being assured of the hearty Concurrence and Assistance of our Subjects in Support of so good a Cause Hereby willing and requiring our General of our Forces our Commissioners for executing the Office of High-Admiral our Lieutenants of our several Counties Governours of our Forts and Garisons and all other Officers and Souldiers under them to do and execute all Acts of Hostility in the prosecution of this War against the French King his Vassals and Subjects and to oppose their Attempts willing and requiring all our Subjects to take notice of the same whom We henceforth strictly forbid to hold any Correspondence or Communication with the said French King or his Subjects and because there are remaining in our Kingdoms many of the Subjects of the French King We do declare and give our Royal Word that all such of the French Nation as shall demean themselves dutifully towards us and not correspond with our Enemies shall be safe in their Persons and Estates and free from all Molestation and Trouble of any kind Given at Hampton Court May the 7th 1689. dit 1694 The King landed at the Hook of Holland over against the Brill having left his Convoy several Leagues at Sea 18. 8. 1694 Their Majesties created the Right Honourable Henry Lord Viscount Sydney Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports and Master General of the Ordnance an Earl of this Kingdom by the Name and Stile of Earl of Râ—mney in the County of Kent dit 1696 The King being arrived at the Hague the Night before went to the Assembly of the States of Holland and afterwards to that of the States General and made a short Speech in each of them His Majesty was the same Day complimented by the States upon his safe Arrival by the Council of State and the Colleges of the Admiralty and foreign Ambassadors dit 1692 Admiral Russell with his Majesty's Fleet passed this Morning through the Downs and being joined by Admiral Allemond sailed to the Westward in quest of Count Tourville dit 1695 William de Nassan Seigneur de Zuilestein was created Baron of Enfield Viscount Tunbridge and Earl of Rochâ—fort   The same Day the Lord Gray of Wark was created Viscount Glendale and Earl of Tankerville 19. 9. 1691 Dr. Sharp Dean of Canterbury was this day nominated Archbishop of York dit 1689 A Proclamation was published at the Request of the House of Commons commanding all Papists to depart out of the Cities of London and Westminster and ten Miles adjacent dit 1692 A Proclamation came out for apprehending the Earl of Scarfdale the Earl of Litchfield the Lord Griffin the Earl of Newburgh the Earl of Middleton the Earl of Dunmore and a great many disaffected Persons for conspiring to subvert the Government dit 1695 The Duke of Schomberg the Earl of Tankerville and Peregrine Bertie Esq were sworn of his Majesty's most Honourable Privy Council 20. 10. 1692 This Day the Trained-Bands of the City of London consisting of 6 Regiments making about 10000 Men were drawn up in Hide-park under the Command of the Lord Mayor and received by the Queen who was extremely satisfied with the good Order they appeared in and of the great Zeal and Readiness which they expressed for their Majesties Service and their own Security against the Designs of the French who then threatned the Kingdom with a Descent their Fleet having appeared this Day off of Dartmouth dit 1694 The Earl of Stamford and Charles Mountague Esq one of the Commissioners of the Treasury and Chancellor of the Exchequer were sworn this Day of their Majesties most Honourable Privy Council 21. 11. 1689 This Day being appointed for the publick Reception of the Commissioners viz. the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery of Skelmerly and Sir John Dalrymple of Stair younger who were sent by the Meeting of the States of Scotland with an Offer of the Crown of that Kingdom to their Majesties they accordingly at three of the Clock met at the Council-Chamber and from thence were conducted by Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies attended by most of the Nobility and Gentry of that Kingdom who reside in and about London to the Banqueting-House where the King and Queen came attended by many Persons of Quality the Sword being carried before them by the Lord Cardrosse Their Majesties being placed on the Throne under a rich Canopy the Commissioners presented a Letter from the States to his Majesty then the Instrument of the Government Thirdly a Paper containing the Grievances which they desired might be redressed â—nd lastly an Address to his Majesty for turning the Meeting of the said Estates into a Parliament All which being signed by his Grace the Duke of Hamilton as President of the Meeting and read to their Majesties the King return'd to the Commissioners the following Answer   WHEN I ingaged in this Undertaking I had a particular Regard and Consideration for Scotland and therefore I did emit a Declaration in relation to that as well as to this Kingdom which I intend to make good and effectual to them I take it very kindly that Scotland has expressed so much Confidence in and Affection to me they shall find me willing to assist them in every thing that concerns the Weal and Interest of that Kingdom by 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   After which the Coronation-Oath was tender'd to their Majesties which the Earl of Argyle spoke word by word and the King and Queen repeated it after holding their right Hands up after the manner of taking Oaths in Scotland but when the Earl came to this part of the said Oath And we shall be careful to root out all Hereticks and Enemies of the true Worship of God that shall be convicted by the true Kirk of God of the aforesaid Crimes out of our Lands and Empire of Scotland the King declared that he did not mean by these Words that he was under any Obligation to become a Persecutor To which the Commissioners being authorized by the States of Scotland made answer That neither the Meaning of the Oath or the Law of Scotland did import it since by the said Law no Man was to be persecuted for his private Opinion and that even obstinate and convicted Hereticks were only to be denounced Reâ—els or out-law'd whereby their moveable Estates were consiscated Whereupon the King declared again that he took the Oath in that Sense and called for Witnesses the Commissioners and others present and then their Majesties signed the Coronation-Oath and the Commissioners and several of the Scotish Nobility were admitted to kiss their Majesties Hands 22. 12. 1689 His Majesty's Ship the Nonsuch of 36 Guns commanded by Captain Roomcoyle ingaged this Day off of Guernsey two French Men of War one of 30 Guns 120 Men and the other of 16 Guns 6 Pattereroes and 120 Men. The Fight lasted above
We lost on our side near 1000 Men amongst whom were several inferiour Officers out not one of Note except the Great Duke of Schomberg whose Loss was exceedingly lamented Dr. Walker who had so much contributed to the Defence of London-derry was kill'd also Colonel La Calliemotte Son to the Marquiss de Ravigny died of the Wounds he received he was the first who passed the River The King accompanied by his Royal Highness exposed himself to all the Dangers and revived by his Presence the Courage of the Army which seem'd discourag'd by the Death of the Duke of Schomberg King James run away as soon as the Ingagement began notwithstanding what Count Lauzun General of the French and other chief Officers could tell him to the contrary Lieutenant General Hamilton who commanded the Irish Horse was taken Prisoner dit 1695 The strong Citadel of Cazal and the Town capitulated this Day and it was agreed that all the Fortifications should be razed The Duke of Savoy commanded the Siege My Lord Galloway General of his Majesty's Forces gain'd there a great Reputation 12. 2. 1690 The King sent this Day Brigadeer La Meloniere to besiege Drogheda but the Governour being threatned to have no Quarter if he did not deliver up the Town before any Gun was fired at it consented to march away with his Garison without Arms.   The same Day the late King James quitted Dublin and posted away to Waterford to take Shipping for France He was in such a Consternation that he left all things in Confusion He embarked the same Night at Duncannor having rod 65 Miles the Duke of Berwick the Lord Powis and Mr. Fitz-James were with him dit 1695 The Lines of Circumvallation and Contravallation being finished and the Artillery arrived in the Camp his Majesty caused the Trenches to be opened this Day by Major General Fagel against the Town of Namur 13. 