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
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
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
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
away their Arms. King James himself was startled at it and 't is believed that this hastened his Resolution to leave the Kingdom 18. 8. 1688 This Day King James's Army retired in great haste from Reading upon a false Alarm that the Dutch were near that Place but as they endeavoured to regain that Post the next Day a Party of the Prince attacked them and slew about 50 Dragoons tho they were more numerous than the Dutch dit  King James seeing that all the Nation declared for a Free Parliament and that the Prince and his Party were already Masters of the most important Places was prevailed upon to try the last Remedy and to send Commissioners to treat with the Prince of Orange He made choice of the Marquiss of Hallifax the Earl of Nottingham and the Lord Godolphin whom he thought the fittest Men to manage the Treaty who having obtained leave of the Prince to come to him at Hungerford presented this Day the following Proposals to his Highness   Sir   THE King commanded us to acquaint you that He observes all the Differences and Causes of Complaint alledged by your Highness seem to be referred to a Free Parliament His Majesty as he has already declared was resolved before this to call one but thought that in the present State of Affairs it was adviseable to defer it till things were more composed yet seeing that his People still continue to desire it he has put forth his Proclamation in order to it and has issued forth his Writs for the calling of it And to prevent any Cause of Interruption in it he will consent to every thing that can be reasonably required for the Security of all those that come to it His Majesty has therefore sent us to attend your Highness for the adjusting of all Matters that shall be agreed to be necessary to the Freedom of Elections and the Security of Sitting and is ready to enter immediately into a Treaty in order to it   His Majesty proposeth that in the mean time the respective Armies may be retained within such Limits and at such Distance from London as may prevent the Apprehensions that the Parliament may be in any kind disturbed being desirous that the Meeting may be no longer delayed than it must be by the usual and necessary Forms Signed Hallifax Nottingham Godolphin Hungerford the 8th of December 1688. dit 1688 The pretended Prince of Wales was brought back this Evening from Portsmouth where he had been sent to be carried into France under Convoy of some Men of War but the Lord Dartmouth positively refused to obey the King's Command in that point This sheweth how little Sincerity there was in King James's Offers for at the same time his Commissioners were negotiating a Treaty with the Prince he was meditating his Retreat into France dit 1694 His Majesty was pleased to nominate the Right Reverend Father in God Dr. Thomas Tenison Lord Bishop of Lincoln to be Lord Archbishop of Canterbury 19. 9. 1688 His Highness having examined King James's Proposals returned this Day the following Answer   WHereas on the 8th of December 1688. at Hungerford a Paper signed by the Marquiss of Hallifax the Earl of Nottingham and the Lord Godolphin Commissioners sent unto us from his Majesty was delivered to us We with the Advice of the Lords and Gentlemen assembled with us have in answer made this following Proposal   1. That all Papists and such Persons as are not qualified by Law be disarmed disbanded and removed from all Imployments Civil and Military   2. That all Proclamations that reflect upon us or any that have come to us or declared for us be recalled and that if any Persons for having assisted us have been committed that they be forthwith set at liberty   3. That for the Security and Safety of the City of London the Custody and Government of the Tower be immediately put into the Hands of the said City   4. That if his Majesty should think fit to be in London during the sitting of the Parliament that We may be there also with an equal number of our Guards and if his Majesty shall be pleased to be in any Place from London whatever Distance he thinks fit that We may be at the same Distance and that the respective Armies do remove from London forty Miles and that no more foreign Forces be brought into the Kingdom   5. That for the Security of the City of London and their Trade Tilbury-Fort be put into the Hands of the City   6. That a sufficient part of the Publick Revenue be assigned us for the Support and Maintenance of our Troops until the sitting of a Free Parliament   7. That to prevent the Landing of the French or other foreign Troops Portsmouth may be put into such Hands as by his Majesty and Us shall be agreed on Given at Littlecot December 9 1688.   If the Jesuit who has written the History of the Revolution of England had transcribed this Answer he would not have imposed on his Readers that the Proposals of the Prince were so hard as not to be accepted and that his Highness deferr'd several Days to return an Answer to the King's Commissioners since this was delivered to them the next Day King James expressed himself thus on this Occasion That the Proposals of the Prince were fairer than he could or did expect 20. 10. 1672 This Day the strong Fortress of Coeverden was retaken by a Stratagem of General Rabenhaut with the Loss of about 50 Men. The Garison consisted of near 800 Men provided with all Necessaries and yet they were forced in less than 2 Hours time to surrender Prisoners This Place had been taken from the Dutch by the Bishop of Munster who had made therein a prodigious Magazine for the Invasion of Groninguen and Frizeland and he thought it impregnable because it had formerly maintained a Siege of 31 Weeks dit 1688 This Morning between three and four of the Clock the Queen the pretended Prince of Wales with Count Lauzun and several other Persons crossed the Water at Lambeth in three Coaches each of six Horses and with a strong Guard went to Greenwich where her Majesty imbarked for France having ingaged the King by Oath to follow her and not to trust himself in the Hands of his Parliament She carried away the Great Seal of England with her but as she crossed the Thames it fell into the Water and was since found out by a Fisherman The Romantick Account the Author of the Revolutions of England gives of the Queen's Evasion is I think a very good Remedy for such as are troubled with the Spleen   The same Day in the Evening King James ordered all those Writs for the sitting of the Parliament that were not sent out to be burnt and a Caveat to be entred against the making use of those that were sent down
