acknowledgement of the care he had taken of the Religion Laws and Liberty of the Kingdom c. intreating him to take upon him the Administration of Government and use to that end the publick Revenues to take speedy Care of the Stats of Ireland and issue out his Circular Letters for the calling a Convention to sit at Westminster on the 22d of January c. Whereupon his Highness was pleased to declare to this effect That being a matter of weight he would consider of it and give them an answer the next day On the 28th of December in the Morning the Lords attended his Highness at St. James's who gave them this answer My Lords I Have considered of your Advice and as far as I am able I will endeavour to secure the Peace of the Nation untill the meeting of the Convention in January next for the Election whereof I will forthwith issue out Letters according to your Desire I will also take care to apply the publick Revenues to the most proper uses that the present Affairs do require and likewise endeavour to put Ireland into such a Condition that the Protestant Religion and the English Interest may be maintained in that Kingdom And I farther assure you that as I came hither for the preservation of the Protestant Religion and the Laws and Liberties of these Kingdoms so I shall always be ready to expose my self in any hazard for the defence of the same The Lords having made their Thankfull acknowledgment for this Speech so suitable to their Desires the Gentlemen who had served as Members of Parliament during the Reign of King Charles II. together with the Aldermen and Common-Council of the City of London waited upon him in the Afternoon to whom his Highness was pleased to give the same answer Nor was there only a Pleasure conceived in England for His Highness's Success and prosperous Proceedings but on the first of January New-Style all the Persons of Quality that were at the Hague appeared at Court to complement her Royal Highness the Princess of Orange and in the Evening their Electoral Highnesses of Brandenburgh arrived there and were conducted to the old Palace which was prepared for them whither her Royal Highness went to visit the Electoress and splendid Entertainments were made upon the occasion On the 30th of December His Highness was pleased to issue out his Declaration for authorizing Sheriffs Justices of the Peace and other Officers and Ministers to Act in their respective Places that were in Office the first of December Papists excepted with a Charge to be carefull and diligent in their Places and Trusts for preserving the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom and relieving the Poor c. And now the Country People and others scouting abroad had gleaned a great number of Persons whose desire of Safety had caused their withdrawing amongst whom was the Earls of Salisbury and Peterborough Lord Chancellour Sir Edward Hales Sir Thomas Jenner Charles Hales Dr. Obadiah Walker Richard Graham Philip Burton and many others as also nine Jesuites viz. John Leybourn Charles Poulton Ralph Clayton Joseph Gifford Robert Jenison William Locker Francis Calamy and Thomas Kingsley with many more who are in safe Custody and his Highness having issued out his Circular Letters for chusing Members to be present at the Convention the Elections were carried on in most Places as it were with one consent without any appearance of those Strivings and Heats that have too often attended former Elections and that there might no disturbance or hinderance happen upon the occasion of the Soldiers quartering in Cities and Boroughs they were ordered to draw off except Garisons to other Quarters till the Elections were over which was punctually observed with an exact and ready Obedience and soon after his Highness put forth a Declaration for the better quartering of the Forces This Declaration though the people seemed no where unwilling to quarter the Soldiers according to their ability highly satisfied them in the Prince's Justice and good Intentions so that the Association for the preservation of his Person has been promoted in the Signing through all the Countries of England with much freeness and alacrity a Copy of which as it was drawn up and signed at St. James's by the Lords and Gentlemen take in the following Words WE whose Names are hereunto subscribed who have jointed with the Prince of Orange for the defence of the Protestant Religion and for maintaining the antient Government and the Laws and Liberties of England Scotland and Ireland do engage to Almighty God to his Highness the Prince of Orange and to one another to stick firm to this Cause and to one another in defence of it and never to depart from it till our Religion our Laws and Liberties are so far secured to us in a Free Parliament that we shall be no more in danger of falling under Popery and Slavery And whereas we are engaged in this common Cause under the Protection of the Prince of Orange by which means his person may be exposed to dangers and to the desperate and cursed Attempts of the Papists and other bloudy Men we do therefore solemnly engage both to God and to one another That if any such Attempts are made upon him we will pursue not only those that make them but all their Adherents and all that we find in Arms against us with the utmost severities of a just Revenge to their Ruine and final Destruction And that the Execution of any such Attempts which God of his Mercy forbid shall not divert us from prosecuting this Cause which we do now undertake but that it shall engage us to sarry it on with all the vigour that so barbarous a Practice shall deserve His Highness having as is before mentioned been pleased to take upon him the Administration of the Civil and Military Power and by reason of the sudden change and alteration of Affairs the the publick Revenues had been put out of Order as to the method of Collecting and placing and dis-placing the Collectors he issued out a Declaration commanding all Collectors Receivers and Officers not being Papists authorized and employed by the proper Commissioners of the Customs Excise Hearth-money or any other Branch of the Revenue to proceed in the Managing Receiving and Levying the said Revenue as formerly and that all Magistrates and Officers should be assisting to them in their respective Stations the better to enable them to make their due Collections and Receipts And moreover his Highness taking into his charitable Consideration the necessitous Condition of the poor people as well Handicrafts as others destitute of employment out of a sense of their wants caused a considerable Summe of Money to be distributed amongst those of the Out-Parishes of the Cities of London and Westminster But now the Papists notwithstanding a former Declaration commanding them not being House-keepers Merchants or Servants to the Queen Dowager c. to depart the Cities of London and Westminster continuing in contempt
E. of Oxford E. of Shrewsbury his Majesties Principal Secretary of State. E. of Bedford E. of Bath E of Macelesfield E. of Nottingham principal Secret. of State. E. of Fauconberg E. of Monmouth Lord Mordant E. of Montague E. of Marlborough Lord Churchill E. of Portland Mr. Bertinck Groom of the Stole to his Majesty Visc Newport Treasurer of his Majesties Houshold Visc Lumley Visc Sidney Ld. Bishop of London Ld Wharton Ld. Delamere Sir Robert Howard Kt. Sir Henry Capell Kt. Sir John Lowther Barronet Vice-Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold Mr. H. Powle Speaker of the H. of Commons Mr. Edward Russell Mr. Richard Hambden Mr. Hugh Boscawen Thomas Wharton Esq Comptroller of his Majesties Houshold William Harbord Esq Lords Commissioners of the Great Seal Sir John Maynard Kt. Sir Anthony Kecke Kt. Sir William Rawlinson Kt. Commissioners for the Office of Lord High Admiral Arthur Herbwert Esq Earl of Carbery Sir Michael Wharton Bar. Sir Thomas Lee Bar. Sir John Chichely Kt. Sir. John Lowther of White-haven Bar. William Sacherverill Esq Lords of the Treasury Earl of Monmouth Lord Delamere Lord Godolphin Sir Henry Capel Kt. Richard Hampden Esq New Knights of the Garters Duke Frederick Mareschal de Scomberg General of his Majesties Forces and Master-General of the Ordnance Earl of Devonshire Duke of Ormond New Bishops Dr. