upon the Arival of the Princess having had the consent of the Prince and his Royal Consort to accept of the Kingly Dignity delayed not in their Resolves to have them Proclaim'd King and Queen of England France and Ireland Scotland being an Independant Kingdom and not within the Jurisdiction of a Parliament of England Whose Crown however was soon after Presented by the States in like manner of the Proceedings in which we shall have occasion to speak hereafter THE Resolves in Order to the Proclaiming being on these considerations That WILLIAM and MARY Prince and Princess of Orange be Declared King and Queen of England France and Ireland with all the Dominions and Dependencys thereunto belonging to hold the Crown and Royal Dignity of those Kingdoms and Dominions during their Lives and the Life of the Surviver of them and that the Sole and Full Exercise of the Kingly Power be only in and Executed by his Highness in the Name of Himself and the Princess for the Term of their Lives and after their Decease the Crown and Dignitys Royal of the Kingdoms and Dominions to be left to the Heirs of the Body of the Princess and for default of such Issue to the Princess Ann of Denmark and the Heirs of her Body and for default of such Issue to the Heirs of the Body of the Prince AND then an Oath of Allegiance and Supremacy was Enacted Viz. I A. B. Do sincerely Promise and Swear that I will be Faithful and bear True Allegiance to Their Majestys King WILLIAM and Queen MARY So Help me GOD. I A. B. do Sincerely Promise and Swear that I do from my Heart abhor Detest and Abjure as Impious Heretical the Damnable Doctrine and Position that Princes Excomunicated or Deprived by the Pope or any Authority of the See of Rome may be Deposed or Murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do Declare that no Forreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preheminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual withthis Realm So Help me GOD. THIS and other Proceedings preceding the Happy Proclaiming the Wish of the Nation Ensued for the Officers at Arms Sergeants at Arms Trumpets and others whose Office it was to attend in this Important Occasion being in a Readiness by the Order His Grace the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England at White-hall-gate and Sir Themas St. George Garter Principal King at Arms receiving a Proclamation was Ordered by the Lords forthwith to Proclaim it And York Herauld after the Third Sounding of the Trumpets Proclaim'd it Garter King at Arms Reading it by Periods whilst he repeated in the presence of the Lords and Commons and a vast number of Gentry and others who by their Acclamatitions of Joy expressed their high satisfaction in what was done and so in Excellent Order they proceeded through Temple-Bar and between the Two Temple-Gates made the Like Proclamation and twice more Repeated it Viz. At Woodstreet-End in Cheapside and before the Royal-Exchange in Cornhill being in all these places concluded with Joyful Shouts and Acclamations and soon after they were with the same desire of a willing people Proclaimed in the Cities and chief Borroughs and Towns of England and in the Dominion of Wales c. AND now our Epethite by their advancement to the Royal Dignity must be changed The King on the 25th of February for himself and on the behalf of the Queen was pleased to express to both Houses in Answer to their Declaration his high Satisfaction in what they had done and graciously Promised them the Utmost of his Care and Protection for the Security and Preservation of their Laws Liberties and Religion and was extreamly willing to Concur with them in any thing that might be for the Good and Advancement of the Kingdom and to do all that in him lay to promote the Glory and Welfare of the Nation And soon after the Lord Bishop of London went with the Body of the Clergy of that City to pay their Majesties an Humble Tender of their Duty and Fidelity Expressing the great Satisfaction they conceived upon Their Majesties Accession to the Throne and being admitted to Kiss the King and Queens Hands His Majesty at the same time giving them a Satisfactory Assurance of his Extraordinary Affection to the Church of England and of his utmost protection and encouragement to them concluding I assure you you shall find it so and may depend upon it And in this indeed as it is promised in Holy Writ we have found in the care and protection of a King Queen the truly Nursing Father and Nursing Mother of the Church THE Convention having resolved it self unto a Free Parliament an Act was Passed Entituled An Act for removing and preventing all Questions and Disputes about the Assembling and sitting of the present Parliament and preparations were making for the Relies of the opressed Protestants in Ireland whom the Irish Papists countenanced by the Earl of Tyrconnel who had declared for the Late King James Miserably Murthered Plundered Harassed in most parts of that Kingdom But Scotland had got the upper hand of those that stood out for the Abdicated King And it their Convention upon the Receipt of a Letter from his Majesty of England they after a few Debates Declar'd the Throne Vacant and soon after concluded to lay their Crown as England had done at thee Feet of King WILLIAM and Queen MARY That they should be Crowned King and Queen of Scotland and the Crown with an Instrument to Rugulate and settle particulars Offered them WHILST the Genious of Scotland Bowed thus Low to the best of Princes a Proclamation was Issued out here by the King and Queen to Inform the Peers and such as claimed by Tenure or Offices that the Solemnitie of the Coronation was to be performed on the Eleventh of April 1689 and accordingly Magnificent preparations were made against that happy day and on the Ninth of April in order to it An Act Passed Entituled An Act for Establishing the Coronation Oath The form of it being in the manner following viz. THE Arch-Bishop or Bishop shall say Will you Solemnly Promise and Swear to Govern the People of this Kingdom of England and the Dominions thereto belonging according to the Statutes in Parliament agree'd on and the Laws and Customs of the same The King and Queen shall say I Solemnly Promise so to do Arch-Bishop or Bishop Will you to your Power cause Law and Justice in Mercy to be Executed in all your Judgments King and Queen I will Arch-Bishop or Bishop Will you to the utmost of your Power Maintain the Law of God the True Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reform'd Religion Established by Law and will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm and unto Churches Committed to their Charge all such Rights and Priviledges as by Law do or shall appertain to any of them King and Queen