Fasti Gulielmi Tertii OR AN ACCOUNT OF THE Most Memorable Actions Transacted during his Majesty's Life both before and since his Accession to the Crown WITH The Days Months and Years wherein the same hapned LONDON Printed for John Barnes at the Crown in the Pall-Mall and sold by Richard Baldwin near the Oxford-Arms in Warwick-lane MDCXCVII STAND FAST The honble Allexander Grantt younger of that ilk To the Right Honourable ARNOLD EARL of Albemarle Viscount Bury and Baron of Ashford Master of his Majesty's Robes c. My LORD DID this Book treat of any other Subject I should begin with asking Your Lordship's Pardon for the Liberty I take of prefixing your Name to it but since it is an Abridgment of the Actions of our August Monarch I dare assure my self that I need no Apology on that account For what more acceptable thing could one offer to your Lordship whose Zeal and Affection to his Majesty can hardly be parallel'd I likewise think I may dispense with another usual Method of Dedications and therefore I shall not attempt your Lordship's Character nor speak of your Valour Generosity Civility and innate Inclination to do Good to Mankind These and many other excellent Qualifications are so conspicuous in your Lordship that those who know you would take it ill from me to insist on a Truth they are already convinced of And for others who know your Lordship only by Fame they cannot but have a great Idea of your Merit when they consider that the most Judicious as well as the most Glorious Prince that ever wore a Crown finds you worthy of his Esteem and Confidence of which the great Titles of Honour he has lately conferred upon You are a publick Demonstration I beg your Lordship to excuse the Ambition of this Address and to give me leave to assure You that I am with a most profound Respect My Lord Your Lordship 's most Humble and most Obedient Servant The PREFACE THIS Book does not need a long Preface The Title is sufficient to recommend its Vsefulness and as to the Performance no body would take my word for it and therefore I submit it to the Judgment of the Reader The Design I owe to Father Coronelli Cosmographer to the Republick of Venice but he being a Stranger and having written upon false Memoirs committed so many Faults that I have received very little Assistance from his little Almanack that was printed here in English in one single Sheet which by the by was worse than the Original Tho I have had better Memoirs and do know many things I relate upon my own Knowledg I dare not presume to say I have committed no Errors but I hope they are not material and am more afraid of Omissions than Mistakes but whatever they be I shall endeavour to mend them in a second Edition and therefore shall take it kindly if any body will impart to me their Remarks and Corrections This Book tho very small contains not only the bare Heads of things from the Year 1672. down to this time but also a short yet exact Account of Battels and Sieges c. and several Original Pieces at length which being scatter'd in loose Papers I thought fit to collect in this Treatise I relate few Events before the Year 1672. on purpose to avoid mentioning the Wars between England and Holland in which so many Worthies of both Nations perished tho they were at War without being angry that Quarrel being rather the Ministers than the Peoples I have endeavoured to do Justice to all Men but if any thinks himself wrong'd I desire him to be perswaded that I have had no ill Design and shall always be ready to correct my self I have taken care to avoid that common Vice of the French Writers who never dare approach their King without a Censer in their Hands and therefore I have fairly related the Actions his Majesty has been concerned in either successful or not without any Flattery nay without giving him the Commendations his Archievements require being sensible that tho Heroes are ambitious to deserve Praises yet they cannot bear them I have taken notice of several great Events in which his Majesty was not directly concerned by reason of their being very memorable and therefore fit to be inserted here The Observation of the English and Roman Account will I hope prove very useful at least I am certain that to find out those Dates has cost me a great deal of Trouble ADVERTISEMENT LEST the Method of this Kalendar should surprize any the Reader must know these two things 1. That I begin the Year upon the 1st of January tho I know it begins with us only in March and that because of the late horrid Conspiracy I have followed the Leap-Year allowing 29 Days to February 2. That in relating the Events contained in this Book I don't follow the Series of the Year's beginning in 1650 and so down to this time but I only observe the Series of the Days and Months and therefore whatever thing has been transacted in January tho of this very Year is here related before what happens in February without any respect to the Years set down in one of the Columns Roman Account English Account Fasti Gulielmi Tertii OR An Account of the most Memorable Actions of His Majesty WILLIAM III. King of Great Britain c. January December  1. 1679 22. 1678 THE Ministers of Spain and Holland being in Negotiation at Nimeguen for restoring Mastricht to the King of Spain the Prince of Orange opposes it till he has received Satisfaction from that Crown for his Pretensions dit 1689 1688 King James being sailed for France the Lords Spiritual and Temporal met at Westminster on the present juncture of Affairs 2. 1689 23. 1688 The Prince of Orange orders the French Ambassador to leave England 3. 1662 24. 1661 The Provinces of Overyssel and Zealand resolved to bestow upon him the Place of Captain General which their Pensionaries acquainted him with but hearing that very Day that his Mother was ill he fell sick himself 4. 1689 25. 1688 The Peers of England present to the Prince of Orange two Addresses the first of Thanks for having undertaken to relieve the Nation in time of Need and to desire Him to accept the Government till Jan. 22. next the second to issue out Letters to the Coroners to chuse Members for the Convention to sit upon the said January 22. O. S. 5. 1671 26. 1671 The Prince comes from Oxford and Windsor where he was most nobly entertained by King Charles II. and interposes His Mediation between His Majesty and the States General and on that Occasion gives extraordinary Proofs of his great Genius as well as of His Affection for the States dit 1689 1688 The Aldermen and Citizens of London agree to the Lords Address for desiring the Prince of Orange to take upon him the Government of the Nation 6. 1689 27. 1688 A great many Gentlemen who were
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.
