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
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
the same time the Enemies were to make an Invasion into this Kingdom That he had given all necessary Orders to disappoint their Design and recommended to them the Care of the Kingdom and the Dispatching the Publick Business before them   Both Houses resolved upon a very Loyal Address which was presented the same Day to the King at Kensington wherein they congratulate his Majesty's Preservation desire him to take a greater Care of his Person and â—ssure him of their Zeal and Afâ—ection and that they will dispatch all Business before them dit 1696 The same Day was published a Proclamation for apprehending James Duke of Berwick Sir George Barclay and many other Conspirators His Majesty having received Information upon Oath that the Persons above-named have with divers other traiterous Persons entred into a horrid and detestable Conspiracy to assassinate and murder his Person and his Majesty promises a thousand Pounds Reward for each of them 6. 25. 1696 The Commons enter into an Association for the Preservation of his Majesty's Person wherein they declare That in case the King come to die by a violent Death which God forbid they will revenge his Death upon all his Enemies both Foreign and Domestick The said Association was subscribed the same Day by the greatest part of the Members   Admiral Russel goes on Board the Fleet in the Downs to sail towards Calais 7. 26. 1679 The Prince makes a Defensive and Offensive League between the States General and the Elector of Brandenburgh 8. 27. 1696 Admiral Russel sailed from the Downs for Calais with the Fleet under his Command 9. 28. 1673 The Prince of Orange having drawn his Army from their Winter-quarters forces the French to quit Wezel and other Places in the Country of Cleves dit 1696 Admiral Russel appears off of Gravelin the Ld. Berkley before Calais and Sir Cloudsly Shovel off of Bullogn which put the French into such a Consternation that they began to raise Batteries to prevent the Burning of the Transport Ships they had there to carry their Forces into England upon the Signal of the Assassination of King William 10. 29. 1696 Several of the Conspirators were seized and committed to Newgate  March.  11. 1. 1654 A Medal was coined in Holland on the Reverse whereof was represented the young Prince of Orange in Roman Habits with a Crown of Lawrel and a Staff of General in his Hand standing before the Statue of Pallas in Arms with a Launce and a Shield having her Eyes fix'd on the Prince and shewing him a Sun in the middle of which appears the Name of Jehovah in Hebrew and round about the Medal are these Words as the Motto of the Prince Fear God 12. 2. 1696 The French fearing the Burning of 13 Men of War of theirs that were come out of Dunkirk and lay off of that Place among the Sands struck down their Masts and Yards and take out their Guns to hale them into the Harbour 13. 3. 1656 The Prince of Orange goes to Leiden and remains some Years in that University where he discover'd his great Genius and made an extraordinary Progress in Learning 14. 4. 1689 The King sends a Message to the Commons to recommend to them the care of Ireland the Fleet and of reimbursing the Dutch and acquaint them that his Majesty being sensible that the Tax called Hearth-Money which was given to the Crown in King Charles the Second's Reign was very grievous to his Subjects he consented to the Regulation of it or to the Taking of the same wholly away 15. 5. 1657 The Picture of the young Prince of Orange being shewn to Oliver Cromwel it was observed that the very Sight of it made him tremble 15. 5. 1689 The Commons present an Address to the King to stand by him with their Lives and Fortunes and thank his Majesty â—or his Tenderness for his People in offering to part with the Revenue of the Hearth-Money dit 1695 The Funeral of the late Queen Mary of blessed Memory was solemnized this Day with great Magnificence 16. 6. 1696 The Earl of Athlone and Lieutenant General Cohorne having drawn together a Body of Troops came before Givet and bombarded the Town and the Magazines the French had gathered there which they destroyed and afterwards retired without any Loss The Garison of Dinant durst not come out and contented themselves to fire with their Cannon upon our Men. There were in the Magazine 4000 Rations of Forage 17. 7. 1696 The Parliament having past a Bill for empowering his Majesty to apprehend and detain such Persons as he shall find cause to suspect are conspiring against his Royal Person and Government his Majesty came to the House of Lords and gave his Royal Assent to the same and several other Acts. 18. 8. 1660 Charles II. King of England being attended in Holland by the Deputies of the States he told them how much concerned he was for the Princess of Orange his Sister and the Prince of Orange dit 1672 The States General appoint 4000 Men for the Guard of the Prince which were called the Troops of the Houshold of the Prince of Orange 19. 9. 1660 King Charles II. went to the Assembly of the States General and brought with him the young Prince whom he recommended to their Lordships 20. 10. 1673 The Prince goes for Zealand to conclude a Treaty of an Offensive and Defensive League with Spain which was to last till all the Towns taken by the French from the Dutch and the Spaniards should be restored to their Owners 21. 11. 