailed. ]

[Footnote 505: Adda, Nov. 1688; Newsletter in the Mackintosh Collection;
Citters Nov 6/16]

[Footnote 506: Burnet, i. 788. ; Extracts from the Legge Papers in the
Mackintosh Collection. ]

[Footnote 507: I think that nobody who compares Burnet's account of
this conversation with Dartmouth's can doubt that I have correctly
represented what passed. ]

[Footnote 508: I have seen a contemporary Dutch print of the
disembarkation. Some men are bringing the Prince's bedding into the hut
on which his flag is flying. ]

[Footnote 509: Burnet, i. 789. ; Legge Papers. ]

[Footnote 510: On Nov. 9. 1688, James wrote to Dartmouth thus: "Nobody
could work otherwise than you did. I am sure all knowing seamen must be
of the same mind. " But see Clarke's Life of James, ii. 207. Orig. Mem,]

[Footnote 511: Burnet, i. 790. ]

[Footnote 512: See Whittle's Diary, the Expedition of his Highness,
and the Letter from Exon published at the time. I have myself seen two
manuscript newsletters describing the pomp of the Prince's entrance into
Exeter. A few months later a bad poet wrote a play, entitled "The late
Revolution. " One scene is laid at Exeter. "Enter battalions of the
Prince's army, on their march into the city, with colours flying,
drums beating, and the citizens shouting. " A nobleman named Misopapas
says,--"can you guess, my Lord, How dreadful guilt and fear has
represented Your army in the court? Your number and your stature Are
both advanced; all six foot high at least, In bearskins clad, Swiss,
Swedes, and Brandenburghers. " In a song which appeared just after
the entrance into Exeter, the Irish are described as mere dwarfs in
comparison of the giants whom William commanded:

"Poor Berwick, how will thy dear joys
Oppose this famed viaggio?
Thy tallest sparks wilt be mere toys
To Brandenburgh and Swedish boys,
Coraggio! Coraggio! "

Addison alludes, in the Freeholder, to the extraordinary effect which
these romantic stories produced. ]

[Footnote 513: Expedition of the Prince of Orange; Oldmixon, 755. ;
Whittle's Diary; Eachard, iii. 911. ; London Gazette, Nov. 15. 1688. ]

[Footnote 514: London Gazette, Nov. 15 1688; Expedition of the Prince of
Orange. ]

[Footnote 515: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 210. Orig. Mem. ; Sprat's
Narrative, Citters, Nov 6/16 1688]

[Footnote 516: Luttrell's Diary; Newsletter in the Mackintosh
Collection; Adda, Nov 16/26 1688]

[Footnote 517: Johnstone, Feb. 27. 1688 Citters of the same date. ]

[Footnote 518: Lysons, Magna Britannia Berkshire. ]

[Footnote 519: London Gazette, Nov. 15 1688; Luttrell's Diary. ]

[Footnote 520: Burnet, i. 790. Life of William, 1703. ]

[Footnote 521: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 215. ; Orig. Mem. ; Burnet, i.
790. Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 15 1688; London Gazette, Nov. 17. ]

[Footnote 522: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 218. ; Clarendon's Diary, Nov.
15. 1688 Citters, Nov. 16/26]

[Footnote 523: Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 15, 16, 17. 20. 1688. ]

[Footnote 524: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 219. Orig. Mem. ]

[Footnote 525: Clarendon's Diary, from Nov. 8. to Nov. 17. 1688. ]

[Footnote 526: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 212. Orig. Mem. ; Clarendon's
Diary, Nov. 17. 1688; Citters, Nov 20/30; Burnet, i. 791. ; Some
Reflections upon the most Humble Petition to the King's most Excellent
Majesty, 1688; Modest Vindication of the Petition; First Collection of
Papers relating to English Affairs, 1688. ]

[Footnote 527: Adda, Nov. 12/22 1688. ]

[Footnote 528: Clarke's Life of James, 220, 221. ]

[Footnote 529: Eachard's History of the Revolution. ]