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
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
three Hours and the English Captain was kill'd but Robert Sincock the Boatswain having taken upon him the Command of the Ship there being no Lieutenant on board continued the Engagement with such Bravery that the two French Men of War were taken and brought into Plymouth 23. 13. 1696 This Day Peter Cook Esq Son to Sir Miles Cook was tried at the Old Baily for conspiring with Sir William Parkins Sir John Friend Charnock the Earl of Ailesbury and several other Traitors the Subversion of the Government by a French Army It was fully proved that he was at the Meeting wherein it was resolved to send Charnock into France to propose the sending over of an Army and resolved to join them at their Landing whereupon the Jury â—ound him guilty and he receiv'd Sentence of Death as the â—aw directs in such Cases dit 1695 The King set sail from the Buoy of the Nore for Holland attended by a Squadron of Men of War commanded by Sir â—â—eorge Rook. 24. 14. 1690 The Garison of Charlemont consisting of about 800 Men having capitulated the 12th Instant marched out this Day in the Presence of the Duke of Schomberg   The same Day Colonel Woolsley took a strong Castle called Ballingargy with the Loss of 47 Men and 43 wounded dit 1695 The King landed at Oranje Polder and arrived at the Hague where he was received with great Acclamations of Joy 25. 15. 1689 This Day the King went on board the Elizabeth at Portsmouth where he was most splendidly entertained at Dinner by Admiral Herbert His Majesty was pleased to declare then his Royal Intention of confirming the Title and Dignity of an Earl of this Kingdom upon the said Admiral and knighted Capt. John Ashby and Cloudesly Shovel and to incourage the Seamen his Majesty was pleased to bestow upon such of them who were in the late Engagement with the French at Bantry-Bay a Donative of 10 Shillings a Man dit 1692 The Fleet riding at St. Helens waiting only for a favourable Wind to go in quest of the French Admiral Russell acquainted the Flag-Officers and others that he had received a Letter from the Queen wherein her Majesty was pleased to tell him that she was informed that there was a false and malicious Report spread abroad that some of the Officers of the Fleet were disaffected and that she had ordered the Discharge of many of them from their Employments but that she was satisfied that this Report was raised by the Enemies of the Government and that she reposed so entire a Confidence in their Fidelity and Zeal that she was resolved not to displace any one of them Whereupon they made a very Loyal Address which was immediately sent up and presented to the Queen by the Lords of the Admiralty 26. 16. 1689 This Day the King was pleased to create Frederick Count de Schomberg late Mareschal of France General of his Majesty's Forces Master General of the Ordnance and one of the Privy Council a Baron Earl Marquiss and Duke of the Kingdom of England by the Name and Title of Baron Teyes Earl of Brentford Marquiss of Harwich and Duke of Schomberg dit 1692 A Proclamation was published this Day declaring that the Parliament which was to sit the 24th Instant shall be further prorogued to the 14th of June their Sitting being not judged necessary because of our Fleet being then at Sea in a condition to oppose the designed Descent of the French   At the same time a Declaration of the late King James was dispersed both in London and the Country containing a great many fair Promises and a general Pardon to his former Subjects some few excepted and amongst others the poor Fisherman Hunt of Feversham who there stopp'd King James when he was going for France 1688. dit 1695 This Day the Parliament of Scotland signed an Address of Condolence to the King upon the Death of that incomparable Princess the late Queen Mary a Loss as they express it that can never be too much nor too long lamented 27. 17. 1692 Admiral Russell sailed this Morning from St. Helens with the English and Dutch Fleet under his Command in order to fight the French Fleet commanded by Count Tourville which had been for some Days in the Channel   The King having Advice that the French King had caused Namur to be invested the 25th in the Morning and the Mareschal de Luxemburgh was posted at Gemblours to cover the Siege His Majesty deâ—amped from Diogem with the Confederate Army and marched towards Lovain to endeavour to relieve the Place 28. 18. 1658 A Painter who pretended to Prophecy drew the Prince of Orange's Picture with 3 Crowns upon his Head The Picture is still to be seen at the Hague dit 1689 A Proclamation was published this Day for prohibiting the Importation or retailing of any Commodities of the Growth or Manufacture of France 29. 19. 1692 About three in the Morning the Scouts of the English and Dutch Fleet commanded by Admiral Russell made the Signal that they discovered the Enemy about 7 Leagues off Cape Barfleur The French who had the Weather-gage bore down to the Allies and engaged at some Distance about 11 a Clock The Fight continued till half an Hour past five in the Evening the Britannia on board which was Admiral Russel and the Royal Sun the Admiral of France being then within less than Musquet-shot distance The French finding the Place too hot towed away with all their Boats and the English and Dutch after them About 6 there was a fresh Engagement between the Blew Squadron and the French which lasted not long It was calm all the Night and the French took the Opportunity of a great Fog to tow away their Ships and run away Three French Ships blew up in the Engagement 30. 20. 1692 The English and Dutch Fleet got sight again of the French Fleet but they could never come up with them nearer than a League and all were forced to come to an Anchor dit 1690 The King came to the House of Lords and gave the Royal Assent to an Act for the Exercise of the Government by the Queen during his Majesty's Absence and to another for reversing the Judgment in a Quo-warranto against the City of London and for restoring the said City to its antient Rights and Privileges dit 1696 Alexander Knightley one of the Conspirators against his Majesty's Person was brought to the King's Bench Bar at Westminster in order to be tried for that horrid Crime but the Prisoner delivered a Paper to the Court owning that he had been concerned both in the Design of assassinating the King and in the intended Invasion of the French and begg'd the Court to intercede with the King for a Pardon 31. 21. 1692 A Conspiracy against the King's Person was discovered in Flanders That Design was carried on by one Chevalier de Grandval a Captain of Dragoons in the French Service and one Dumort a Walloon who had