3. 1692 The King sent the Duke of Ormond with 1000 Horse to secure Dublin which he did without any Opposition all the Irish Papists having quiteed the Town the Day before 14. 4. 1695 The English and Dutch Fleet under the Command of my Lord Berkley anchor'd before St. Male and our Bombing Vessels were ordered to bombard the Batteries and Forts the Enemy had made on the Rock of Quince and other Places to hinder our approaching the Town which they performed with so good a Success that it was resolved to bombard St. Malo the next Day and all things were disposed in order thereto 15. 5. 1695 This Morning at 4 a Clock the Bombing Vessels under the Command of Captain Benbow and Colonel Richards stood into St. Malo notwithstanding the great Fire the French made upon us We continued bombarding the Place till 7 in the Evening and set it on fire in several Parts having thrown above 900 Bombs Our Frigats retired then without any Loss except of a Bombing Vessel which we were obliged to burn and of about 50 Men.   The same Day Monsieur de Villeroy General of the French Army being reinforced by the Body of Troops commanded by Count Montal making his Army upwards of 90000 Men advanced to Wonterghem on the River Lys where Prince Vaudemont with his Majesty's Army consisting of 35000 was posted to secure Ghent Brages and other Towns That brave Prince being not surprised at the great Number of the French cast up some new Intrenchments changed the Disposition of his Army and took all other Precautions to make the French believe he was resolved to fight This kept them in suspence and they resolv'd to send part of their Army to surround ours but at 5 a Clock our Army decamped and mâ—â—ssed off towards Ghent with as much Order and Calmness as if there had been no Enemy at all without losing any Cannon Men or Horse tho in sight of a great Army which was within Musket-shot of our Intrenchments when we left them Never was a more glorious Retreat and Prince Vaudemont justly gained there the Reputation of a great General 16. 6. 1690 This Day his Majesty rode in great Splendor to the Cathedral of Dublin being received by the Lord Mayor and Aldermen with all imaginable Respect The People made all possible Demonstrations of Joy to express the Sense they had of their happy Deliverance His Majesty rode about to see the Castle and the Town and returned to his Camp at Finglas 17. 7. 1690 His Majesty put out a Proclamation at his Head-quarters at Finglas promising his Free Pardon to all such of the Irish who would submit to his Government and his Protection both in relation to their Life and Estates dit â—â—93 The Duke of Wirtemberg who had been detached some Days ago by his Majesty to make an Attempt upon the Lines of the French between the Scheld and the Lys attacked them this Day in four different Places and forced them notwithstanding the vigorous Resistance Monsieur De La Valette made with 8000 Men. The Duke ordered immediately to demolish the Redoubts and level the Trenches and sent abroad Parties towards Tournay Menin and other Places to raise Contributions The Action was very warm and a great many Men were killed on both sides 18. 8. 1695 This Day the King having resolved to attack the Envelopes or Outworks on the Eminence of Bouge and Cocklet before the Town of Namur the Attack was carried on the Right by the English commanded by Major General Ramsey and on the Left by the Dutch under Major General Salis That Post being very advantageous Monsieur de Boufflers sent 5000 Men of his best Troops to defend it but they were so vigorously attacked that they were forced to retire in such a Confusion that a great many were drowned The Action was so vigorous that the French thought our Men were either mad or drunk for indeed they did more than they were bid and beat the Enemy-at once out of all their Outworks tho they had several Redoubts with Cannon The French lost above 1000 Men and a Field Officer and we lost about 600. The King continued all the while in the Trenches and it was 4 a Clock in the Morning before he returned to his Quarters The French made a Salley the same Day upon the Brandenburghers between the Sambre and the Meuse and were repulsed with great Loss   This Day our Bombing Vessels destroyed the Town of Granville on the Coast of Normandy 19. 9. 1689 A Plot was discovered at Edinburgh carried on by the Jacobites who had resolved to fire that City and destroy the States whereupon about 40 Persons were seized 20. 10. 1676 His Highness was wounded in the Arm in the Trenches at Mastricht 21. 11. 1690 This Day the Lord Mayor and Aldermen with the Lieucenancy of London attended her Majesty in Council where they declared the unanimous Resolution of the City to defend and preserve their Majesties and their Government with the â—â—azard of their Lives and to the utmost of their Power They represented
Parole His Valet de Chambre who accompanied him saved his Life to the Expence of his own which Zeal and Fidelity deserveth to be admired especially in this Age. 5. 25. 1689 The Ambassadors of the States of Holland had this Day their Publick Audience of Leave of their Majesties with all the Ceremonies that are observed at the publick Audiences of Ambassadors from Crowned Heads 6. 26. 1688 The French King having invaded the Palatinate and the Empire without any Provocation or Declaration of War the Dauphin arrived this Day before Philipsburgh which had been before invested by the French dit 1696 His Majesty came to Kensington from his Campagn in Flanders having landed at Margate this Morning at 1 a Clock 7. 27. 1691 The Garison of Limerick having demanded to capitulate the Governour sent Articles to General Ginkel who rejected them and sent them 12 Articles and let them know that he would grant no others ordering immediately a new Battery to be raised dit 1696 The Neutrality for Italy was signed this Day by Count Mansfeld in the Name of the Emperor the Marquiss de Leganez for the King of Spain and the Marquiss de St. Thomas for the Duke of Savoy by which it is agreed that there shall be a Suspension of Arms in Italy till a General Peace that the Siege of Valence which was besieged ever since the 17th ultimo by the Duke of Savoy should be immediately raised and that the Allies should march out of Italy 300000 Pistols being paid them in lieu of Winter-quarters The Conduct of the Duke of Savoy can hardly be parallel'd in History for he was the greatest part of this Summer at the Head of the Allies and towards the latter end of it we have seen him Generalissimo of the French invading the Country of the Allies who had so generously defended his against the Tyranny of the French 8. 28. 1688 King James having certain Advice that the Preparations made in Holland were designed against him issued out this Day a Proclamation whereby he declared that tho he had notice some time before of the intended Invasion of the Dutch yet he had always declined any Foreign Succours relying upon the true and antient Courage Faith and Allegiance of his People with whom he had often ventured his Life for the Honour of this Nation and in whose Defence he was resolved to live and die He recalled also the Writs issued out for the Election of the Members of Parliament which was to meet in November following dit 1690 The Earl of Marlborough being reinforced by the Duke of Wirtemberg and a Detachment of the Grand Army carried on the Siege of Cork with so much Vigour that the Garison was obliged to capitulate having Reason to fear they should be put to the Sword our Men having posted themselves very near the Wall They demanded the usual Terms of Capitulations but were denied and the General sent them word that he would allow them no other Conditions than to be Prisoners of War which they submitted to and accordingly delivered the Fort to the English The Garisom was near 5000 strong The Duke of Grafton with the Lord O Brian Colonel Granville Captain Cornwal Captain Neville and several other Sea-Officers went to the Attack as Volunteers and behaved themselves with an extraordinary Bravery but the Duke received a morcal Wound of which he died some Days after justly lamented for his great Valour 9. 29. 