1696 Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keys were this Day brought to their Trial at the Old Baily for High Treason in conspiring and endeavouring to assassinate and murder his Majesty King William The Evidence against them was full and câ—â—ar and it was clearly proved that they had listed Men provided Horses and Arms for that Purpose and had taken a View of the Ground where that bloody Tragedy was to be acted The Evidence deposed farther That Sir George Barclay one of the Conspirators had brought a Commission from France written with King James's own Hand to levy War upon the Person of the Prince of Orange 22. 12. 1696 The King issues out a Proclamation for a Publick Thanksgiving to the Almighty for the Discovery of the Conspiracy 23. 13.  24. 14 1689 This Day the Convention of Scotland met and chose Duke Hamilton for their President They immediately summoned the Duke of Gourdon to surrender the Castle of Edinburgh who demanded some time to consider of it Then they read King William's Letter and appointed a Committee to draw up an Answer A Letter from the late King James was brought to the Assembly but before they would read it it was unanimously voted that they would continue sitting till the Government Religion Laws and Liberties were settled and established They read afterwards King James's Letter which was so unpleasing to them that they committed the Gentleman who
the Battel of St. Denis resolved to return him their Thanks for that important Service and assure him that they would give him effectual Marks of their Gratitude and in the mean time presented him with a golden hilted Sword and a fine Case of Pistols adorned also with Gold dit 1690 The King sat down this Day before Lymerick The Irish who had a very numerous Garison came out in a body to defend the Approaches but were beaten in with a great Loss We took that Day Cromwell's Fort and the Old Chappel two very advantageous Posts very near the Town His Majesty and his Royal Highness were in great Danger dit 1691 This Day was fought the bloody Battel of Salankemen between the Imperial Army commanded by Prince Lewis of Baden and the Turks under the Command of the Grand Visier The Battel was very doubtful for some time but at last it pleased God to bless the Christians with an entire Victory The Turks lost 13000 Men upon the spot 158 Pieces of Cannon and Mortars all their Baggage a great Number of Standards and Colours and several thousand Prisoners The Turks were twice as numerous as the Christians and were besides strongly intrench'd The Christians lost about 5000 Men. The Auxiliary Troops of Brandenburgh behaved themselves to Admiration The Emperor was so pleased with the Conduct of Prince Lewis of Baden that he declared him his Lieutenant General with all the Prerogatives enjoy'd before by the Duke of Lorain 20. 10. 1672 This Day the Court of Justice of Holland pass'd Sentence upon Cornelius de Wit Great Baily of Putten Burgomaster of Dordrecht and Brother to the famous John de Wit Pensionary of Holland for having conspired the Death of his Highness the Prince of Orange There was but one Evidence against him viz. a Chirurgeon who positively declared that the said Cornelius de Wit had promised him 30000 Floriâ—s besides a great Preferment in case he did poison his Highness or put him to Death by any other Means whatsoever The Evidence being not sufficient to condemn him to Death the Court deprived the said de Wit of all his Places and banished him for ever out of the Provinces of Holland and West-Frizeland 21. 11. 1695 Colonel Sellwin and the Lord George Hamilton were this Day made Brigadeers General of Foot in consideration of their good Services and especially in the Siege of Namur which the King pressed very hard at this time 22. 12. 1672 John de Wit and Cornelius de Wit his Brother were this Day massacred by the Inhabitants of the Hague who accused them of having betrayed their Country to the French Cornelius de Wit was banished and his Brother by an imprudent Vanity went in his Coach to the Prison to carry him away as in Triumph which so much incensed the Mob that they tore them to pieces dit 1689 This Morning his Grace the Duke of Schombergh with their Majesties Forces set sail for Ireland to reduce that Kingdom Many have wondred that he was sent no sooner but 't is likely that the Government expected the Event of the Insurrection of the Rebels in Scotland headed by Dundee dit 1691 The King having pursued the French Army commanded by the Mareschal de Luxemburgh very near Philippeville where they intrench'd themselves in Woods behind Rivers and Defiles his Majesty seeing the Impossibility of forcing them to fight caused the Fortifications of Beaumont which the Enemy had quitted upon our Approach to be blown up in sight of the French Army which durst not come out of their Intrenchments after which the King retired towards Gerpines and St. Gerard. 23. 13. 1672 The Prince of Orange having notice of the Misfortune of Messieurs de Wit who had been the Day before massacred gave Orders to inquire who were the Promoters of that Action in order to be punished This Generosity of the Prince was mightily commended especially of such who knew that that Family had been without any Cause his greatest Enemies John de Wit was an extraordinary Man and understood the Affairs of Europe as well as any Man yet his Obstinacy in relation to the Prince brought his Country to the very brink of its Ruine and was the Occasion of his tragical Death dit 1698 The Duke of Schomberg General of their Majesties Forces landed with the Army this Day in Bangor-Bay near Carrickfergus 24. 14. 1672 The Prince of Orange with a Detachment of his Army beat the French from several Posts about Worden and pursued them to the Gates of Vtrecht dit 1694 The Queen put out a Proclamation for apprehending Colonel Parker who being committed to the Tower for High Treason found Means to make his Escape 25. 15. 