last Year agreed together to kill the King and for that purpose went to Loo while his Majesty was there but not meeting with an opportunity they return'd to Paris They were again set on foot by the greatest Men in the Court of France as the Marquiss de Barbezieux c. and encouraged by King James and the French King himself and so they came again into Flanders to put in execution that devilish Design and the better to succeed they engaged one Leefâ—ale a Gentleman near Bosleduc hoping to remain in those Parts undiscovered but the Providence of God brought that execrable Conspiracy to Light and Grandval was apprehended The French King thought then to inslave Europe and to cut off with one stroke all the Hopes they had to preserve their Liberties for he was ready in Flanders upon the Death of his Majesty to invade the Netherlands and King James expected at the Hogue that satal Blow to make a Descent in England dit  Admiral Russâ—l and Admiral Allâ—moâ—de continued this Day to chase the scatter'd French Ships whereof some run into the Race of Aldernay others run a-shore at La Hogue and the Admiral with two others and two Frigats in the Bay of Cherburg June   1. 22. 1692 Vice Admiral De La Val having the Day before followed the French Admiral and some other Men of War into Cherburg-Bay ordered this Morning three Fireships to burn them and went himself in his Barge with all the Boats of his Ships to protect the Fireships because there was not Water enough for the Men of War The French defended their Ships for some time but at last were forced to leave them One of our Fireships commanded by Captain Heath burnt the Royal Sun Captain Greenway burnt the Conquerant and the Admirable was burnt by our Boats We took a great many Prisoners in that Action and lost but very few Men. The Royal Sun Admiral of the French Fleet carried 104 Guns and was one of the richest Ships that ever was built insomuch that the French said that she was amongst the other Ships what the Sun is amongst the other Planets The Conquerant and the Admirable were the seconds to the Admiral the first carrying 80 Guns and the last 102 two Frigats and three Ships of lesser Rank were burnt at the same time 2. 3. 1692 Admiral Russel having penn'd up in the Bay of La Hogue 15 French Ships sent this Afternoon Vice-Admiral Rook with several light Frigats and Fire-ships together with all the Boats of the Fleet well arm'd to burn the said Ships The Attempt was very dangerous and difficult for it was performed in sight of the French and Irish Army commanded by King James who caus'd several Batteries to be made to protect the Men of War but such was the Conduct and Resolution of our Men that they took Possession of several of the Enemies Ships and beat the French with their own Guns from their Platforms on the shore They burnt six Men of War in the Evening and had burnt the rest had not the Night obliged them to retire till the next Morning dit 1690 The King came to the House of Lords and having given the Royal Assent to an Act for the King and Queen's Majesty's most gracious general and free Pardon both Houses adjourned to the 7th of July dit 1693 An Act of Parliament was pass'd in Scotland making it Treason for any Scots man going to or staying in France after the 1st of August following and making likewise Treason all Correspondence and Commerce by Letters with France without the King's Permission 3. 24. 1689 This Day the King came to the House of Lords and gave â—he Royal Assent to an Act for exempting their Majesty's Protestant Subjects diffenting from the Church of England from the Penalties of certain Laws This Act was the first Fruit of the late happy Revolution and put an end to a very unnatural Persecution which one time or other could not but be fatal to Great Britain dit 1692 Admiral Russel sent again this Morning Sir George Rook with the Long Boats of the Fleet to burn the rest of the Men of War that lay in La Hogue Bay and which they could not destroy the day before by reason of the Night coming on They burnt six others and a great many French Seamen perish'd in the Flames A French Ship of 56 Guns was also overset and utterly lost The French made a great Fire from their Batteries on the shore but however did the English little Damage They burnt also 20 of the Enemies Transport Ships 4. 25. 1690 The French Army commanded by Mousieur de Catinat being enter'd into Piemont and threatning Hostilities in case the Citadels of Turin and Verrue were not immediately delivered up to them The Duke of Savoy declared War this Day against France and sent to the Governour of Milan the Swiss Cantons the Emperor the King of England and the States General to acquaint them with the Posture of his Affairs and desire their Assistance He set at liberty the Vaudois who had vigorously forced their way into their own Vallies through the French and the Duke of Savoy's Forces and ordered them to join with his Troops to oppose their Common Enemy dit 1692 Admiral Russel having destroyed all the French Ships in the Bay of La Hogue sailed thence towards the Coasts of England having sent Sir John Ashby with many Fireships to destroy the French Transport Ships at Havre de Grace if he found it practicable dit 1692 This Day Great Waradin surrendred to the Imperialists commanded by General Heusler 5. 26. 1692 The Town of Namur surrendred this Day to the French King the Garison retiring into the Castle 6. 27. 1689 Messieurs Van Engellenburg Van Witsen Van Odick Van Citters and Dickvelt Ambassadors extraordinary from the States General of the United Provinces to congratulate their Majesties upon their happy Accession to the Crown made this Day their publick Entry They were received at Greenwich by the Earl of Sussex Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies and six Gentlemen of his Majesty's Privy Chamber and brought up the River in the King's Barges At their Landing at the Tower the Standard being displayed they were complimented by the Lord Lucas Governour thereof and saluted with a Discharge of the Cannon From thence being attended by 16 Pages on Horseback and 60 Footmen in splendid Liveries they were conducted in their Majesties Coaches followed by 6 very rich Coaches of their own and above 50 others belonging to the Nobility with 6 Horses apiece to Cleveland-house at St. James's appointed for their Entertainment where their Excellencies were complimented from the King by the Lord Cornwallis from the Queen by Sir Edward Villers from the Queen Dowager by Mr. Sayers her Vice-Chamberlain from Prince George of Denmark by the Lord Cornbury and from the Princess by Lieutenant Colonel Sandys dit 1692 This Day being appointed by Admiral Russel to give Thanks to
