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A48420	The Life of that incomparable princess, Mary, our late sovereign lady, of ever blessed memory who departed this life, at her royal pallace at Kensington, the 28th of December, 1694.	Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731.	1695 (1695)	Wing L2036; ESTC R12336	30,960	122

THE LIFE OF THAT Incomparable PRINCESS MARY OUR LATE Sovereign Lady Of ever Blessed Memory Who departed this Life at her Royal Pallace at Kensington the 28 th of December 1694. LONDON Printed for Daniel Dring at the Harrow in Fleetstreet at the Corner of Chancery Lane 1695. TO THE Right Honourable THE COUNTESS OF DARBY Madam AS the Memory of so dear a Royal Mistriss Your own more particular and the Worlds no less Universal Loss is that most sacred Amulet that You wear nearest your heart so every Pourtrait of that divine Original tho' never so faint an Essay carries some pretension to your Ladyships favourable Acceptance I confess indeed the weakness and unworthiness of my own attempting Hand in so bold an Undertaking And to excuse my Blushes could only wish that the World would as easily pardon the Intrusion of so poor a Pen into the hallow'd Memoirs of that Most Excellent Princess's LIFE as her Funeral State will do the poorest melting Eye and bending Knee that shall approach there 'T is but the same Attractions that must inspire all Pens to be her Historians as it makes all Knees her Homagers But not to make my own want of Deserts a bar to your Ladiships good Graces towards this duteous Offering I make You I must only remind You That Medals are stampt in Copper as well as Gold whilst the Royal Effigies both values and illustrates at once the meaness of the Lineaments that draw it and the Courseness of the Mettal that bears it And therefore 't is from that Merit alone that I presume to make your Ladiship this Presentation whilst my endeavours however short of performance in delineating the unexampled Virtues of that more than Royal that Heavenly Life the great Theme before me may in some measure be a venial Fault for all Hands must be ambitious to strow Flowers upon that Grave But whilst so large a portion of those Royal Smiles that have so kindly and so warmly shined on her most Darling Favourite the Countess of DARBY have so justly entituled You to this Dedication I need not look back either to your Illustrious Descent or Alliance those great Names of Ormond and Darby to blazon the Worth of so truly Honourable a Patroness Your Ladiship has those later Records the fair Plumes to enrich your Coronet For 't is sufficient the World is too sensible That it must be some extraordinary Merit only coud lodge You so near that Royal Bosom a Hand that ever weigh'd where she chose whilst nothing less than a very near Affinity to her own Exalted Virtues coud recommend or Qualify for her Favourite And Madam your Ladiship thus cherisht and thus advanced to no less an Honour than that of the dearest Cabinet Confident of the fair Majesty of Britain a Renown that must give your Ladiship so lasting a Name as shall live with Hers This single Glory of it self alone is not only a Panegyrick to your Fame but likewise entitles it to a Chronicle But Madam as glorious a Record as so fair a Theme must furnish You however 't is but a very melancholly One For in recounting those envied Blessings You possest in so many Royal Smiles and Embraces I am the unhappy Remembrancer of those You have lost A Loss so irreparable and withal so heavy as cannot receive even that common Consolation of Sorrow viz. That to have Companions in Misery is some Ease to the Pain of it On the contrary not all the Thousand Sharers with You can lessen this infinite Affliction Thus whilst I endeavour to twine your Laurels I wreath your Cypress too for in telling You That You once was the Dearest of Minions I only publish You the deepest of Mourners I shall therefore quit this melancholy Subject being Madam Your Ladyships Most humble and most dutiful Servant THE LIFE OF THAT Incomparable PRINCESS MARY OUR LATE Sovereign Lady c. A White-Hall-Scaffold and a Royal Martyrdom with all the dreadful Effects of that hideous and unnatural Regicide hung so louring over the English Heads that all the Horrours and Calamities of a Twelve Years Anarchy and Confusion were but too justly our succeeding Portion Here the whole Royalty of England groaned under a total Eclipse whilst so many upstart Changes of Government all like the Births of Nile every Year new Monsters so polluted and defiled the Throne that under their Barbarous Usurpation all Honour Honesty and Conscience seemed to have wholly abandoned and forsaken us excepting this one single surviving Justice viz. That Vipers bred Vipers Stings for their own Hearts and Traytors betrayed Traytors the natural and indeed only honest Gratitude of Villany After this long melancholy Face of Affairs whether the Divine Justice had satisfied it self with that short Twelve Years Scourge or rather it s more gracious Mercy with-held the pouring any farther Vials upon us so it pleased the Almighty Providence that by a Revolution wholly made up of Wonders and by a Hand entirely his own the Royal