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury Dr. Trewlawny B. of Exet. Ld. Lovelace Captain of the Band of Gentlemen-Pensioners Ld. Lucas Chief Governour of the Tower of London Ld. Willoughby of Eresby Chancellour of the Dutchy of Lancaster Sir Henry Pollixfen Kt. Attorney-General Sir George Treby Kt. Solicitor-General Clerks of the Privy-Council Sir John Nicholas Kt. of the Bath William Blaithwayt Esq Charles Montague Esq Richard Colling Esq Commissioners for the Customs Hon. George Booth Esq Sir Richard Temple Bar. and Kt. of the Bath Sir John Worden Bar. Sir Robert Southwell Bar. Sir Robert Clayton Kt. Sir Patient Ward Thomas Pelham Esq Commissioners for the Excise Sir Henry Fane Kt. Sir Henry Ashurst Kt. Sir Humphrey Edwin Kt. Thomas Frankland Esq Francis Parry Esq John Danvers Esq John Wilcox Jun. Esq The Lords Lieutenants appointed by his Majesty Bedford E. of Bedford Berks D. of Norfolk Bucks E. of Bridgw Cambr. E. of Bedford Chesh Ld. Delamere Cornw. E. of Bath Cumb. E. of Carlysle Derby E. of Devon. Devon E. of Bath Dorset E. of Bristol Essex E. of Oxford Glouc. E. of Matclesfied Heref. E. of Matclesfield Hertf. E. of Shrewsbury during the Minority of the E. of Essex Hunt. E. of Manchester Kent E. of Winchester Lanc. E. of Derby Leic. E. of Rutland Linc. E. of Lindsey Midds E. of Clare Monm E. of Macclesf Norf. D. of Norfolk Northum Ld. V. Lumly Northamp E. of Monm Nott. E. of Kingston Oxon E. of Abingdon Salop Ld. Visc Newp Som. L. Vis Fitz-harding Southamp D. of Bolton Stafford Ld. Paget Suffolk Ld. Cornwallis Surrey D. of Norfolk Sus E. of Dors Midd. Warw. E. of Northampt. Worcester E. of Shrewsb Westm Sir. J. Lowther Wilts E. of Pembroke York East R.E. of Kings North. R.E. Falconb West Rid. E. of Danby S.N. Wales E. of Maccl A List of the Chaplains to be waiting on their Majesties March. DR Horneck Dr. Bright Mr. Kidder Dr. Fowler April Dr. Tillotson Dr. Stillingfleet Dr. Stratford Mr. Young. May. Mr. Brograve Dr. Scott Dr. Alderidge Mr. Wake June Dr. Fuller Dr. Grove Dr. Ironside Dr. Baily July Dr. Hescard Dr. Megott Dr. Tennison Mr. Bramson August Dr. Belk Dr. Hough Mr. Wiggan Mr. Williams September Dr. Sharp Dr. Craddocke Dr. Edwards M. Staino October Dr. Goodman Dr. Beveridge Dr. Freeman Dr. Turner November Dr. Jane Dr. Smith Dr. Hall. Dr. Doughty December Dr. Patrick Mr. Pelling Dr. Horden Mr. Blagrave January Mr. Lamb. Mr. Manningham Dr. Hooper Dr. Mills February Mr. Fielding Dr. Onely Dr. Brabant Dr. Mountague Officers newly made to the Queens Majesty EArl of Wiltshire Ld. Chamberlain Ld. Coot Treasurer Abel Tassind ' Allone Esq Principal Secretary and Master of Requests Countess of Derby Groom of the Stole FINIS
Religion established by Law And will you preserve unto the Bishops and Clergy of this Realm and to the Churches committed to their Charge all such Rights and Privileges as by Law do or shall appertain to any of them King and Queen All this I promise to doe After this the King and Queen laying his and her hand upon the holy Gospel shall say King and Queen These things which I have here before promised I will perform and keep So help me God. Then the King and Queen shall kiss the book And this Oath by the same Act is to be administred to all the Kings and Queens that shall succeed to the Imperial Crown of this Realm at their respective Coronations by one of the Archbishops or Bishops and to be done in publick Thus every thing being in a readiness and the expected day arrived their Majesties being come from White-Hall to Westminster the Heralds began to put the Proceedings in order the Peers in the Lords House and the Peeresses in the painted Chamber so that about eleven in the morning their Majesties and the whole Proceeding were conducted into Westminster-Hall where at the upper end a Throne being erected their Majesties took their Seats under their Cloath of State on the inside the Table which done the Master of the Jewel-house presented to the Lord High Constable the Sword of State also the Sword Curtana and the two pointed Swords in their order who in the like order delivered them to the Lord Great Chamberlain and he having drawn them out of the Scaboards laid them on the Table before their Majesties as likewise the Spurs After which the Dean and Prebendaries of Westminster bring the Crowns and other Regalia presented them severally and then they were delivered to those Lords whose Office or Trust it was to bear them Then the Proceeding began from Westminster Hall to the Abbey where being entered and each seated or placed in order the Lord Bishop of London began with the Recognition which ending with a general Shout and universal Acclamation of Joy their Majesties offered and the Lords who carried the Regalia offered them at the Altar severally to be there disposed after which the Litany was sung by the Bishops of St. Asaph and Bangor which ended the Communion Service began the Epistle taken out of the 1 Pet. 2. ver 13 17. was read by the Bishop of Carlisle and the Gospel out of Mat. 22. 16 22. was read by the Bishop of St. Asaph after which followed the Nicene Creed and by this time the Bishop of Salisbury being in the Pulpit after repeating the Lords Prayers took his Text 2 Sam. 23.3 4. viz. The Lord God of Israel said the Rock of Israel spake to me he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God and he shall be as the Light of the morning when the Sun riseth even a morning without Clouds as the tender Grass springing out of the Earth by clear shining after rain The Sermon which lasted half an hour being ended their Majesties took the new established Oath before mentioned and after Veni Creator was sung and the Holy Oil consecrated their Majesties were conducted to their Royal Chairs placed on the Theatre where the Honourable Members of the House of Commons who with their Speaker were seated in the north Cross might have a full prospect and there being disrobed of their Crimson Mantles their Majesties were solemnly annointed and presented with the Spurs and Sword which being offered up and redeemed by the Earl of Portland their Majesties were invested with the Imperial Robes and Orbs after that with the Rings and Sceptres and about four of the Clock the Crowns were placed on their heads by the Lord Bishop of London assisted by the Lord Bishop of Rochester upon which the Drums beat the Trumpets sounded the great Guns were fired yet were drowned in a manner by the loud shouts and joyfull Acclamations of the People and the Peers and Peeresses putting on their Coronets the holy Bible was presented to their Majesties and after the Benediction they vouchsafed to kiss the Bishops and then Te Deum was sung and they ascended the Throne the Archbishop and Bishops doing jointly Homage and kissed their Majesties left Cheeks and after them the Temporal Peers did the like whilest the Medals were cast about by the Treasurer of the Houshold inscribed on one side Ne totus absumatur and on the other Gulielmus Maria Rex Regina After this began the Communion their Majesties making their second Offering and having received the Holy Sacrament they went in State into St. Edward's Chapel where being divested of the Imperial Palls c. and robed in Purple Velvet returned to Westminster-Hall with their Crowns of State on their Heads the Peers and Peeresses wearing their Coronots where a very splendid Entertainment was furnished at sundry Tables and between the first and second course Charles Dymcke Esq their Majesties Champion came on Horseback completely armed between the Lord High Constable and Earl Marshal both on Horseback and made his Chalenge which was pronounced by York Herald in these words viz. If an Person of what degree soever high or low shall deny or gainsay our Sovereign Lord and Lady King William and Queen Mary King and Queen of England France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith to be rightfull King and Queen of this Realm of England or that they ought not to enjoy the Imperial Crown of the same Here is their Champion who saith he lyeth and is a false Traitor being ready in Person to combate with him and in