to her Majesty that the Regiments of the Militia of the City making 9000 Men were compleat that they had raised 6 Auxiliary Regiments and had resolved by a voluntary Contribution to raise a Regiment of Horse and 1000 Dragooâ—s desiring her Majesty to appoint Officers to command them The Queen gave them Thanks for their Zeal but the French Fleet which was then upon the Coast of Kent having sailed towards their own the same Day the Horse and Dragoons were not raised 22. 12. 1691 This Day at 4 a Clock in the Afternoon was fought the bloody Battel of Aghrim between the English Forces commanded by General Ginkel and the Irish Rebels commanded by Monsieur de St. Ruth The Irish had the Advantage of Numbers and were so strongly intrenched that it seem'd impossible to force their Camp which took up a Hill the Approach whereof was defended by two great Bogs and the Castle of Aghrim from which the Enemy fired upon our Army However those Difficulties did not deter our Men but they attacked the Irish with so much Vigour that they ran away leaving 5000 Men upon the spot their Arms Cannon Colours Tents and Baggage and 500 Prisoners besides 100 Officers Their General St. Ruth was killed in the Engagement and we must do him this Justice to say that he alone found the Art to make the Irish fight for they made a very noble Defence We had near 2000 Men killed and wounded in that vigorous Action 'T is impossible to express the Bravery of the Troops that made up his Majesty's Army either English French Danes Dutch c. or the Courage and Prudence of the General Officers who then gained an immortal Honour Our Army was commanded in chief by General Ginkel who had under him the Duke of Wirtemberg and Scravenmoore Lieutenant Generals Mackay Tetteau La Forest Ruvigny Talmash Count Nassau and Holstaple Major Generals and Villers Bellasis La Meloâ—iere Eppinger Levison Stewart Prince of Hesse d'Aâ—mstat and Schack Brigadeers The Irish were commanded in chief by Monsieur de St. Ruth and under him by D' Vsson Thesse and Sarsfield Lieutenant Generals Hamilton and Dorrington c. Major Generals These two last were taken Prisoners 'T is agreed on all hands that had not the Night stopp'd our Victory few of the Irish would have escaped tho they were 28000 strong the English Army contisted only of 17000 Men. dit 1694 The English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley came this day before Diepe which they bombarded and said entirely in Ashes 23. 13. 1672 His Highness the Prince of Orange advises the States General to recal the Ambassadors they had sent to treat with the French King and King Charles and the said States having seriously considered of that Matter recalled them accordingly 24. 14. 1690 The Queen issued out this Day a Proclamation for apprehending the Earl of Litcisiâ—ld Arlesbury Castlemaine and the Lords Montgomery Preston and Bellasis with several other disaffected Persons for aberting and adhering to their Majesties Enemies 25. 15. 1690 The late King James returned this Day to St. Germains to give the French King an Account of his Defeat in Ireland and of the Loss of his Interest in that Kingdom The Return of that Prince convinced the French Mob that the Prince of Orange was not dead as they thought for it is observable that either the Wound he received the Day before he passed the Boyne or the Promises some desperate Villains had made to murder his Majesty in the Battel gave occasion to a Report in France that he was dead upon which the Magistrates of most Towns of the Kingdom ordered to the eternal Shame of the French Nation Bonfires to be made 26. 16. 1694 This Day the English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley bombarded Havre de Grace 27. 17. Â 28. 18. 1695 Major General Ellenberg Governour of Dixmuyde surrendred this Day that Place to the French by a shameful Capitulation the Garison which contisted of near 5000 Men being made Prisoners of War tho there was no Breach made in that Place The Governour was tried afterwards for the same and received Sentence of Death which was put in execution 29. 19. 1695 This Day the French Army consisting of about 80000 Mea under the Command of Mareschal de Luxemburgh attack'd the Confederate Army incamped near Landen which was only 45000 strong because of the great Detachments that had been made therefrom to cover Liege and Mastricht exposed to the Attempts of the Enemy and for the Expedition of the Duke of Wirtemberg against the French Lines The King was advised to retire the Day before but his Army tho inferiour being made up of the finest Troops that ever were seen his Majesty did not think fit to hearken to that Advice and ordered some Intrenchments to be cast up in the Night The French attacked the Allies at 9 a Clock in the Morning with an extraordinary Bravery but were as bravely repulsed and it was 4 in the Afternoon before they had gained an Inch of Ground but our Ammunition being spent by so long a Fight and some of the Horse of Hanover giving ground the French possessed themselves of our Intrenchments where there was a most bloody Fight for some time between our Horse and the French the King charging himself at the Head of the Squadrons but at last being over-power'd by the great Number of the Enemy they were obliged to retire which they did in Confusion and Disorder because of a River that was behind our Army in which many were drowned The Enemy was so tired that they were glad to part with us All the Confederate Troops except some Squadrons I have spoken of behaved themselves to Admiration and especially the English but the Regiment of Horse of Windham and the French Regiment of Gallway distinguished themselves in a particular manner who broke three times the French Life-Guard and other Troops of the Houshold which are esteemed the best in the World The Relation printed at Paris says that his Majesty fought at the Head of the Regiment of Gallway and own that our Troops made an extraordinary Defence His Majesty received no other Harm than a small Contusion in his Side by a Musket-shot The Elector of Bavaria was also in the hottest of the Action as the meanest Souldier This was as bloody a Battel as any that has been fought these 50 Years for the French in the Relation they printed at Lisle own to have lost above 16000 Men but since it appears that they lost very near 20000. As our Army was not so numerous as the French by half we lost not above 9000 Men but a great many were taken Prisoners We lost no Baggage nor heavy Cannon but only some Field-Pieces We took 55 Standards and Colours and 400 Prisoners amongst whom was the Duke of Berwick and 30 Officers Count de Solmes General of the Dutch Foot died of his Wounds and the Duke of Ormond and Monsieur