1674 The Germans having resused to fight the French at Oudenarde and thereby disappointed the Designs of the Prince of Orange his Highness left Flanders and came this Day before Grave with 2000 Horse to press the Siege of that important Place which was carried on by General Rabenhaut dit 1690 The Irish quitted the Town of Kingsale upon the Approach of a Detachment of the English sent by the Earl of Marlborough from Cork dit 1691 This Day the Town of Carmagnole in Piemont surrendred to the Confederate Army commanded by the Elector of Bavaria and the Duke of Savoy dit 1693 The Peace of the Lower Saxony being in great Danger of being disturbed by the Death of the Duke of Saxe Lawâ—nburg because of the several Pretenders to that Succession his Majesty of Great Britain the King of Sweden the States of Holland and the Elector of Brandenburgh interposed their Mediation betwixt the King of Denmark and the House of Lunenburg and this Day a Treaty was signed at Hamburgh whereby the Danes withdrew their Army from before Ratzeburgh which they had already besieged and the Princes of Lunenburgh obliged themselves to raze the Fortifications of that Place which had given a great Umbrage to the King of Denmark 10. 30. 1688 His Highness the Prince of Orange gave this Day his Declaration at the Hague containing the Reasons inducing him to appear in Arms in England for preserving the Protestant Religion the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland This Declaration sets forth King James's most notorious Breaches of the Original Contract between the King and the People and of his Coronation-Oath the Invitation made to his Highness by many of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons to come to their Relief and the Prince's Intention to join with the People of England and oblige the King to call a Free Parliament to redress those intolerable Grievances and inquire into the Legitimacy of the Prince of Wales which as his Highness says was suspected by the greatest part of the Nation  October  11. 1. 1690 The Earl of Marlborough sat down this Day before Kingsale 12. 2. 1688 King James being very sensible that his Arbitrary Government had alienated from him the Hearts of his Subjects thought there was no better way to disappoint the Designs of the Prince of Orange than to redress the Grievances of the Nation and in order thereto sent this Day for the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Sheriffs of London to Whitehall where he told them that out of his Concern for the Peace and Welfare of the City and as a Mark of the great Confidence he had in them at a time when the Kingdom was threatned with an Invasion he had resolved to restore to them their antient Charter and Privileges and to put them into the same Condition they were in at the Time of the Judgment pronounced against them upon the Quo warranto   The same Day a General Pardon was published in which about 17 Persons were excepted dit 1689 The Town of Bon surrendred this Day to the Confederate Army commanded by the Elector of Brandenburgh the French having lost therein about 3000 Men. dit 1690 The two Houses of Parliament met this Day at Westminster where his Majesty made a most gracious Speech on the Transactions of the last Campaign and the necessity of encreasing our Preparations for the next dit  The Old Fort of Kingsale was this Day stormed and taken by the English 13. 3. 1688 This Day the Archbishop
of Canterbury and the Bishops of London Winchester S. Asaph Ely Chichester Rochester Bath and Wells and Peterborough all in a body waited upon the King where they humbly advised him to put the Management of the Government in the several Counties into the Hands of such Persons as were qualified for it to annul the High Commission for Ecclesiastical Affairs to restore the President and Fellows of Magdalen College in Oxford and that no Person unqualified by Law be preferr'd to any Place in Church or State to set aside all Licences or Faculties already granted whereby the Papists pretended to be enabled to teach publick Schools to desist from the Exercise of the Dispensing Power to inhibit the four foreign Bishops who stiled themselves Vicars Apostolical from further invading the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction vested in the Bishops of the Church of England to fill the vacant Bishopricks both in England and Ireland and especially the Archiepiscopal Chair of York with Men of Learning and Piety to supersede all further Prosecutions of Quo Warranto's against Corporations and to restore to those Corporations their Charters and Privileges as he had done to the City of London to call a Free Parliament to secure the Church of England the Liberties and Properties of all his Subjects and procure a due Liberty of Conscience and Lastly that his Majesty would suffer his Bishops to offer him such Motives and Arguments as may perswade him to return to the Communion of the Church of England in which he was baptized The Papists were inraged at these good Advices and the King was not pleased with such a Representation which set too freely before him his illegal and arbitrary Proceedings dit 1689 The Right Reverend Edward Stillingfleet Bishop of Worcester Simon Patrick Bishop of Chichester and Gilbert Ironside Bishop of Bristol were this Day consecrated in the Chappel of Fulham by the Bishops of London St. Asaph and Rochester dit 1691 The strong Town of Limerick surrendred this Day to his Majesty's Forces and at the same time the Irish made a General Capitulation for their whole Nation that was still in Arms whereby they were promised all the Liberty as was consistent with the Laws of Ireland and such as were not willing to stay were allowed to go to France Thus ended the Wars of Ireland and the famous Campaign of 1691. the most glorious that was ever performed by a little Army which in about four Months time took three strong Places for besides many Forts Castles and small Towns we gained a great Victory without reckoning the frequent Rencounters that hapned in which they always got the Advantage tho in small Numbers 14. 4. 1678 The French having restored to the Dutch the Town of Mastricht the States General desired the Prince of Orange to name for Magistrates such Persons as he should think fit 15. 5. 1688 The Foreign Advices having convinced King James that the Preparations of the Prince of Orange were designed against him declared this Day in Council that he had thought fit to dissolve the Commission for Causes Ecclesiastical c. and gave Directions to the Lord Chancellor of England to cause the same to be forthwith done This did not however satisfy the People for the said Commission was not declared illegal nor any Promise made that it should never be renewed and every one took this Proceeding of the Court not as an Effect of the King's Justice but of the fear he was in of the Prince of Orange dit 1690 The House of Lords presented an Address to the King to congratulate his Majesty's Victories in Ireland and desire him not to expose his Person so much The Commons did the like and both Houses presented another Address to the Queen to thank her Majesty for her prudent Administration during the King's Absence and in so nice a Juncture as her Majesty had found her self in whilst a powerful Enemy lorded it upon our Coasts and threatned the Kingdom with an Invasion dit 1692 This Day we received the surprizing Advice that the â—â—ke of Savoy had quitted the 16th ultimo the Town of Ambrun having blown up the Fortifications and returned with his Forces towards his own Country France was never in such an Alarm as they were then the Confederate Army being in their Country and they having no Strength to oppose them the Inhabitants of Lyons and Grenoble were removing their Effects and no body doubted but the Allies would improve that fair Opportunity however they contented themselves with the taking of Ambrun and Gap and raising some Contributions and then retired 'T is true the Duke of Savoy fell so sick of the Small Pox at Gap that his Life was thought in danger and some have believed that his Distemper disappointed all the Designs of that Army but others who have more narrowly inquired into that Affair do think that the Corruption and Treachery of the Duke's Council was the true Remora that stopp'd our Forces and that the Small Pox came very seasonably to him as a Varnish over the Infidelity of that Court. 16. 6. 