this Quarrel will adventure his Life against him on what day soever be shall be appointed After which their Majesties Styles were proclaimed in Latin French and English and about eight in the evening they returned to White-Hall This caused great Rejoicing in Holland as well as England the States ordering it to be exprest by Bells Bonfires and Fireworks c. The Convention in Scotland declared their Majesties King and Queen in the following manner viz. After the Vote had passed the Estates assisted by the Ld. Provost Magistrates and Council of Edinburgh attended by Lyon King at Arms Heralds Pursuvants and Trumpets went to the Cross on foot proclaimed their Majesties ' King and Queen of Scotland and deputed some of the Estates to offer the Crown with an Instrument of Government for settling that Kingdom A Table of the chief Ministers of State and Officers of Trust newly made by the King and Queen of England The most Honourable Privy-Council HIS Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark Duke of Cumberland c. Lord A. B. Cant. Marquess of Caermarthen E. of Danby and L. President of the Council Marquess of Halifax L. Privy-Seal D. of Norfolk Earl-Marshal of England Duke of Bolton Marquess of Winchester E. of Lindsey L. Great Chamberlain of Engl. E. of Devonshire L. Steward of his Majesties Houshold E. of Dors Midds Ld. Chamberlain of his Majesties Houshold
William the III King of England Scot Fran. and Ireland Prince of Orange c. Aetatis suae 38 HONI SOIT QVI MAL Y PENSE AN Historical Account OF THE MEMORABLE ACTIONS Of the most Glorious Monarch WILLIAM III. KING of England Scotland France and Ireland Prince of Orange c. Giving a true Relation of all that hapned of consequence since his glorious Expedition into England from time to time as also the happy Arrival of his Royal Consort Queen Mary and their being Proclaimed and Crowned King and Queen of these Realms The whole containing a Summary from his Birth to this day Together with the Names of several of those worthy Persons upon whom he has conferred Honours and places of Trust since his being Proclaimed LONDON Printed and are to be sold by H. Rhodes next door to the Swan Tavern near Bride-lane in Fleet-Street 1689. LICENSED April 24 1689. THE PREFACE TO THE READER THE weight of this illustrious Subject might have required a greater Vndertaker and made me have kept at an awfull distance whilst the most celebrated Pens of Europe had interwoven and enamell'd the Birth and Rising Glories of so great a Prince with all the Rhetorical and Heroick Accents and Expressions that are capable of giving Life and Fire to the Minds of Men and raising their Souls to a highth capable of knowing the Centre of true Greatness but with humble submission not finding any forward in so invaluable an Enterprize I though unworthy have presumed to make this Essay hoping it will not be taken ill since this at least is the Ground-work upon which the most aspiring Historian must build when he consults the Golden Rolls of Fame to raise a Pyramid of lasting Honour to the Memories of the World 's undoubted Worthies In this Book though small to appearance you may find things as vast in Extent as Virtue and Valour can enlarge them and when I tell you it is the Compendium of the Birth and Actions of the Great and Renowned Prince of the House of Orange with what more especially relates to his Redeeming us from Popery and Slavery by his generous Expedition Valour and Conduct I might be silent since the World is sufficiently sensible of what I farther intend yet that Posterity may not forget so great a Deliverance it is fit that it should be Recorded till Time is swallowed up in Eternity You have Reader in this Book an Account of the illustrious Birth of a Prince born to be the Protectour of the true Religion and the Support next the Almighty Arm of Christianity coming nearest to its primitive Purity with his Advancement to early Honours and his memorable Actions from time to time with the various dangers and hazards to which he has exposed himself for the Repose of Christendom but more especially for the securing and promoting the Protestant Religion You have likewise a Discovery of Popish Cruelties in the wretched State and Condition of the Protestants in France under the late Persecution from which you may gather what we might have expected and suffered had not this great Prince at so much Cost hazard of his Person and indefatigable Labour and Industry dispell'd with the Rays of his early and glorious Success the cloudy Tempest that was breaking over our Heads and to be brief you have an Account of all that has memorably passed from his Birth to this day and that more particularly in England upon the ever-to-be-remembered Occasion of his coming over as our Protectour and Deliverer with the indefatigable Industry he has successfully used to infatuate and defeat the Designs of our Enemies and the Returns he has found from a sensible and gratefull People and especially the Wisdom of the Nation Assembled in Parliament in Proclaiming and Crowning him together with his Royal Consort King and Queen of England c. with the manner of the performance and what else can be required to set forth so illustrious an History the Subject of which may some Angel sound with a golden Trumpet to the utmost Kingdoms of the Earth which is the Wish of Your humble Servant S. J. An Historical Account of the Life and memorable Actions of the most Illustrious William Henry King of Great Britain France and Ireland Prince of Orange c. WHen we undertake to Write of illustrious Persons whose great Actions are sufficiently known to the World and whose Vertues and Candour have placed them upon a Pinacle of Fame it is then that Rhetorical Strains or flattering Applause is altogether to be laid aside as vain and useless for true Diamonds require not the Art to set them off like Counterfeits but relying upon their proper Lustre make their value known and shine in a kind of careless Glory wherefore considering the Illustrious Subject I am here to handle waving elaborate Circumstances and Expressions not greatly pertinent to History or Matters of this kind my Care and Endeavour shall be to keep to Truth and Fact and as much as in me lies to give a satisfactory Account of the Birth and glorious Actions of a Prince whose Fame has travell'd with the Sun. WIlliam Henry of the Illustrious House of Nassau our present Sovereign descended from that renowned German Family that has been ever Famous and to which the Empire and all Christendom has been so much beholden Son to William of Nassau Prince of Orange by the Royal Princess Mary Daughter to Charles I. King of England c. was Born on the 14th of November in the year of our Lord 1650. his Father dying the preceding Month after he had been Married about nine Years and done Actions worthy of his high Birth in the Four and Twentieth year of his Age leaving this hopefull Issue to dispell the Clouds of Sorrow that began to spread themselves over most European Courts upon notice of a Death so unexpected and a Loss so important This great Prince at his Baptism had for Godfathers the Lords States of Holland Zealand and the Cities of Amsterdam Delf and Leyden receiving the Name of William Henry and as he increased in years under the Care of the indulgent Princess and such as were appointed to attend and wait upon him he gave early hope of what hath since been sufficiently manifested At five years of Age he came to visit his Uncle King Charles II who then was at Breda preparing for England to take Possession of the Thrones and Kingdoms so long detained from him where the King expressed his extraordinary satisfaction to see the Prince his Nephew and highly welcomed him and soon after the Estates General having a particular Audience of the King recommending the firmness and fidelity of that Republick to his Interest c. his Majesty in the most obliging Terms replyed That the Interest if no other Motives should induce him to it of two Persons so nearly allied to him as the Princess Royal his Sister and the Prince of Orange his Nephew who live in the Estate as part of it
