Members of Parliament in K. Charles's Reign met at Westminster by the Prince's Advice and presented him an Address of Thanks for rescuing the Nation desiring him to take upon him the Government till January 22. and in the mean time to issue out Letters for the Meeting of a Convention and take into his Care the Condition of Ireland 7. 1689 28. 1688 He issues out his Letters for electing Members for the Convention 8. 29.  9. 1689 30. 1688 The Prince puts out his Proclamation authorizing Sheriffs Justices of Peace c. to act 10. 1678 31. 1677 This Day a Treaty between England and Holland was concluded at the Hague in order to reestablish Peace in Christendom and oblige the French King to grant reasonable Terms to the Crown of Spain c.  January  11. 1.  12. 2. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes a Declaration for the better collecting the Revenue 13. 3. 1689 The Lord Dartmouth brings back the English Fleet into the Downs 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes an Order for the regular Election of Convention Men. dit 1691 King William prorogues the English Parliament 16. 6. 1691 His Majesty sets out for Holland to confer with several Confederate Princes but the Wind turning contrary he is forced to come back 17. 7. 1672 The States General appoint John de Wit Mynheer Beverning and Mynheer Fagel to draw up the Commission of Captain General 18. 8. 1651 The States General meet to dispose of the Places vacant by the Prince of Orange's Death dit 1689 The Prince puts out a Proclamation at London for quartering of Souldiers 19. 9. 1672 The Prince is proclaimed Captain General of Holland and Westfrizeland 20. 10. 1672 The Prince sets out from the Hague to view the Fortresses of the States and order the Magistrates of the several Provinces dit 1689 The Scots Lords present an Address to the Prince to take the Government of their Kingdom upon him till March next and to issue out his Letters for calling the States of Scotland to meet the 14th of the said Month. 21. 11.  22. 12. 1674 The States of Holland encrease the Houshold of his Royal Highness and the Number of his Guards 23. 13. 1673 The Prince presents the States with his tenth Part of all Prizes to be applied to the Defence of the Country 24. 14. 1689 The Prince of Orange being waited upon by the Scots Lords tells them that he has given all necessary Orders for the Security of their Kingdom 25. 15. 1679 He returns to the Hague having visited the Fortifications of Naerden and other Places in the Provinces of Vtrecht and Holland 26. 16. 1691 The King goes on board a second time for Holland attended by the Dukes of Norfolk and Ormond the Earls of Portland Dorset and Devonshire the Bishop of London and other Lords 27. 17.  28. 18.  29. 19. 1675 The States of Vtrecht sent their Deputies to advise the Prince to accept of the Soveraignty of Guelderland and Zutphen 30. 20. 1691 His Majesty comes in sight of the Dutch Coasts with 12 Men of War and 7 Yatchs but the Ships being unable to come nigh the Shore by reason of the Ice he takes a small Shalop to go on shore wherein he continued for 18 Hours together in a dark Night without view of Land or his Fleet exposed at once to die for Hunger to perish with Cold to be drowned at every Stroke his small Pinnace made against the Ice and to be taken Prisoner by every Pirate The Danger his Majesty was exposed to wholly dispirited his Attendants and seeing one of the Seamen who seemed to succumb under the Pressures of Cold Weariness and Fear he rouzed him up with this Expression What! dost thou fear to die in my Company An Expression very like to that used by Cesar in the Sicilian Strait Quid times Caesarem vehis Fortunam Caesaris and which had the same Effect for the Seamen being thereby encouraged surmounted all Difficulties and set his Majesty on Shore 31. 21. 1691 He arrives at the Hague incognito where nevertheless he is received with extraordinary Demonstrations of Joy It was the first time he came thither since crowned King of England and the States designed him the most magnificent Reception these last Ages have seen but his Majesty declined it dit 1697 This Day his Majesty was pleased to create the Honourable Arnold Joost Van Keppel an Earl Viscount and Baron of this Kingdom by the Title and Stile of Earl of Albemarle Viscount Bury and Baron of Ashford   The same Day his Majesty was pleased to appoint the Lord Viscount Gallway one of the Lords Justices of Ireland February   1. 22. 1689 The Convention of the States of England met at Westminster the Marquiss of Hallifax was chosen Speaker by the Lords and Henry Powle Esq by the Commons Both Houses desired the Prince to take on him the Administration of the Government for a farther time and ordered a Thanksgiving day to be kept Jan. 31. Old Stile in London and Feb. 14. throughout England for the Deliverance of the Nation The Prince sent a Letter to the House of Lords about setling the Government 2. 23. 1674 The States of Holland and West-Frizeland declare the Place of Governour Captain General and Admiral of their Provinces possessed by his Highness hereditary in his Male-Posterity   The same Day the States of Zealand did the like and also made the Dignity of first Nobleman bestowed upon his Highness hereditary He was a few Days after complimented thereupon by K. Charles II's Envoy 3. 24.  4. 25. 1677 At the Request of the States General he goes to Groâ—ingen attended by some of their Deputies to compose the Divisions that were in that Town 5. 26. 1679 This Day the Treaty of Peace between the Empire and France was signed at Nimeguen dit 1691 His Majesty was obliged at the States Desires and the Peoples Importunities to make a publick Entry inâ—â—â—he Hague which was performed with all the Solemnity imaginable 6. 27. 1691 He gives Audieâ—ce to several Princes and Deputies of the Cities of Holland 7. 28. 1689 The House of Commons resolves that K. James H. having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom by breaking the Original Contract between King and People and by the Advice oâ— Jesuits and other wicked Persons having violated the Fundamental Laws and withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is thereby become vacant dit 1691 His Majesty assists at the Assembly of the States of Holland and Westfrizeland of the States General and at the Council of State where he receives extraordinary Marks of Respect dit 1697 Sir John Fenwick Baronet attainted of High Treason for conspiring against the King and betraying his Country to the French was beheaded this Day on Tower-Hill 8. 29. 1689 The House of Lords being in a great Debate on
before to a Committee of the House of Commons who went to Newgate to examine them They were attended by three Jacobite Parsons who were so impudent as to give a full Absolution at the Gallows to those Criminals laying their Hands over their Heads tho they died impenitent of the horrid and hellish Crime they owned themselves guilty of 13. 3. 1696 The English Fleet having been several times forced back from the French Coasts by contrary Winds returned this Day before Calais under the Command of Sir Cloudesly Shovel who ordered Captain Benbow to bombard the Town which he did throwing about 400 Shells into the Town which set it on Fire in three or four Places and burnt several Ships in the Harbour The Enemy made a great Fire upon our Men and yet we had but 3 kill'd and 8 wounded Our Admiral intended to begin afresh the next Morning but he was blown by a violent Storm into the Downs This was done almost in sight of the late King James who since the Discovery of the Conspiracy against King William's Person Febr. 22. continued at Boulogn by Order of the French King in order to make some People believe that their Intended Invasion of England was not grounded upon the Assassination of his Majesty 14. 4. 1675 The Prince of Orange being recovered of a dangerous Distemper the States of Holland send their Deputies to congratulate his Highness upon the same desire him to take a greater Care of his Person and to give them Leave to appoint a Day of Thanksgiving for his Recovery 15. 5. 1675 The Province of Guelderland desired his Highness since he would not accept the Sovereignty of their Province to take on him the Dignity of their Stadtholder and Governour which they had likewise settled upon his Male Posterity for ever which his Highness consented to 16. 6. 1666 The States General of the Seven Vnited Provinces take upon them the Guardianship of the young Prince of Orange and made choice of six Noblemen to take care of his Education This Proceeding of the States was very acceptable to the People who look upon the Princes of the Illustrious House of Orange as their Tutelar Angels 17. 