1688 This Day King James was pleased to restore actually to the City of London all their antient Franchises and Privileges as fully as they enjoyed them before the late Judgment upon the Quo Warranto The Lord Chancellor did them the Honour to bring down the Instrument of Restitution and Confirmation under the Great Seal of England and Sir John Chapman was thereby constituted Lord Mayor till the usual time of the Election 17. 7. 1692 This Day the Electoral College at Ratisbonne resolved by Plurality of Voices to declare the Duke of Hanover one of the Princes Electors of the Empire notwithstanding the Opposition of the College of the Princes of Germany The Emperor had invested him first with the Dignity for the great Service of the House of Lunenburgh both to the Empire and to the common Cause against the French 18. 8. 1685 This Day pass'd the Great Seal the French King's Edict for annulling the famous Edict of Nantz the Observation of which had been so solemnly sworn by the French King himself This was the last Blow given to the French Protestant Churches which a barbarous Persecution of 25 Years had not been able to overcome All the remaining Churches were razed to the Ground the Ministers banished upon pain of the Gallies and the rest without any regard to Sex Age Quality or Services were with an unparallel'd piece of Inhumanity delivered up to the Mercy of Priests and Souldiers who burnt some alive stuck others with Pins all over their Bodies hang'd others in Smoak and in short used such Barbarities that Posterity will hardly believe so much Cruelty could ever have been harboured in the Hearts of Men. Many were forced to succumb by those violent Shocks and turn Papists and others fled away and are now dispersed all over the Face of the Earth in a most lamentable Condition worthy of the Commiseration of all Christian and Generous Souls The French
lying so conveniently to receive Supplies from France dit 1693 We had Advice that Charles Duke of Schomberg died at Turin the 17th Instant of his Wounds in the late Battel of Marsaglia justly lamented for his personal Merits great Conduct and Valour He had been bred up a Souldier from his Cradle yet he never was spoiled by the poisonous Air they commonly breath in the Field but was a noble Proof that Sobriety Chastity Moderation and Religion can sympathize with the fiercest Courage 28. 18. 1692 His Majesty landed this Day at Yarmouth in the Afternoon having had a very bad Passage during which several French Privateers came pretty near the Yatch wherein his Majesty was the Weather being so stormy that the Men of War commanded by Sir Cloudesly Shovel could hardly keep together 29. 19. 1688 The Prince of Orange having disposed all things towards his Expedition to England and sent Prince Waldeck with a Detachment of the Dutch Forces to join the Brandenburghers and other Allies to secure Cologâ— and the Country of Juliers caused the rest of his Army to go on board and having taken his Leave of the States General the States of Holland and West-Frizeland and of her Royal Highness the Princess went himself this Day on board of a Frigat of 36 Guns in the middle of the Line attended by the Mareschal de Schomberg the People crouding the Shore to wish him a prosperous Expedition dit 1688 The Fortress of Philipsburgh surrendred this Day to the Dauphin after a Siege of 4 Weeks and afterwards the French took Spire Worms Manheim Frankendall Heidelberg and other Places of the Palatinate which they destroyed with Fire and Sword committing Cruelties hitherto unknown among the Christians This was done before any Declaration of War was published and yet the French have had the Impudence to accuse the States General to have begun the War It is to be observed also that â—t that very time they were committing those Barbarities they exclaimed against the Emperor and pretended that what they did was only to establish a lasting Peace dit 1691 The King landed this Morning at Margate from Holland being attended in his Passage by Sir Cloudesly Shovel and this Evening came to Kensington being received with all imaginable Demonstrations of Joy 30. 20. 1688 His Highness the Prince of Orange sailed this Day from the Flatts near the Brill with his whole Fleet consisting of 52 Men of War and about 640 Transport Ships and Tenders The Men of War were divided into 3 Squadrons Admiral Herbert had the Van and Admiral Evertzen the Rear the Prince being in the middle of the Line with Admiral Bâ—stians The Wind was very favourable at first but about 12 a Clock at Night it turned to Westward with such a Violence that the whole Fleet was obliged to put into Helvoetsluce Goree and other Places The Storm lasted about 12 Hours and was so terrible that People thought that at least the half of the Fleet would be lost yet by the Providence of God there was but one Fly-boat with about 50 Horses that perished and all the Men were saved 'T is true that a great many Horses died in the Storm The News of that Accident being brought over caused an extraordinary Joy at Court where the Priests boasted very much of the Assistance they expected from the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints who had been so earnestly supplicated to confound that Heretical Fleet of the Prince dit 1692 His Majesty returned this Evening to Kensington from Holland having past through the City amidst the Acclamations of the People and a continued Illumination in the Houses Bonfires and other Demonstrations of Joy 31. 21.  November   1. 22. 1677 This Day his Majesty King Charles II. acquainted his Privy Council with the Resolution he had taken to marry the Lady Mary his Niece with the Prince of Orange which Resolution was mightily approved by the Council who thanked his Majesty and the Duke of York and complimented the Princess and the Prince upon that Account   The same Day his Highness dispatch'd a Gentleman for Holland with a Letter for the States General and another for the States of Holland to acquaint them that he had demanded the Princess of the King and the Duke of York and wanted only their Approbation   The News of that Marriage being spread in the City the People expressed an extraordinary Demonstration of Joy as if they had foreseen the great Advantages the English Nation was to receive some time after therefrom dit 1688 King James being sensible that the whole Nation was perswaded that the Prince of Wales was but a supposititious Prince whom the Priests had imposed upon the Nation in order to carry on their Designs to destroy the Protestant Religion thought fit to call his Privy Council this Day and desired the Queen Dowager and such of the Peers both Spiritual and Temporal the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London and other Lords and Ladies that were present at the Queen's Labour to declare upon Oath what they knew of the Birth of the Prince of Wales They appeared accordingly and declared what they knew which amounred only to this that they were on the 10th of Jaâ—â— at St. James's Palace when the Queen was delivered that they heard her Majesty groaning crying and the like but none of them except the Midwife deposed that that Child was come from the Queen's Body even not the Physicians themselves These Depositions being so lame did but increase the Suspicion that there was a Cheat in the case and the King's Council were so sensible that they would have the same effect that tho an Account of them was promised in the Gazette they did not think fit to be as good as their Word 'T is true we have no positive Proof that the Prince of Wales is a Bastard but there are so many Circumstances and Presumptions against his Legitimacy that one must own one of these two things either that he is a supposed Prince or at least that King James designed to make all the World believe it since the Princess of Orange and the Princess of Denmark were not invited to be present as they were to be nor any body for them the Bishops were put in the Tower some Days before and for those sew Pretestant Lords and Ladies who were called to St. James's they were introduced by the King in such a manner that none of them could see whether or no the Child was born of the Queen King James could not but foresee that the Legitimacy of his Son would be questioned and therefore to remove that Pretence it was enough to desire the Princess to be there with some Protestant Lords and Ladies appointed by the Princess of Orange and expose all things to their Sight and Feeling but since this was neglected one cannot but believe that there was a soul Design to impose a Popish Successor upon the Nation This pretended