1689 The Dutch Army commanded by Prince Waldeck being incamped near Walcourt had this Day a bloody Rencounter with the French who thought to have surprised our Army while a good part of it were gone to forage The French attacked the Town of Walcourt which covered the Pass to the Dutch Camp but the Prince of Waldeck had put so many Men in it that they could never take it tho it was almost open and that the Attack lasted six Hours The English behaved themselves with a great Bravery The French lost in that Action near 2000 Men and amongst them the Marquiss de St. Gelais Mareschal de Camp and Count d' Artagnan with 27 Officers of the Guards The Allies did not lose above 60 Men and had the Nature of the Ground permitted our Men to follow the Enemy they had entirely defeated the French Army which retired in great Confusion 26. 16. 1689 A Party was sent this Day by the Duke of Schomberg towards Belfast which the Irish quitted upon their Approach dit 1695 The English Fleet commanded by my Lord Berkley anchor'd this Day before Calais and next Morning the Bombing Vessels stood as near the Shore as possible and bombarded the Town till 6 in the Evening They set it on fire in several Places and their Magazine in the Rice-Bank was blown up The French came out with their Long Boats and Half Gallies but were repulsed with great Loss 27. 17. 1672 The Bishops of Liege and Munster raised this Day the Siege of Groninguen before which Place they had set down the 20th ultimo with their own Forces and a Detachment of the French The Place was vigorously attacked and it was the first time the Bombs were made use of that is since they were brought to a kind of Perfection The Bishops hd 4600 Men killed on the spot and above 5000 Deserters and left 5 Cannons behind Monsieur Charles Rabenhaut was Governour of the Town and the Duke of Holstein Commander of the Garison dit  The States of Holland and Westfrizeland gave this Day Authority to the Prince to change those Magistrates of the Towns of their Province as 〈◊〉 should think fit without any 〈◊〉 or Restriction Whereupon most of the Magistrates of the said Provinces were 〈◊〉 out upon the Complaiâ—â—â— brought to
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
lying so conveniently to receive Supplies from France dit 1693 We had Advice that Charles Duke of Schomberg died at Turin the 17th Instant of his Wounds in the late Battel of Marsaglia justly lamented for his personal Merits great Conduct and Valour He had been bred up a Souldier from his Cradle yet he never was spoiled by the poisonous Air they commonly breath in the Field but was a noble Proof that Sobriety Chastity Moderation and Religion can sympathize with the fiercest Courage 28. 18. 1692 His Majesty landed this Day at Yarmouth in the Afternoon having had a very bad Passage during which several French Privateers came pretty near the Yatch wherein his Majesty was the Weather being so stormy that the Men of War commanded by Sir Cloudesly Shovel could hardly keep together 29. 19. 1688 The Prince of Orange having disposed all things towards his Expedition to England and sent Prince Waldeck with a Detachment of the Dutch Forces to join the Brandenburghers and other Allies to secure Cologâ— and the Country of Juliers caused the rest of his Army to go on board and having taken his Leave of the States General the States of Holland and West-Frizeland and of her Royal Highness the Princess went himself this Day on board of a Frigat of 36 Guns in the middle of the Line attended by the Mareschal de Schomberg the People crouding the Shore to wish him a prosperous Expedition dit 1688 The Fortress of Philipsburgh surrendred this Day to the Dauphin after a Siege of 4 Weeks and afterwards the French took Spire Worms Manheim Frankendall Heidelberg and other Places of the Palatinate which they destroyed with Fire and Sword committing Cruelties hitherto unknown among the Christians This was done before any Declaration of War was published and yet the French have had the Impudence to accuse the States General to have begun the War It is to be observed also that â—t that very time they were committing those Barbarities they exclaimed against the Emperor and pretended that what they did was only to establish a lasting Peace dit 1691 The King landed this Morning at Margate from Holland being attended in his Passage by Sir Cloudesly Shovel and this Evening came to Kensington being received with all imaginable Demonstrations of Joy 30. 20. 1688 His Highness the Prince of Orange sailed this Day from the Flatts near the Brill with his whole Fleet consisting of 52 Men of War and about 640 Transport Ships and Tenders The Men of War were divided into 3 Squadrons Admiral Herbert had the Van and Admiral Evertzen the Rear the Prince being in the middle of the Line with Admiral Bâ—stians The Wind was very favourable at first but about 12 a Clock at Night it turned to Westward with such a Violence that the whole Fleet was obliged to put into Helvoetsluce Goree and other Places The Storm lasted about 12 Hours and was so terrible that People thought that at least the half of the Fleet would be lost yet by the Providence of God there was but one Fly-boat with about 50 Horses that perished and all the Men were saved 'T is true that a great many Horses died in the Storm The News of that Accident being brought over caused an extraordinary Joy at Court where the Priests boasted very much of the Assistance they expected from the Virgin Mary and the rest of the Saints who had been so earnestly supplicated to confound that Heretical Fleet of the Prince dit 1692 His Majesty returned this Evening to Kensington from Holland having past through the City amidst the Acclamations of the People and a continued Illumination in the Houses Bonfires and other Demonstrations of Joy 31. 