[Footnote 530: Seymour's reply to William is related by many writers. It
much resembles a story which is told of the Manriquez family. They, it
is said, took for their device the words, "Nos no descendemos de los
Reyes, sino los Reyes descienden de nos. "--Carpentariana. ]

[Footnote 531: Fourth Collection of Papers, 1688 Letter from Exon;
Burner, i. 792. ]

[Footnote 532: Burnet, i. 792. ; History of the Desertion; Second
Collection of Papers, 1688. ]

[Footnote 533: Letter of Bath to the Prince of Orange, Nov. 18. 1688;
Dalrymple. ]

[Footnote 534: First Collection of Papers, 1688; London Gazette, Nov.
22. ]

[Footnote 535: Reresby's Memoirs; Clarke's. Life of James, ii. 231.
Orig. Mem. ]

[Footnote 536: Cibber's Apology History of the Desertion; Luttrell's
Diary; Second Collection of Papers, 1688. ]

[Footnote 537: Whittle's Diary; History of the Desertion; Luttrell's
Diary. ]

[Footnote 538: Clarke's Life of James, i. 222. Orig. Mem; Barillon, Nov
21/Dec 1 1688; Sheridan MS. ]

[Footnote 539: First Collection of Papers, 1688. ]

[Footnote 540: Letter from Middleton to Preston dated Salisbury, Nov.
25. "Villany upon villany," says Middleton, "the last still greater than
the former. " Clarke's Life of James, ii. 224, 225. Orig. Mem. ]

[Footnote 541: History of the Desertion; Luttrell's Diary. ]

[Footnote 542: Dartmouth's note on Burnet, i. 643. ]

[Footnote 543: Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 26. ; Clarke's Life of James, ii.
224. ; Prince George's letter to the King has often been printed. ]

[Footnote 544: The letter, dated Nov. 18, will be found in Dalrymple. ]

[Footnote 545: Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 25, 26. 1688; Citters, Nov 26/Dec
6; Ellis Correspondence, Dec. 19. ; Duchess of Marlborough's Vindication;
Burnet, i. 792; Compton to the Prince of Orange, Dec. 2. 1688, in
Dalrymple. The Bishop's military costume is mentioned in innumerable
pamphlets and lampoons. ]

[Footnote 546: Dartmouth's note on Burnet, i. 792. ; Citters Nov 26/Dec
6 1688; Clarke's Life of James, i. 226. Orig. Mem. ; Clarendon's Diary,
Nov. 26; Revolution Politics. ]

[Footnote 547: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 236. Orig. Mem. ; Burnet, i.
794. : Luttrell's Diary; Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 27. 1688; Citters, Nov
27/Dec 7 and Nov 30/Dec 10

Citters evidently had his intelligence from one of the Lords who were
present. As the matter is important I will give two short passages from
his despatches.
The King said, "Dat het by na voor hem unmogelyck was
to pardoneren persoonen wie so hoog in syn reguarde schuldig stonden,
vooral seer uytvarende jegens den Lord Churchill, wien hy hadde groot
gemaakt, en nogtans meynde de eenigste oorsake van alle dese desertie
en van de retraite van hare Coninglycke Hoogheden te wesen. " One of
the lords, probably Halifax or Nottingham, "seer hadde geurgeert op de
securiteyt van de lords die nu met syn Hoogheyt geengageert staan. Soo
hoor ick," says Citters, "dat syn Majesteyt onder anderen soude gesegt
hebben; 'Men spreekt al voor de securiteyt voor andere, en niet voor
de myne. ' Waar op een der Pairs resolut dan met groot respect soude
geantwoordt hebben dat, soo syne Majesteyt's wapenen in staat warm om
hem te connen mainteneren, dat dan sulk syne securiteyte koude wesen;
soo niet, en soo de difficulteyt dan nog to surmonteren was, dat het den
moeste geschieden door de meeste condescendance, en hoe meer die was,
en hy genegen om aan de natie contentement te geven, dat syne securiteyt
ook des to grooter soude wesen. "]

[Footnote 548: Letter of the Bishop of St. Asaph to the Prince of
Orange, Dec. 17, 1688. ]