Prince was born as they say on Sunday the 10th of June Old Stile 1688. 2. 23. 1689 The Parliament after a short Prorogation met again this Day and his Majesty was pleased to refer them to what he had said to both Houses the 19th Instant in relation to the Affairs of Ireland   The same Day a great Number of Lords and Gentlemen of that Kingdom met at Bow-Church in Cheapside to render Thanks to Almighty God for the Deliverance of the bloody Massacre the Irish made of the Protestants in the Year 1641 which began upon this Day 3. 24. 1673 This Day the Prince of Orange with his Army joined the Imperial Forces commanded by Count Montecuculi between Aâ—dernacht and Bonn. 4. 25. 1684 The Chambre de Metz so famous for their unjust Judgments deprived his Highness the Prince of Orange of the Lands Mannors and Lordships he had in the French King's Dominions 5. 26. 1674 This Day there was a Rencounter between a Detachment of the Troops of the Duke of Lorain and the French Arrierban or Nobility commanded by the Marquiss de Sable consisting of 700 Gentlemen in which â—he latter were all killed or taken Prisoners except 17. The General himself was taken The Lorains were but 700 commanded by Monsieur Dupuy dit 1688 King James being acquainted that many made it their business by Writing Printing or Speaking to defame hisâ— Government with false and seditious News and Reports to create in his Subjects and universal Jealousy and Discontent and that in Coffee-Houses and other Places People took the Liberty to censure the Proceedings of State by speaking evil of things they understood not published this Day his Proclamation forbidding the spreading of false News and declaring that those who should hear seditious Reports and Reflections against him and his Ministers and should not reveal it should be likewise prosecuted with the â—tmost Severity This Proclamation rather increased the Aversion Men had then for the Government and there were very few who did not presently reflect on Father Petre then one of the Privy Council as fitter to be hang'd than reverenced 6. 27. 1688 The Earl of Sunderland President of King James's Privy Council and principal Secretary of State was turned this Day out of all his Places and the Lord Preston made Secretary in his room The Change surprized all Men and it was given out that his Lordship had lost out of his Scritore the Original League concluded between the French King and K. James for the Extirpation of the Protestant Religion here and the establishing Popery and Arbitrary Government and that the same had been carried over to the Prince of Orange but my Lord Sunderland in his Letter to a Friend in London that came out some time after viz. March 23 1689. says that he never heard of such a League but tells us the Jesuits exasperated King James against him because he opposed the Prosecution of the seven Bishops who were put in June last into the Tower for refusing to read in their Churches the King's Declaration for Liberty of Conscience because â—â—e advised the King to restore â—he Corporations annul the Ecclesiastical Court call a Free Parliament and redress all other Grievances He tells us also that he disswaded King James from calling a Parliament in Ireland which was designed to alter the Acts of Settlement I must not forget to mention two pieces of Service more to the Nation performed by his Lordship which was the refusing of the French Succours that were offer'd to King James which my Lord Sunderland opposed to Death and his hindring the securing the Chief of the disaffected Nobility and Gentry which was proposed to the Court as a certain way to break all the Prince's Measures 7. 28. 1677 His Highness having joined the Imperial Army held the 4th Instant a Council of War wherein it was resolved to besiege Bon and accordingly his Highness took his Quarters this Day before that Fortress which was invested the Day before 8. 29. 1689 This Day Sir Thomas Pilkington being continued Mayor of the City of London was according to Custom sworn before the Barons of the Exchequer at Westminster whither he went by Water accompanied by the Aldermen and the several Companies of the City in their respective Barges adorned with Flags and Streamers Their Majesties and their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark and the Lords and Commons assembled in Parliament having been pleased to accept of an humble Invitation from the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council to dine in the City this Day their Majesties attended by his Royal Highness all the great Officers of the Court and a numerous Train of Nobility and Gentry in their Coaches went to Guild-hall the Militia of London and Westminster making a Lane for them the Balconies all along their Passage being richly hung with Tapistry and filled with Spectators and the People in great Crouds expressing their Joy with loud and continued Acclamations The Royal City-Regiment of Volunteer Horse richly accoutred under the Command of the Earl of Monmouth attended their Majesties from Whitehall to Guildhall where they were entertained with the Grandeur and Magnificence sutable to so august and extraordinary a Presence Christopher Lethieullier John Houblon Esq Sheriffs Edward Clark and Francis Child Aldermen received the Honour of Knighthood on this occasion Their Majesties returned in the Evening with the same Ceremonies amidst the Acclamation of their People Bonsires and Illuminations 9. 30. 1688 King James having received Advice the Day before that the Damage the Fleet of the Prince of Orange had received in the Storm which forced him back to Helvoetsluce had been magnified on purpose to delude him and that the Prince would sail in few Days sent fresh Orders to his Fleet to put to Sea and suspecting that the Prince would land in the North because of the great many disaffected Lords that were gone that way he sent thither a greater Number of his Forces which was looked upon as a new Instance of the Weakness of the Council of that Prince in sending his Forces to one of the Extremities of the Kingdom before he knew that his Enemy should not land in the other 10. 31. 1688 King James having read in the Prince's Declaration that his Highness was most earnestly invited hither by divers of the Lords both Spiritual and Temporal and by many Gentlemen and others his Majesty sent for some of the Bishops and required of them a Paper under their Hands in abhorrence of the Prince of Orange's intended Invasion which was designed to be tacked to a Proclamation which came out two Days after forbidding the reading of his Highness's Declaration upon severe Penalties but the Bishops of Canterbury London Peterborough and Rochester who were only sent for refused to do it at which the Jesuited Party were so violently inraged that if we may believe the Bishop of Rochester King James was advised to imprison the said Bishops and extort that Truth
and at the same time sent Orders to the Earl of Feversham to disband his Army   The same Evening he sent for the Lord Mayor and the Sheriffs of London to White-hall where he acquainted them that he had thought fit to send the Queen and his Son away but that he was resolved to stay with them laying a strict Charge upon them to take care of the City and to keep it in Peace The King went afterwards to the Council where there was a very long Debate who were to meet again the next Morning but King James had resolved before-hand to follow the Queen and all that he had done this Day was only to conceal his Design for he went away that Night 21. 11. 