must unavoidably endear it to him However there were many Reasons of State which obliged him to make with those Provinces a most strict Alliance And now the King's Departure for England being at hand the Estates General named Mr. De Gent. Deputy of Guelderland Guelderwagen of Holland and Lampsins of Zeland to wait upon the Queen of Bohemia who was then with the King and the Duke of York and Gloucester who Lodged in the Extroardinary Ambassador's House to complement them on the Re-establishment of the King and the Revolution of the Affairs of England and at the same time Mr. Renswonde of Utreicht Ripperdo of Hengelo of Overysel together with Isbrants of Groning were deputed to the same Office by the Princess Royal and the Prince of Orange The King being treated by the Estates General at the Hague he sitting at the middle of the Table-head had on the Right Hand the Queen of Bohemia on the Left the Princess Royal and there the Prince was present a Seat being placed on purpose for him to distinguish his Character though in his tender years from Lords of great Rank and Quality who were present at that splendid Entertainment and this order was observed whenever he Dined publickly with the King which he frequently did as well at the Hague as at other places and when the King left the Hague his Highness accompanied with Prince William of Nassau Governour of Friezeland with sundry Nobles and Gentlemen went before him towards the Ships on which together with his Train he was to embark for England and when he went on Board he was conducted to the Admiral 's Ship by the Queen of Bohemia the Princess Royal and the Prince of Orange to whom at his Departure he returned most obliging Thanks and endearing Expressions of Affection which ended not but with his Life These were the remarkable Passages as I may term them in the Infancy of this great Prince But it is time to go on to those of his riper years A prevailing Faction growing up in the United Provinces managed by Statesmen that ambitiously strove to engross the Power and enrich themselves as much as in them lay to overshadow the Brightness of this Rising Sun to eclipse the Family that had laid the very Foundation of the State and by which Providence would have it supported though at the same time France pressed them with a prevailing Army Amongst those of the Faction the De Wits were very forward for which and some underhand Practices against the Person of the Prince the two Brothers John and Cornelius soon after felt the Rage of the People who out them to pieces however those that remained struggled to keep themselves in Power and the better to doe it disbanded their experienced Forces and Officers putting in their steads the Sons of Burgher-masters and such others as they supposed would stickle for them against the Interest of this Rising Prince however it lasted not for within a while the French taking more effectually the advantage of this oversight swept away divers of the Frontier Towns and entered deep with great ravagement and devastation into some of the Provinces which made the People consider of a General to lead their Forces whereupon in the beginning of the year 1672. the Prince was invested with the Titles of Captain and Admiral General of the United Provinces Honours his Ancestors had a long time meritoriously enjoyed to the extraordinary contentment of the People by having next under God been the chief means of reducing those Provinces from Slavery into a State when his Highness Marching at the Head of a few Troups made good his Post at Nienkop against the violent Attacks and Incroachments of the French and so gallantly ordered Affairs that he made them retire with loss Upon the Ravage the French had made on the Frontiers the people of the Province of Holland grew discontented and displeased with their Magistrates attributing the Misfortune to their neglect so that those of Dort broke into open Mutiny demanding to see the Megazines but being put off or refused suspecting some Treachery they resolved to have the Prince made Stateholder nor would they by any means be appeased till he was sent for and confirmed in that Dignity which being passed into an Act great joy ensued amongst the People and soon after the other Cities and Provinces consented to the like Investment and his Highness took his Place in the Hall of Audience with the Ceremonies the Dignity required Upon these Proceedings and his Highness's returning â—o the Army at Bodegrove the Face of things were changed and the late drooping Provinces seemed to take new Life and Vigour the French were manfully resisted and the Bishop of Munster forced from the Walls of Groning by a slender Garison after the Loss of a great part of his Army so that now the Prince being very powerfull in the Hearts of the people the De Wits were sacrificed to the popular Fury for conspiring against him the Government for the Burghers and others taking Arms and breaking in upon them where Cornelius was imprisoned by the Magistrates and his Brother John at that time come to see him they dragged them thence with great Cries and after a miserable mis-usage hung them up by the Heels in the Market-place and cutting them to pieces sold their Joints and Flesh by piece-meal at great Rates which were carried away by the Buyers in a Triumph of Revenge The De Wits falling thus from their highth of Honour Min Heer Fagel was made Pentionary with the Prince's approbation and indeed deservedly having been the first when only Pentioner of Haerlem to open peoples Eyes upon the inevitable Ruine that must have attended upon the continuance of the De Wits Ministry and thereupon the Elector of Brandenburgh wrote a most obliging Letter to the States to let them know he had received the News of the Prince's Advancement and Settlement in the Honours and Dignities of his Ancestors and to assure them of his Friendship and good Will so that the Provinces within themselves being settled it was thought high time to oppose the Insults of the French whereupon the Prince marched to dislodge their Out-gaurds and came upon them so unexpectedly and with so much terrour as they lay at the Seige of Utreicht that he beat them into their Trenches and took several Prisoners of Note which he commended to be kindly used and sent to Amsterdam And now there being a Rumour that some Attempt was designed against his Highness's Person by some private means so far it wrought that from that time he has been entreated to accept of a Guard for his Person and although the season was far advanced he laid Seige to Woerden a considerable Garison held by the French to the relief of which the Duke of Luxemburgh hasted and was the first time obliged to retire with considerable loss but returning with a great Re-inforcement as the Toown was about to Capitulate after an obstinate Fight
thence to the Hague accompanied by sundry Noble-men as well English as others and there gave the States an Account of his Conduct with which they were very much satisfied and returned his Highness their hearty Thanks for his weary Enterprizes c. The French not appearing any ways inclinable to Action or undertaking the Siege of any important Place his Highness taking leave of the States embarked for England attended by the Earl of Ossory and divers other Lords and Gentlemen on the Yatches sent for his Accommodation by His Majesty of great Britain King Charles II. and was attended by three English Men of War and a Squadron the States ordered to wait upon him Commanded by Admiral Evertson there was also in his Train the Count of Nassau and Mr. Odyck and proceeding with a prosperous Gale safely arrived at Harwich the 19th of October 1677. where he was received by the Duke of Albemarle and proceeding thence in the King's Coaches to Ipswich he was there very favourably received by his Majesty and a splendid Train of Nobility as also by his Royal Highness with all the Testimonies and Expressions of real Joy and Affection and on the 23d they arrived at White-Hall where his Royal Highness's Lodgings were prepared for his Reception and soon after it was known to what intent his Highness had been invited over nor did he on the 29th of October fail upon the Invitation of the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of