Exiles were re-called whilst the whole ecchoing Nation strewed the Palms and Olaves and tuned the Hosannah's for their Reception whilst such a Glut of popular Transport and Extacy attended their glorious Restauration that Triumphal Arches were but faint Monuments of those Joys that rose higher than Pinnacles and Pyramids The Royal Brothers the Illustrious Remains of the Great Martyr the now happy though late Darlings of Providence had all the Homage that Hearts or Knees could yield them whilst our whole industrious and even studied Loyalty by a kind of common Rivalship and Emulation who should kneel longest or bend lowest could not pay fast enough our new and chearful Tenders of Zeal and Veneration towards making if possible some part of a Reparation for our old shameful Arrears In fine All Things shined and dazled round us so heartily did the Fair and Smiling SIXTY endeavour the Atonement of the Black and Rueful FORTY EIGHT 'T is true the Universal Joy was seon after clouded by the Death of Henry Duke of Gloucester who a short Sharer of his Brother's Triumphs and the People's Love made his much lamented Transit to Immortality on the 13th of September 1660. After the most splendid and dazling Entry and no less magnificent Coronation of King Charles the Second the publick Satisfaction not wholly founded in the present Felicities and Blessings they enjoyed had yet farther Vows to offer up to Heaven viz. For a fair Race of Heirs from this Illustrious Royal Stock that glorious Succession that might fill the Throne for ever and bless even latest Posterity as the entire Consummation of the whole English Happiness But in all our Desires of this last Satisfaction the unfortunate Barrenness of His Majesty's Royal Consort our now Gracious Queen Dowager in a short Time shut out our Expectation and render'd our Prayers succeness on that side Insomuch that the whole Nation 's Hope 's were now entirely center'd in the more fruitful and so more happy Second Royal Line the Lineage of

kind and most passionate Wish viz. That his Subjects might all love him as she had done His Majesty during her whole Sickness was that pious and constant Mourner over her and such his extraordinary Tenderness and Fondness that no Perswasions could draw him a moment from her whilst he lay upon a Camp-Bed all the while by her in the same Room The Day before her Death she join'd in Communion with the Reverend Bishops and took her Viaticum for Eternity the Blessed Sacrament In fine her Religious Deportment through her whole Sickness was such that her Reverend and pious Heavenly Guides found occasion to learn more than instruct insomuch that the Bishop of Canterbury was heard to say That when it pleased God to call him he pray'd that he might be found so well prepared to die During her whole Sickness no Endeavours were wanting if possible to save so pretious a Life but as Human Art and Care cannot fence against the Will and Pleasure of Heaven both the Physicians Industry and the Nation 's Prayers were wholly successless for on Friday the 28 th of December about One in the Morning her attending Divines resigned their Charge to her ministring Angels at which time she breathed out her Soul into the Arms of Heaven It was observable that not the least Pang of Death was seen in her Face whilst she breathed her last as if she had rather seem'd to have lain down to sleep than die If our Christian Creed will allow us that Latitude of Faith as to give Credit and Reputation to Omens and Propheticks as the Presages or Fore-runners to the Deaths of Royal Heads we have some very signal Occurrences that either happened before or about the time of the Queen's Departure worthy some particular Observation For instance First His Majesty upon his going in his Royal Robes to the House of Lords for signing the two last Acts viz. for the continuance of Tunnage and Poundage and the frequent Session of Parliaments his George was so missing as not possible to be found insomuch that he was forced to borrow that of the Lord Chamberlain the Earl of Dorset's to wear on that occasion Upon the Queen's first Indisposition the great and eldest Lion in the Tower who had been about twenty Years there commonly call'd King Charles the Second's Lion sickned with her and died the Wednesday Night after Christmas-Day about Midnight 48 Hours before her Majesty which affords us so much the more matter of Curiosity as that the like happened at the Death of King Charles the Second when another of those Royal Beasts much in the like manner made the same Exit with that Prince From Bristol we have a certain Account that a Keeper of Sir Iohn Smith's Park shot an Eagle flying some very few days before the Queen's Death being a Bird of that extraordinary Size that her extended Wings reach'd three Yards wanting two Inches and what adds to the Surprize and Wonder of this Relation is That the very same Keeper likewise shot another Eagle of very large Dimension in the Duke of Bolton's Park three days before King Charles the Second his Death I dare not attempt the describing the Royal Sorrows those of the afflicted King at this staggering Shock But as the Painter of old drew the Mourning Agamemnon vailed the