All this I Promise to do After this the King and Queen laying their Hands on the Holy Gospel shall say These things which I have here before Promised I will Perform and Keep So help me GOD. AND by Virtue of the same Act this Oath is to be Administred to the Kings and Queens that shall hereafter succeed to the Crown THE Nations Jubilie as we may term it being now come The King and Queen came from White-Hall to Westminster whilst the Heraulds and other Officers at Arms were ordering the Procedings after a litle stay about Eleven in the Morning the whole Proceeding passed into the Great Hall from the Lords House and Painted Chamber at the upper end whereof a Throne was Erected and on it Their Majesties took Their Seats under a Canopy of State whilst the Master of the Jewel-House brought and presented the Swords to the Lord High Constable viz. That of State that called Curtana and the Two Pointed Swords in their proper Order who delivered them in the same Order to the Lord Great Chamberlain who having Drawn them Presented them on the Table before the King and Queen as also the Spurs UPON this the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster brought and Presented the Crowns and the other Regalia in their proper manner and these again were delivered to those whose Claim it was to bear them THINGS being thus fixed the Proceeding passed from Westminster-Hall to the Abby in Excellent Order and every one placed in their Station and Degree Silence being made the Recognition was begun by the Lord Bishop of London at the end of which there was a General Shout and Acclamation of high Satisfaction among the People The King and Queen then Offered and the Noblemen that carry'd the Regalia Offered them severally at the Altar there to be disposed of Then the Bishops of St. Asaph and Bangor Sung the Littany after which the Communion Service begun The Epistle was Read by the Bishop of Carlisle and the Gospel by the Bishop of St. Asaph After this the Nicene Creed was Read and by this time the Bishop of Salisbury being in the Pulpit Preach'd an Excellent Sermon on the Occasion from these Words Viz. THE GOD of IsrAel said The rock of Israel spake to Me He that Ruleth over Men must be Just Ruling in the Fear of GOD And he shall be as the Light of the Morning when the Sun Riseth even a Morning without Clouds as the Tender Grass Springeth out of the Earth by Clear Shining after Rain 2 Sam. 23.3 4. To which the Pious Queen was all the while observed to be very Attentive The Charms of Power and Greatness with all the Splendid Pomp and Cerimony could not avert her thoughts from the more Serious Contemplation of Holy things BUT not to Digress in the midst of this Cerimony The Sermon ended Their Majesties took the beforementioned Oath and Voni Creator being Sung and the Anointing Oyl Consecrated Their Majesties were Conducted to the Chairs placedon a Theatre Disrobed of their Crimson Mantles and Solemnly Anointed then presented with the Spurs and Sword which were Offer'd up and Redeemed by the Right Honourable the Earl of Portland UPON this the King and Queen were Clad and Invested with the Imperial Robes and the Orbs delivered to them and after that the Rings and Scepters c. And about Four in the Afternoon the Royal Diadems were placed on Their Heads by the Lord Bishop of London Assisted by the Bishop of Rochester Then the Trumpets Sounded the Drums Beat the Thundering of the Great Guns with the Peoples Shouts Proclaimed the News The Peers and Peeresses hereupon put on their Coronets and the BIBLE was presented to the King and Queen after this they Kissed the Bishops and then Te Deum was Sung and thereupon they Ascended the Throne The Arch-Bishop and Bishops doing their Homage and Kissed Their Majesties Left Cheeks and then the Temporal Peers did the like whilst the Treasurer of the Houshold cast the Meddals among the people and after this began the Communion and the King and Queen made their second Offering and Receiving the Holy Sacrament they Entred in their Robes of State to St. Edwards Chappel where they were Divested of the Imperial Pall c. And having Robes of Purple Velvet put on them they returned with their Crowns on their Heads in the same Order they came the Peers and Peeresses now wearing their Coronets and Entring the Great Hall at Westminster a Royal Entertainment was provided of all that is Rare and Costly several Tables being Furnished out in the most Delicious manner and Charles Dymock Esq Their Majesties Champion between the First and Second Course came Riding Compleatly Armed into the Hall Conducted by the Lord High Constable and the Earl Marshal on Horse-back likewise and his Challenge pronounced by York Herauld Viz. If any Person of what Degree soever High or Low shall Deny or gainsay our Soveraign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary King and Queen of England France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith to be Rightful King and Queen of England or that they ought not to enjoy the Imperial Crown of the same Here is their Champion who saith he Lyeth and is a False Traytor being ready in Person to Combate with him and in this Quarrel will Venture his Life against him on what Day soever he shall be appointed After this Their Majesties Royal Stiles were Proclaim'd in Latin and English and every thing was performed with the Exactest Order and Decency concluding about Eight of the Clock when Their Majesties returned to Whitehall and the rest of the Evening was spent in Bonfires Ringing of Bells and other Demonstrations of Joy THIS happy Corronation usher'd in the King and Queens being Proclaim'd in Scotland for after the States had passed the Vote to that purpose in the Convention of that Kingdom they Assisted by the Magistrates Lord Provost and Council of the City of Edinborough went to the Market Cross where Lyon King at Arms assisted by the Heraulds and Pursuvants Proclaimed them King and Queen of Scotland c. The Trumpets Sounding and the Peoples Shoutings expressing the Joy conceived on this Occasion And soon after they were Proclaimed in all the Citys and principal Boroughs of that Kingdom ON the 18th of April 1689 the Sieur Shemettan Extraordinary Envoy from the Duke of Brandenburg Complement Their Majesties in his first Audience upon their Accession to the Throne Nor was the Scots Nation slow in presenting their Crown The States Deputing the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery and Sir John Dalrimple their Commissioners to that purpose At the same time causing a Day of Thanksgiving to be set apart for their Deliverance from Popery c. ON the 11th of May the Scots Commissioners waited on the King and Queen in the Banquetting-House at Whitehall and presented a Letter from the States of Scotland and after that an Instrument of Government then a Writing Containing divers grievances which they Humbly
