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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A75505	An account of the proceedings and transactions that have happened in the kingdom of England, since the arrival of the Dutch fleet, and the landing of the Prince of Orange's army, &c. As also, the progress the Prince made; the going over to him of the nobility, &c. The seizure of towns, skirmishes, and matters of the like nature: the Kings journey to Salisbury; his retreat and departure from London; his return, and the arrival of the Prince, the proceedings at London and Westminster, upon that occasion. Together with the King and Queens departure for France, and arrival there. Also, the manner of the taking the Lord Chancellor, and divers others. Impartially related from the best and most authentick intelligence and advice, and published for the general satisfaction of the nation.		1688 (1688)	Wing A354C; ESTC R229896	6,160	9

his Sons with a very numerous Train of Noblemen and Gentry entered the Town by the way of St. James being every where saluted with the loud Shouts and Acclamations of the People and after a splendid Entertainment and Repast gave Order for the placing of the Guards and providing necessary and convenient Quarters for his Troops and Regiments of Foot and was for the most part taken up in paying and receiving of Visits The seven Bishops have been to wait upon his Highness and had a very favourable Reception the Bells ringing and the Streets illuminated with Bone-fires for the most part of the Night And the same day the Common-Council of the City of London Assembled and unanimously agreed and ordered that all the Aldermen of the said City and their several Deputies with two Common-Council-Men for each Ward should wait upon and Congratulate his Highness the Prince of Orange upon his arrival at such time and place as his Highness should appoint them and that the two Sheriffs with Mr. Common Serjeant should wait upon him to know his Pleasure when he would be attended by the said Committee and accordingly the 19th the Sheriffs and Common Serjeant attended his Highness at his Pallace at St. James and since we have News that Portsmouth is yielded and all the considerable Towns in England And by our last Advice from Edinborough we had an account that the Rabble were up in that City and had pulled down divers Houses in opposing whom many as well the Militia as others were slain Divers Gentlemen as well as Priests and Jesuits have been seized and are secured in the several Goals about Town c. Upon the Kings retirement to Rochester a great Council of the Lords as well Spiritual as Temporal assembled to Consult what was convenient to be done in so Important a Juncture of Affairs and considering it was necessary to Convene a further Council the better to settle the Affairs of the Kingdom those Parliament Men who were chosen to serve in Parliament in the Reign of King Charles 〈◊〉 were required to meet or assemble themselves and accordingly the Pe●●s and C●●mons meeting at Westminster the Lord Mayor of the City of London together with the Commonalty waited upon his Highness the Prince of Orange and having heard his Speech wherein he resolved to protect the Protestant Religion and the Laws of the Kingdom Established c. they upon notice given to Consult as they thought fit for the good of the City c. retired to Westminster where after sundry Debates it was agreed That the Prince should take upon him the Administration of the Civil ond Military Power till the 22 day of January next a● also to take care of Ireland 〈…〉 they supposed to be in danger by reason of the Earl of Tyrconnels being up in Arms with sundry Roman Catholicks to which and other things of the like nature his Highness returned a suitable and sa●isfactory Reply so that it being concluded that upon this great Assembly meeting on the day before mentioned that a Parliament should be called to settle the Affairs of the Nation Circulary Letters are since Issued out for the chusing of fit Members in all Counties Burroughs c. to serve in the said Parliament Since these proceedings the Earls of Salisbury Pete●burrough Baron Jenner and others have been brought to the Tower and several Romish Priests to Newgate The King upon his second retirement went to Sir Richard Heads House at Ruchester where he was attended with all manner of Civility and Respect becoming his Character as well by his Guards as sundry Noble-men and Gentlemen where he sent for his Dogs and Hunting Horse when on the 23d of December about 3 in the Morning contrary to expectation his Majesty had withdrawn himself from Sir Richards with a slender company part by Water and part by Land got to the Sea near Deal or Sandwich and wafted over into France where at Bologne our last Advice left him FINIS

the Kings Special Command to Issue out Writs for the calling a Parliament to Sit on the 15 of February 1688 and pursuant thereto Issued out his Proclamation bearing Date the 30 of November Whilst things hapned the Dutch Fleet at Sea set upon 5 French Men of War and took three of them sinking the other two And soon after the French King Proclaimed War against the States of the Vnited Provinces Commanding his Subjects to fall upon them with Fire and Sword insomuch that they proceeded to burn several Villages upon the Frontiers but had their Progress in that unchristian-like undertaking by the advance of the Dutch Forces and a sudden Inundation of Waters And now his Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark going over to the Prince of Orange her Royal Highness withdrew in private to the no small Consternation of the Court leaving her Reasons for her so doing And divers Lords being up in Arms in the North seized upon the City and Castle of York making the