Royal Face of Grief being above his Pencil's Reach So not daring to venture on so bold a Theme I shall only presume to say Tho the Queen was so well prepared for her Death his Majesty was not prepared for it And altho she left the World without the least expiring Pangs by dying even in Smiles his Majesty a mournful Spectator stood by in little less than Convulsions to behold her The publick Addresses of Condolance which the two Houses of Parliament have since presented to his Majesty on so deplorable a Subject in which they were truly the Nation 's Representatives for they spoke but the universal Voice of Sorrow have amply testified the sensible Loss of so excellent a Princess Nor has the City been wanting in the like melancholy Duty having likewise resolved the immediate erecting their Majesties Statues in their Royal Exchange I shall only remark upon this National Calamity The Learned affirm that as in the loss of an Eye the kind concentring optick Nerves unite and convey their double force to the other remaining Light so may we live to see the same verified in the Royal surviving Luminary of these Kingdoms And let it be no less the Nation 's particular Care and Duty to be tender of that great surviving Light because 't is our ALL. The Solemnities of her intended Funeral in which both Houses of Parliament resolve to make a part of the Mourning Cavalcade are such as The Body to lie in State in her Majesty's Bed-Chamber at White-hall all hung with Purple Velvet c. the several Ladies of the best Quality the attending Mourners there c. the Bed of State and the Ornaments of Plumes Banners c. the several other State-Rooms in White-hall likewise hung in Mourning and their Majesties Houshold Servants planted there as Mourners c. From thence the whole intended Funeral March where His Majesties Houshold Servants all the Judges Serjeants at Law Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City but above all both Houses of Parliament are to attend the Corps drawn by eight Horses in an open Chariot with a black Velvet Canopy c. from White-hall to Henry the Seventh's Chappel The stately Pyramid of prodigious height designed to be erected in the middle of Westminster-Abbey to repose the Body in during the Funeral Sermon c. with infinite more Splendor than I can pretend to recount or describe will be all perform'd with that Grandure and Magnificence sutable to the passionate and highest Affection the Nation pay'd to so truly matchless a Princess Nor will the publick Mournings for so lamented a Sovereign Head be confined only to three Kingdoms The States of Holland no less sensible of this common Loss have resolved to express their universal Afflictions for their dear Princely Mistress in an extraordinary manner when besides their going into a general Mourning Orders are given that through all the Provinces the Bells of every Church shall toll three times every Day for the space of an Hour and this to be continued six Weeks But in all the wet Eyes and sad Hearts on this deplorable Occasion I shall only add one farther Set of no less passionate tho a lower degree of Mourners And those are the infinite Number of her poor Pensioners and other Objects of her Royal Charity amongst whom to her never-dying Honour she distributed near 30000 l. per Annum all out of her own Revenue These tho the poorest Mourners will yet be the richest Tears whilst the occasion that sheds them must more than embalm her Memory To conclude I shall endeavour to sum up our Loss by the Pen of the Reverend Dr. Wake If a Queen so vertuous

her those particular Advantages that repaid that unregretted Loss For to her Glory the Closet and Altar had so much the more of her Company as the Throne had the less The less of the Hurry and Pomps of Life it gave her so much the fairer Occasion an Occasion always embraced of more closely following the great Original of her own Name viz. In choosing the better part However as much Restrained or Reserved as her own princely Character obliged her to live there yet still her extraordinary Civility and Caress to the Burgher-Master's Ladies or any of the more eminent Grandees of State upon any occasions of Complement Visit or Address made to her gained her that Veneration and Esteem amongst them that it is almost incredible to imagine how entirely she carried the Hearts of the whole United Provinces The visible Charms in her Person and no less in her Carriage with her exalted Piety equally visible to the whole Eyes of the World were those Attractions that all joined together to dazle and astonish such as obliged them to pay her the most Cordial LOVE HONOUR and RESPECTS Besides for one Contentment still which extracted a particular sweetness from this Recluser sort of Life she was too passionate a Lover of her Dear LORD even for that single Consideration alone to affect a more noisy or more popular Court Her Worldly Delights were wholly circled in his Embraces A Prince so worthy of the most tender conjugal Affection as being adorned with so many surpassing Virtues to attract and secure that Affection Of whom a great Minister of State and one who had been long acquainted with his excellent Endowments gives this noble