1688 This Morning about three a Clock King James left Whitehall and went down the River to go over to France The same Day the Earl of Feversham received the following Letter from King James   Things being come to that Extremity that I have been forced to send away the Queen and my Son the Prince of Wales that they might not fall into the Enemies Hands which they must have done if they had stayed I am obliged to do the same thing in hopes it will please God out of his infinite Mercy to this unhappy Nation to touch their Hearts with true Loyalty and Honour If I could have relied on all my Troops I might not have been put to the Extremity I am now in and would at least have had one Blow for it But tho I know there are many brave Men amongst you both Officers and Souldiers yet you know that both you and several of the General Officers and Souldiers and Men of the Army told me it was no ways adviseable for me to venture my self at their Head or to think to fight the Prince of Orange with them And now there remains only for me to thank you and all those both Officers and Souldiers who have stuck to me and been truly Loyal I hope you will still retain the same Fidelity to me and tho I do not expect you should expose your selves by resisting a Foreign Army and a poisoned Nation yet I hope your former Principles are so inrooted in you that you will keep your selves free from Associations and such pernicious things Time presses so I can add no more James Rex   Those who had seen the Proposals the Prince of Orange had made were very much surprized at the Expressions of this Letter and concluded that King James did never design to give any Satisfaction to his People for if he had he would certainly have staid here since he was in no danger of his Person Many who were still for him left his Party because of an unlucky Expression of his Letter which implied by a very natural Innuendo that it being not adviseable for him to fight the Prince of Orange with the English Army he was going to France to bring over some Troops at the Head of whom he might venture his Person   The Earl of Feversham having received this Letter disbanded the Army under his Command and immediately sent a Letter to the Prince of Orange to acquaint him therewith dit  The News of the King being gone was very surprizing tho many were of Opinion that he would not stay very long after the Queen and his Beloved Father Peters who was reported to be gone also with the Pretended Prince of Wales and thereupon the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in and about the Cities of London and Westminster met at Guild-hall where they sent for the Lord Mayor and Aldermen and made the following Declaration   We doubt not but the World believes that in this great and dangerous Conjuncture We are heartily and zealously concerned for the Protestant Religion the Laws of the Land and the Liberties and Properties of the Subject And we did reasonably hope that the King having issued his Proclamation and Writs for a Free Parliament we might have rested secure under the Expectation of that Meeting but his Majesty having withdrawn himself and as we apprehend in order to his Departure out of this Kingdom by the pernicious Counsels of Persons ill affected to our Nation and Religion we cannot without being wanting in our Duty be silent under those Calamities wherein the Popish Counsels which so long prevailed have miserably involved these Realms We do therefore unanimously resolve to apply our selves to his Highness the Prince of Orange who with so great Kindness to these Kingdoms so vast Expence and so much Hazard to his own Person has undertaken by endeavouring to procure a Free Parliament to rescue us with as little Effusion as possible of Christian Blood from the imminent Dangers of Popery and Slavery   And we do hereby declare that we will with our utmost Endeavours assist his Highness in the obtaining such a Parliament with all speed wherein our Laws our Liberties and Properties may be secured the Church of England in particular with a due Liberty to Protestant Dissenters and in general the Protestant Religion and Interest over the whole World may be supported and incouraged to the Glory of God the Happiness of the established Government in these Kingdoms and the Advantage of all Princes and States in Christendom that may be herein concerned   In the mean time we will endeavour to preserve as much as in us lies the Peace and Security of these great and populous Cities of London and Westminster and the Parts adjacent by taking care to disarm all Papists and secure all Jesuits and Romish Priests who are in or about the same   And if there be any thing more to be performed by Us for promoting his Highness's generous Intentions for the publick Good we shall be ready to do it as occasion shall require Signed W. Cant. Tho. Ebor. Pembrook Dorset Mulgrave Thanet Carlisle Craven Ailesbury Burlington Sussex Berkley Rochester Newport Weymouth P. Winchester W. Asaph Frantis Ely Tho. Rossen Tho. Petriburg P. Wharton North and Gray Chandos Montague Th. Jermyn Vaughan Carbery Culpeper Crew Osulston   Then the Governour of the Tower was summoned who delivered the Keys but the Lord Mayor had not Courage enough to take them as it was his Duty and therefore the Lord Archbishop of Canterbury took them and put them into the Hands of the Lord Lucas who was thereupon constituted Governour of the Tower Their Lordships desired the Earl of Pembrook the Lord Viscount Weymouth the Bishop of Ely and the Lord Culpeper forthwith to attend the Prince of Orange with the said Declaration and acquaint his Highness with what they had farther done at that Meeting dit  The Lieutenancy of the City of London met the same Day and agreed upon an Address to be presented to the Prince of Orange to thank his Highness for his generous Expedition and desire him to repair to the City with all convenient speed They sent immediately Sir
Robert Clayton Sir William Russell Sir Bazil Firebrace and Charles Duncomb Esq to present the said Address   The Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons of the City of London agreed also upon an Address much to the same purpose which was also sent to the Prince 22. 12. 1688 King James having imbarked for France on board a Smack commanded by one Captain Saunders was forced for Shelter to take into East Swale the Eastern Part of the Isle of Sheppy in order to take in Ballast but the Fishermen of Feversham in Kent discovered that Ship and suspecting that some Jesuits might be on board to make their Escape into France they boarded the Smack Sir Edward Hales who was with the King and Mr. Labadie offered to make some Resistance but the Fishermen who presently knew him told them they were dead Men if they did not submit which they did They were carried to Feversham where the King was known and treated with Civility There have been many Stories made concerning the pretended Affronts he received there but I know from the Fishermen themselves and especially from poor Hunt whom King James excepted afterwards in his Declaration of Indemnity that no Violence was offered to his Person excepting only his Money Watch and the like taken from him but that as he came down from the Smack into the Boat he hurt himself in the Face 'T is true they gave him some ill Language and called him Priest Jesuit Father Peters and the like but they were not so much mistaken as some may think for I believe I could demonstrate that that Prince was admitted into a Monkish Order tho I must confess it was not that of the Jesuits   The King's withdrawing put the Mob into such a Ferment that they got together in incredible Numbers and pull'd down all the Chappels or Mass-houses as they call'd them not respecting the Character of the Spanish Ambassador whose House was plundered They brought the Materials of those Buildings into Lincolns-Inn fields and other Places of which they made great Bonfires The Number of the Mob frighted not only the Roman Catholicks but also all considering Men who did reflect on the Time and the Rage of the People but I must do Justice to our Mob that they were very moderate for after they had pull'd down those Chappels they returned home without offering any Violence to any private House or any Person   The same Day the Lord Jesseries late Lord Chancellor of England was taken in Disguise at Wapping as he endeavoured to go on board a foreign Ship to make his Escape The Mob carried him before the Lord Mayor who sent him to the Tower which was confirmed by the Peers assembled at the Council-Chamber at White-hall dit 1696 The French King being unable to carry on the War for a longer time and foreseeing his Ruine unless prevented by a Peace sent about the beginning of the last Campagn into Holland one Monsieur Caillâ—re as his Agent to confer with the Deputies of the States and make some Overtures for entring into a Negotiation for a General Peace In which he succeeded so far that the French King and most of the Allies having named their Plenipotentiaries his Majesty was pleased this Day to name the Right Honourable the Earl of Pembrook Lord Privy Seal and formerly Ambassador into Holland the Lord Viscount Villiers now his Majesty's Plenipotentiary at the Congress at the Hague and Sir Joseph Williamson formerly Plenipotentiary at the Treaty of Cologn and Secretary of State under King Charles II. during the Treaty of Nimeguen his Plenipotentiaries for the Treaty of a General Peace 23. 