21.  November   1. 22. 1677 This Day his Majesty King Charles II. acquainted his Privy Council with the Resolution he had taken to marry the Lady Mary his Niece with the Prince of Orange which Resolution was mightily approved by the Council who thanked his Majesty and the Duke of York and complimented the Princess and the Prince upon that Account   The same Day his Highness dispatch'd a Gentleman for Holland with a Letter for the States General and another for the States of Holland to acquaint them that he had demanded the Princess of the King and the Duke of York and wanted only their Approbation   The News of that Marriage being spread in the City the People expressed an extraordinary Demonstration of Joy as if they had foreseen the great Advantages the English Nation was to receive some time after therefrom dit 1688 King James being sensible that the whole Nation was perswaded that the Prince of Wales was but a supposititious Prince whom the Priests had imposed upon the Nation in order to carry on their Designs to destroy the Protestant Religion thought fit to call his Privy Council this Day and desired the Queen Dowager and such of the Peers both Spiritual and Temporal the Lord Mayor and Aldermen of London and other Lords and Ladies that were present at the Queen's Labour to declare upon Oath what they knew of the Birth of the Prince of Wales They appeared accordingly and declared what they knew which amounred only to this that they were on the 10th of Jaâ—â— at St. James's Palace when the Queen was delivered that they heard her Majesty groaning crying and the like but none of them except the Midwife deposed that that Child was come from the Queen's Body even not the Physicians themselves These Depositions being so lame did but increase the Suspicion that there was a Cheat in the case and the King's Council were so sensible that they would have the same effect that tho an Account of them was promised in the Gazette they did not think fit to be as good as their Word 'T is true we have no positive Proof that the Prince of Wales is a Bastard but there are so many Circumstances and Presumptions against his Legitimacy that one must own one of these two things either that he is a supposed Prince or at least that King James designed to make all the World believe it since the Princess of Orange and the Princess of Denmark were not invited to be present as they were to be nor any body for them the Bishops were put in the Tower some Days before and for those sew Pretestant Lords and Ladies who were called to St. James's they were introduced by the King in such a manner that none of them could see whether or no the Child was born of the Queen King James could not but foresee that the Legitimacy of his Son would be questioned and therefore to remove that Pretence it was enough to desire the Princess to be there with some Protestant Lords and Ladies appointed by the Princess of Orange and expose all things to their Sight and Feeling but since this was neglected one cannot but believe that there was a soul Design to impose a Popish Successor upon the Nation This pretended
these Kingdoms and that by his merciful Goodness the raging of the Sea and Madness of unreasonable Men have been stilled and calmed and your Majesty as the Darling of Heaven peaceably seated on the Throne of your Royal Ancestors whose long illustrious and unparallel'd Line is the greatest Glory of this your antient Kingdom   We pay our most humble Gratitude to your Majesty for the repeated Assurances of your Royal Protection to our National Church and Religion as the Laws have established them which are very sutable to the gracious Countenance Encouragement and Protection your Majesty was pleased to afford to our Church and Order whilst we were happy in your Presence amongst us   We magnify the Divine Mercy in blessing your Majesty with a Son and us with a Prince whom we pray Heaven may bless and preserve to sway your Royal Scepters after you and that he may inherit with your Dominions the Illustrious and Heroick Vertues of his august and most serene Parents   We are amazed to hear of the Danger of an Invasion from Holland which excites our Prayers for an universal Repentance to all Orders of Men that God may yet spare his People preserve your Royal Person and prevent the Effusion of Christian Blood and to give such Success to your Majesty's Arms that all who invade your Majesty's just and undoubted Rights and disturb or interrupt the Peace of your Realms may be disappointed and clothed with Shame so that on your Royal Head the Crown may still flourish   As by the Grace of God we shall preserve in our selves a firm and unshaken Loyalty so we shall be careful and zealous to promote in all your Subjects an intrepid and stedfast Allegiance to your Majesty as an essential part of their Religion and of the Glory of our Holy Profession not doubting but that God in his great Mercy who has so often preserved and delivered your Majesty will still preserve and deliver you by giving you the Hearts of your Subjects and the Necks of your Enemies So pray we who in all Humility are your Majesty's most humble most faithful and most obedient Subjects and Servants Signed by the Archbishops of St. Andrews and Glasgow and the Bishops of Edinburgh Galloway Aberdeen Dunkel Brechâ—â— Orkney Murray Ross Dâ—â—â—blane and of the Isles Dated Edinburgh Novemb 3. 1688.   This florid Letter was immediately published in the Gazette but instead of having upon the People the Effect the Court expected they were exasperated against those Prelates and looked upon them as Papists for they did not think that any Protestants would have made use of the Expressions contained in their Letter in relation to King James and to the Prince of Orange This Declaration of the Bishops of Scotland was not perhaps one of the least Reasons that induced the Convention of the States of that Kingdom to vote that Episcopacy was dangerous to the Safety of Scotland and therefore abolished it 14. 