being their antient Ally and Confederate they will not refuse to give him that Satisfaction on which the Tranquillity of Europe does depend dit 1689 This Day the Town of Mentz surrendred to the Allies commanded by the Duke of Lorain the French Garison which at the beginning of the Siege consisted of 10000 Men of their best Troops being reduced to about 6000 the Electors of Saxony and Bavaria the Duke of Hanover and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel were present at that Siege dit 1689 Mr. Walker late Governour of London derry waited this Day on their Majesties at Hampton-Court with an humble Address of the Governours Officers Clergy and other Gentlemen in the City and Garison of London-derry and was very kindly received and presented with â—ive thousand Pounds His Majesty was pleased to assure him â—hat this should not at all lâ—ssen the Kindness he intended to shew to him and to his Family and that he would likewise have a particular Care of the â—est of the Officers and other Gentlemen who had so well behaved themselves in the Defence of London-derry 9. 30. 1688 Count d' Avaux Ambassador of the French King to the States of Holland being also netled at the Preparations of the States presented this Day a Memorial to know whom those Preparations were designed against adding at the same time that as the King his Master had sufficient Reasons to be perswaded that they were against the King of England he was commanded to declare to their States that his Majesty was under certain Obligations by Alliance and Friendship not only to succour that Prince but also to take the first Act of Hostility committed against him as an open Breach with him leaving the States to reflect on the dangerous Consequences of their Design This Memorial discovered the secret Alliance betwixt King James and the French King which was kept so secret   The same Day he delivered another Memorial concerning the Affairs of Cologn and declared that his Master was resolved to maintain the Interest of the Cardinal de Furstemberg 10. 31. 1690 This Day his Majesty thought fit to withdraw his Forces from before Limerick by reason of the great Rains that fell at that time which would not permit our Men to be in the Trenches The Town was reduced to the last Extremities and had the Weather been fair but few Days longer than it was it had certainly been taken dit 1691 His Majesty presented this Day Prince Vaudemont with 40000 Florins and his Palace at Brussels dit 1696 This Day was published at Paris the separate Peace made betwixt the French King and the Duke of Savoy in July last That Prince who owned to have been used like a Slave by France and to have been set at liberty by the Allies forsook their Interest to join with their Enemies By the Treaty concluded with him the French have restor'd to him all their Conquest in Savoy Nisse and Villa Franca and the Town of Pignerol demolished keeping the Citadel in their Hands till a General Peace is concluded The French King has given him besides four Millions of Livers to defray his Charges A Marriage was also agreed between the Duke of Burgundy and the Princess of Piemont without any Portion as a Condition of the Treaty and she was immediately sent into France to be brought up there at the King's Charge till she comes to Age of being married This separate Peace of the Duke of Savoy was very dishonourable to him in the Opinion of all such Persons as think Princes ought to be grateful and tied by their Treaties as well as the rest of Mankind  September  11. 1. 1653 The young Prince of Orange was brought to the Hague where the People in whose Memory the great Services of his Ancestors were still fresh desired the Magistrates to give them the Standard and Colours of that Family to receive his Highness and declared that if they were denied they would take them by Force 12. 2. 1682 The French King being offended that the Town of Orange should receive the French Protestants that left their Country to avoid the Persecution or at least taking this for a Pretence ordered the Intendant of Provence and the Marquiss de Montanegues his Lieutenant General to march towards that Place with a Detachment of Foot and Horse and being come near it they sent Order to the Magistrates to pull down the Walls of their Town and to send back all the Children born Subjects of the French King and to receive none for the future The Magistrates answered that they were Subjects of his Highness the Prince of Orange and received Orders from no body else and that therefore they desired time to give him notice thereof but instead of being satisfied with that reasonable Answer the said Montanegues enter'd the Town the 15th of August last with his Troops pulled down the Walls and continued therein 8 Days at Discretion committing all manner of Disorders and Ravages and extorting great Sums from the Inhabitants The States General being acquainted with these violent Proceedings contrary to the Treaty of Nimeguen ordered their Ambassadors at Paris to complain to the French Court and demand Satisfaction and Reparation and at the same time commanded their Ministers in England to acquaint King Charles with it The French King gave answer by his Ministers that he had reason for the doing of what had been done and as to the Money extorted from the Inhabitants he said it was done without Orders and therefore had ordered to make a Restitution thereof This Answer being not acceptable to the States who saw thereby that the French King pretended to the Sovereignty of that Principality whenas it belonged to his Highness appointed this Day Monsieur Heynsius Pensionary of Delf for their Envoy Extraordinary to Paris to demand that Satisfaction should be given to the Prince and to his Subjects King Charles who was concerned in that Affair as Guarantee of the Treaty of Nimeguen and because of the Prince being so near related to him ordered the Lord Preston his Envoy at the Court of France to present a Memorial thereupon but I could never hear that France made any Reparation either to the Prince or to his Subjects dit 1688 The States of Holland replied to the Marquiss d' Albeville's Memorial that they had armed in Imitation of his Britannick Majesty and other Princes and that they had thereby given no just Cause of Offence by arming when all other Princes were in Motion and that they were long since fully convinced of the Alliance which the King his Master had made with France and which had been mentioned to them by Monsieur le Comte d' Avaux in his Memorial 13. 3. 1673 The strong Fortress of Naerden surrendred this Day to the Prince after a Siege of 4 Days The Garison marched out with the usual Marks of Honour and 2 Pieces of Cannon to the Number of 2600 Foot two Troops of Horse and about 500