7 169â— This Day a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer was opened in the King's Bench at Westminster and the Jury being sworn they found a Bill of Indictment of High Treason against Major Lowick Captain Knightley Brigadeer Rookwood and Cranburne for imagining and designing the Murder and Assassination of the King After which the Grand Jury made a Presentment to the Court that ... Collier Shadrach Cook and ... Snett Clerks did take upon them to pronounce and give Absolution to Sir Will. Parkins and Sir John Friend at the time of their Execution at Tyburn immediately before they had severally delivered a Paper to the Sheriff of Middlesex wherein they have severally endeavour'd to justify the Treasons for which they were justly condemned and executed and that they the said Collier Cook and Snett have thereby countenanced the same Treasons for which the said Sir William Parkins and Sir John Friend have been executed to the great Incouragement of other Persons to commit the like Treasons and to the Scandal of the Church of England established by Law and to the Disturbance of the Peace of the Kingdom whereupon the Court ordered an Indictment to be preferr'd against them for the same 18. 8. 1696 Sadrach Cook and William Snett Clerks were this Day committed to Newgate for Suspicion of High Treason and Treasonable Practices dit 1691 His Majesty was pleased to create the Duke of Zell Knight of the Garter being then at the Hague and as a Mark of particular Kindness he put the Garter about his Leg with his own Royal Hand the Duke of Norfolk assisting to buckle it 19. 9. 1689 This Day the King came to the House of Lords and gave his Royal Assent to an Act for establishing the Coronation Oath to another for Naturalization of the most Noble Prince George of Denmark and settling his Precedence and to another Act for Naturalizing Frederick Count of Schomberg 19. 9. 1696 His Grace the Duke of Ormond was this Day by his Majesty's Command sworn one of the Lords of the Privy Council and accordingly took his Place at the Board 20. 10. 1689 The King was pleased to create his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark and Norway Baron of Ockingham Earl of Kendall and Duke of Cumberland 21. 11. 1689 This Day their Majesties William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England France and Ireland in Westminster-Abbey by the Lord Bishop of London which Ceremony was performed with great Solemnity The Medals of the Coronation had on the Face the Effigies of the King and Queen and on the Reverse Jupiter darting his Thunderbolt at Phaeton with this Motto Ne totus absumatur Orbis To prevent the Ruin of the World or rather of the Liberties of Europe dit 1689 The Committee of the States of Scotland for settling the Government having made their Report and the Grievances and Instrument of Government being read and Histincty considered the whole States except some few that were absent with one Voice declar'd King William and Queen Mary King and Queen of Scotland in the same manner as was done in England and immediately thereafter the States assisted by the Lord Provost and the rest of the new Magistrates and Council of the City of Edinburgh in their Formalities and attended by Lion King at Arms and the Heralds Pursuivants and Trumpets went from the Parliament-House to the Cross and there with great Solemnity Splendor Acclamations and Expressions oâ— Joy proclaimed their Majesties King and Queen of Scotland the Duke of Hamilton the Duke oâ— Queensbury the Marquiss of Athâ—â— and the Marquiss of Douglest and many other Peers being upon the Cross with the Lorâ— Provost and the Magistrates The Evening was conclude with Bonfires c. 21. 11. 1696 Seigniors Soranzo and Veniâ—â— Ambassadors Extraordinary oâ— the Republick of Venice to 〈◊〉 Majesty King William arrived 〈◊〉 London 22. 12. 1689 The House of Commons walked from Westminster to the Banqueting House where they attended their Majesties to congratulate them upon their Coronation dit 1688 The Prince goes to meet the Elector of Saxony at Loo to confer with him about his intended Expedition and the Preparations the French were making to invade Germany 23. 13. 1689 The Convention of Scotland having proclaimed and declared their Majesties William and Mary King and Queen of Scotland a Proclamation was published this Day forbidding the Subjects of that Crown to presume to own or acknowledg the late King James the Seventh for their King or obey accept or assist any Commissions that may be emitted from him or any ways to correspond with him forbidding likewise to presume upon their highest Peril by Word Writing in Sermons or any other manner of Way to impugn or disown the Royal Authority of William and Mary King and Queen of Scotland 24. 14.
be careful in preserving the publick Peace of the Kingdom 8. 28. 1672 The French having besieged Muyden one of the Keys of Amsterdam the Prince obliged them to raise the Siege and to retire dit 1696 This Day their Excellencies Signior Soranzo and Signior Venier Ambassadors extraordinary from the Republick of Venice to his Majesty made their publick Entry having been received at Greenwich by the Earl of Radnor and Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies accompanied by six Gentlemen of his Majesty's Privy Chamber and brought by Water in the King's Barge to the Tower They were complimented at their Landing by the Lord Lucas Governour of the same and saluted with a Discharge of the Cannon the Standard being display'd From thence their Excellencies were conducted in his Majesty's Coach followed by eight Coaches of their own and many others with six Horses apiece to the Lady Portland's House in the Pall-mall that was prepared for his Majesty's Entertainment of them where they receiv'd the Compliment of Welcome from the King by the Lord Guildford and from their Royal Highnesses the Prince and Princess of Denmark by the Earl of Sandwich and the Lord Fitzharding Masters of their Horse They had a very numerous Retinue with very rich Liveries 9. 29. 1696 Robert Lowick Ambrose Rook-wood and Charles Cranburn lately convicted of High Treason for conspiring to assassinate the King were this Day executed at Tyburn They owned the Crime they were condemned for 10. 30. 1662 This Day was born that incomparable Princess the Lady Mary Daughter to James D. of York our late Renowned Queen dit 1694 This Day his Majesty was pleased to create the Marquiss of Caermarthen Duke of Leeds the Earl of Bedford Duke of Bedford the Earl of Devonshire Duke of Devonshire the Earl of Clare Duke of Newcastle and the Viscount Newport Earl of Bradford  May  11. 1. 1689 Admiral Herbert having notice that the French Fleet was sailed towards Ireland steered his Course that way and fought them in Bantry-Bay and tho the French had 28 Men of War and 5 Fireships and that the English had but 19 yet the French Admiral finding the Place too hot stood further into the Bay and left the Honour of the Day to the English dit 1691 Maj. Wood having notice that the Rapparees were in great Bodies about Brittas in the Queen's County in Ireland he went out with 300 of my Lord George Hamilton's and Colonel Lloyd's Foot and 50 of Colonel Byerly's Horse with which he first killed near seventy Rapparees and leaving part of his Men to secure several Passes he went three Miles further beyond a Place called the Tougher of Malahone having with him one hundred and ten Foot and thirty Horse but instead of the Rapparees whom he only expected he discover'd about 800 Men of the Irish Army divided into two Bodies notwithstanding the great Inequality in number he encountred them and after several Charges put them to the rout killing 150 on the Place amongst whom were one Captain Schales and two Lieutenants Major John Fitzpatrick who commanded the Party was taken Prisoner with 17 Officers more 6 Sergeants 16 Corporals 2 Drummers a Chirurgeon and 80 private Sentinels We lost in that brave Action but a Corporal and a Trooper with 2 Foot Souldiers and Lieutenant Robinson wounded dit 1696 Signior Soranzo and Venier Ambassadors Extraordinary from the State of Venice had their publick Audience of the King with the following Ceremonies The Earl of Denbigh and Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies with 6 Gentlemen of the Privy Chamber received them at the House where they were entertained by his Majesty's Appointment and conducted in his Majesty's Coach followed by their own and a great many other Coaches with 6 Horses apiece and attended with a numerous Retinue to the Audience of his Majesty in the Banqueting-house at Whitehall with all the Ceremonies and Honours that are usual on the like Occasions About nine at Night they took their Leaves privately of the King at Kensington and his Majesty knighted Signior Soranzo the eldest of the Ambassadors as has been practised by his Majesty's Predecessors   There was a great Council at Kensington where the King declar'd his Intention of setting out the next Day for Holland and that he had appointed the Archbishop of Canterbury Sir John Summers Lord Keeper of the Great Seal the Earl of Pembroke Lord Privy Seal the Duke of Devonshire Lord Steward of his Majesty's Houshold the Duke of Shrewsbury one of the Principal Secretaries of State the Earl of Dorset Lord Chamberlain of the Houshold and the Lord Godolphin first Commissioner of the Treasury to be Lords Justices of England for the Administration of the Government during his Majesty's Absence   His Majesty was pleased to create Sir John Lowther of Lowther a Baron and Viscount of this Kingdom by the Title of Baron of Lowther and Viscount Lonsdale   Sir John Thompson was created at the same time Baron of Haversham in the County of Bucks and Sir Thomas Littleton was constituted one of the Lords of the Treasury 12. 2. 