4. 165â— This Day was born his Illustrious Highness William Henry â—â—rince of Orange and now by the Grace of God and the Choice of the People King of England Scotland France and Ireland Defender of the Faith Assertor of the Liberty of Europe Stadtholder Captain General and Admiral of the Forces of the States General the Darling of the World and the Terror of his Enemies to whom God grant a long and prosperous Life He was born a few Days after his Father's Death of her Royal Highness the Princess Mary Daughter to Charles I. King of Great Britain The States of Holland and Zealand and the Cities of Delf Leyden and Amsterdam were his Godsathers dit 1677 The Prince of Orange having received the Approbation of the States General for his Marriage was married this Day to the Princess Mary to the great Satisfaction of the People who expressed on that Occasion the great Respect they had for those two incomparable Persons dit 1692 The Parliament met this Day at Westminster 15. 5. 1688 The Prince of Orange arrived this Day with his Fleet in Torbay being led by the Hand of Heaven and called by the Voice of the People and landed in Person with Mareschal de Schomberg and his Army to relieve Great Britain against the Tyranny of King James 'T is observable that it being a hazy foggy Morning the Fleet overshot Torbay where the Prince intended to land but about nine of the Clock the Wind changed W. S. W. without which it was impossible for the Fleet to come into Torbay This Change of Wind was observed by every Body as an extraordinary Effect of the Divine Providence for as Bishop Burnet has very well observed the Wind immediately chopp'd into another Corner as soon as it had executed his Commission 16. 6. 1688 This Day King James put out a kind of Manifesto against the Declaration of the Prince of Orange wherein he calls the Expedition of his Highness an unchristian and unnatural Undertaking and then endeavours to insinuate that the Prince had no other Design than to usurp his Crown and Royal Authority and to prove it he brings as his chief Argument that the Prince questions the Legitimacy of the Prince of Wales his Son and Heir apparent tho says he by the Providence of God there were present at his Birth so many Witnesses of unquestionable Credit as if it seemed to have been the particular Care of Heaven purposely to disappoint so wicked and unparallel'd an Attempt He promises afterwards to call a Free Parliament as soon as his Kingdom should be delivered from Foreigners This Declaration had no other Effect upon the People than to confirm them that King James would never call such a Parliament for seeing he refused to do it in that Juncture they could not perswade themselves that he would do it at another time when he should have no Enemy to fear I don't know who was the first Inventer of this fine Expression of unnatural Invasion but it was then the daily Language of King James's Gazetteer I think however it came originally from Scotland for the first time I find it used 't is in the Account given by the Gazette October 22. of the Affairs of Scotland dit 1693 His Majesty was pleased to declare this Day in Council that he had appointed the Right Honourable Edward Russel Esq to be Admiral of their Majesties Fleet. 17. 7. 1688 King James knowing that his Enemies spread every where that the Prince of Orange had brought a very great Army with him and being sensible that such a Rumour discouraged his Friends the London Gazette published this Day an exact List of the Forces of the Prince amounting to 14352 Men and by that List it appeared that the Prince had 65 Men of War 10 â—ireships and 560 Transport Ships dit 1693 The Parliament met this Day at Westminster where his Majesty made a most gracious Speech to both Houses on the bad Success of the last Campagn and especially in
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
hiâ— Highness of their being disaffected to the Publick Good dit 1690 The Trenches were opened before Limerick dit 1692 A Detachment of the Garison of Namur commanded by the Prince d' Enrichmoâ—t the Marquiss d' Hocquincourt and the Marquiss d' Ecos was this Day defeated by a Detachment of the Allies belonging to the Garison at Huy The Dispute was very sharp and the French had above 300 Men killed and 356 taken Prisoners amongst whom were 30 Officers besides the chief Officers who commanded the Detachment 28. 18.  29. 19. 1689 The Ottoman Forces were this Day entirely routed by the Imperialists commanded by Prince Lewis of Baden on the River Morava in Servia They had 15000 killed and wounded and lost a great number of Standards and Colours with the Horse's Tail 105 Pieces of Cannon and their Baggage The Christians lost about 2000 Men. dit 1690 This Day his Majesty was going from his Quarters to Cromwell's Fort to direct the Batteries against the Town of Lymerick and just as his Horse was entring a Gap the Divine Providence directed a Gentleman to stop his Majesty to speak with him and in that Moment there struck a twenty four Pounder in that very Gap which would have certainly kill'd him but did him no harm at all except that it struck the Dust all about him dit 1692 The Confederate Army under the Command of the Duke of Savoy took this Day Possession of the Town of Gap in Dauphine 30. 20. 