the City of London to accompany His Majesty His Royal Highness and the Court to be a spectatour of the Cities magnificent annual Triumph and was splendidly entertained to his high satisfaction Now the King having chosen his Highness from amongst the Princes of Europe as the fittest Match for his illustrious Neece the Princess Mary for which intent he was invited to Court he on the first of November declared his Intention in Council with which the Lords were extremely satisfied as well in the Merits of his Highness as the security of the Protestant Religion by so agreeable a Match and the better for the conservation of a Peace with the united Provinces whereupon the Council to testifie a farther mark of the contentment they received went in a body to Complement and Congratulate the Princess and then the Prince upon this happy occasion as did afterwards the rest of the Nobility of the Kingdom and others a general satisfaction being every where expressed so that his Highness sent an Express to the States General to acquaint them with what was intended the Summe of which was That in consideration they had by their earnest Wishes to him declared how much they desired to see him Married after he had well weighed the Reasons that had induced him to it in Conformity to their Desires and the Tranquillity of their State he conceived he could not doe better than to address himself to the Princess Mary eldest Daughter to the Duke of York that he had made his Request to have her in Marriage both of the King and the Duke who had condescended to his Proposals and therefore he thought it requisite to give their Lordships notice of it expecting in return their speedy Approbation that he might the sooner hasten again to their Service Upon this notice of his Highness's Intentions the States assembled to consider the weighty Reasons that induced him to make so happy a choice in placing his Affections on the most illustrious Princess in Europe and with much Joy Gratulation approved them testifying by a publick Edict the satisfaction they conceived and declaring the esteem of so great an Alliance made a resolution to observe it to the utmost of their power and accordingly sent their Approbation to his Highness on the 4th of November old Style on which day the happy Marriage was solemnized the Ceremonies performed by the Bishop of London and the King gave the Princess Nor did the News appear in publick but with the greatest Demonstrations of Joy imaginable the Bells every where rang and Bon-fires flam'd in the streets and an universal consent spread over the Kingdom and Congratulatory Poems were made by the best hands upon the occasion But whilst every one was Reveling in Joy and Contentment the Prince had his thoughts employed upon the important Business of the State and having received the farther Complements and Congratulations of the Nobles and Gentry he on the 29th took his leave of the Court together with his fair Princess and with a Train of Noble-men and Ladies took his way to embark for Holland whither he was attended by several Men of War and having a prosperous Passage landed at Ter-heyde and from thence passed to Hounsleyrdyke where for some time their Highnesses continued and received private Visits till the Magnificence that was to attend their publick Entry into the Hague was prepared where upon their Ingress the Bridge was crowned with Garlands of Triumph and under them written Vxori Batavis vivat Nassovius Hector Auriaco Patriae vivat Britanica Princeps Here they found likewise the twelve Companies of Burghers drawn up in Arms and the People every where expressing their satisfaction with loud and joyfull Acclamations and upon passing the Bridge 24 Virgins met them singing Songs prepared for the occasion and strewing the way with fragrant Herbs on each side the Coach wherein their Highnesses were and arriving at the Town-house they found a Triumphal Arch erected through which they passed this Arch was beautified and adorned with a Sylvian Scene and on the top a Hieroglyphick of Amity by the clasping of two hands and a Motto viz. Auriaci his Thalamis Bataevis dos Regia pax est Then crossing the Market-place into the High-street they found another Arch erected with this Motto viz. Ingredere Auspicius Batavis Felicibus Aulam and in the mean time the Cannon was fired from all parts and the Burghers gave several Volleys at Night the whole Country was enlightened with Bon-fires and Fire-works of sundry kinds and forms and so with great joy and satisfaction passed the rest of the Winter little Action happening abroad in that season yet the French King made early preparations against the Spring which obliged his Majesty of Great Britain as he had before designed to labour to compose the unhappy differences that had occasioned the expence of so much Bloud and Treasure and in order to it he sent the Earl of Feversham to the French King with Instructions to negotiate a Peace between that King and the Confederates the purport of his Commission was to propose That the City of Charleroy Aeith Courtray Tournay Conde Oudenard Valenciennes and St. Guilain should be restored to the Spaniards in consideration of which the French King should keep La Frenche Conte intire but this not succeeding His Majesty of Great Britain dispatched a Commission fully impowring the Lord Hide his Ambassadour at the Hague to make Alliance with the States General mutually to stand by and defend each other till they could oblige
Intentions for the publick Good we shall he ready to doe it as Occasion shall require This was signed by the two Arch-Bishops five Bishops and Twenty two Noblemen and it was there concluded that the Earl of Pembroke the Lord Viscount Weymouth the Lord Bishop of Ely and the Lord Culpepper should forthwith attend his Highness the Prince of Orange with the said Declaration and at the same time acquaint him with what was farther done at that Meeting The Lords having left the Guild Hall the Lord Mayor Court of Aldermen and the Common Council assembled and amongst other Matters it was agreed by Vote that an Humble Address should in their Names and on the behalf of the City be presented to His Highness the Prince of Orange In haec verba May it please your Highness WE taking into Consideration Your Highness's fervent Zeal for the Protestant Religion manifested to the World in your many and hazardous Enterprises which it hath pleased Almighty God to bless you with miraculous success we render our deepest thanks to the Divine Majesty for the same and beg leave to present our humble thanks to your Highness particularly for your appearing in Arms in this Kingdom to carry on and perfect your glorious Design to rescue England Scotland and Ireland from Popery and Slavery and in a Free Parliament to establish the Religion the Laws and Liberties of these Kingdoms upon a sure and lasting Foundation We have hitherto lookt for some Remedy for those Oppressions and imminent Dangers we together with our Protestant Fellow Subjects labour under from His Majesties Concessions and Concurrences with your Highness's just and pious purposes expressed in your Gracious Declaration But herein finding our selves finally disappointed by His Majesties with-drawing himself we presume to make your Highness our Refuge and do in the Name of the Capital City implore your Highness's Protection and most humbly beseech your Highness to vouchsafe to repair to this City where your Highness will be received with universal Joy and Satisfaction This Address being highly approved by all present Four Aldermen and Eight Commoners were appointed to wait upon his Highness and present him with the said Address and accordingly it was presented and very favourably received And the Lieutenancy of the City of London being the same day assembled drew up an Address to be presented to his Highness on the behalf of themselves the Militia c. which being to the same Effect with the former we think it needless to insert This Address was delivered by four of the Members of the Lieutenancy and very kindly received by his Highness By this time the Earl of Feversham then commanding the King's Forces having