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A51537 A most choice historical compendium fitted for the use of all ingenious and inquisitive persons who are curious to know what wonderfull events have come to pass for almost 1000 years, under the figure 8, from 818 to 1688 inclusive : wherein is briefly comprised, the life and death, rise and fall of kings, queens, noblemen, clergymen, warriors and several famous poets : with many other curious remarks and observations, not here mention'd / written in a plain method, by A.M., Gent. A. M., Gent. 1692 (1692) Wing M3; ESTC R9727 48,168 167

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admit some persons by Mandamus from the King contrary to Law and the Statutes of their College were ejected themselves viz. Dr. Hough Dr. Fairfax c. Magdalen College at Cambridge had also part of the storm for not admitting by Mandamus whereby Dr. Peachel then Vice Chancell●r was suspended ex beneficio during the King's pleasure being then either President or Master Some Clergy were also preserred to ●ishopricks viz. Dr. Parker to be ●ishop of Oxford Dr. Wa●son bishop of Bangor Dr. Cartwright Bishop of Chester by the King's Dispensation not taking the Oaths and Test By these examples you may plainly perceive that the Law was perfectly buried Not omitting the Reverend Henry Compton Lord Bishop of London who was by an arbitrary and unjust sentence suspended ex officio contrary to the Canon and Civil Law and Dr. Sharp Dean of Norwich and Vicar of St. Giles's in the Fields was silenced from Preaching without any form of Law but indeed was willing to obey his Ordinarie and so ceased pro tempore in his Ministerial Function In this Year also the Pope was pleased to send over into England his Nunci● Count Dada a Venetian a man of great Abilities and a comely Person being very graciously received by the King and highly treated by the Courtiers well respected by the Ladies of the greatest qualities and by the ignorant Bigots admired and adored and the more by reason here had not been one resident among us for above a hundred years before this time for the Law is very severe both in receiving or treating any of that nomination and if an act of Grace had not obliterated most Offences that great Entertainment in the ●ity of London and several other miscarriages by several persons of good note had been deeply punished These are the most remarkable passages which happened in this part of the year being the latter end of September and part of October and now see what follows after And for that purpose pray recall to mind that I told you in some few precedent Pages That the King perceived a great Storm arising in the East and by this time it was got over the Pampus and the English Seas and upon the Downs and so was driven on all along upon our Coasts by Dover and Portsmouth and other Ports 'till it safely alighted or indeed arrived at Torbay not many Miles distant from the City of Exeter upon the 5th of November and though it was esteemed and called a storm by some few yet it was a most joyful and golden Shower to most People of England and as that day was formerly noted under God's great Mercy and Goodness to deliver us from destruction intended by that horrid Powder Plot This day now will make England truly sensible that by the same infinite goodness we are made free from the slavery of Popery Arbitrary Government and many other imminent Judgments which would undoubtedly have fallen upon us And now let me tell you what this happy and joyful arrival was and first it produced that Magnanimous Heroick Noble Vndaunted Martial and Victorious William Nassau Prince of Orange and Stadtholder of Holland The Forces that landed with him were as follow viz. Foot 10692. Horse 3660 In all 14352. Ships being Men of War of the second and third rate 65. Flyboats 500. Pinks 60. Fire-ships 10. In all 635. This Fleet and Army through the coldness of the late season of the year their long Voyage by adverse Winds upon the Sea and perhaps the Prince's first intention to have landed in another part of the Kingdom had sustained some loss and was much wearied and weakned and many was sick yet was forced to wade through the Water to some considerable deepness at their Landing After which the Prince was pleased to march to Exeter for his head Quarters the whole Army being there or very near it and it being a large and plentiful City sufficient Provisions was made for the Prince and all his Forces the Prince stayed there some Days expecting hourly with great impatience what Nobility Gentry Gentry and other Forces would resort to him and join with his Army after some few days before his hopes was quite withered there appeared in his Royal Presence the Lord Colchester the Lord Cornbury c. Colonel Godfrey and others and by degrees several other Lords and Gentlemen who carried along with them very good and effectual men to augment the Army and as the Prince advanced his Army increased This news came presently to King James from the first landing who was daily and hourly precisely informed of their several Movements and Advances toward what places But the main design of the Prince was b●lieved by all for London which sell out accordingly The King in the junctu●e of these affairs was in gr●at amasement for some of his Army nay some of his Life-Guard had deserted and went over to the Prince yet the King trusted to his Army especially to the Irish the rest being English some Scotch and some few French being all mustred together with several Trains of Artillery drawn out of the Tower and in a Martial manner marched away on the Roads towards their Enemies the Prince likewise doing the same in hopes to encounter with them after a little marching but in his marching the Prince was pleased to put forth several Declarations whereby the end and intentions of the Prince's coming into England with his Army was fairly and clearly discovered to the people and with such satisfactory reasons therein inserted that all on a sudden the people desired his Royal presence especially in London and Westminster both being places convenient to turn the Tyde of Affairs if there had been any occasion Within six days the Kings Army was marched to Salisbury the chief Rendezvouz the Princes Army being about 20 or 30 miles distant from them and there happened betwixt several of their Parties and Forlorn-hopes some small encounters and skirmishes but very few taken or slain of either side the Kings Army or at least the main Body lay still at and about Sarum the Princes Army drawing nearer to that place insomuch that the King daily expected a Battle but on a sudden the Scene was changed for a Rumour only coming to the King that the Prince's Army was ready at hand to fall upon his the King forthwith without calling a Council of War or any other consideration left them in great hast and disorder and returned to London the Army being thus deserted by the King whether for want of a good Cause for the love they bore to the Protestant Religion or their good will and opinion for the Prince of Orange Besides an Order given to the Earl of Feversham for their Disbanding the great expected Battel was ended before it begun the Kings Army flying away or at the best easily retreating when no enemy pursued after them it seemeth they had read or at least heard of Mr. Hobbs's self-preservation This supposed terrible Army being removed leaving