1691 His Majesty being resolved to command the Confederate Army in Person this Summer embarked this Day at Harwich for Holland being attended by a Squadron of Men of War under the Command of Rear Admiral Rook and the next Day landed at Oranje Polder dit 1688 The Prince designing to sit out a Fleet for his Expedition into England and the Consent of the Province of Holland being necessary for it his Highness acquainted their Deputies with it who unanimously consented thereunto and told the Prince that tho they did not see the necessity of such an Equipment in time of Peace yet they were throughly satisfied that his Highness would not put the States to so great a Charge unless it were absolutely necessary for their Safety dit 1696 His Majesty left Kensington this Morning intending to embark at Margate for Holland dit 1692 Sir George Treby was sworn Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Sir John Summers Attorney General 13. 3. 1695 The King came to the House of Lords to give the Royal Assent to several Acts and having made a gracious Speech to both Houses the Lord Keeper prorogued them to the 18th of June   His Majesty declar'd in Council the Archbishop of Canterbury the Lord Keeper the Earl of Pembrook the Duke of Devonshire the Duke of Shrewsbury the Earl of Dorset and the Lord Godolphin Lords Justices of England for the Administration of the Government during his Absence   The same Day his Majesty was pleased to constitute the Right Honourable Sir William Trumball formerly Envoy extraordinary to the Court of France and Ambassador to Constantinople one of his Majesty's principal Secretaties of State who accordingly took the usual Oaths in Council 14. 4. 1692 Their Majesties Fleet being fitted up with an incredible Diligence by the Care and Application of Admiral Russell the
Orange went this Day from the Hague to see the Siege of Brunswick besieged by the Princes of the House of Lunenburgh dit 1695 The Duke of Wirtemberg who set down before Fort Knock the 7th Instant thinking fit to beat the French from an Intrenchment which hinder'd our Approach commanded Colonels Tiffany and Maitland for that Service which they performed with a great deal of Bravery tho the French had the Advantage of their Intrenchments and were protected by the Cannon of the Fort. dit 1694 The English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley being come to an Anchor in Camaret-Bay on the 7th Instant a Council of War was held the next Day where it was resolved that the Land Forces should land to beat the French out of their Intrenchments and that the Marquiss of Caermarthen should in the mean time batter a Fort and two Batteries of the Enemy with seven Men of War to cover our Landing The next Day the Ships stood in accordingly and General Talmash with the Land-Forces went in the Well-Boats towards the Shore where he landed in Person notwithstanding the great Fire of the French but having observed the Intrenchments of the Enemy and that it was impossible to force them there being an Army more numerous than his to oppose him he ordered his Men to return on board their several Ships We lost about 500 Men in that warm Action which tho unsuccessful is yet a noble Proof of the Courage of our Forces who notwithstanding the Certainty of the Danger landed with an unparallel'd Intrepidity The General was shot in the Thigh Several Souldiers and some Officers remained in the Owze and were made Prisoners The French made a great Fire from their Batteries on our Men of War both from their Cannon and Mortars but we lost not one Ship except a Dutch Frigat of 30 Guns which was sunk by a Bomb. dit 1696 The King decamped this Day from Basse Wavre and marched to Corbais whereupon Monsieur de Bouflers who had been three Weeks incamped at Pieton and Gosseliers where he had intrench'd himself as if he had designed to venture a Fight broke up from the Place in great Confusion and passed the Sambre at Montigny not thinking himself safe behind his Intrenchments notwithstanding the natural Strength of the Camp 20. 10. 1691 His Majesty with the Confederate Army under his Command encamped this Day at Bethlem where he was waited upon by Father Stapleton an Irish Man Rector of the University of Louvain with several Members of that University who in a Latin Speech complimented his Majesty upon his Coming into those Parts and undertaking his Expedition for the Good of Christendom The Magistrates of Louvain made the same Compliment to his Majesty which they accompanied with a handsom Present of Wine dit 1694 This Day a Holland-Mail brought an Edict given by the Duke of Savoy whereby his Royal Highness revokes his Edicts made in 1686 against the Protestants of the Valleys of Piedmont takes off all the Forfeitures and Confiscations and restores them to the free Exercise of their Religion and the Enjoyment of their antient Rights and Privileges This Edict is dated May 23 1694. and in the Preamble the Recommendation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the States General are mentioned besides the Justice of the thing in it self as a great Inducement to the Duke of Savoy for giving such an Edict in spight of the Opposition of the Monks and Priests who muster'd all their Forces to hinder it 21. 11. 1690 This Day the King embarked at Highlake for Ireland being attended by 6 Men of War commanded by Sir Cloudesly Shovel 6 Yachts and near 300 Transport Ships dit 1696 Sir John Fenwick one of the Conspirators was taken in Romney Marsh when he was ready to embark for France There was a Proclamation out against him with the Reward of 500 l. 22. 12. 1694 Lieutenant General Talmash whose Wound was not thought dangerous was brought to Plymouth where he died this Evening justly lamented for his great Worth Courage and Zeal for their Majesties Service and Government He had gained a great Reputation in Ireland having behav'd himself with an extraordinary Prudence and Bravery at Athlone Aghrim and Lymerick he commanded the English Foot at the Battel of Landen and having maintained his Ground as long as possible he made a very honourable Retreat having kept by his good Order a considerable Body of Men together 23. 13. 1689 The Duke of Gourdon who had hitherto defended the Castle of Edinburgh for K. James seeing the Besiegers had advanced their Trenches to the Ditch beat a Parley and surrendred the Castle this Day to Sir John Lanier commanding their Majesties Forces making some Terms for the Garison but rendring himself entirely to his Majesty's Discretion 24. 14. 1690 His Majesty landed this Day about 3 a Clock at Carickfergus and from thence went by Land to Belfast being met on the way by the Duke of Schomberg Prince of Wirtemberg and other General Officers The same Evening landed also Prince George the Duke of Ormond the Earl of Oxford my Lord Scarborough and other Lords and Gentlemen dit 1692 The King marched again from Sombreff to Melle to endeavour to relieve the Castle of Namur or oblige the French to fight but they intrench'd themselves in such a manner that it was not thought fit to attack them Fort William surrendred this Day to the French and made a particular Capitulation which is very extraordinary that Fort being but an Out-work of the Castle Colonel Cohorn who had so long and so bravely defended it was then indisposed and refused to sign the Capitulation 25. 15. 1690 His Majesty took this Day a Review of his Forces incamp'd near Lisburn which he found in a very good Condition and declared his Intention to march against the Enemy in a few Days after He received very graciously an Address of the Protestant Clergy of the Province of Vlster congratulating his safe Arrival and assuring his Majesty of their Zeal Affection and Fidelity 26. 16. 1691 General Ginkel sent this Day 〈◊〉 strong Detachment of Horse 〈◊〉 Dragoons to take a View of Athlone which Place he design'd to besiege dit  The King came this Day with his Army to Gemblours whereupon the Mareschal de Luxemburg decamped with great Precipitation from Braine le Comte and encamped at Estires between Mons and Binch behind a Branch of the River Maine for his greater Security 27. 17. 1695 The King seeing that the French had drawn all their Forces towards their Lines thinking that he designed to force them by the Attack of Fort Knock sent Orders to the Earl of Athlone who was in Brabant to march over the Sambre to invest Namur and ordered the Duke of Wirtembergh to withdraw from before Fort Knock which accordingly he did this Day 'T is certain that this Attack was but a Feint to facilitate the Siege of Namur which Design was kept so