had made it his Request to have her in Marriage both of the King and the Duke who had not refused but condescended to his request and proposals and therefore thought it requisite to give their Lordships an account of it expecting in Return their speedy Approbation that he might the sooner return to them c. THEY had no sooner received this Advice with the Highest satisfaction imaginable but they immediately assembled to consult about and consider the weighty reasons that obliged the Prince to make so agreeable a choice to make them happy in placing his affections on the most Virtuous and Celebrated Princess in Europe approving it with Congratulation and joy and made the high satisfaction they conceived known by a publick Edict declaring their good opinion and esteem of so great an Alliance promising not only to respect but to observe it to the utmost And further to testify their consent they sent their Approbation on the Fourth of November to the Prince THINGS being Happily brought to this pass and all things being prepared for the Celebration of the Marriage it was performed the Day the States Approbation Arived being the Prince's Birth-Day The Bishop of London Tying this Happy Knot of Wedlock according to the apointed Ceremonies of the Church of England the King presenting the Royal Bride THE News of this Vnion was sounded aloud through the Three Kingdoms by Ringing of Bells and Joyful Acclamations of the People with Bonfires and other Illuminations The Gentry and Nobility giving very plentifully to the Poor And the Royal Pair received the Congratulations of the most eminent persons of the Nation having been before entertained in the City at the Annual Investure of the Lord-Mayor on his being Sworn before the Barrons of the Exchequer at Westminster Divers Congratulatory Poems were made by the best hands Illustrating upon a Subject that was before very Glorious in the Eyes of the Nation AFTER some few Days spent at Court in Feasting and Royal Treatments of Balls and Musick and Songs of Triumph having farther received the Complements of the Nobility and Chief Ministers of State the Royal Pair on the 29th intending for Holland took their leave attended with a Train of Noblemen and Ladies Embarqued in the Yatches and waited on by divers Men of War order'd to that purpose Sailed with a Prosperous Gail and Landed at Ter-Hyde passing from thence to Hounslery-Dyke where they continued for some time and received private visits till things could be prepared for a Reception suitable to their Characters at the Hague THINGS being prepared in the most Splendid manner upon their approach they were met by Divers Nobles and found the Bridge Crowned with Garlands and Twelve Companys of Burghers drawn up in Arms ranged in order to receive them The People every where expressing the highest Satisfaction imaginable in their Geeneral Acclamations and Shouts of Joy and upon the passage of the Bridge they were met by Twenty Four Virgins Singing Songs of Joy suitable to the occasion who going before the Cavelcade strowed the way with Fragrant Herbs Flowers on their Approaching to the Town-House they found a Triumphal Arch fixed very Magnificent with Land-Skips and Sylvian Sceens with Two Hands on the Top Clasping each other Hierogliphically signifying Amity And over the Market-Place in the High-Street another Arch was Erected with Devices and a Motto suitable to that occasion During this Entrance the Burghers made divers Volly's of Shot and the Loud Thunderings of the Cannon spread their Approach yet wider the Congress being very Great and Numerous THERE were likewise divers Curious Fire-Works imitating Fountains and Trees of Fire Golden-Hair Stars and Ciphers of Flame At Night the Streets were Illuminated and Bonefires Blazed in all the noted Towns of the Provinces and the Entertainments were very Splendid and Magnificent The French continuing their unjust Encroachment King Charles upon this Alliance dispatch'd his Commission Impowring the Lord Hyde his Ambassador at the Hague to make and confirm a strict Alliance with the States General mutualy to assist stand by and defend each other till they should oblige the French King to reason by putting a stop and bounds to his Ambitious Designs and the Parliament of England at that time declar'd very earnest in the business offering to raise divers great Sums of Money for promoting this affair for the recovering Satisfaction for injurys done by such means as should be thought most expedient and agreenble so that the King sent the Lord Montague his Ambassador to France to press for a speedy Restitution of such places as were taken and Detained from his Confederates and Allies and upon the triflings and delays of that Court to come to any result as to the Satisfaction demanded An Army was raised and the King of England recalled his Forces that were in the French Service who were partly sent home but without any payment of their Arrears which was very considerable And so early an effect had this Happy Marriage in the Alliance it made with England and that the French King was in a great Measure put to a stand how to proceed The Duke of Monmouth being sent over with about 3000 English Horse and Foot and the Prince by these and other Auxillary Troops did give a great Defeat to the Duke of Luxemburg who Commanded the French Army near Mons in Hannault had thereupon News that Pursuant to a former Treaty set on foot a Peace was concluded between the States General of the Vnited Provinces and the Crown of France upon the latter delivering several Towns that he had with great Expence of Blood and Treasure taken from the Former So the War by this means being at an end on this side he returned to the Hague where he was received by the People with the usual Joy but from his Illustrious Princess inexpressible seeing his pretious Life had been protected by Providence in so Eminent a Danger as his Royal Person was expos'd unto For in the Fight a French Captain being in full Career to Charge him at a disadvantage Monsieur Overkirk in a happy moment Shot that Enemy who was reaching at the most Pretious Life in the World for which good service as a grateful acknowledgment the States presented him with a Sword whose Hilt was Massy Gold a Golden Pair of Horse-Buckles and a Pair of Pistols Inlayed with Gold And thus we see this Happy Vnion in a great measure brought very early an unexpected Peace to the Waring Nations THE French King having made a Peace with the States General it was not long after the rest of the Confederates accorded the like So that the Prince retired from the toils of War had now again the Pincess's Company and Convesation which was so Winning and Attractive that nothing but mighty affairs where Fame and Glory call'd him forth to stop the impetuous Torrent and support a Tottering State could have made so long a Separation or Distance AS for the Joy the Court conceived at
this happy Return of a Prince whose presence like the Sun coming on this side the Aequinoctial to revive the Earth with Vernal Rays of kindly heat after it had been bound in Icey Chains by the Winters Tyranny made them forget their former apprehension of Danger and rendred them Airy and Lively in hopes of many Happy Days under such a Benign Influence it is beyound our expression and so we leave it to the imagination of the Reader BUT this Peace to the Protestants under Jurisdiction of the French King was not so Grateful for that Restless Monarch too Prone to violence having a Cessation of Arms abroad turned wonted Cruelty upon his own Subjects of the Reformed Religion though upon his Accession to the Throne they had been the greatest sticklers for him and the chiefest means that placed him there but their Loyalty nor Protestations of a continued Fidelity availed little when it was resolved their Estates and Effects should flow into his Coffers UNDER pretence of having but one Religion in his Kindom he sent his Dragoons and Bald-Pated Priests into all the Provinces to Convert them with Plunder Fire Sword Racks and many New invented Tortures the Sufferings of those Poor people being more then space will allow to be enumerated in this History especially being somewhat forreign to the intended subject matter Let it suffice then that their Sufferings moved all the Princes in Christendom to pitty but their own who ought to have had the greatest concern for them The Pope and we believe we might have said the Turk detested this