Character A PRINCE who joined to the great Qualities of his Royal Blood possesses all the popular Virtues of his Country Silent and Thoughtfull Given to Hear and Enquire Of a Sound and Steddy Understanding Much Firmness in what he once Resolves or once Denies Great Industry and Application to his Business Little to his Pleasure Piery in the Religion of his Country but with Charity to others Temperance unusual to his Youth and to the Climate Frugal in the common Management of his Fortune and yet Magnificent upon Occasion Of a great Spirit and Heart aspiring to the Glory of Military Actions with strong Ambition to grow Great but rather by the Service than the Servitude of his Country In short a Prince of many Virtues without any appearing Mixture of Vice But though the Princess in her Holland Court had not those high qualified Guests at Home to Welcome However she had sometimes the happiness of more Illustrious Royal Visitants that came a little farther Abroad to honour her Court For on Tuesday the First of October 1678. Her Royal Highness the Dutchess of York and the Princess Anne began a Journey from White-hall to the Hague to visit the Princess of Orange A Visit so extraordinary grateful to her that she received them with all the highest Marks of Respect and Affection and with all the Entertainment suitable Particularly the Transports of Caresses and Endearments between the two Princely Sisters was inexpressible But the Felicity the Princess enjoyed was no lasting Blessing for they made but a short stay there whilst the parting of the two Princesses was little less than a ●ivorce between them so fond and tender a Love and Friendship had linked their Hearts Not long after Providence was pleased to send her another Royal though then unexpected Visitant more For in February 1678 9. at that time when the prophetick Fears of England from the Duke 's suspected Inclinations and Adherence to the Romish Faith and Interest for hitherto they were only suspicions had made that Ferment in the English Blood that the Nation 's pulse beat high his protecting Royal Brother his constant Sheild against the Assault of Fortune had sent him over with his Dutchess and Family to the Hague in hopes that Distance and Absence the common Cure of Jealousie might at least have wrought that Medicinal Operation as in some measure to allay the Ferment and cool the then too threatning Heats against him But whatever this Expedient might work towards the End desired the Duke found an extraordinary and affectionate Reception from the true filial Duty of the Princess and a very hospitable Roof from the generous Prince whilst the Princess melted into all the tendrest Condolance and Pity on the mournful Occasion of his Visit there 'T is true the Belgian Populace gave him but a colder Welcome and to say truth afforded him very little more Civility than the Herd does the wounded Deer An ungrateful Remembrance of the too long and too warm Zeal of the Crown of England for the Interest of theirs and the common Enemy the French together with an unhappy Surmize and Reflection that a great part of the Malignancy of that raigning English Disease was influenced by his Royal Highness's Sway and Steerage at the English Helm Those unlucky Suggestions shrunk them into those languid and faint Embraces to this Royal Guest amongst them though so nearly related to their darling Princess that the Duke not insensible of his poor Welcome in so unsociable a Climate removed his Court a little further to Brussels Now for one further Observation upon this happy Marriage if it were not a sort of Superstition from the concurrence of any eminent Actions or Accidents done or befaln on such ticular Days to ground any Omens or Presages of Fortune from any such fou●●l●tion otherwise I should propo●●●●t to the Curious as a thing stra●●●●y remarkable That the Prince of Orange's Wedding-Day being the Fourth of November was likewise his Birth-Day too and not only so but also the Birth-Day of his own Mother the Princess Royal Mary the Daughte●● to King Charles the First Nay if be ●ot too nice a Critiscime to add any further Remarks of this kind 't was on the Fourth of November too that afterwards in his Expedition for England he approacht the English Coast as the Assertor of our Common Liberties 'T is true he set not foot on English Ground till the Day following However that may give us a Matter of Observation as Curious as the other viz. That on the Fifth of November a Day so famous in the English Annals and possibly as infamous in some other remoter Chronicles that England Dates her Deliverance from Popery Twice from the same DAY As this Course of her Life in her Court abroad being indeed all little else but one unvaried Scene affords us but little Matter of particular Memoirs worthy a peculiar Relation there happened nothing of Importance or Weight at least such as might make any Change in the Face of her Court till the Death of her Royal Uncle King Charles the Second Here amongst all the Sighs and Tears pay'd to that expiring Prince none certainly could be a truer or heartier Mourner than the Princess of Orange 'T is true his lamented Death advanced the Princess so much the nearer to a