the State of the Nation the following Question was proposed Whether a Regency with the Administration of Regal Power under the Name and Stile of King James the Second during the Life of the said K. James be the best and safest way to preserve the Protestant Religion and the Laws of the Kingdom Upon which the House divided Contents 48 Non Contents 51.   February 11. 1. 1661 Charles II. demands from the States some Papers which the Princess of Orange his Sister had committed to his Care by her Will till the young Prince should come to Age but the States refused it as being themselves Guardians to the Prince This was the beginning or Pretence of a Breach between them 12. 2. 1651 The States General the Provinces of Holland and Zealand and the Cities of Amsterdam Delst and Harlem are desired to stand Godfathers to the Prince of Orange dit 1689 The Convention forbids the keeping of the 6th of February a Thanksgiving-Day as it was before it being the Day that K. James was proclaimed   The same Day a prodigious number of People go to Westminster to desire the Convention to crown the Prince and Princess of Orange 13. 3. 1689 The Prince sends 12 Men of War for Holland to bring the Princess into England 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Commons desire a Free Conference with the Lords concerning the Abdication of King James II. and the Vacancy of the Throne which was long debated between the two Houses 16. 6. 1691 The Electors of Bavaria and Brandenburgh the Duke of Zell the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel the Marquiss de Gasbanaga Governour of the Spanish Netherlands and several other Great Lords come to the Hague to wait on his Majesty and confer together about the Affairs of the Alliance Never was a more illustrious Assembly there being about 50 Princes or Generals of Armies 14 English Lords above 30 Ambassadors and a great number of Princesses and other great Ladies 17. 7. 1689 The Lords agree with the Commons that King James has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is vacant dit 1676 The Elector of Brandenburgh proposes to the Prince a Match between his Highness and the Princess of Radzevill nearly related to the Elector who had a vast Fortune 18. 8.  19. 9. 1674 This Day was concluded a Treaty of Peace at Westminster between K. Charles II. and the States General of the United Netherlands The Marquiss del Frezno Ambassador of the King of Spain was Plenipotentiary for the Dutch 20. 10. 1675 The Prince being arrived at Arnhem where the Nobility and States of Guelderland were assembled he went to their Assembly and returned to them his Thanks for the Offers they had made unto him of the Sovereignty of those Provinces with the Title of Duke of Guelderland and Count of Zutphen for fear as he was pleased to express himself of occasioning Mistrust and lest his Enemies should accuse him of acting only for his own private Interest dit 1675 The States of the said Province elected his Highness their hereditary Governour which he accepted 21. 11. 1671 The Dutchess of York being brought to bed of a Girl the Prince of Orange is desired to stand her Godfather 22. 12. 1689 The Princess of Orange lands at Whitehall being received by several Lords and Ladies with the Acclamations of the People and all Demonstrations of Joy 23. 13. 1689 The Lords and Commons attend the Prince and Princess of Orange at the Banqueting-House at Whitehall and offer them the Imperial Crown of England and Ireland and all other Dominions thereunto belonging which being accepted they were the same day proclaimed in the Cities of London and Westminster with the usual Ceremonies by the Name of William and Mary 24. 14. 1689 King William makes choice of his Privy Council dit 1671 The Prince sets out from London for Holland attended by the Earl of Ossery dit 1672 He accepts the Dignity of Captain General of the Vnited Provinces dit 1689 King William puts out a Proclamation for the collecting of the Publick Revenue 25. 15. 1672 He took the Oath before the States General as Captain General dit 1696 A Company of Villains sent from France resolve to assassinate his Majesty in a narrow Lane near Turnham-Green as he should come from Hunting but by the good Providence of God his Majesty did not go out this Day as he used to do 26. 16.  27. 17. 1674 The Prince having considerably encreased his Army obliges the French to abandon Nimeguen Zutphea Arnhem Till and the Fort Schenck 28. 18. 1689 King William made a Speech to the Lords and Commons at Westminster it being the first time that he appeared as King in the House of Lords March   29. 19.  1. 20.  2. 21. He sent back part of the Dutch Forces for Holland 3. 22. 1689 King William issues out a Proclamation ordering the Irish Rebels to lay down their Arms by April next following dit 1696 The King having notice of the Design of the Conspirators against his Sacred Person forbears to go a Hunting They had resolved to murder his Majesty in a narrow Lane at Turnham-Green and were commanded by Sir George Barclay sent over by King James and the French King for that Villanous Design 4. 23. 1689 The King gives his Royal Assent to the Bill to declare the Convention a Parliament and for the Sitting of the same 4. 23. 1696 Several Warrants are issued out for apprehending a great many Villains who had conspired to assassinate the King the 15th Instant and afterwards the 22d About eleven of them were seized in the Morning and brought to the Horse Guard dit  An Express arrived from the Duke of Wirtemberg and brought Advice that the French had a great number of Transport Ships at Calais with 14000 Men ready to go on Board and that King James was arrived at Calais on the 2d of March New Stile or the 21st Febr. Old Stile and that they expected there a great Blow in England His Highness acquainted his Majesty that he had caused thereupon several Battalions to draw near Ostend to be ready to go on Board upon any Occasion and that the French gave out that He was very ill some others dead and others that he had been kill'd a-hunting A great Council was held at Kensington where it was resolved that Admiral Russel should immediately go on Board the Fleet the Earl of Rummey to Dover and raise the Militia and the Earl of Dorset in Sussex 5. 24. 1696 An Express arrives from the Elector of Bavaria with the Confirmation of the great Preparations the French were making at Calais and that King James was there dit  The King goes to the House of Lords and the Commons being sent for up his Majesty acquainted his Parliament with the Danger his Person had been nearly exposed to as well as the Kingdom that there was a Design of Assassinating his Person and at
Men of War sailed this Day from the Buoy of the Nore to join the Dutch in the Downs and the same Day the Earl of Portland arriv'd from Holland with sive Men of War and two Fireships and brought an Account that the late King James had drawn a Body of Forces at the Hogue to make a Descent upon England but that they were not embarked 15. 5. 1692 The Kingdom being threatned with a powerful Invasion from abroad the late K. James with near 20000 Men being ready to embark at the Hogue and Count Tourville being in the Channel with the French Fleet to protect them the Queen put out a Proclamation requiring the Attendance of both Houses of Parliament on the 24th of this Instant and her Majesty ordered all the Forces of the Kingdom to be drawn together at Petersfield hear Portsmouth under the Command of the Duke of Leinster The Lords Lieutenants of the Counties bordering on the Sea received also Directions to raise the Militia and all other imaginable Precautions were taken to prevent the Design of the Enemy The King being then abroad with the greatest part of the Standing Forces there appeared a great Consternation but the Queen reviv'd the Spirits of the whole Nation by the great Courage and Prudence she expressed in that nice Juncture dit 1696 The King went on board the Elizabeth in Margate-Road and sailed for Holland 16. 6. 1695 The King declared this Day that he had thought fit to appoint Henry Lord Capel to be Lord Deputy of Ireland dit 1694 The King embarked this Day at Margate for Holland being attended by 8 Dutch Men of War 17. 7. 1689 The House of Commons having desired his Majesty to take into Consideration the many Incroachments of France upon Great Britain and our Neighbours and to declare War against the French King assuring him that the House would support him to carry on the same with Vigour a Declaration of War was published this Day And because the French have had the Impudence to say that we declar'd War against them without any Cause I think sit to transcribe the said Declaration   William R.   