Cruelty that Ruined near 100000 Families under the Specious pretence of Religion MANY of these distressed people fled to England others to Holland c. where they gave Her Highness a new opportunity of exercising of her Virtuous inclination to the performance of Charitable Deeds so naturally inherent to her goodness in disposition and tender Compassion to the Distressed So that by her Liberal Example others Were incited and stirred up in the Bowels of Commiseration to relieve those Fugative People who had left their Countrey Estates and substance for the sake of a good Conscience for would they have turned their Backs upon that Religion they had received and Embraced the Romish Idolatry and Superstitions they had been permitted to live in some quiet at home but with what part of their Goods or Estate those that were compelled to Apostatize can by their severe treatment or kind best Testify AND because as may be supposed their Highnesses Charity extended in a great measure to the Relief and Shelter of these poor Protestants So much Monsieur was inraged that contrary to the Treaty of Nimeg uen he in full Peace and the height of Security Commanded Monsieur Moran Superintendant of Provence to March 2000 Men into His Highnesses Principality of Orange which was done under the Command of his Lievtenan General of Languedock where he threw down the Walls of that City Plunder'd the Inhabitants and used divers Crueltys to make many of them turn Roman-Catholicks but in that they could little prevail yet for all the just complaints made by the States General upon the occasion of this violation of the Treaty at the complaint of his Highness to them of the wrong he and his Subjects had sustained No satisfactory answer could be obtained but the French King unjustly and ungenerously detains it till a Juster Sword shall Reeve it from and put it again in the Hands of the Rightful Possessor AND thus we see the different tempers of Princes the one Labouring to Succour and Relieve the Subjects of his Enemy flying to him for Refuge and Protection whilst the other is only pleased with violence and oppression and labouring to destroy his and his own Subjects Let these Nations consider then in what a Fair Line their Lot is fallen under the Auspicious Influence of so Mild and Gracious a Prince When the Poor Distressed Subjects of France Groan beneath the weight of his Burden whose Will is his Law whilst their Lives and Estates depend in a manner upon his pleasure WHILST things were carryed on in this manner the Princess had cause of Sorrow in the Surprising News she received of the Death of her Uncle King Charles the Second who after Five or Six Days Indisposition of a grievous Appoplexie Dyed at Whitehall February the 6th 1684. And although the setting of this Great and Prudent Monarch gave her Father Accession to the Brittish Throne yet his Love and Tender Care of Her Welfare and Prosperity all along had made so deep an impression in her Princely Heart that it Melted her Eyes in Pearls of unfeigned Sorrow and threw a Cloud of Sadness over the Livelyness of her Active Spirits nor was her Royal Consort wanting as in her Joys so to share with her in her Grief for never any Royal Pair were observed to Simpathize so nearly with each other in the passions of the Mind as these Illustrious Persons which showed the Quintiscential perfection of Love in its Brightest Mortal Refinement UPON this Sadness as well that Court as the Court of England went into the Deepest Mourning and on the 14th of February the Royal Corps in a Private Funeral was Buried in King Henry the 7ths Chappel in a Vault under the East End of the South-Isle THE Prince to divert his Melancholy on this sad occasion went to visit several Towns to take a view how they stood in Repair as to their Fortifications as also to settle the Military affairs and upon Returning from Hounslyr-dyke to the Hague gave Audience to divers Forreign Ministers and having visited some other Towns he was Met at Loo by her Highness where there were splendid Entertainments and Rejoycings and King James after the Death of King Charles having been Proclaim'd and on the 23d of April 1685 Crown'd at Westminster Sent the Marquess D' Alberville his Ambassador to Holland who in December had Audience of the Prince and States whereupon they Adjourned till the Seventh of January IN the mean while on the first of that Month the Princess with preparations of Curious Fire-Works Representing a Battel Ranged in Four Lines and Furnished out with several Batterys in a very Lively manner expressing the Actions of a Fight AND now King James having Declar'd himself a Roman Catholick and upon the Defeat and Cutting off the Duke of Monmouth in England and the Earl of Argyle in Scotland and gotten him a Standing Army though the Parliament design'd it should be Disbanded things began to run high and Rome drave on Jehue like to gain her End And after a time other practices failing she began openly to push at the Church of England Swarms of Priests and others of the Romish Order daily flocking into this Kingdom like Swarms of Locusts And attempting with the same boldness in Holland and especially about the Princes Court notwithstanding the Intercession that had been made on their behalf by some Minesters Residing there the Court of Justice at the
all the Devotions that is appointed on so Solemn Occasion KING Charles soon after this desirous to prefer his Illustrious Neices to Protestant Princes for the security of our Religion and the welfare of the Kingdom seeing he had no Issue by Donna Catharina his Queen Refusing all others pitch'd upon the Illustrious Prince of Orange A Prince Descended from one of the Greatest and most Noblest Houses in Europe whose Ancestors have Signaliz'd their Conduct and Courage like Heroes and Worthys and thereby Riveted their Names to Eternity and lest a grateful Memory to all Posterity as being the Liberators of the Opressed and the often Confirmers of the Peace of Europe Setling the most thriving and prosperous States in the World and what is more Mantained it from its Infancy against Opressors But as if all their Virtues and Courage had centered in this Prince our most Gracious Soveraign the Wonders He has done comprize and in a higher measure do exceed their many Great Exploits But to come nearer to our purpose The Fair and Virtuous Princess having been seen by this Illustrious Prince when he was in England to Visit his Royal Relations Landing on the 30th of October 1670 So much Virtue and Innocent Goodness no doubt made some impressions on his Mind to consider and esteem her above all other Princesses in Europe as were not Obliterated by the spaces of time that interven'd between that and the happy joining of their Hands in the Sacred Marriage Ties that brought so great a Blessing to these Kingdoms and to show what high esteem the Nation had then of a Prince whose Virtues early Flourished and whose Fame was Loud in Courts and Camps for Prudent Councils and Martial Deeds THE Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen on the 10th of November after his Arival and having been Caressed by the Court and Obliged with all the Splendid Entertainment it could afford Waited upon him to Welcome him to England and on the 6th of December he did them the Honour to Dine with them at Drapers-Hall where he was highly