1672 The French attempting to relieve Worden were beat back by his Highness dit  The French were forced to raise the Blockade of Mastricht dit 1690 The King caused a Redoubt at Lymerick to be attacked which our Men took after a short Resistance and the Enemy having made a Sally with 2000 Men to retake it they were beat back with great Loss dit 1695 This Day was made a general Assault upon the Castle of Namur and Fort Cohorn The English Granadeers supported by 4 Regiments viz. Coulthrop's Frederick Hamilton's Mackay's and Buchan's were appointed to attack the Breach of Terra-nova under the Command of my Lord Cutts Count Rivera with the Spaniards and Bavarians to attack Fort William or Cohorn on the side next Terra-nova Major General la Cave with the Brandenburghers to storm Fort William on the other side and Major General Swerin with the Dutch was appointed to attack the Castle The Signal being given all the Forces advanced with an unparallel'd Intrepidity The English forced their way through the Breach and notwithstanding the Resistance of the Enemy and the great fire they made upon our Men they gained the top of the same but finding the French strongly intrenched beyond it and the Nature of the Ground not permitting our Men to advance in any Front they were forced to retire Count Rivera was killed upon approaching Fort Cohorn but nevertheless the Bavarians lodged themselves upon the Saliant Angle of the Counterscarp in which they maintain'd themselves by the Assistance of my Lord Cutts who came timely to their Relief The Action was very hot and a Battery which the Enemy had within their Pallisadoes much gauled our Men whereupon my Lord Cutts ordered a Lieutenant of Mackay's Regiment with 30 Men to pass the Pallisadoes and attack that Battery which he performed with an extraordinary Bravery turning 7 of their Cannon against them and securing some of their Mines Major Generals la Cave and Swerin forced the French from the Post they attacked and made each a good Lodgment on the same which they perfected that Night and the next Day and in the mean time our Batteries continued to play upon Terra-nova to make that Attack more practicable This Action was very vigorous and it is granted that had the English Granadeers been timely supported they would have carried the Post of Terra-nova The Allies had near 2000 killed and wounded and the French near as many 31. 21. 1689 The Town of Carickfergus was besieged this Day by their Majesties Forces commanded by the Duke of Schomberg September   1. 22. 1695 Our Batteries having inlarg'd our Breaches his Majesty returned before the Castle of Namur from his Camp at Masy where he was gone the Day of the General Storm to observe the French Army which was advanced to relieve the Place and durst not attempt to attack the King's Army tho they were 100000 strong but he met upon the way an Adjuranâ— of the Elector of Bavaria who was sent to acquaint his Majesty that the French seeing our Preparations for a second Assault and fearing to be put to the Sword had beat a Parley His Majesty being arrived at the Cloyster of Salsines Hostages were immediately exchanged and Propositions brought from the Castle They demanded to have ten Days to expect Relief and several other things which were denied them and their Propositions with the Elector of Bavaria's Answer were sent back to the Castle the same Evening and his Majesty returned to his Camp to observe Monsieur de Villeroy who was incamped at Bonef 2. 23. 1695 This Morning the Capitulation was signed by the Elector of Bavaria Monsieur de Boufflers and Count Guiscard whereby Fort William La Casotte and some other Works were immediately delivered up to our Forces and it was agreed that the Garison should march out three Days after viz. the 5th through the Breach with all the usual Marks of Honour with 6 Pieces of Cannon and 2 Mortars dit  Monsieur de Villeroy who was advanced to Boness with his Army in order to relieve Namur retired this Day in great Precipitation having notice of the surrendring of the Place 3. 24. 1695 The Confederate Fleet under the Command of Admiral Russel having appeared before Toulon the French were in great Consternation for their Ships and the whole Coast in a great Alarm but just as the Allies were preparing to make an Attempt upon that Place there arose this Day a violent Storm which carried them away from the Coast 4. 25. 1691 The Town of Lymerick was invested by his Majesty's Army commanded by General Ginkel and our Men possessed themselves the same Day of Ireton and Cromwell's Forts with the Loss only of three or four Men. dit 1692 The Lord Viscount Sidney made his Entry into Dublin and was sworn Lord Lieutenant of Ireland 5. 26. 1675 The Town of Triers surrendred this Day to the Allies The Mareschal de Crequi who had defended that Place since his Defeat the 11th ultimo would never capitulate and was delivered up Prisoner to the Allies with such Officers who refused to sign the Capitulation whereby it was agreed that the Garison should not bear Arms against the Confederates till after three Months The Officers were allowed to march out with their Arms and Baggage but the Horse Dragoons and Foot were allowed to march out only with their Swords leaving their other Arms and Horses behind them The English who were in the Place gained a great Reputation but as they