IT having pleased God Almighty to make us the happy Instruments of rescuing these Nations from great and imminent Dangers and to place us upon the Throne of these Kingdoms we think our selves obliged to endeavour to the uttermost to promote the Welfare of our People which can never be effectually secured but by preventing the Miseries that threaten them from abroad   When we consider the many unjust Methods the French King has of late Years taken to gratify his Ambition that he has not only invaded the Territories of the Emperor and of the Empire now in Amity with us laying waste whole Countries and destroying the Inhabitants by his Armies but declar'd War against our Allies without any Provocation in manifest Violation of the Treaties confirm'd by the Guaranty of the Crown of England We can do no less than join with our Allies in opposing the Designs of the French King as the Disturber of the Peace and the Common Enemy of the Christian World   And besides the Obligations we lay under by Treaties with our Allies which are a sufficient Justification of us for taking up Arms at this time since they have called upon us so to do the many Injuries done to us and to our Subjects without any Reparation by the French King are such that however of late Years they were not taken notice of for Reasons well known to the World nevertheless We will not pass them over without a publick and just Resentment of such Outrages   It is not long since the French took Licences from the English Governour of Newfound-land to fish in the Seas upon that Coast and paid a Tribute for such Licences as an Acknowledgment of the sole Right of the Crown of England to that Island and yet of late the Incroachments of the French upon our said Island and our Subjects Trade and Fishery have been more like the Invasions of an Enemy than becoming Friends who enjoyed the Advantages of that Trade only by Permission   But that the French King should invade our Charibbee Islands and possess himself of our Territories of the Province of New-york and of Hudsons-Bay in a hostile manner seizing our Forts burning our Subjects Houses and inriching his People with the Spoil of their Goods and Merchandises detaining some of our Subjects under the Hardship of Imprisonment causing others to be inhumanely kill'd and driving the rest to Sea in a small Vessel without Food and Necessaries to support them are Actions not becoming even an Enemy and yet he was so far from declaring himself so that at that very time he was negotiating here in England by his Ministers a Treaty of Neutrality and good Correspondence in America   The Proceedings of the French King against our Subjects in Europe are so notorious that we shall not need to enlarge upon them his countenancing the Seisure of English Ships by French Privateers forbidding the Importation of great part of the Product and Manufactures of our Kingdom and imposing exorbitant Customs upon the rest notwithstanding the great Advantages he and the French Nation reap by their Commerce with England are sufficient Evidences of his Designs to destroy the Trade and consequently to ruin the Navigation upon which the Wealth and Safety of this Nation very much depend   The Right of the Flag inherent in the Crown of England has been disputed by his Orders in violation of our Soveraignty of the Narrow Seas which in all Ages has been asserted by our Predecessors and we are resolved to maintain for the Honour of our Crown and of the English Nation   But that which most nearly touches us is his unchristian Persecution of many of our English Protestant Subjects in France for Matters of Religion contrary to the Law of Nations and express Treaties forcing them to abjure their Religion by strange and unusual Cruelties and imprisoning some of the Masters and Seamen of our Merchant-Ships and condemning others to the Gallies upon pretence of having on board either some of his own miserable Protestant Subjects or their Effects And lastly as he has for some Years last past endeavoured by Insinuations and Promises of Assistance to overthrow the Government of England so now by open and violent Methods and the actual Invasion of our Kingdom of Ireland in Support of our Subjects in Arms and in Rebellion against us he is promoting the utter Extirpation of our good and loyal Subjects in that our Kingdom   Being therefore thus necessitated to take up Arms and relying on the Help of Almighty God in our just Undertaking we have thought fit to declare and do hereby declare War against the French King and that we will in conjunction with our Allies vigorously prosecute the same by Sea and Land since he has so unrighteously begun it
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
Scravenmoore were taken Prisoners with Monsieur Zuilesteyn Count Broway and several others The French had 900 Officers kill'd and wounded the Duke D'Vses Monsieur Montchevreuil Prince Paul of Lorraine and Sarsfield Lieutenant Generals were killed and Prince de Conti the Mareschal de Joyeuse and the Duke of Rocheguyon wounded This Victory cost the French so dear that they owned that a second one like this would have entirely ruin'd them 30. 20. 1689 The Duke of Schomberg General of their Majesties Forces arrived this Day at Chester in order to go over into Ireland with an Army to relieve that Kingdom against the Tyranny and Invasion of the French His Grace was received by the Mayor and Aldermen in their Scarlets and the 24 Companies in their Gowns with ringing of Bells and all other Demonstrations of Respect dit 1695 Brigadeer Offarel surrendred the Town of Deinse to a Detachment of the French Army commanded by Monsieur De Feuquieres The Garison was made Prisoners of War The said Offarel was afterwards tried for that base Action and broke with Infamy 31. 21. 1691 The strong Town of Gallway in Ireland surrendred this Day to the English Army commanded by General Ginkel There was a good Garison in the Place and the French Lieutenant General D'Vsson with many other Officers of that Nation were retired into the Town but did not think fit to defend it August   1. 22. 1689 The Act for abolishing Episcopacy in Scotland was this Day touched with the Scepter by the Duke of Hamilton their Majesties High Commissioner 2. 23. 1689 Don Pedro-de-Ronquillo Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Spain made this Day his Entry in the usual manner and had in the Afternoon his publick Audience of their Majesties in the Banqueting-house to whom he presented a Letter from his Master congratulating their happy Accession to the Crown 3. 24. 1689 Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark was brought to bed at 4 a Clock in the Morning of a Son in the Palace of Hampton-Court dit 1690 The Town of Waterford in Ireland surrendred this Day to his Majesty dit 1692 This Day his Majesty attacked the French Army incamped at Enghien and Steenkirk under the Command of Monsieur Luxemburgh The Attack was begun by the Duke of Wirtemberg who fell upon the Enemy with so much Vigour that he beat them from Hedg to Hedg and drove them beyond one of their Batteries of 7 Pieces of Cannon of which we remained in possession for above half an Hour but the French being relieved with fresh Men our Troops were forced to retire and the French remained in the Possession of their Camp The Troops that ingaged behaved themselves with an extraordinary Bravery and the French do own that if they had been relieved and supported as they ought to have been and as it was ordered they had been forâ—â—d to â—eave their Camp in Confusion and Disorder but this was the Fault of some body or other one of the Generals of the Foot was violently suspected because he ordered the Forces to halt and this was the Occasion of the Loss of the Day I don't presume to determine it but sure I am that by the Treachery or Ignorance of some body the best contrived as well as the most glorious Design was spoiled We had near six thousand Men killed and wounded Lieutenant General Mackay Sir John Lanier also Lieutenant General Sir Robert Douglass the Earl of Angus Colonel Hodges and my Lord Mountjoy were killed upon the spot or died of their Wounds The French Officers of Note that were slain in that Action were the Prince de Turenne the Marquiss of Bellesonds and the Marquiss de Tilladet Lieutenant Generals the Chevalier d' Estrades Colonel Paulier a Switzer the Marquiss de Fimarcon and several others with a great many wounded The Honourable Mr. Keppell Master of the Robes and Adjutant General to his Majesty distinguished himself in that occasion and received a Cut in his Check and Shoulder but killed with his own Hand the Frenchman who had wounded him 4. 25. 1695 The Town of Namur surrendred this Day to his Majesty and the Garison retired into the Castle according to the Capitulation which was signed by Count Guiscard and the Elector of Bavaria dit 1696 An Express from my Lord Berkley brought Advice that he had detached a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships with the Bombing Vessels under the Command of Captain Mâ—es to bombard St. Martin in the Isle of Rhe and Les Sables D'olonne which they had performed some Days ago having laid those two Towns in a heap of Rubbish 5. 26. 1690 The French Fleet consisting of 82 Men of War and several Gallies came this Day into Torbay and having landed about 1000 Men they burnt the little Town of Tingmouth and two or three Fishing-boats in the Harbour after which they retired in great Precipitation upon the Approach of the Lord Lansdown with the Militia of the County This is the only Advantage they made of their so much boasted Victory for they sailed the same Evening towards their own Coasts They had expected that many would have declared for the late King James but they were much mistaken for the People expressed every where an extraordinary Affection for their Majesties The Courage the Queen expressed in that nice Juncture cannot be enough admired nor sufficiently prais'd dit 1690 The strong Fort of Duncannon that commands the River of Waterford surrendred this Day to his Majesty 6. 27. 1690 His Highness the Duke of Glocester was christened this Day it Hampton-Court by the Lord Bishop of London and named William the King and the Earl of Dorset being Godfathers and the Marchioness of Hallifax Godmother 7. 28. 1690 There was a bloody Rencounter this Day between Major General Mackay commanding in chief his Majesty's Forces in Scotland and the Scots Rebels commanded by the Lord Dundee and Colonel Cannon The Fight was very furious for some time but some of the King's Forces giving ground the rest were forced to retire which they did in good Order Dundee himself charged the Regiment of the Earl of Leven who tho newly rais'd maintained their Ground with an extraordinary Bravery The Lord Dundee was killed in the Action 8. 29. 1694 The French having taken Gironne Roses and several other Places in Catalonia and making Preparation to besiege Barcelona both by Sea and Land the King of Spain applied himself to his Majesty and let him know that he was unable to protect that Town or the rest of his Kingdom unless his Majesty was pleased to send his Fleet to his Assistance The Demand was not acceptable to many because it was very well known that the Spaniards were not able to supply our Fleet with Necessaries but such was the Generosity of his Majesty that he made choice of Admiral Russel to command his Fleet in the Straits He sailed accordingly and the News of his Departure being brought into Catalonia the French Fleet were so