13. 1688 This Morning about three of the Clock there was a dreadful Alarm that the Irish in a desperate Rage were approaching the City putting Men Women and Children to the Sword as they came along whereupon the Citizens all rose in Arms placing Lights in their Windows from the top to the bottom and the Train-bands were assembled and there was nothing but Shooting and beating of Drums all the Night long Part of the Train-bands advanced towards Hide-Park to stop the Irish there but notwithstanding several Men came from time to time on Horseback reporting that the Irish were already advanced to Kensington and other Places yet it was a groundless Alarm and it spread it self the same Night the whole Length and Breadth of the Kingdom of England and all that were able to bear Arms appeared at their several Places for the Defence of their Lives Religion Laws and Liberties and resolving to destroy all the Irish and Papists in case any Injury was offer'd them but as that Report was altogether imaginary no body suffer'd thereby This is one of the most unaccountable things that ever I heard of and certainly 't is impossible that Chance alone could be the Occasion of it and therefore many have suspected that this was a Contrivance of the Great Duke of Schomberg to try thereby how the People were affected I know but one Instance that may be parallel'd with this which happen'd about 8 Months after in France and perhaps in imitation of this for in the same Night the whole Country from Bourdeaux to the Gates of Orleans were in Arms upon a false Alarm that the Prince of Orange was there with the Huguenots destroying all the Country with Fire and Sword insomuch that the Parliament of Guienne sitting then at La Râ—ole met about 12 a Clock at Night to give Orders for the Security of that Place 24. 14. 1688 The four Lords sent by the Peers with four Aldermen and four Deputies of the Lieutenancy of London waited on his Highness the Prince of Orange at Henly with the Addresses resolved upon at Guild-hall on the 11th Instant   The same Day the Lords assembled at Whitehall sent the Lords Feversham Ailesbury Yarmouth and Middleton to Feversham to intreat King James to return to Whitehall and ordered his Guards to go down to see him safe on board any Ship he should chuse if he persisted in his Resolution to go out of the Nation This Proceeding of the Lords was looked upon as too hasty for many thought that after having addressed the Prince of Orange in the manner as they had done it was reasonable to ask his Highness's Consent before they had invited K. James to return to Whitehall or called a greater Assembly of the Peers than that Day met   The same Day as the Duke of Graston was marching thrô the Strand at the Head of a Regiment of Foot an Irish Trooper came riding up to him but being beaten back by the Souldiers he drew his Pistol to shoot the Duke but was himself shot dead upon the spor 25. 15. 1688 King James being invited back to London arrived this Day at Rochester in order to his Return to Whitehall   The same Day the Prince of Orange entred Windsor and there he received Advice of King James's being seized at Feversham and
1674 The Prince of Orange arrived this Day at Vtrecht to compose some Difference in the Town where he was received with all imaginable Respect the Burghers appearing on that Occasion in Arms. His Highness thought fit to remove the old Magistrates and choose new ones which was very acceptable to the Inhabitants and ended all the Troubles of that City 25. 15. 1689 Admiral Herbert with the Fleet under his Command appears before Kingsale whereupon Colonel Mackillicut Governor of the Place prepared to retire thinking that it was the French Fleet which pursuant to an Agreement between King James and the French King was coming to take Possession of that Town 26. 16. 1696 This Day being appointed for a General and Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for his great Goodness and Mercy in discovering and delivering his Majesty from the late Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy of Papists and other Traiterous Persons to Assassinate and Murder his Majesty's Sacred Person and from an Invasion intended by the French upon this Kingdom whereby not only the Destruction of his Majesty's Royal Person was plotted and intended but also the total Subversion of the Government and of the Religion Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom the same was religiously observed in the Cities of London and Westminster with great Marks of Loyalty and Affection to his Majesty and his Government and at Night there were Illuminations Bonfires and other publick Rejoicings sutable to the Occasion 27. 17. 1696 The King constituted the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Stamford Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon and the Earl of Radnor Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cornwal 28. 18. 1689 The Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury Principal Secretary of State was this Day constituted Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester dit 1690 Sir Cloudesly Shovel in his Majesty's Ship the Monk the Monmouth Yacht and a Fireship came to an Anchor in Dublin-Bay and having discovered a Ship a Mile within the Bar Sir Cloudesly Shovel being on Board the Monmouth went over the Bar with the Pinnace of the Man of War and a Ketch whereupon the said Ship removed a Mile higher and ran a-ground within a Musket-shot of a French Man of War of 12 Guns and 2 or 3 English Ships that lay a-ground silled with Soldiers who sired briskly at Sir Cloudesly However the English attacked her and after some Dispute having observed that Sir Cloudesly had made a Signal for a Fireship the Enemy â—â—rsook their Ship and get away in their Boats The English got her off but in their return oâ—â— of their Boats run aground whereupon the late King James with his Guards and many People came upon the Shore but the English who stood in their Boats made so vigorous a Defence that the Irish durst not come near them The Ship that was taken was called the Pelican the biggest of two Scots Frigats the French had taken the Year before and carried 20 Guns 29. 19. 1689 The Earl of Dundee having absented himself from Edinburgh without Leave of the Convention the States sent 200 Horse after him and ordered the Country People to seize him The Duke of Gourdon persisting in his Resolution of holding Edinburgh Castle for the late King James and Major General Mackay being ordered to besiege it two Batteries of Cannon and Mortars were raised this Day against it The States appoint also the Colonels of Six new Regiments raised in their Name 30. 20. 1692 The Elector Palatine having remained two or three Days at Loo with his Majesty went away this Day for Dusseldorp assuring the King that he would give immediate Orders to his Troops to be in a Readiness to march whither and when his Majesty should command May.   ◠21. 1696 This Day Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne having been indicted for High Treason for Conspiring to Assassinate his Majesty were brought to their Trials at the King's Bench Bar Each of them had a Copy of their Indictment and two Counsel to plead for them The Evidence for the King was very clear and full and it was plainly proved that the late K. James employed several Persons to act under Sir George Barclay in the intended Assassination of his Majesty and sent them over to England for that Purpose The Prisoners had nothing material to say in their own Defence and so the Jury found them guilty of High Treason 2. 22. 1696 Robert Lowick indicted for High Treason for Conspiring to Assassinate his Majesty was this Day brought to his Trial at the King's Bench Bar and the Matters charged against him being fully proved the Jury found him guilty of High Treason and â—e Rookwood and Cranburne condemned the Day before had the Judgment pronounced against them which is usual in Cases of High Treason dit 1691 The King was pleased in Consideration of the many good and acceptable Services of Mainhardt Count of Schomberg and the late Duke of Schomberg his Father to create him Baron of Mullingar Earl of Bangor and Duke of Leinster in the Kingdom of Ireland dit 1673 The Prince of Orange set out from the Hague to view all the Towns and Fortresses of Holland 3. 23. 