Governour Prisoner and disarming according to the Statute in that case provided all Papists in those parts with whom the Lieutenant-Governour of Hull concurring he so contrived it that drawing the Towns-men a good part of the Garrison and many of the Seamen to side and take part with him he not only seized the Governour of that strong and Impotent Garrison-Town but secured the place for the Interest of the Prince of Orange making all the considerable Papists Prisoners and turning out such as were of no Power or Esteem to shift for Habitations elsewhere And the Lord Molenex a Popish Lord who was up in Arms in those parts was obliged to Retire upon notice of the General Concurrence of the Northern Counties with the Protestant Lords then in Arms for the defence of the Laws and Religion c. The Lord Lovelace after his being surprized and taken at Cerencester was carryed to Glocester and there consined as a Prisoner for some time but the Sheriff by Order as we had it Credibly reported from the King being about to remove him and the people of those parts getting notice of it came in in such numbers that he found himself incapable of doing it And whilst the matter was delayed some Troops of Horse of the Prince's party Advanced and entred the Town so that his Lordship was intirely set at Liberty and went soon after to wait upon the Prince who advanced by slow Marches towards London The Proceedings being thus far advanced the Mobile in most considerable Towns as well in the North as the West got together and pulled down or defaced the Popish Chapels and Mass-Houses burning or carrying away the Trinkets and Superstitious Trumpery and defaced the Houses of many noted Papists as well Resident as Absent The King hearing of these Proceedings and that a party of his Forces had been worsted near Twyford by an Advance party of the Princes on the 9 of December and in the Dispute beside the gaining of the pass a considerable number of Scotch and Irish that were too far Advanced killed and that the Nobility and Gentry dayly fell away from him he called a Council on the 12 of December to Advise what was best to be done the Queen having that morning about 10 of the Clock privately withdrew her self together with the Child and his Nurse and as we sidce hear is arrived in France The Debates of the Council continued a considerable time and altho' several Lords had been appointed to wait on the Prince with Proposals of Accomodations and Right Understanding yet upon the breaking up of this Council the King about Two of the Clock in the morning thought fit privately to withdraw himself which as soon as known caused a great Consternation in the Court and made especially the Jesuits and Priests scamper all manner of ways to provide for their safety And the Protestant Lords who where then in Town had no sooner notice of it but they assembled at White-Hall and there of some consideration what was most Expedient to be done in so Emergent a juncture of Affairs they Adjourned to the Guild-Hall of the City of London where they continued till about Three in the Afternoon the Court of Aldermen and Common Council being likewise assembled whether their Lordships sent for Collonel Beuil Skelton the Lieutenant of the Tower and caused him to Resign the Trust and power of that Important Citadel into the Hands of the Lord Lucas And before they departed drew up their Declaration That seeing the King was gone and the Government in so great a Emergency and Danger they thought fit to concur with the Prince of Orange for preventing those Accidents and Misfortunes that might insue upon the Kings withdrawing himself c. This being done and the Lords departed the Lord Mayor and Aldermen sat in the Mayo●s Court the Common Councel being there assembled and drew up an Address of Thanks to his Highness for his care of the Government c. Voting that it should suddenly be presented to him and four Aldermen together with eight Commoners were sent to wait upon him and to invite him to the City and altho' great care was taken by the Trained Ba●ds and Civil Officers yet that day towards the Ev●ning the Rabble got together in prodigious numbers and pulled down the Mass-Houses in St. Jones's Lime-street Lincolns-Inn-fields and Plundered the Spanish Ambassadours Lodgings and Old Hill's Printing-House burning and carrying away the Goods c. On the 13th of December we had the News of the Disbanding the Kings Army by the Earl of Feversham and the Lord Chancellor being taken in Wapping was brought before the Lord Mayor of the City of London and from thence carried to the Tower whether a Commitment was sent by the Lords at Whi●e-Hall to se●ure him and the next day notice was given that the King was discover●d near Feversham in a Vessel intending to pass the Se●s w●e●eupon some Lords were immediately dispatched to wait upon His Majesty to in●reat him to return to his Royal pallace c. whose Intreaty so far p●evailed that on Sunday the 16th of December he came through the City in his Coach attended by a splendid Train of Nobles and Gentlemen with all manner of Respect and Duty as likewise with the loud Acclamations and Shouts of the People and so proceeded to Whit●●●●ll where the Nobility and Gentry resorted to Congratulate his return and he sent to invite the Prince to St. James On the 18th early in the morning some of the Princes Forces were sent to remove the Guards and mount them themselves upon which the King thought fit to retire to Rochester and accordingly did about 12 of the Clock that morning going through-Bridge in a Barge but had 3 of his Coaches and some Troops to wait upon him when he pleased to Land And about 3 of the Clock the Princes Advance Guards marched through the City and the Prince in a very splendid Equipage together with Mareschal de Scomberg and