Congratulated and splendidly Entertained and by the Shouts and Acclamations of the people the Citys Genious seem'd then to Bend to him as a Fortunate presage of the deliverance she might expect from him in her greatest distresses and after found Accomplished THE City having expressed their Joy to be Honoured in the presence of so Illustrious a Prince of the Royal Stem the Vniversity of Oxford the Seed-Plat of Learning and Virtuous Education from whence chiefly streams those Pious Pastors of the Church that by their unwearied endeavours make Religion Flourish among us was Graced by his presence For going from the Court to Windsor he took his way from thence and was received by the Heads of the Colledges in their Formalities and being highly Treated took a view of all that is Rare and Curious in that Antient City c. And was pleased as a mark of the Satisfaction he received to accept of a Degree and so returning to London on the 23d of December he there kept his Christmass in the nighest Splendor the Court was capable of performing And on the 13th of February took his leave of the King Duke and Princesses in order to his Return to Holland where he happily Ariv'd with a Fair Wind in a few days HE was Congratulated upon his Return by the States General and thief Nobility and Gentry of His Nation AS we have before hinted after this happy interview King Charles bending his mind to bring about a Match which proved grateful to the greatest part of Christendom he sent Divers English Noblemen to Invite him over a second time who found him in Arms amidst his Victories repelling the Armys of the Invader and Disturber of his Countrey AND having delivered their Welcome Message finding without great disadvantage he could not oblige the French to a Battle he drew near with his Army to Brussels and leaving the charge of it aster necessary Orders were given ' to Count Waldeck went to the Hague and having received the thanks of the States for his Prudent Conduct of their Army he Embarqued for England with those Nobles that had attended him by the Kings Order and divers of his own Nation in the Yatches that were sent to attend him with Three Men of War and a Squadron of Dutch Ships Ordered him by the States commanded by Admiral Evertson SETTING out with a Prosperous Gale they Arived at Harwich on the 19 of October 1677. Where the Duke of Albermarle sent by the King to that intent waited upon him to Congratulate his Arival as did livers of the Kings Coaches And so he proceeded to Ipswich where the King and Duke attended with â— Splendid Train of Nobility received him and Congratulated not only his Arival but Glorious Successes abroad And so in the most Magnificent Manner they proceeded to London and was received at Whitehall with unexpresâ—able demonstrations of Joy and â—ad the pleasure again to see the Fairest Flower in Englands Garden which now appeared more Beautiful and Lovely no doubt not only by reason of her more Maturâ— Years but because Heaven haâ— Destin'd her to be his Royal Consort to make him a partner in 〈◊〉 Faithful and Transcendant Love that exceeded what before or sine has been known or exampled oâ— Earth NO sooner was this intendeâ— match spread abroad by Fame buâ— the Nations joy swelled to an unexpressible height and over-floweâ— the Bounds of Moderation Thâ— willing and wishing People thoughâ— that time moved too flow till thâ— happy day of its appointed Consumation Dawn'd to Bless thâ— Land with its Welcome Light THE King on the First of Nâ—vember having declared his intentions to the Council the Lords weâ—â— extreamly pleased and satisfied witâ— them as well in the Merrits of 〈◊〉 Worthy and Just a Prince as in thâ— security they expected from so agreeable a Marriage of the Protestant Religion And to testify how well they resented it delayed not to go in a Body and Congratulate the Princess upon the happy occasion of her being about to enter into a State of Matrimony with so Illustrious a Husband As by their Example did most of the Nobility of England and Ministers of State Declaring the high satisfaction they conceived in it and expected from it who had very Gratious and Obliging returns of thanks for their kindness and good opinion of it ALL things being agreed on in order to this Blessed Vnion the Prince by Express sent the States General of the Vnited Provinces an account of his Proceedings the Substance of it being to this purpose Viz. THAT in Consideration it had been their earnest desires and request to him to see him Marryed when he had well weighed the reasons that induced him to it in a Conformity tâ— their Wishes and Desires and thâ— Tranquility of their State he had conceived he could not do better than 〈◊〉 Address himself to the Princesâ— MARY Eldest Daughter to thâ— Duke of York That he
Pray'd might be redress'd upon the Reading of which His Majesty was pleased to return this Gracious and Satisfactory Answer Viz. WHEN I Engaged in this Vndertaking I had particular Regard and Consideration for the Kingdom of Scotland and therefore I did Emit a Declaration in Relation to that as well as this Kingdom which I intend to make Good and Effectual to them I take it very Kindly that Scotland hath Expressed so much Confidence in Affection to me They shall find the willing to Assist them in every thing that concerns the Weal and Interest of that Kingdom for making what Laws shall be Necessary for the Security of their Religion Property and Liberty and to ease them of what may be justly grievous to them The Coronation Oath was hereupon Tendred to Their Majesties the Earl of Argyle as chief Commissioner Reading it by periods and the King and Queen holding up their Hands as is the manner of Scotland in this matter of taking Oaths repeated it till they came to the Clause where the Rooting out of Hereticks is mentioned in that Oath at which his Majesty declared That He did not mean by those words that he was under any Obligation to become a Persecutor To which the Commissioners answered That neither the meaning of the Oath neither did the Laws of Scotland Import it and that the States of Scotland had Authorized them to represent to Their Majesties that that Clause did not Import the Destroying of Hereticks for by the Laws of Scotland no man was to be persecuted for his private Opinion and tht Obstinate and Convicted Heriticks only were to be Denounced Rebels and Outlaw'd whereby their Moveable Estates were to be Confiscated Whereupon on the King Ordering the Commissioners to witness he took the Oath in that sense The Words of the whole Tenour of it being repeated Their Majesties Sign'd it and so the Commissioners departed with Joy and Thankfulness And on the 6th of June ensuing the States met and being Assembled it was signify'd to them by His Grace the Duke of Hamilton that the King had sent him a Commission to Represent his Person in the ensuing Parliament and that he had received instructions to turn the Convention into a Free Parliament whereupon they proceeded to pass an Act for that purpose and made it High Treason to Question or Disown the Authority of its being such Upon which the Duke of Gowrdon who had a long time held the Castle of Edinborough upon the account of the Interest of King James Articling for the safety of those that were with him threw himself wholly upon Their Majesties Mercy and Clemency saying That he had so much