general Rout the General run away into Tryers and the rest of the Army made shift to save themselves where-ever they could The Duke of Zell and his Brother the Bishop of Osnabrug now Elector of Hanover had the chief Command the old Duke of Lorain came time enough to share in the Honour of the Day and the Conduct of the Marquiss de Grana and of the Duke of Holstein Ploen deserveth to be particularly commended dit 1689 General Mackay defeated part of the Scots Rebels dit 1695 The English Fleet under the Command of the Lord Berkley attempted this Day the bombarding of Dunkirk but the Enemy having secured the Ricebank and wooden Forts with Piles Booms Chains and floating Pontons mounted with Cannon the Machine Vessels invented by Mr. Meesters could not come near enough to have the intended Effect and so the Fleet retired without any other Loss but of a Dutch Frigat which in turning out ran aground and was fired by the Enemy 12. 2. 1667 The Prince of Orange is admitted into the Council of State of Holland as the first Nobleman dit 1689 This Day at 4 in the Afternoon died Pope Innocent XI justly lamented by all the Papists except the French who hated him mortally because he opposed their Incroachments and Invasions They stiled him the Protestant Pope and accused him to have been concerned in the late happy Revolution and to have a blind Deference for the Prince of Orange as they say it appeared in the Elections of the Elector of Cologn and Bishop of Liege in which his Holiness did nothing but what the Prince of Orange inspired him with These are the very Words of a Pamphlet printed at Paris but however it be 't is certain that this was the first Loss the League sustained and that he had a great Esteem for his Majesty which will not seem strange to such who will consider that Odescalchi was a Man of Honour and had been a Souldier before he wore the Triple Crown He was the chief Promoter of the Alliance concluded between the See of Rome the Emperor the King of Poland and the Republick of Venice against the Turks in the Year 1684. 13. 3. 1692 Bartholomew Lanier Sieur de Grandval Knight of Maltha born at Liniere in Picardy was this Day hang'd drawn and quarter'd in the midst of his Majesty's Army incamped at Hall near Brussels for having conspired to assassinate the King with one Dumont and a Dutch-man called Leevendael The first discovered the Business to the Duke of Zell and the second to his Brother in Holland They were confronted as Witnesses of the Fact which Grandval himself confessed and owned The Design of assassinating his Majesty had been encouraged by the Marquiss de Louvoys in the Year 1690 and these Assassines missing of their Design that Campaign and Monsieur Louvoys dying some time after it was laid by Barbezieux however finding that Project in his Father's Paper would not let it fall but sent for Grandval who accordingly enter'd into a new Negotiation with Dumont by Letters who was then at Hanover and took with him a third Associate called Leevendael who was then at Paris They met near Boisleduc and came to the Army to put in execution their barbarous Design where Grandval was seized and tried the 11th Instant N. S. in a Council of War consisting of Scravenmoor Sir John Lanier Talmash and Mackay Lieutenant Generals the Marquiss la Forest de Weede Noyelles and Zobell Major Generals Churchill and Ramsey Brigadeers the Earl of Athlone General of the Dutch Horse being President It did not appear that they were incourag'd to that villanous Action immediately by the French King himself but the Circumstances are more than a Presumption of his being privy to it for it is not likely that Louvoys and Barbezieux would have framed such a Project without acquainting their Master with it and if the French King had not been concerned in it would he not himself have punished the barbarous Villains upon whom that horrid Fact was proved Grandval writ a Letter to one Mademoiselle Jure at Paris wherein he desired her to wait upon the Archbishop of Rheims Lonvoys's Brother and to tell him he had obeyed the Marquiss of Barbezieux's Order to the Expence of his Life By the Evidence of Dumont and Leevendael it appears as clear as the Sun that the late King James had incouraged that Villany by Promises he made himself without Mediators Colonel Parker was concerned in that Conspiracy as well as in the last There was a Book printed here wherein it was proved that both the French King and K. James were privy to that horrid Design but a certain great Man who was then at the Helm of the Government would not suffer it to be published 14. 4. 1678 The French having besieged Mons his Highness the Prince of Orange marched with the Confederate Army to relieve the Place The Duke of Luxemburgh General of the French Army having notice of the March of the Allies possessed himself of several Passes and Posts about the Place which he fortified in such a manner that he writ to the Mareschal d' Estrades then at Nimeguen that he was so posted that if he had but ten thousand Men and the Prince forty yet he was sure he could not be forced whereas he took his Army to be stronger than that of the Allies However the Prince attacked the French with such a Bravery that after a bloody and obstinate Fight he beat them from those strong Posts The Night prevented the End of the Action during which the French retired towards Mons in great Confusion leaving a great many wounded in the Field of Battel The next Morning the Prince designed to pursue them and oblige them to fight or to raise the Blockade of Mons but he was prevented by the Advice he received from the States of the Peace being signed between them and France on the 11th Instant The French who could not deny or conceal their Defeat sought for vain and frivolous Excuses and complained against the Prince whom they accused of Violation of the publick Faith in attacking their Army after he knew the Peace was signed This was the Language of the Paris Gazetteer and other mercenary Fellows like him but the Men of Honour that were in the French Army did not entertain such Thoughts and any impartial Man who will but cast his Eyes on the Conduct and Character of his Majesty will never suspect him to have been guilty of the Charge the French laid upon him 'T is true the States had sent an Express with a Pacquet to the Prince the Day the Battel was fought but it was intercepted and concealed by the Marquiss de Grana who being averse to the Peace thought that the Gain of a Victory might change the Face of the Affairs of Christendom and contribute to the Continuation of the War which he knew his Highness did wish because he did wisely foresee that the Peace of
the Battel of St. Denis resolved to return him their Thanks for that important Service and assure him that they would give him effectual Marks of their Gratitude and in the mean time presented him with a golden hilted Sword and a fine Case of Pistols adorned also with Gold dit 1690 The King sat down this Day before Lymerick The Irish who had a very numerous Garison came out in a body to defend the Approaches but were beaten in with a great Loss We took that Day Cromwell's Fort and the Old Chappel two very advantageous Posts very near the Town His Majesty and his Royal Highness were in great Danger dit 1691 This Day was fought the bloody Battel of Salankemen between the Imperial Army commanded by Prince Lewis of Baden and the Turks under the Command of the Grand Visier The Battel was very doubtful for some time but at last it pleased God to bless the Christians with an entire Victory The Turks lost 13000 Men upon the spot 158 Pieces of Cannon and Mortars all their Baggage a great Number of Standards and Colours and several thousand Prisoners The Turks were twice as numerous as the Christians and were besides strongly intrench'd The Christians lost about 5000 Men. The Auxiliary Troops of Brandenburgh behaved themselves to Admiration The Emperor was so pleased with the Conduct of Prince Lewis of Baden that he declared him his Lieutenant General with all the Prerogatives enjoy'd before by the Duke of Lorain 20. 10. 1672 This Day the Court of Justice of Holland pass'd Sentence upon Cornelius de Wit Great Baily of Putten Burgomaster of Dordrecht and Brother to the famous John de Wit Pensionary of Holland for having conspired the Death of his Highness the Prince of Orange There was but one Evidence against him viz. a Chirurgeon who positively declared that the said Cornelius de Wit had promised him 30000 Floriâ—s besides a great Preferment in case he did poison his Highness or put him to Death by any other Means whatsoever The Evidence being not sufficient to condemn him to Death the Court deprived the said de Wit of all his Places and banished him for ever out of the Provinces of Holland and West-Frizeland 21. 