made a most desperate Defence a great many of them were kill'd dit 1695 This Morning being the time appointed for the marching out of the French Garison of Namur 30 Battalions were drawn up in two Lines from the Breach of Terra-nova down to the Meuse to the Way that leads to Givet and about 10 a Clock the said Garison came out through the Breach Monsieur de Boufflers and Count Guiscard riding at the Head of their Men Sword in band with which they saluted his Majesty and the Elector of Bavaria Monsieur Dickvelt who knew the said Mareschal accosted him and rid with him to the top of the Hill and told him that the King of England had so much Reason to be displeased that the French King should detain the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude Prisoners against the express Word of the Cartel that he was obliged by that open Injustice to secure his Person till he had received Satisfaction upon that Article and immediately Monsieur de L' Estang Brigadeer of the King's Forces arrested him with a Detachment of the Life-Guards The Mareschal was very much incensed at first with that Proceeding alledging the publick Faith of the Capitulation wherein he was expresly mention'd and said that his Master would revenge that Affront to the utmost of his Power To which Monsieur Dickvelt replied that as to his Threats the time of using such Language was over that the King of England was obliged to it since the French King had no Regard to Capitulations and Agreements that this was no Disrespect in particular to his Person seeing his Majesty might have detained the whole Garison whereas he had contented himself with his Person and then to shew him the Esteem he had for him he was ordered to offer him his Liberty if he would pass his Word for the sending back of the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude or return himself Prisoner within a Fortnight The Mareschal having answered that it was more than he could promise he was carried Prisoner into the Town and treated with the Honour and Respect due to a Mareschal of France a Captain Lieutenant and Ensign mounting the Guard upon his Quarters with Colours The Garison conducted by Count Guiscard continued their March towards Givet being conducted by 2000 Dragoons consisting of 5442 Men.   Thus the important Place of Namur was surrendred to his Majesty in sight of an Army of above 100000 Men commanded by the most experienced Generals of France and in which were most of the Princes of the Blood who it seems came within sight of that Fortress only to be the Spectators and Witnesses of the Capitulation The French had made that Place so strong that they had the Confidence to cause this Inscription to be ingraven on the Gates Reddi â—sed Vinci non potest as if they had defied all the World to take it And when the News came to Paris of the Allies having besieged that Place and that Monsieur de Boufflers was in it with about 16000 Men 't is said the French King laugh'd at that Account and said it was but a Feint and that the Prince of Orange was too sensible a Man to be guilty of such a Folly but the Event did shew that there is no Place impregnable when attacked by brave Troops animated by the Presence of so great a General as his Majesty When the French took it they coined a Medal with his Motto Amat victoria testes which we may easily retort upon them for we had for Witnesses the whole Power of France The Allies lost about 9000 Men but the Loss of the French was at least as great since out of 16000 Men there marched out not 6000 besides about 2000 who were sick or were sent upon the Capitulation of the Town to Dinant One thing we must observe more is that tho the French were so numerous in the Place and commanded by so firy a Man as Monsieur de Boufflers yet they never regained any Post they were beaten off and ever since the Attack of the Envelope in the beginning of the Siege they seemed to be afraid of our Troops The Allies found in the Place 69 Pieces of Cannon 4 Mortars and 4 Hautwitzers with the Arms of France 281 thousand Weight of Gunpowder 50 great Bombs of 500 Weight each 2000 ordinary Bombs 1000 lesser Bombs 750 Granadoes of 24 Pound Weight 40000 ordinary Granadoes fixed 150 Barrels of Cannon-Ball Salt-peter and Brimstone 15 Tun and 800 spare Musquets besides several other Pieces of Cannon which were in few Days after found buried in the Ground The Landgrave of Hesse Castle who was come from the Rhine with his own Forces and a Detachment of Prince Lewis of Baden's Army continued in his Majesty's Camp till the Place was surrendred and the French retired   I have been somewhat long in this Account but the Reader will excuse me because of the Importance of the Action one of the most glorious that ever was performed 6. 27. 1689 The Garison of Carickfergus surrendred this Day to the Duke of Schomberg and marched out to the Number of 2500 Men. dit 1689 The Allies stormed this Day the Counter scarp of Mâ—ntz under the Command of the Duke of Lorain dit 1690 This Day the King ordered an Attack to be made on the Counterscarp of Lymerick which our Granadeers gained with a great deal of Bravery together with a Fort the Enemy had under the Walls but instead of lodging themselves as they were ordered to do and to go no further they mounted the Breach following the Irish that fled that way and most of them were actually in the Town but the Regiments that were to second the Granadeers stopping at the Counterscarp according to Orders the Irish rallied themselves beat back our Men who were forced to retire into the Trenches We had in that Action 44 Officers wounded and 15 kill'd Some pretend that this Attack was mysterious and that the Town had been easily taken had it not been prevented by some self-interested Persons whose Interest it was to continue the War in that Country but whatever it be I leave it to the Reader 's Inquiry it being out of my way at this time according to the Rules I have prescribed to my self 7. 28. 1672 The Prince of Orange went from Loo to the Frontiers of Germany to confer with several German Princes and there he laid the Foundation of that great Alliance that appeared soon after against France 8. 29. 1688 King James being frightned with the great Preparations the States were making commanded the Marquiss d'Albeville his Ambassador to present a Memorial concerning the same which he did this Day the Substance whereof is that his Majesty of Great Britain taking a just Umbrage of the great Preparations the States were making by Sea especially in a Season that 't is usual to disarm a Fleet he was commanded to demand what those Preparations were designed for hoping that in consideration of his