Respect for all the Princes of the Line of King James the 6th that he would make no Conditions with them as to his own particular Interest but Render himself entirely to their own Discretion And thereupon delivered up that Strong Place to Sir John Lanier Deputed to receive it at his hands and although the Viscount Dundee made Head for a time yet upon the Entry of the English Forces under the Command of Major General Mackay he was Killed in a Battel near the Blare of Athol and soon after the whole Kingdom of Scotland was Reduced to Their Majesties Obedience THUS Heaven as it prosper'd their other affairs so in this gave Success to their Arms and brought fear where Love and Obedience was deny'd under whose Auspicious Fortune the Protestants of Ireland having shaken off their first fears took Courage Fortifying London-Derry and other places and making a very considerable head not without great success in the Field till such Reliefs and Succours were brought them as Reduced that Kingdom to its Obedience and settle them in their former Tranquility of which more hereafter THE Worthy Sir Thomas Pilkington being Sworn Lord-Mayor of London before the Barrons at Westminster on the 29th of October 1689. Their Majesties did the City the Honour to Dine with him at their Guild-Hall where the sight as well as the Entertainment at a Dinner was very Magnificent to the high Satisfaction of all Partys and as a farther Mark of His Royal Favour the King was pleased at the Humble Request of the Grocers Company to permit himself to be Chose Soveraign Master of it and was Presented with an Instrument of his Election and a Copy of his Freedom in a Box of Gold for which he was pleased to return them his thanks and Confer'd the Honour of Knighthood on Ralph Box their Upper-Warden and in the Evening upon Their Majesties Return the Windows were every where as they passed filled with Illuminations and the Shouts of the people Proclaimed their Resentments of the Royal Favour done them WHILST these things passed in England the Joyful News came that the Enemy had been Beaten off or obliged to Raise the Siege of London-Derry after it had been hard pressed a long time by a Numerous Army in which the Late King was to encourage them with his presence but it availed not for though the Besieged endured the greatest extremitys of Famine yet by their own Valour and the Indefatigable Industry of Mr. Walker whom they had Chosen their Governour they secured that Important place for the Interest of the Crown of England when the Papists had possessed themselves of almost all the other places in the Kingdom and with French Irish and others had composed a very Numerous Army in the Field but god who always takes Care for the Protection of Good Princes and their Interests gave this as a happy presage what wonders His Providence was about to bring to pass THE Pious Queen was not a little concerned at the Miseries of the Poor Distressed Protestants who fled as they could find Opportunity into England from the Outrages of the Papists in Ireland as fearing a Cloud of Blood hung over them ready to break on them in another Massacre and by Her Bountiful Example and Encouragement they were very much Relieved and Succoured for indeed many of the better as well as the lower condition of People being Strip'd and Plunder'd of all they had were become fit Objects to move compassion and charity towards them nor failed they of Publick as well as Private Collections to support their Necessitys till they could be restored to what they were Divested of in their own Countrey for Adhering to their Religion and Their Majesties Interests which upon the going over of the Duke of Schomberg with an Army soon Encreased and those that had beeen good at Plundring proved but very indifferent at Fighting so that a great many Towns were quickly recovered and upon the Winter Encampment of Their Majesties Forces on the Plains of Dundalk c. The Enemys Fury Abated and their proceedings were altogether at a stand and so at this Time stood Affairs AND now for the Blessings that had been showered on these Kingdoms in a plentiful manner and for the further Imploring the Almightys Assistance to prosper the finishing of a Work so
well begun Their Majesties Proclamation was Issued forth for the Religious Observing of a Fast on the 12th of March and every third Wednesday in the Month till his Majesty who now purposed to go for Ireland Return'd And the first Parliament being Desolved another met on the 20th of March 1690. And the King signifying to them that intending to pass the Seas where his Prescence was necessary for the Reducing of Ireland he thought it Necessary to leave the Government during his absence in the Queens Hands Then an Act was passed to Impower Her to Mannage the Affairs of Government till his Return And on the 14th of June 1690. the King Landed with a Royal Army at Carickfergus in Ireland which brought such a terror upon the Enemy that they began to Retire in all parts of the Frontiers but were closely followed and pressed to an Engagement which they declined as much as possible THE Queen Mannaging Affairs at home with all that Conduct which became a Wise and Virtuous Princess The Navy Royal being at Sea under the Command of the Earl of Torringion Admiral the French King hoping some great Advantage from the Kings Absence or to Encourage the Irish Army whose little Courage began to droop set forth a very considerable Fleet the greatest we may say that has been seen of that Nation on the Seas But the English Sea-men disdaining to Fear being on the contrary full of Courage On the 30th of June the two Navys drew up in Lines off of Beachy and about Nine in the Morning the Dutch having the Van-Guard gained the Weather-Gage of the Enemy and falling on Fought very bravely for three Hours which made those they Engaged with hear away with all the Tack they could make But about One a Clam happening prevented the Dutch from pursuing the Advantage they had gained and the French hindred by that Calm were constrained to begin the Fight again which with Extraordinary Fury continued till Five in the Afternoon But for what Reason the English Admiral not coming up to Second them as they expected we determin not for but a few English Ships who were carryed on by the Courage of their Captains Engaging the Main Body of the French falling into the Rear of the Dutch they were so Batter'd that they sound themselves constrained to make their way thorough the French Fleet and stand for the Coast of England between Beversire and Farly loosing divers Officers of Note and several of their Ships Burnt by the Enemy and altho ' the French Fleet consisted of 82 Men of War besides Fireships and Tenders and ours was Inferiour to them in Number has we had a Drake to our Admiral they had no doubt run the same Risque as the Spanish Armado did in 1588 but what was done could not then be recalled yet was soon after repayed with such a stroak as made all France tremble at the unwelcome Bonfires that were made on their Coasts by the Renowned Admiral Russel as will appear in the Sequel For this Defect Admiral Torrington was sent to the Tower and afterward Tryed on Board the Kent in the River Medway but had the Fortune to be Acquitted and the French upon the retiring of our Fleet having Burnt a few Fishers Cottages at Tinmouth and there hearing