11. 1695 Colonel Sellwin and the Lord George Hamilton were this Day made Brigadeers General of Foot in consideration of their good Services and especially in the Siege of Namur which the King pressed very hard at this time 22. 12. 1672 John de Wit and Cornelius de Wit his Brother were this Day massacred by the Inhabitants of the Hague who accused them of having betrayed their Country to the French Cornelius de Wit was banished and his Brother by an imprudent Vanity went in his Coach to the Prison to carry him away as in Triumph which so much incensed the Mob that they tore them to pieces dit 1689 This Morning his Grace the Duke of Schombergh with their Majesties Forces set sail for Ireland to reduce that Kingdom Many have wondred that he was sent no sooner but 't is likely that the Government expected the Event of the Insurrection of the Rebels in Scotland headed by Dundee dit 1691 The King having pursued the French Army commanded by the Mareschal de Luxemburgh very near Philippeville where they intrench'd themselves in Woods behind Rivers and Defiles his Majesty seeing the Impossibility of forcing them to fight caused the Fortifications of Beaumont which the Enemy had quitted upon our Approach to be blown up in sight of the French Army which durst not come out of their Intrenchments after which the King retired towards Gerpines and St. Gerard. 23. 13. 1672 The Prince of Orange having notice of the Misfortune of Messieurs de Wit who had been the Day before massacred gave Orders to inquire who were the Promoters of that Action in order to be punished This Generosity of the Prince was mightily commended especially of such who knew that that Family had been without any Cause his greatest Enemies John de Wit was an extraordinary Man and understood the Affairs of Europe as well as any Man yet his Obstinacy in relation to the Prince brought his Country to the very brink of its Ruine and was the Occasion of his tragical Death dit 1698 The Duke of Schomberg General of their Majesties Forces landed with the Army this Day in Bangor-Bay near Carrickfergus 24. 14. 1672 The Prince of Orange with a Detachment of his Army beat the French from several Posts about Worden and pursued them to the Gates of Vtrecht dit 1694 The Queen put out a Proclamation for apprehending Colonel Parker who being committed to the Tower for High Treason found Means to make his Escape 25. 15. 1689 The Dutch Army commanded by Prince Waldeck being incamped near Walcourt had this Day a bloody Rencounter with the French who thought to have surprised our Army while a good part of it were gone to forage The French attacked the Town of Walcourt which covered the Pass to the Dutch Camp but the Prince of Waldeck had put so many Men in it that they could never take it tho it was almost open and that the Attack lasted six Hours The English behaved themselves with a great Bravery The French lost in that Action near 2000 Men and amongst them the Marquiss de St. Gelais Mareschal de Camp and Count d' Artagnan with 27 Officers of the Guards The Allies did not lose above 60 Men and had the Nature of the Ground permitted our Men to follow the Enemy they had entirely defeated the French Army which retired in great Confusion 26. 16. 1689 A Party was sent this Day by the Duke of Schomberg towards Belfast which the Irish quitted upon their Approach dit 1695 The English Fleet commanded by my Lord Berkley anchor'd this Day before Calais and next Morning the Bombing Vessels stood as near the Shore as possible and bombarded the Town till 6 in the Evening They set it on fire in several Places and their Magazine in the Rice-Bank was blown up The French came out with their Long Boats and Half Gallies but were repulsed with great Loss 27. 17. 1672 The Bishops of Liege and Munster raised this Day the Siege of Groninguen before which Place they had set down the 20th ultimo with their own Forces and a Detachment of the French The Place was vigorously attacked and it was the first time the Bombs were made use of that is since they were brought to a kind of Perfection The Bishops hd 4600 Men killed on the spot and above 5000 Deserters and left 5 Cannons behind Monsieur Charles Rabenhaut was Governour of the Town and the Duke of Holstein Commander of the Garison dit  The States of Holland and Westfrizeland gave this Day Authority to the Prince to change those Magistrates of the Towns of their Province as 〈◊〉 should think fit without any 〈◊〉 or Restriction Whereupon most of the Magistrates of the said Provinces were 〈◊〉 out upon the Complaiâ—â—â— brought to
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
he could not now refuse because of his Army refusing to sight to establish Popery he ordered this Day in the Privy Council the Lord Chancellor to issue out Writs for the sitting of a Parliament on the 15th of January following but it was then too late for the Nation having observed that the Court had refused that just Demand as long as ever they could was now in such a Ferment that what the Court did or said was very little regarded 9. 29. 1688 The Prince of Orange being advanced to Sherborn-Castle was joined there this Day by the Prince of Denmark and the other Lords with him dit 1677 His Highness the Prince of Orange knowing how necessary his Presence was at the Hague took his leave of the King and the Duke of York and imbarked at Margate with her Royal Highness his Wife on the 7th Instant and this Day landed in Holland at Ter Heyde from whence they went to Honslâ—erdick 10. 30. 1688 This Day came out King James's Proclamation for the speedy calling of a Parliament as the best and most proper Means as he says to establish a lasting Peace in the Kingdom This Parliament was to sit upon the 15th of January next and the King declared by this Proclamation that all his Subjects should have free Liberty to elect and that all the Peers and such who should be chosen Members of the House of Commons should have full Liberty and Freedom to serve and sit in Parliament notwithstanding they had taken up Arms or committed any Act of Hostility having for that purpose directed a General Pardon to pass the Great Seal The King concludes with these remarkable Words And for the reconciling all publick Breaches and obliterating the very Memory of all past Miscarriages we do hereby exhort and kindly admonish our Subjects to dispose themselves to elect such Persons for their Representatives in Parliament as may not be biassed by Prejudice or Passion but qualified with Parts Experience and Prudence proper for this Conjuncture  December  11. 1. 1688 This Day the Duke of Norfolk came to Norwich attended with a great Number of Gentlemen where they delared for a Free Parliament and the Protection of the Protestant Religion dit  The same Day the Account of King James's Resolution to call a Parliament being gone to the Fleet my Lord Dartmouth called the Captains of the Fleet-together on board the Resolution wherein they resolved upon an Address of Thanks to his Majesty concluding with these Words Beseeching Almighty God to give your Majesty all imaginable Happiness and Prosperity and to grant that such Counsels and Resolutions may be promoted as conduce to your Majesty's Honour and Safety and tend to the Peace and Settlement of this Realm both in Church and State according to the established Laws of the Kingdom This Address was signed by the Lord Dartmouth the Lord Berkley Sir Roger Strickland and 38 other Commanders King James was very much surprized at this Address and perceived but too late how mistaken he had been to have believed that his Fleet would fight for the Establishment of Popery and the Destruction of the Protestant Religion and the Laws of their Country 12. 2. 1676 The Prince comes back from Zealand to the Hague having been in great Danger because of the Ice 13. 3.  14. 4. 1677 This Day the Prince and Princess of Orange made a magnificent Entry into the Hague the Burghers being in Arms the Guns discharged several times and the Evening was concluded with Fireworks Bonfires c. The Bridg was adorned with green Festoons under which was the following Inscription   Vxori Batavis vivat Nassovius Hector Auriaco Patriae vivat Britannica Princeps   Before the Town-house there was a Triumphal Arch with this Inscription   A VrIaCi hIs ThaLaMIs BataVIs Dos RegIa PaX   And in the Hoogstra there was another with these Words   Ingredere Auspiciis Batavis felicibus Aulam 15. 5. 1673 His Highness returned this Day to his Army in Brabant to intercept the Mareschal de Luxemburgh who was returning to France with the Spoils of the Cities they had conquered in Holland The Prince did his utmost to draw the French to a Battel but they declined it and intrench'd themselves under the Cannon of Mastricht where they remained till his Highness was obliged by the hard Weather to send his Troops into their Winter-quarters to refresh themselves of the Fatigues they had suffer'd in their Expedition in Germary and the taking of Bonn. 16. 