received His Majesties Letter by which he understood he had withdrawn himself and wherein he received such Orders as the King thought necessary to leave he sent to acquaint his His Highness the Prince of Orange with what had happened in the following Letter SIR HAving received this Morning a Letter from His Majesty with the unfortunate News of his Resolution to go out of England and that he is actually gone I thought my self obliged being at the Head of his Army having received his Majesties Orders to make no opposition against any Body to let your Highness know with the Advice of the Officers here so soon as it was possible to hinder the Misfortune of Effusion of Bloud I have ordered already to that purpose all the Troups that are under my Command which shall be the last Order they shall receive from me c. This Order caused the Troups to fall off and disband as well because they knew themselves without a Head as not knowing how to come by their Pay if they continued in the Service and indeed many of the Foot Soldiers were driven to great extremity being by this Disbanding destitute of Moneys Lodging and other neccessaries and had for a while nothing to subsist but the Charity of the People And although the Irish Battalion seemed for a time obstinate to continue in Arms yet the Commands they received from His Highness the Prince of Orange and the necessity that they felt constrained them to submit This Dispersing of the Solders made his Highness publish a Declaration requiring all Commanders in chief by Beat of Drum or otherwise to call together the several Officers and Soldiers belonging to their respective Regiments Troups and Companies in such places as they should find most convenient for their Rendezvouz and there to keep them in good Order and Discipline And likewise directing and requiring all such Officers and Soldiers forthwith to repair to such places as shall be appointed for that purpose by the respective Collonels or Commanders in chief Whilst these things passed in the Army the multitude got together in divers places spoiling and demolishing the Popish Mass-Houses and Chapels much defacing the Dwelling Houses of several Eminent Papists who were fled for fear of being secured and though the Magistrates laboured to quiet the Tumults and Disorders of this kind yet they found their Authority too feeble till the Mobile had spent their rage in London c. They pull'd down the Convent of Monks in St. John's which had been two Years Building at a vast Expence and Burnt the greatest part of the Timber and Materials in Smithfield having before siezed some of the Goods as they were removing them and burnt them in Holborn They likewise defaced and demolished the Chapels in Lime-strect and Lincolns-Inn Fields with that of the Spanish Ambassadour's at Wild-house where violently breaking into his Excellency's Lodgings they got great store of Plunder in Plate Money and riâ—… Goods c. And in like manner they served the Lodgings of the Resident of Florence in St. James's Hay-Market and offered divers Affronts and Abuses to other Houses gathering in such Numbers from all parts that it is almost incredible insomuch that neither the Watches nor Trained-Bands thought it safe to oppose the Torrent but the next day it was pretty well allayed and then search was made in divers places for such as were fled from Justice and amongst others to the no small wonder of the People the Lord Chancellour Jeffries was taken at a blind House in Hope and Anchor Alley in Wapping disguised like a Sailer and endeavouring to make his escape in a Vessel that lay by the Key for Hamborough and being brought before the Lord Mayor who by reason of an Indisposition that then siezed him not being capable of examining the Matter he was contented to go the Tower to preserve himself from the rage of the Rabble that loudly threatened him with Destruction and being guarded thither with a Detachment of the Trained-Bands was received by the Lieutenant of the Tower to whom upon Notice the Lords at White-Hall sent a Warrant of Commitment to keep the Body of George Lord Jefferies Baron of Wem in safe Custody c. On the 4th of December His Highness the Prince of Orange came to Windsor about
Three in the Afternoon and was received with most profound respect and submission by the Mayor and Aldermen in their Formalities the Steward of that Corporation Congratulating his Arrival in a most Elegant Speech and afterwards he went to the Prince of Denmark's Lodgings prepared for his Reception And whilst His Highness was preparing for London News came that the King attempting to pass the Seas at Feversham in disguise was stay'd by some of the Towns-men who were fearching for such as were endeavouring the like who being ignorant that it was his Majesty carried him in a rude manner to a house in the Town taking from him some Jewels considerable quantity of Gold and his Crucifix of a great Value Not did those rude People desist from their Incivilities till a Gentleman coming to see the Prisoners they had taken and knowing the King fell on his Knees to pay him duty whereat the multitude being strangely surprized a great part of them retired and others begged his Majesties Pardon offering to restore what they had taken from him but he would not receive his Gold again but gave it them in Generosity as a free Gift The Lords at White-Hall hearing of his Majesty's being at Feversham sent to wait upon him and pray him to return to his Palace Royal to which he seemed not at first inclinable though being pressed to a Return he at last consented But His Highness the Prince of Orange having fully determined to come to London with all speed he thought it in many respects improper for the King and himself to be there at one and the same time in the present State of Affairs upon notice his Majesty was returning he sent Monsieur Zulestein to meet him on the way and intreat him to return to Rochester but Monsieur Zulestein missing him by taking another Road than that by which he came the King arrived at White-hall the 16th of December in the Evening attended by divers Noblemen and a Guard of Horse and from thence he sent the Lord Feversham to invite his Highness to come to St. James's and take that Palace as his Place of Residence with what number of Troups he thought convenient The Prince deliberating upon this with the Lords at Windsor the day before he had appointed to be in Town and having communicated to them the Message and left them to debate the matter it was agreed that it was in no kind advisable for the Prince to accept the Invitation and there being on the other side a necessity the Prince should be in Town the next day the Lords thought the shortness of time could admit no better Expedient than that the King might be desired to remove to some Place within a reasonable distance from London upon which Ham a House belonging to the Dutchess of Lander-dale was concluded on and in order to this a Paper was drawn and Signed by the Prince viz. WE desire you the Lord Marquess of Hallifax the Earl of Shrewsbury and the Lord Delamere to tell the King that it is thought convenient for the greater safety of his Person that he do remove move to Ham where he shall be attended by Guards who will be ready to preserve him from any disturbance Given at Windsor the 17th of December 1688. This Paper being Signed by the Prince the three Lords mentioned therein were appointed to carry it and it was resolved before the delivery that his Highness's Guards should be possessed of all the Posts at White-Hall to prevent the possibility of a disturbance from Guards belonging to several Masters which besides other ill consequence might peradventure have involved even the King 's own person in the danger that might have happened from any dispute it was by computation supposed that the Prince's Guards might have reached them by Eight at Night but it so fell out by reason of the dirtiness of the ways c. that it was past ten before they were come and in drawing the King's Guards from White-Hall so much time was spent that before the Lords could proceed in their Message it was past twelve in which that they might preserve all possible