the Militia of the counties of England were for the most part in Arms they durst Adventure no further but returned to their Ships and after a little Hovering about the Coast and Stealing a few Sheep out of the Marshes went home making a mighty boast of a Victory that they had not Gained THIS however little availed their Confederates in Ireland for the King though as he was viewing the Enemies Camp having received a Wound on the Shoulder with a great Shot passing the River Boyne fell upon their Army with such Bravery that Notwithstanding they far out numbred him he put them to the Rout in all parts in less than three Hours whole Regiments running away without being charged as appeared by their Arms found on the Ground in Regimental Order whereupon the Late King James within a Day or two took Shipping and Sailed for France upon this Dublin Opened her Gates and most of the considerable Towns in those parts soon after Surrendred and the Countys that had been long Hazarded were setled and found Ease and Peace THIS News caused rejoycings in England whilst the Queen with great Conduct and Prudence managed in the Kings Absence the weighty affairs of the Kingdom carrying her self with such a Courage and Constancy as Daunted the boldest repiner at her Virtues The Militia was raised the Coast Guarded and a strict Eye had over those suspected to be dissaffected to the Government and care every where taken by Her Majestys Order for the Security of the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom so that the people were not only free from all consternations and apprehensions of Danger but on the contrary full of Courage and Smiled with Disdain on the weak attempts and bravado's of our Enemys The Trained Bands of London with much Gallantry Chearfulness and Resolution March'd into Hide Par and Drew up in a Splendid Appearance to the number of 10000 Effectual Men compleatly Armed and Appointed and there Her Majesty was pleased to be present taking a view of them whilst they exercised approving of their readyness and Loyalty at such a juncture and by her presence gave them the highest satisfaction Imaginable which they expressed in their Resolves To Live and Dye in her Defence against all Invaders or Clandestine Enemies but there being to further occasion at that time they returned home in the same Excellent Order they had Marched thither and all things remained still and quiet and both ours and the Dutch Fleet were Recruited Gallantly in a little time SOON after this Her Majesty received News that the English had Beaten the French in America Landed on St. Christophers and Siezed the greatest part of the Booty in the Island and Divers French Merchant Ships of considerable Burthen and Richly Laden were taken by our Privateers and Men of War for the Fleet was again at Sea and soon after to repair what had before happened set Sail for Ireland and was mainly assisting in the taking of Cork and Kingsail and the Kings Returning after His Glorious Success created great Joy and thanks for the wonderful Mercy and Providence in preserving his Pretious Life from the Dangers that Threatned it and restoring to us him in health and safety Upon His Majestys Happy Arival after his Glorious Enterprise having by his wonted Courage and Conduct in a great Measure Secured a Kingdom that was at the Point of being over-run by an Enemy who made their chief boast in resolves to Root out the Protestant Religion so long setled and Flourishing there The Joy was not only great in the Queen and Court but all over England as appeared by the many Addresses to Congratulate his Safety and Happy Return Encomiums made on the Welcome
Demonstrations of Gratitude Loyalty the Royal Pair passed to Kensington where they were waited on by the Nobility with a Tender of their Humbly Duty and soon after the King was Graciously Pleased to tell the Parliament in his Speech Of the stop that had been this Year put to the Torrent of the French Proceedings which had altogether put them to a stand and was a Happy Omen of future success and that nothing might be wanting on his part to Oblige his Loving Subjects An Act was passed for the Frequent meeting of Parliaments to the high Satisfaction of the Kingdom BUT whilst these Occasions of Joy Brightned in the Countenance of all the Well Affected People of these Kingdoms A Sad and Melancholy Cloud of Sorrow too sudainly overshadowed our Rejoycings with Grief and Fear upon the News of the Queens Illness which begun on the 22d of December and in a little time Her Distemper was known to be the Small Pox an Inexorable and Pittyless Distemper too to Fatal to the Royal Family And upon this occasion that God in his Infinite Mercy would be pleased to Preserve her Life and Restore her Health Publick and Private Prayers were put up BUT what shall we say for our Sins our Sighs and Tears had not an expected return of our fervent wishes and desires the Blessing was too great for us and Heaven bereaved us of it to change her Earthly Diadem into a Crown of Stars and Glory For notwithstanding all that Art and the Prayers of a Mourning Nation could do the prevailing Distemper put a Period to her pretious Life on the 28th of December in the 33d Year of her Age at her Pallace of Kensington where she Dyed amidst the Sighs and Tears of those that were about her with that Pious Courage and Constancy that had attended all the Actions of her Life For whose Inestimable loss no valuable things on this side Heaven can suffice to allay our Sorrows in being depriv'd of the best of Queens and of Women in the bloom of her Beauty excellency of Virtue and prime of her Years AND whilst preparations of solemn Pomp and State were making for the disposing of her Body in the repository of the Grave amongst her Royal Ancestors till in the bright Morning of the Resurrection it shall re-unite with her Angelick Soul in endless felicity the Nations Grief swell'd in its highest Tide No Loss ever came so near the Hearts of an Afflicted People to transport them beyond moderation in Sorrow THE Nations Genious upon this great Blow put on the deepest of Melancholly and things appeared as if all Nature Sighed for our Irreperable and Inestimable Loss such a one as even Posterity and Ages to come must in sadness and regret deplore HIS Grace the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England pursuant to an Order of Council hereupon put forth his Order Requiring as it was expected all Persons to go into the deepest Mourning and that the Nobility c. should cover their Coaches with Black Cloath and their Liverys to be of the same which was readily and with all imaginable complying willingness Obeyed and Observed The Peers and Commons in Parliament weighted on the King at Kensington to condole this great Loss in two Addresses seting forth extraordinary Expressions of their Sorrow and the deep sense they had of the Death of the most Pious and Best of Queens and to Entreat His Majesty to moderate his Grief c. With protestations to stand by him against all his Enemys abroad and at home THE Loyal City of London in the like manner express'd its sadness in a Condolement of so general a loss as did many other chief places in England in their Addresses which were received with very Gracious Answers And Mourning Scotland besides its other Demonstrations of a deep sense of Sorrow Ordered a Day of Humiliation and Fasting on the Occasion Into the Closet of the Royal Mourner Awe and Distance Commands us not to Pry no Pen or Words being capable of uttering or framing so much as an Idea of the unexpressible grief that resided there and therefore all we can do is to pass it over in Duteous silence and only add our Earnest Prayers and Wish That God of His Infinite Mercy would Support Him with Comforts and Blessings under so Weighty Affliction to be the Protector Blessing Comfort of his Sorrowful Kingdoms FINIS