6. 1689 Colonel John Cutts was this Day created a Baron of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Title of Baron Cutts of Gowraâ— in consideration of his faithful Services and zealous Affection to their Majesties and Government dit 1688 The Popish Party grew so contemptible in London that an Hue and Cry after Father Peters was this Day publickly cried and sold in the Streets of London and Westminster tho King James was still at Whitehall dit 1693 His Majesty having been pleased upon the Death of the Duke of Schomberg to appoint the Lord Viscount Gallway to command his Forces in Piemont in quality of Lieutenant General and to give him likewise the Character of his Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy his Lordship set out this Day for Holland in order to continue his Journey to Turin by Land 17. 7. 1677 The Prince went this Day to the Assembly of the States General to return them his Thanks for their Approbation and Consent to his Marriage and to acquaint them with what he had negotiated in England in relation to the Peace with France   The same Day his Highness went to the Council of State and approved the State of the War for the next Campagn dit 1688 This Day a supposed Declaration of the Prince of Orange was publickly cried and sold in the Streets which put the Papists under an unexpressible Consternation for therein was contained this threatning Expression We do declare that all Papists who shall be found in open Arms or with Arms in their Houses or about their Persons or in any Office or Employment Civil or Military upon any Pretence whatsoever contrary to the known Laws of the Land shall be treated by Us and our Forces not as Souldiers and Gentlemen but as Robbers Free-booters and Banditti and shall therefore be entirely delivered up to the Discretion of our Souldiers The Magistrates were likewise commanded to disarm the Papists and put the Laws in execution against them This Declaration was dated Sâ—erborn-Castle November 28. Signed Will. Henry Prince of Orange c.   This was the boldest Attempt that ever was made by a private Person and if I had been able to learn his Name I would have inserted it here because of the great Service this Declaration did to the Nation for the Papists not knowing that it was forged were so terrified that many laid down their Commissions and threw
a manner that he did not think safe to venture himself at the Head of 15 Regiments of Horse 5 of Dragoons and 4 Troops of Life-Guards and 27 Regiments of Foot of the finest Troops that ever were seen against 14000 Men which was all the Prince brought over with him He was blamed for having withdrawn himself and not agreeing with the Prince's Proposals to refer all things to the Determination of a Free Parliament but Providence who had resolved to place a better Prince on the English Throne struck King James with a Pannick Fear so that he abandon'd his Crown without striking a Blow in the Defence of it This Revolution will be one of the most surprising Events that History will record to our Posterity who are like to suspect the Sincerity of the Historians when they 'll read that this great Work was compassed in less than 50 Days   Having thus brought this Account of the Revolution to King James 's withdrawing himself into France I refer the rest of the Transactions of this Month to the first Pages of this Book as in a more proper Place because of the Difference of our Stile dit 1696 Sir John Fenwick concerned in the intended Invasion of the French in April last and taken as he was going to imbark for France was some time ago arraigned at the Old Baily for High Treason and was accordingly to be tried but he found Means to have his Trial put off upon account of a great Discovery he pretended to make and in order thereto gave Informations against several Noble Persons as Betrayers of the King's Counsels His Majesty being then in Flanders the Papers were sent to him and in the mean time Sir John Fenwick's Friends corrupted one Cardell Goodman who was one of the two Evidences against him and sent him over to France His Majesty being returned and being sensible that Sir John Fenwick had given those Informations with no other Design than to get time to take away the Evidence sent those Papers to the Commons who having examined Sir John Fenwick thereupon and found that he had not been sincere with his Majesty voted his Information false malicious scandalous and groundless and tending to create Jealousies between the King and his Subjects and ordered that a Bill to attaint him of High Treason should be brought in which was done accordingly and passed few Days after and seâ—t to the Lords who after a long Debate on this Subject passed the same this Day   Note His Majesty gave the Royal Assent to that Act on Monday January 11 1696 7. 3. 24.  4. 25. 1694 The Mareschal Duke of Luxemburgh died this Morning at Paris in the 68th Year of his Age. 5. 26. This Day his Majesty was pleased to constitute the Right Honourable Henry Lord Viscount Sidney one of his principal Secretaries of State who accordingly took the usual Oath at the Council-Board 6. 27.  7. 28. 1694 This Morning about one of the Clock died at Kensington our late most Gracious Soveraign Lady Queen Mary after seven Days Sickness of the Small Pox leaving his Majesty under an inexpressible Grief and Affliction the whole Kingdom and Europe in general under the deepest and most sensible Sorrow for the Loss of a Princess of so much Piety Clemency Goodness and other great and exemplary Vertues It were too great a Presumption in me to attempt the Character of that Incomparable Princess it is a Subject above my reach I shall therefore content my self to say that her Majesty was endowed with all the Vertues of her Sex without the least Mixture of their Imperfections She was born on the 30th of May 1662. 8. 29.   30.  10. 31. 1693 This Evening his Highness Prince Lewis of Baden arrived at Gravesend being sent by the Emperor to confer with his Majesty about the Preparations for the next Campagn The next Morning Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies went thither by his Majesty's Command to compliment his Highness and to conduct him to Town In the Afternoon he came up the River in the King's Barge being saluted by the Great Guns from the Tower and from the Ships as he passed by and was conducted to the Apartment prepared for him at Whitehall and in the Evening waâ—ted upon his Majesty at Kensington He was entertained all the while he continued in England at the King's Charge and received all the Respect due to his Birth and great Merit dit 1694 The House of Lords went this Day in a Body to Kensington and presented to the King the following Address   WE your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled do with inexpressible Grief humbly assure your Majesty of the deep Sense we have of the Loss your Majesty and the whole Kingdom doth sustain by the Death of that excellent Princess our Sovereign Lady the Queen most humbly beseeching your Majesty that you would not indulge your Grief upon this sad Occasion to the Prejudice of the Health of your Royal Person in whose Preservation not only the Welfare of your own Subjects but of all Christendom is so nearly concerned We further beg leave upon this sad Occasion humbly to renew to your Majesty the hearty and sincere Assurances of our utmost Assistance against all your Enemies both at home and abroad and of all other Demonstrations of the greatest Duty and Affection that can possibly be paid by the most faithful Subjects   The King returned them this Answer   I Heartily thank you for your Kindness to me but much more for the Sense you shew of our great Loss which is above what I can express   The House of Commons went likewise in a Body to Kensington and presented to his Majesty the Address which follows   Most gracious and dread Soveraign   WE your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons in Parliament assembled being deeply sensible of the great Misfortune which has befallen your Majesty and this Kingdom by the Death of our most gracious Queen do with unspeakable Grief of Heart humbly beg leave to condole the irreparable Loss of that most excellent Princess the best of Women to enumerate whose Vertues were to aggravate our Sorrow   We cannot at the same time but bless God for the Preservation of your Majesty to us on whose Life the Welfare and Happiness of this Kingdom and the Liberties of Europe do in so great a measure depend hereby beseeching your Majesty so to moderate your Grief under this Affliction as not to prejudice or indanger your Health and that your Majesty would please to take such further Care of your Royal Person that we may all enjoy the Blessing of your Majesty's long Life and happy Reign We do also look upon it as a Duty we owe to your Majesty to our selves and to those we represent to take this Occasion of assuring your Majesty that we your faithful Commons will always to the utmost of our Power stand by support and defend your Majesty and your Government against all your Enemies both at home and abroad   His Majesty was pleased 〈◊〉 make this gracious Answer   Gentlemen   I Take very kindly your Care of Me and the Publick especially at this time when I am able to think of nothing but our great Loss FINIS