Decency and Respect and not suddenly break in upon the King with a Message of this kind they sent to the Lord Middleton his principal Secretary of State the following Letter My Lord THere is a Message to be delivered to His Majesty from the Prince which is of so great Importance that we who are charged with it desire we may be immediately admitted and therefore desire to know where we may find your Lordship that you may introduce My Lord your Lordships most Humble Servants c. This Letter was signed by three Lords and the Lord Middleton sent back word by the Messenger he would be ready at the Stairs of the Guard-Chamber to carry the Lords to the King where accordingly they found his Lordship and he brought them to the King whom they found in Bed and after having made an Apology for coming at a time that might disturb him the Prince's Message before mentioned was delivered to him which after he had read he said he would comply with it the Lords as they were directed humbly desired that if it might be done with conveniency to His Majesty that he would be pleased to remove so early as to be at Ham by Noon to prevent by that means his meeting the Prince in his way to London To this the King readily agreed and afterwards asked if he might not appoint what Servants should attend him to which the Lords replied it was left to His Majesty to give Order in that as he pleased And after the Lords had taken their leave and were gone as far as the Privy Chamber the King sent for them again and told them that 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 his going back to Rochester he finding by the Message Monsieur Zulestein was charged with that the Prince had no mind he should be at London and therefore he now desired that he might rather return to Rochester the Lords replied that they would immediately send an account to the Prince of what His Majesty desired and did not doubt of such an Answer as would be to his satisfaction and accordingly they immediately dispatched back again a Messenger who finding the Prince at Sion gave him an account of all that had passed and before Eight of the Clock in the morning had a Letter from the Sieur Benting by the Prince's Order agreeing to the King's Proposal of going to Rochester and accordingly the Guards and Barges being made ready to attend him his Coach and Sumpters appointed likewise to follow him he reached Gravesend on the 18th in the Evening and passed over Land in his Coach attended by several others where His Majesty was pleased to chuse the House of Sir Richard Head for the place of his Residence at that time One thing
Murthered by their Subjects or any other whatsoever And I do declare That no Foreign Prince Person Prelate State or Potentate hath or ought to have any Jurisdiction Power Superiority Preeminence or Authority Ecclesiastical or Spiritual within this Realm So help me God. These and others too many to be here inserted being the Proceedings in order to the Proclaiming on the 13th of February the Two Houses went to acquaint the Prince and Princess of Orange in the Banqueting-House with what they had done and having received Their Consent thereto the Lords and Commons about Eleven of the Clock went down to White-Hall Gate where the Officers at Arms Serjeants at Arms Trumpets and other Persons concerned in the Solemnity being assembled by order of the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England St. Thomas St. George Knight Garter Principal King at Arms having received a Proclamation and the Officers at Arms being Ordered by the House of Lords forthwith to Proclaim it York Herauld after the Trumpets had thrice Sounded Proclaimed it at White-Hall Gate Garter Reading it to him by Periods in the Presence of the Lords and Commons and a great Concourse of People c. and at the end of the Proclamation the Palace and all the adjacent Places resounded with the Eccho of a general Joy and loud Satisfaction and from thence in Excellent Order they proceeded to Temple-Bar where as the Ceremony is in this Case according to Custome finding the Gates shut two of the Officers at Arms attended by a Serjeant at Arms and two Trumpets knocked and thereupon the Sheriffs of London and Middlesex being informed of the Occasion of their Coming Ordered them to be opened and the whole Proceeding entered except the Bailiff of Westminster and his Men who returned as being obliged not to pass the Bounds of their Liberty and here the Lord Mayor Recorder and Aldermen received them in their Formalities and a second Proclamation was made between the two Temple-Gates in the same manner and order and the Lord Mayor Sheriffs Aldermen c. falling into the Proceding they passed to Wood-street-end in Cheapside and there made a third Proclamation and a fourth before the Royal Exchange in Cornhill every time concluding with Shouts and Acclamations of the People who filled the Streets Balconies and Windows in great multitudes and to prevent any Disorder such an Excess of Joy might occasion four Regiments of the City Militia were in Arms to line the Way for the better conveniency of Passage The Pomp of the Solemnity being over and night coming on the Bells and Bonfires made a second Proclamation of the Peoples Satisfaction and the news by the Thundering of the Cannon was in a short time carried by taking the fire of the Guns from one Ship to another beyond the Island it self nor were their curious Fire-works and Devices wanting on this Occasion and the Solemnity was more especially concluded with Magnificent Entertainments at Court and soon after their Majesties with the like Demonstration of Joy were Proclaimed in all the Cities and Principal Burghs Towns of England and Dominion of Wales On the 15th of February His Majesty returned both Houses a very Gracious Answer to their Declaration wherein he expressed Himself highly satisfied with what they had done and was pleased to promised them the utmost of his Care and Protection for the preservation of their Religion Laws and Liberties and that He would be willing to concurr with them in any thing that should be for the Good of the Kingdom and to doe all that in him lay to advance the Glory and Welfare of the Nation About this time a Complaint was made that divers disorderly Persons notwithstanding a former Declaration strictly enjoyning the contrary continued to destroy the Deer Timber and Underwoods in divers Chases and Forrests Farther Notice was published Commanding all Mayors Sheriffs Justices of the Peace and others whom it might concern to seize or cause Persons found offending therein to be seized and proceeded against according to Law without expectation of Pardon if found guilty And farther considering that divers had attempted to escape to Tyrconnel in Ireland to aid him in oppressing the Protestants of that Kingdom Orders were taken for stopping the Ports of Chester Beaumaris and Holy-head and other Ports and Creeks on the Irish Sea and not to susser any Person or Persons whatsoever to go for Ireland unless those by whom a Pass was produced from his Majesty or one of his Principal Secretaries of State. The Recorder Sheriffs and Common Serjeant of London having been to wait on their Majesties by Order of the Lord Mayor and Common Council to beg leave from them to attend their Majesties to Congratulate their happy Accession to the Throne the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Commons went in a Body and had the favour of Waiting upon their Majesties in the Banqueting-House and were Graciously received being admitted to Kiss their Majesties Hands And now we received continual Relations of the Joy that was conceived throughout the whole Shires of England c. Upon the several Proclaimings of King William and Queen Mary Expressed by Ringing of Bells making of Bonfires and drinking their Healths On the 18th of February in the morning the King went from White-Hall in his Barge of State to the Parliament-Stairs where he was received by several of the great Officers and others the Yeomen of the Guards and Gentlemen Pentioners making a Lane from the Water-side to the Door going up into the Prince's Lodgings the Proceedings being in this manner First went the