1695 This Day came Advice that Captain Killegrew in the Plymouth and five other English Frigats being a cruising in the Channel of Maltha met with two French Men of War viz. the Trident of 64 Guns and the Content of 54 Captain Killegrew engag'd them alone for a considerable time and being joined by another Frigat obliged the French to surrender and brought them to Messina 4. 24. 1689 This Day the States of Scotland named the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery of Skelmerley and Sir John Dalrymple their Commissioners to go for England to offer the Crown of Scotland to their Majesties 5. 25. 1689 Their Majesties taking into their most serious Consideration the deplorable Condition of the French Protestants issued out this Day the following Proclamation in their Behalf   William R.   WHereas it has pleased God Almighty to deliver the Realm of England and the Subjects thereof from the Persecution lately threatning them for their Religion and from the Oppression and Destruction which the Subversion of their Laws and the Arbitrary Exercise of Power and Dominion over them had very near introduced We finding in our Subjects a true and just Sense thereof and of the Miseries and Oppressions the French Protestants lie under for their Relief and to incourage them that shall be willing to transport themselves their Families and Estates into this our Kingdom We do hereby declare that all French Protestants that shall seek their Refuge in and transport themselves into this our Kingdom shall not only have our Royal Protection for themselves Families and Estates within this our Realm but we will also do our Endeavour in all reasonable Ways and Means so to support aid and assist them in their several and respective Trades and ways of Livelihood as that their living and
that the Peers had desired him to return to Whitehall The Lords and Gentlemen with his Highness were called to give their Advice in this nice Juncture Some and especially a certain Nobleman now a great Friend and Promoter of the late King's Interest advised the Prince to secure King James and put him into the Tower but his Highness rejected that Proposal for which says the Author of the Revolutions of England tho a Jesuit History will do him Justice and commend his Generosity It was at last resolved that the Prince should immediately dispatch Monsieur Zulestein to the King to desire him for the great Quiet and Tranquillity of the City to continue at Rochester 26. 16. 1688 Monsieur Zulestein having missed King James upon the Road his late Majesty returned about 5 in the Eyening to Whitehall attended by his Guards A Set of Boys and Irish followed him through the City making some Huzza's while the rest of the People silently looked on The King sent immediately the Earl of Feversham to the Prince to invite him to St. James's with what number of Forces he should think fit Monsieur Zulestein arrived a few Hours after and delivered the Prince's Letter to the King   The Privy Council met the same Day where the King was pleased to direct the Lord Lieutenants Justices of Peace and other Magistrates to prevent the Continuation of the Outrages that had been lately committed by pulling down and defacing Houses c. Popish Chappels were not mentioned in express Terms in this Order but as no other Houses had been pulled down People could not forbear to take notice of the great Zeal King James had for the Popish Party since the first Act of Sovereignty he did after his Return was in their Favour as if he had a mind to convince the World that he was come back only to serve them   The same Day the Earl of Feversham arrived at Windsor with King James's Letter to the Prince and was committed by his Highness with the Advice of the Peers for having says the French Author of the Revolution disbanded the Army without disarming the Irish or other Souldiers and whereby the Nation was exposed to a great Danger Others say that it was for having enter'd the Prince's Quarters without leave but whatever it be King James seemed very much concerned at it The Earl was a few Days after set at liberty at the Request of the Queen Dowager 27. 17. 1688 The Presence of the Prince being necessary in London and it being not safe neither for the Prince nor King James to be at the same time in the Town the Peers advised his Highness not to accept the King's Invitation to St. James's but to let the King know that it was convenient he should remove to Ham near Richmond where he should be attended by his own Guards and the Marquiss of Hallifax the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Lord Delamere were charged with the Message In the mean time Count Solmes was sent with the Foot Guards to take Possession of the Posts about Whitehall but the Ways being very bad it was ten at Night before they could come up and the English Guards then on Duty being unwilling to dislodge it was 12 at Night before the said Lords could deliver their Message At last the Guards being order'd to submit the Earl of Middleton Secretary of State was desired to acquaint the King that they had a Message to be delivered to his Majesty which was of so great Importance that they desired to be immediately introduced to the King which being done they made an Apology for coming at so unseasonable a time for he was in bed and delivered their Order in Writing and the King having read it said he would comply with it The Lords thereupon desired that he would remove so early as to be at Ham by Noon to prevent meeting the Prince in his way to London where he was to come the same Day The King complied with that also and ask'd whether he might not appoint his own Servants whereupon the Lords told him that the Prince left it entirely to him to give order in that as he pleased and took their leave of him but they were hardly gone as far as the Privy Chamber when the King sent for them again and told them he had forgot to acquaint them with his Resolution before the Message came to send the Lord Godolphin the next Morning to the Prince to propose to him his going back to Rochester and that he would rather return to that Place than go to any other The Lords told him they would acquaint the Prince with it and doubted not but his Answer would be to his Satisfaction and so parted 28. 18. 1688 The Prince who was advanced to Sion-house having Advice of King James's Demand of going to Rochester agreed to it whereupon the King left Whitehall this Morning and went to Gravesend in his own Barge attended by the Earl of Arran and some few others dit  The same Day about three in the Afternoon his Highness the Prince of Orange attended by the Mareschal de Schomberg and a great number of Nobility and Gentry came to St. James's Palace It is not possible to express the Demonstrations of Joy in the People who notwithstanding the great Dirt and Rain crowded the Road from St. James's to Hammersmith in such a manner that the Prince's Coach had much ado to pass All Men Women and Children wore Orange-colour Ribbons and Oranges on the top of their Swords and Sticks The Evening was concluded with Bonfires Illuminations ringing of Bells c. And as this was the happiest Day that ever shone for England never so universal Rejoicings were seen at London dit 1692 Count Guiscard who had besieged Huy was forced to retire this Day with Precipitation upon the Approach of the Confederate Troops tho the Marquiss de Boufflers was advanced to cover the Siege of that Place 29. 19. 1688 Their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark returned to Town   The same Day the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and the Common-Council of the City resolved upon an Address to congratulate the Prince of Orange's happy Arrival 30. 20. 1688 The Prince of Orange having appointed this Day to receive the Address of the City they were introduced and Sir George Treby their Recorder made the following Speech   May it please your Highness   THE Lord Mayor being disabled by Sickness your Highness is attended by the Aldermen and Commons of the Capital City of this Kingdom deputed to congratulate your Highness upon this great and glorious Occasion in which labouring for Words we cannot but come short in Expression Reviewing our late Danger we remember our Church and State over-run by Popery and Arbitrary Power and brought to the point of Destruction by the Conduct of Men that were our true Invaders that brake the sacred Fences of our Laws and which was worse the very