[Footnote 549: London Gazette, Nov, 29. Dec. [3]. 1688; Clarendon's
Diary, Nov. 29, 30. ]

[Footnote 550: Barillon, December 1/11 1688. ]

[Footnote 551: James to Dartmouth, Nov. 25. 1688. The letters are in
Dalrymple. ]

[Footnote 552: James to Dartmouth, Dec. 1. 1688. ]

[Footnote 553: Luttrell's Diary. ]

[Footnote 554: Second Collection of Papers, 1688; Dartmouth's Letter,
dated December 3. 1688, will be found in Dalrymple; Clarke's Life of
James, ii. 233. Orig. Mem. James accuses Dartmouth of having got up an
address from the fleet demanding a Parliament. This is a mere calumny.
The address is one of thanks to the King for having called a Parliament,
and was framed before Dartmouth had the least suspicion that His Majesty
was deceiving the nation. ]

[Footnote 555: Luttrell's Diary. ]

[Footnote 556: Adda, Dec. 17. 1688. ]

[Footnote 557: The Nuncio says, "Se lo avesse fatto prima di ora, per il
Re ne sarebbe stato meglio. "]

[Footnote 558: See the Secret History of the Revolution, by Hugh
Speke, 1715. In the London Library is a copy of this rare work with a
manuscript note which seems to be in Speke's own hand. ]

[Footnote 559: Brand's History of Newcastle; Tickell's History of Hull. ]

[Footnote 560: An account of what passed at Norwich may still be seen
in several collections on the original broadside. See also the Fourth
Collection of Papers, 1688. ]

[Footnote 561: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 233. ; MS. Memoir of the
Harley family in the Mackintosh Collection. ]

[Footnote 562: Citters, Dec. 9/19 1688. Letter of the Bishop of Bristol
to the Prince of Orange, Dec 5. 1688, in Dalrymple. ]

[Footnote 563: Citters, Nov 27/Dec 7 1688; Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 11. ;
Song on Lord Lovelace's entry into Oxford, 1688; Burnet, i. 793. ]

[Footnote 564: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1688. ]

[Footnote 565: Whittles Exact Diary; Eachard's History of the
Revelation. ]

[Footnote 566: Citters, Nov. 20/30 Dec. 9/19 1688. ]

[Footnote 567: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 6, 7. 1688. ]

[Footnote 568: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 7. 1688. ]

[Footnote 569: History of the Desertion; Citters, Dec. 9/19 1688; Exact
Diary; Oldmixon, 760. ]

[Footnote 570: See a very interesting note on the fifth canto of Sir
Walter Scott's Rokeby. ]

[Footnote 571: My account of what passed at Hungerford is taken from
Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 8, 9. 1688; Burnet, i. 794; the Paper delivered
to the Prince by the Commissioners, and the Prince's Answer; Sir Patrick
Hume's Diary; Citters Dec. 9/19]

[Footnote 572: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 237. Burnet, strange to say,
had not heard, or had forgotten, that the prince was brought back to
London, i. 796. ]

[Footnote 573: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 246. ; Pere d'Orleans,
Revolutions d'Angleterre, xi. ; Madame de Sevigne, Dec. 14/24. 1688;
Dangeau, Memoires, Dec. 13/23. As to Lauzun, see the Memoirs of
Mademoiselle and of the Duke of St. Simon, and the Characters of
Labruyere. ]

[Footnote 574: History of the Desertion; Clarke's Life Of James. ii.
251. Orig. Mem. ; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Burnet, i. 795]

[Footnote 575: History of the Desertion; Mulgrave's Account of the
Revolution; Fachard's History of the Revolution. ]

[Footnote 576: London Gazette, Dec. 13. 1688. ]

[Footnote 577: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 259. ; Mulgrave's Account of
the Revolution; Legge Papers in the Mackintosh Collection. ]

[Footnote 578: London Gazette, Dec. 13 1688; Barillon, Dec. 14/24. ;
Citters, same date; Luttrell's Diary; Clarke's Life of James, ii. 256.
Orig. Mem; Ellis Correspondence, Dec. 13. ; Consultation of the Spanish
Council of State, Jan. 19/29, 1689. It appears that Ronquillo complained
bitterly to his government of his losses; "Sirviendole solo de consuelo
el haber tenido prevencion de poder consumir El Santisimo. "]