Officers at Arms then the Noble-men bearing white Staves and after them Serjeants at Arms the Garter King at Arms between two Gentlemen-Ushers immediately before the Sword of State which was born by the Duke of Somerset having on the Left hand the Duke of Norfolk Earl Marshal of England with his Marshal's Staff next went the Marquess of Winchester bearing the Cup of State then the King followed by an Officer of the Guards and other Persons of Quality the Gentlemen Pentioners closing the Rear and his Majesty being come into the Prince's Lodging was invested with his Sur-coat and Mantle of Crimson Velvet bordered with Gold-Lace and furred with Ermins as also with the Collar of the Order of the Garter and as soon as the Crown was placed upon His Head the Officers at Arms and the Serjeants at Arms entered the House of Lords and the Noblemen who preceded his Majesty having placed themselves on each side of the Throne and his Majesty whose Train was born up by Noble-mens Eldest Sons being-seated on the Throne the Gentleman Usher of the Black Rod was commanded to summon up the Commons who being accordingly introduced into the House of Peers and their Speaker conducted to the Bar with the usual Formalities and the Lords being in their Robes His Majesty made a most Gracious speech in which he was pleased to let them know how sensible he was of their Kindness and how much he valued the
commanded the City they made an Act by which they empowered the Earls of Lothain and Tweddale to repair immediately to the Castle of Edinburgh and to require him and others of his persuasion there in the Name of the Estates of this Kingdom to remove out of that Castle in twenty four hours after notice given and to leave the Charge thereof to the next commanding Officer being a Protestant and that he and those that were with him upon such a compliance should have assurance from the Estates to be secured and indempnified as to any thing they had acted in that or any other Station contrary to Law as being Papists This done they nominated a Committee of Election consisting of 15 persons five of each Estate and after some debate whether the Lords Spiritual were a distinct Estate or only a part of the same Estate with the Lords Temporal which was laid aside by the House inclining to the Negative and rejecting the Protestations against the sitting of the Earl of Argile before his Father's Attainder was taken off A Motion was made that in consideration the City was full of People and many of them armed to prevent disorders it was not inconvenient to command all persons who were not Inhabitants nor immediately belonging to the Members of this Convention to depart the place but it was the Opinion of the House that the Castle in the command of whose Cannon the City was ought to be first surrendered and for their better assurance a Committee was ordered to take care that no violation of the Peace were made And the next day the Duke of Gourdon having sent a Paper by way of Excuse for holding the Castle contrary to the mind of the Estates it was read and advantageous Terms offered him and those with him in consideration of a speedy Surrender but soon after he discovered his Design was only to trifle that he might gain time which obliged them to send for such a competent number of armed Men as was capable to block it up and prevent the Excursions of the Besieged so that small bickerings frequently happened though without any considerable damage In the mean while two Letters came to the Convention one from King William and the other from the late King of which only the first was approved and the Convention proceeded to take measures much like those of England declaring the Throne vacant c. and made preparation in order to fill it suffering Men and Arms from England to enter that Kingdom and it was in fine concluded that King William and Queen Mary should be crowned King and Queen of the Kingdom of Scotland and the Crown offered them with an Instrument of Government to settle and regulate particulars Whilst these things passed in Scotland with others of the like purport a Proclamation by the King and Queen was issued out give to notice to the Peers and such as had any Claim or Right of Tenure that the Royal Solemnity of their Coronation was to be celebrated April 11th 1689. and on the 21st of March his Majesty going to the House of Lords attended in the usual solemnity and being in his Royal Robes seated on the Throne and the Commons being sent for up gave his Royal Assent to an Act for granting a present Aid to their Majesties and on the 31st of March the Right Reverend Dr Gilbert Burnet being before Bishop elect of Salisbury was consecrated according to the form prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer in the Chapel of the Palace at Fulham by the Lord Bishops of London Winchester Landaff St Asaph and Carlisle by virtue of a Commission granted to them by his Grace the Archbishop of Canterbury On Apr. 3. his Majesty went by water to the House of Lords attended with the usual solemnity and in the usual manner gave the Royal Assent to an Act for exhibiting a Bill in the present Parliament for naturalizing the most Noble Prince George of Denmark also to an Act for Reviving of Actions and Process lately depending in the Courts of Westminster and discontinued by not holding of Hilary Term and for supplying other Defects relating to Proceedings at Law likewise to an Act for punishing Officers or Soldiers who shall mutinie or desert their Majesties Service and in the Afternoon a Chapter being held of the most noble Order of the Garter Duke Frederick Mareschal de Schomberg General of his Majesties Forces and Master General of the Ordnance and the Right Honourable William Earl of Devonshire Lord Steward of his Majesties Houshold were elected Knight-Companions of the Order and invested with the Garter and George having been first Knighted by the Sovereign with the usual Ceremony and Dr. Burnet Bishop of Salisbury was sworn and admitted Chancellour of that Order On the 5th of April his Grace the Duke of Ormond was installed in St. George's Chapel Knight-Companion of the Noble Order by the Duke of Grafton and the Earl of Rochester two Knight-Companions who were thereunto Commissioned by the Sovereign with the usual Ceremonies which done his Grace entertained the Commissioners together with divers Persons of Quality and the Officers of the Order at a noble Dinner at the middle whereof Garter King at Arms accompanied with the Officers at Arms proclaimed his Grace's Style About this time His Majesty caused notice to be given to all Protestant Officers that had been disbanded in Ireland or lately quitted their Commands they who were not yet employed in his Service to bring in their Names and Certificates of their former Commands in order to their entering into Service and Pay c. and to prevent false and seditious Rumours as to the lessening the Pay of such Soldiers as should be sent over to the Low-Countries His Majesty was pleased to issue forth his Proclamation to assure them of full English Pay and upon the English Establishment as full to all Intents as any other Regiments of his own Subjects of the same Quality remaining in the Kingdom of England The Parliament assembled at Westminster having duly weighed and considered the high consequence as to the security of our Religion Laws c. in the Efficacy of a Coronation an Act being drawn up it passed the Royal Assent the 9th of April in the 1st Year of their Majesties Reigns entituled An Act for establishing the Coronation Oath The Oath in manner and form to be tendred The Archbishop or Bishop shall say Will you solemnly promised and swear to govern the People of this Kingdom of England and the Dominions thereto belonging according to the Statutes in Parliament agreed on and the Laws and Customs of the same The King and Queen shall say I solemnly promise so to doe Archbishop or Bishop Will you to your power cause Law and Justice in Mercy to be executed in all your Judgments King and Queen I will. Archbishop or Bishop Will you to the utmost of your Power maintain the Law of God the true Profession of the Gospel and the Protestant Reformed