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
relation to the Battel of Landen and the Miscarriage of the Smyrna Fleet. He said that the first was occasion'd by the great Number of our Enemies and as to the last his Majesty was pleased to say that it had brought a great Disgrace upon the Nation and that he had resented it extremely 18. 8. 1688 The Prince of Orange accompanied by Mareschal de Schomberg Count Solmes Count Nassau Monsieur Benting the Earls of Shrewsbery Macclesfield and Argyle and the Lord Mordant Wiltshire Colonel Sidney and other great Men made this Day a very splendid Entry into Exeter with his Army the People much rejoicing at it looking upon him as their Deliverer from Popery and Slavery The Bishop and the Dean to the great Amazement of all Protestants left the Town and the Bishop came to London to receive King James's Command who thereupon preferred him to the Archbishoprick of York dit 1691 This Day Signior Haim Toledano Envoy Extraordinary from the Emperor of Fez and Morocco had his publick Audience of their Majesties 19. 9. 1688 Dr. Burnet was sent to the Cathedral of Exeter to order the Priest and Vicars not to pray for the pretended Pr. of Wales and the same Day his Highness went to the said Cathedral and was present at the singing Te Deum after which his Declaration was publickly read to the People but I must observe that the Ministers rushed out of the Church by a very surprizing piece of Policy dit 1689 The Duke of Schomberg decamped this Day from Dundalk where he had remained for above two Months incamped in sight of the Irish Army twice as numerous as his Never a General found himself in harder Circumstances for he had at once to fight against Men Hunger want of all Necessaries Rain and a raging Distemper and yet King James never durst attack him We lost a great many brave Officers by Mortality and about 6000 Men either upon the spot or after they were come to their Winter-quarters This bad Success gave occasion to many Suspicions which I don't think fit to relate tho they make part of the History of that Campagn 20. 10. 1688 King James upon the first Advice that the Prince was landed in the West and not in the North as he expected sent immediately Orders to his Forces to march that way and appointed their Rendezvouze at Salisbury but because they committed great Insolencies in their March an Order was published this Day commanding the Forces to observe an exact Discipline 21. 11.  22. 12. 1688 This Day the Lord Lovelace was stopp'd at Cirencester by the Militia as he was going to join the Prince of Orange with several Gentlemen His Lordship made a very vigorous Resistance in which several were killed dit  The Lord Cornbury Colonel of the Royal Regiment of Dragoons marched this Day with two other Regiments of Horse from Salisbury and went over to the Prince with a great many Troopers and Officers The London-Gazette gave a very different Account of this Business and concluded that most of those Troopers and Officers were returned which did sufficiently shew how firm they were in their Fidelity to the King but a few Days after every body was convinced that it was a notorious Lie dit 1694 The Parliament met this Day at Westminster where his Majesty made a most gracious Speech to both Houses 23. 13.  24. 14.  25. 15. 1688 A great many Gentlemen came to join the Prince at Exeter tho King James to keep up his Party ordered his Gazetteer to publish that none of the Gentry but only some of the Rabble listed themselves under him Those Lords and Gentlemen who were with the Prince enter'd into an Association whereby they ingaged to Almighty God to his Highness and to one another to stand firm to the Cause they had espoused and never to depart from it until our Religion Laws and Liberties were so far secured in a Free Parliament that we should be no more in danger of falling under Popery and Slavery 26. 16. 1688 My Lord Delamere the Earls of Devonshire Stamford and Danby and the Lord Lumley with several other associated Lords and Gentlemen having a fair Opportunity to declare themselves the Troops of King James being marched to their Rendezvouze at Salisbury the Lord Delamere came this Day to Manchester with about fifty Troopers where he made the following Speech to the People   THE Occasion of this is to give you my Thoughts upon the present Conjuncture which concerns not only you but every Protestant and free-born Man of England I are confident that wishes well to the Protestant Religion and his Country and I am perswaded that every Man of you thinks both in danger and now to lie at stake I am also perswaded that every Man of you will rejoice to see Religion and Property settled if so then I am not mistaken in my Conjectures concerning you Can you ever hope for a better Occasion to root out Popery and Slavery than by joining with the Prince of Orange whose Proposals contain and speak the Desires of every Man that loves his Religion and Liberty And in saying this I will invite you to nothing but what I will do my self and I will not desire any of you to go any further than I will more my self neither will I put you upon any Danger when I will not take share in it I propose this to you not as you are my Tenants but as my Friends and as you are English Men. No Man can love Fighting for its own sake nor find any Pleasure in Danger and you may imagine I would be very glad to spend the rest of my Days in Peace having had so great a share in Troubles But as I see all lies at stake I am to chuse whether I will be a Slave and a Papist or a Protestant and a Free Man and therefore the Case being thus I shall think my self false to my Country if I sit still at this time I am of Opinion that when the Nation is delivered it must be by Force or by Miracle it would be too great a Presumption to expect the latter and therefore our Deliverance must be by Force and I hope this is the time for it A Prize is now put into our Hands and if it miscarry by want of Assistance our Blood is upon our own Heads For he that is passive at this time may very well expect that God will mock when the Fear of Affliction comes upon him which he thought to avoid by being indifferent   If the King prevails farewel Liberty of Conscience which has hitherto been allowed not for the sake of Protestants but in order to settle Popery You may see what to expect if he gets the better and he has lately given you of this Town a Taste of the Method whereby he will maintain his Army And you may see of what soâ—â— of People he intends his Army to consist and if you have