Occasion THIS Joy spread wider than the narrow bounds of our Island being Lively expressed in almost all the Courts of Christendom And the Duke of Savoy finding that the French King by large though unjust advances encroached upon his Country thinking it high time to provide for the Liberty and Safety of his Subjects before they were brought to that Distress that others had fallen into by delay and too much Relyance on French Flatery and desembled protestations of good meaning towards them Being willing to come into the Alyance sent his Envoys or Ambassadors to the Courts of the Confederate Princes whose Negotiations Concluded very Prosperously Averting from him the Fate of Lorrain and Burgundy c. that had been so Treacherously taken from their Rightful Owners whilst they were held in hand with specious pretences that no such thing was intended And that it may with reason be held that the Court of Savoy is looked on as one of the Politick Courts of Europe The Expressions of the Sieur Dela-Tour Baron of Burdeaux Councellour of State to the Duke President of the Finaces of Savoy and Intendant of his Royal Highnesses Houshold delivered when he had his Audience of the King and Queen as Envoy Extraordinary here from the Duke which for the Elegance of the Stile gaining a General Approbation may be well Inserted here TO the King He Addressed Himself in the Following Words SIR HIS Royal Highness Congratulates Your Majesty's Glorious Access to the Crown Due to Your Birth Merited by Your Virtues and Maintained by Your Valour Providence Ordained it for Your Sacred Head for the Accomplishments of Heavens Designs from all Eternity THAT Providence which after a long forbearance Raises up Chosen Instruments at length to Suppress Violence and Protect Justice The Wonderful beginnings of Your Reign are sure Presages of the Blessing Heaven is Preparing for the Integrity of Your Intentions which have no other Aim than to Restore this Flourishing Kingdom to that Grandeur which it Antiently Enjoy'd and to Break those Chains under the Weight of which all Europe at Present Groans THIS Magnanimous Design so Worthy the Heroe of our Age soon fill'd His Royal Highness with Vnspeakable Joy tho' He was Constrained to keep it Vndisclosed for a Time in the Privacy of his Heart and if afterwards he could not forbear to let it break forth the Obligation is Due to Your Majesty You have at length Inspired him with Hopes of Liberty after so many Years Servitude MY Words and the Treaty which I have already Signed at the Hague with Your Majesty 's Envoy but faintly Express my Masters Passionate Desires to Vnite himself to Your Majesty by an Vnviolable Devotion to Your Service THE Honour which he has of being one that appertains to Your Majesty has Knit the first Knot of this Vnion and the Protection You Grant him with so much Generosity has brought it to the Perfection of being Indissolvable These are the sincere Sentements of his Royal Highness with which I dare not Presume to intermix any thing of my own for how Ardent soever my Zeal may be how Profound soever my Veneration of Your Majestys Glory I know not how better to express it than by the Silence of Respect and Admiration BY this Speech we see how a Good Prince gains not only the Love and Entire Affections of his own Subjects but even that of all Generous Princes and Good Men and Raises to himself Trophies in their Hearts that shall stand as Lasting Monuments of his Worth and Renown AFTER this Eloquent Speech made to the King the Envoy Addressed himself to the Queen in the Following Words Viz. MADAM VIRTVE at the same time with Your Majesty Ascended to the Throne and all Europe beheld it with Admiration but the Effects have been to none more Joyfully Grateful than to his Royal Highness whilst You have the Goodness to be the Support of his Concerns and he the Honour to Depend so nearly on Your Majesty I Return Your Majesty most Humble thanks on his Behalf and beg Your Protection of a Prince most Confidently Assured That he shall still uphold the Dignity of his high Degree if Heaven Vouchsafe to Support the Justice of his Cause by the King's Valour Your Majesty's Prudence which You made appear the Last Summer after a most Wonderful manner not only Winning the Hearts of Your Subjects by the Mildness of Your Government but Striking a Terror into Your Enemies by the Constancy of Your Courage THIS is a Felicity that will always attend Your Majestys Heroick Virtues and Vnite to Your Immortal Glory the Eternal Happiness of Your Kingdoms And this Madam I altogether Wish with a Fervent Zeal as the Most Faithful of Your Servants HERE we find the best of Queens Admired almost to Adoration by those who in a manner had only heard of her Virtues Piety and Prudent Conduct in the managing the Great and Weighty affair of the Kingdom in the Kings Absence when the French were on the Coast and in other matters as has been shewed before Her Mercys and Tender Compassions to the Oppressed have been Worthily but can never sufficiently be extolled The Wisdom of the Nation were sensible of this and the Commons Assembled in Parliament having Addressed the King to congratulate his Success and Happy Preservation Addressed the Queen in this Humble Tender of their Affections to her Royal Person Viz. May it Please Your Majesty WE Your Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons in Parliament Assembled do Most Humbly beg leave to Express the Deep sense we have of the Goodness Wisdom and Courage which Your Majesty did Manifest in the Greatest Difficulties and most Pressing Dangers during His Majestys Absence at a time when a Powerful Enemy was upon the Coast when the Nation was weakned in that part which is its proper Strength and Deprived of the Security of his Majesties presence The Resolution Your Majesty Shewed in Your Administration gave Life to Your Subjects and made them excert a Strength and Force unknown to the former Reigns and Your Zeal for the Publick Encouraged them to shew such Chearfulness in their Duty as Disappointed the Hopes and Designs of all the Open and Secret Enemies of the Government THE Grateful Remembrance of this which Renews the Remembrance of our most Happy Times will for ever Remain in the Hearts of Your People and can never fail to be Expressed in all Instances of Loyalty and Obedience from us and all the Commons of England SO much the Goodness and Sweetness of Temper in the Queen had wound her into the Hearts of Her People that no Expressions of Gratitude could be wanting to make an Acknowledgment of the Tranquility we enjoyed under her Auspicious Government and Protection so Mild and secure that it appeared a Halcyon Calm to other Reigns in which the Blustring Storms of State proved very Turbulent and uneasy to a great part of the Nation so that the People shewed a Ready willingness in all the