[Footnote 579: London Gazette, Dec. 13 1688; Luttrell's Diary;
Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Consultation of the Spanish
Council of State, Jan. 19/29 1689. Something was said about reprisals:
but the Spanish council treated the suggestion with contempt. "Habiendo
sido este hecho por un furor de pueblo, sin consentimiento del gobierno
y antes contra su voluntad, como lo ha mostrado la satisfaccion que le
han dado y le han prometido, parece que no hay juicio humano que puede
aconsejar que se pase a semejante remedio. "]

[Footnote 580: North's Life of Guildford, 220. ; Jeffreys' Elegy;
Luttrell's Diary; Oldmixon, 762. Oldmixon was in the crowd, and was, I
doubt not, one of the most furious there. He tells the story well. Ellis
Correspondence; Barnet, i. 797. and Onslow's note. ]

[Footnote 581: Adda, Dec. 9/19; Citters, Dec. 18/28]

[Footnote 582: Citters, Dec. 14/24. 1688; Luttrell's Diary; Ellis
Correspondence; Oldmixon, 761. ; Speke's Secret History of the
Revolution; Clarke's Life of James, ii. 257. ; Eachard's History of the
Revolution; History of the Desertion. ]

[Footnote 583: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 258. ]

[Footnote 584: Secret History of the Revolution. ]

[Footnote 585: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 13. 1688; Citters, Dec 14/24;
Eachard's History of the Revolution. ]

[Footnote 586: Citters, Dec. 14/24 688; Luttrell's Diary. ]

[Footnote 587: Clarke's Life of James ii. 251. Orig. Mem. ; Letter
printed in Tindal's Continuation of Rapin. This curious letter is in the
Harl. MSS. 6852. ]

[Footnote 588: Reresby was told, by a lady whom he does not name, that
the King had no intention of withdrawing till he received a letter from
Halifax, who was then at Hungerford. The letter, she said, informed
His Majesty that, if he staid, his life would be in danger. This is
certainly a mere romance. The King, before the Commissioners left
London, had told Barillon that their embassy was a mere feint, and
had expressed a full resolution to leave the country. It is clear from
Reresby's own narrative that Halifax thought himself shamefully used. ]

[Footnote 589: Harl. MS. 255. ]

[Footnote 590: Halifax MS. ; Citters, Dec. 18/28. 1688. ]

[Footnote 591: Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution. ]

[Footnote 592: See his proclamation, dated from St. Germains, April 20.
1692. ]

[Footnote 593: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 261. Orig. Mem. ]

[Footnote 594: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 16. 1688; Barnet, i. 800. ]

[Footnote 595: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 262. Orig. Mem. ; Barnet,
i. 799 In the History of the Desertion (1689), it is affirmed that the
shouts on this occasion were uttered merely by some idle boys, and that
the great body of the people looked on in silence. Oldmixon, who was
in the crowd, says the same; and Ralph, whose prejudices were very
different from Oldmixon's, tells us that the information which he had
received from a respectable eye witness was to the same effect. The
truth probably is that the signs of joy were in themselves slight, but
seemed extraordinary because a violent explosion of public indignation
had been expected. Barillon mentions that there had been acclamations
and some bonfires, but adds, "Le people dans le fond est pour le Prince
d'Orange. " Dec. 17/27 1688. ]

[Footnote 596: London Gazette, Dec. 16. 1688; Mulgrave's Account of the
Revolution; History of the Desertion; Burnet, i. 799. ; Evelyn's Diary,
Dec. 13. 17. 1688. ]

[Footnote 597: Clarke's History of James, ii. 262. Orig. Mem. ]

[Footnote 598: Barillon, Dec. 17/27 1681; Clarke's Life of James, ii.
271. ]

[Footnote 599: Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Clarendon's Diary,
Dec. 16. 1688. ]

[Footnote 600: Burnet i. 800. ; Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 17 1688; Citters,
Dec.