James lay with all his Forces dit 1688 This Day was published at Paris the Declaration of War of the French King against the Dutch wherein the French King alledges no other Reason but that the Dutch opposed Cardinal Furstemberg's Election to the Archbishoprick of Cologn whom he was resolved to maintain dit 1694 This Day died at his Palace at Lambeth the most Reverend Father in God Dr. John Tillotson Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the 65th Year of his Age He was promoted to that Metropolitan See in May 1691. and as his Learning Piety and other eminent Qualities gained him a general Esteem so they made his Death very much and justly lamented 3. 23. 1695 The Parliament having met the Day before according to his Majesty's Writs of Summons and his Majesty being come to the House of Peers with the usual Ceremonies and the Commons being sent for up the Lord Keeper signified to them his Majesty's Pleasure that they should forthwith proceed to the Choice of a Speaker after which the Commons being returned to their House they made choice of Paul Foley Esq Speaker in the last Parliament whom they presented this Day to his Majesty in the House of Lords He made a short Speech to the King and told his Majesty that the Commons had made choice of him tho there were many Persons amongst them fitter for that important Place and then my Lord Keeper told him by the King's Command that the repeated Choice of the Commons was a sufficient Argument of his Ability Capacity and Fidelity and that therefore his Majesty approved their Choice After which his Majesty made a gracious Speech to both Houses wherein he took a particular notice of the Affection of his People by their Behaviour during his Absence and at his Return commended the Zeal and Affection of the last Parliament the Bravery of the English Troops at Namur and recommended to them to provide a Supply for carrying on the War for supplying the Deficiencies of Parliamentary Funds for the Civil List and to relieve the French Protestants who suffer for their Religion concluding by recommending unto them to remedy the ill State of the 〈◊〉 and to form some good 〈◊〉 for the Incouragement and Increase of Sea-men 4. 24. 1688 This Day his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark went away from Salisbury to join the Prince of Orange He left a Letter behind him containing the Reasons of his going away but that chiefly insisted upon was the Danger the Protestant Religion was exposed to The Lord Churchill went also with the Prince which surprized all the World for every body thought that noble Lord intirely devoted to King James's Interest he left also a Letter behind him which deserveth to be carefully considered and especially these Lines Heaven knows with what Partiality my dutiful Opinion of your Majesty has hitherto represented those unhappy Designs which inconsiderate and self-interested Men have framed against your Majesty's true Interest and the Protestant Religion but as I can no longer join with such to give a Pretence by Conquest to bring them to effect so I will always with the Hazard of my Life preserve your Person I could wish for the sake of the Reader I was able to explain that Expression which doubtless contains a Mystery known to very few except to such who were deeply ingaged in the Cabal of those times   The Dukes of Graston and Ormond went also to the Prince much about the same time but they thought the Case was so plain that there was no need of leaving any Papers behind them to justify their Conduct 5. 25. 1688 The going off of the Prince of Denmark having struck King James with Terror and Affliction and his Army being in great Disorder he became so full of Fear and Suspicion that upon a false Alarm being made by Design or Accident of the Approach of the Prince of Orange his Majesty and the whole Army left Salisbury this Day the Army retiring towards Reading and the King â—aking his way towards London The King came to the Market-place at Salisbury and the Mayor and Citizens being sent for he told them that he would spend his Blood for his Subjects and was resolved to maintain the Protestant Religion but he had no sooner ended his Speech but he fell to bleeding at his Nostrils and so violently that his Blood could not be stopp'd any manner of way This Accident tho natural enough especially in the Juncture that Prince found himself at that time was look'd upon as a bad Omen and improved to his Disadvantage dit  The News of Prince George's having left the King being come to Whitehall caused a great Consternation there and the Princess being suspected to have the same Design some Yeomen of the Guards were set in her Apartments but her Highness deceived their Vigilancy and that Night made her Escape in Disguise with the Ladies Churchill and Berkley being attended by the Bishop of London and the Earl of Dorset Her Highness went into the North where the associated Lords had made a considerable Progress The Absence of the Princess caused a great Complaint and they were forced to print the Letter she had left for the Queen containing the Reason of her retiring for fear of being cut to pieces by the King 's own Guards upon a Surmise that the Papists had made away that beloved Princess dit 1691 His Majesty was pleased to nominate this Day Dr. Thomas Tenison to the Bishoprick of Lincoln 6. 26. 1688 King James returned this Evening to Whitehall from Salisbury 7. 27. 1â—8â— Sir Edward Hales whom King James had appointed Lieutenant of the Tower having during the King's Absence planted several Mertar-pieces on the Walls towards the City to keep the Citizens in awe they were so inraged against him that the King did not think himself safe at Whitehall as long as Sir Edward Hales had the Command of the Tower and therefore to appease the City he turned out Sir Edward and put in his room Colonel Bevil Skelton a Protestant 8. 28. 1675 The Prince having brought back his Army from the Country of Cologn after the taking of Boâ—n and possessed himself â—n his way of several strong Castles and little Towns left his Army on the Meuse and returned this Day to the Hague where he was received with all possible Marks of Respect and Demonstrations of Joy The States complimented his Highness on his successful Expedition whereby their Country was delivered from the French who had been forced to abandon in less than a Month's time all their Conquests in the United Provinces except Grave and Mastricht Several Medals were then coined to perpetuate the Memory of that great and glorious Expedition dit 1688 King James seeing the general Defection of his Subjects and that the associated Lords had taken York Plymouth and a great many other considerable Towns and that the Nation as well as the Prince declared every where for a Free Parliament which
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
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