he proposed to march directly to the French and fall upon them while they were fatigued of a long March but Count de Souches General of the Germans did not assist at the Council of War and the next Day quitted the Trenches and pass'd the Scheld leaving some Pieces of his Cannon and the Town open to the French The Prince having notice thereof sent a Detachment to bring back his Cannon which he sent by Water to Ghent with his Baggage and was forced to raise the Siege and follow the Imperialists and Spaniards who had also left the Army His Highness complained to the Courts of Vienna and Madrid against these Proceedings of the Germans and Spaniards who would not fight tho they had so fair an Opportunity 22. 12. 1680 His Highness the Prince of Orange arrived at Zell being met out of Town by the Duke of Lunenburgh himself with 22 Coaches and 6 Horses apiece The Regiment of Guards and a Regiment of Dragoons were drawn up in two Lines and at his Entrance into the Town the great Guns were discharged round about the Ramparts 23. 13. 1688 The Prince came back to the Hague from his Journey to Minden and gave all necessary Orders to prepare every thing towards the execution of the Design agreed upon with the Princes he had conferred with 24. 14. 1680 The Prince came to Hanâ—ver where he was received with all Marks of Respect being met some Miles out of the Town by the Duke the Garison being in Arms and the Guns round about the Fortifications discharged 25. 15. 1668 His Highness was declared Chief of the Nobility of Zeland and President of the States of that Province 26. 16. 1672 The States General gave this Day an Edict whereby they conferr'd upon his Highness the Power to pardon such Criminals as he should think fit dit 1691 This Day part of our Army before Limerick passed the Shannon in sight of a Detachment of the Irish who endeavoured to oppose them but were beaten back   The same Day the Irish Garison of Slego having surrendred the Place the Day before to the Earl of Granard and Baldarick O Donnel marched out to the Number of 600 Men leaving behind them 16 Pieces of Cannon and 30 Barrels of Powder 27. 17. 1694 The Castle of Huy surrendred this Day to the Confederate Troops commanded by the Duke of Holstein Ploen Velt Mareschal of the Armies of the States General after 5 Days Attack 28. 18. 1672 A desperate Fellow had the Impudence to let his Highness know that if he would incourage him and promise a Reward he would kill the French King his greatest Enemy but that Offer was rejected with Horror and had the Prince discovered the Author he would have punished him Note that some time after the same Offer was made to the Prince who sent immediately Monsieur Dickvelt to Count d' Avaux to acquaint him with it and where that Villain was to be found yet that Generosity had so little Effect upon Lewis XIV that he has often since that time plotted against his Majesty's Life and protected and preferred the Villains who undertook to assassinate him 29. 19.  30. 20. 1688 King James being afraid of the Preparations in Holland had some time before summoned a Parliament to meet at Westminster and this Day a Proclamation was issued out whereby he declared that it was his Royal Purpose to endeavour a Legal Establishment of an Universal Liberty of Conscience for all his Subjects and that he was resolved inviolably to preserve the Church of England by such a Confirmation of the several Acts of Uniformity that they should never be alter'd by any other Ways than by repealing the several Clauses which inflect Penalties upon Persons not promoted or to be promoted to any Ecclesiastical Benefices or Promotions within the Meaning of the said Acts for using and exercising their Religion contrary to the Tenor and Purport of the said Acts of Uniformity He declared also that for the further securing the said Church and the Protestant Religion he was willing that the Roman Catholicks should remain incapable to be Members of the House of Commons October   1. 21. 1660 The States General resolved that the young Prince of Orange should be brought to the Hague to be there educated at their own Charges and assigned for that Purpose a yearly Pension of 20000 Florins It was resolved also that he should be a Member of the Council of State when he should come to 16 Years of Age. dit 1690 The English Fleet having on board several thousand Men under the Command of the Earl of Marlborough came this Day to an Anchor before Cork Harbour 2. 22. 1673 The Prince received a Letter of the Queen of Spain wherein in she gave him the Title of Royal Highness and offered him the Order of the Golden Fleece dit 1691 This Day General Ginket passed the Shannon with 10 Regiments of Foot and a Detachment of Foot and Dragoons and marched to Thomonds Isle and caused the Works that covered Thomond's Bridg to be attacked which our Men performed with such a Bravery that they did not only beat the Enemy out of them but pursued them to the Draw-Bridg whereupon the French Governour of Limerick fearing the English should enter the Town with the Irish durst not let the Draw-Bridg down to receive them and thereby left them exposed to our Men who killed above 600 of them and a great many who threw themselves into the River to avoid the Sword of the English were drowned 3. 23. 1679 Don Emanuel de Lira Ambassador Extraordinary to the States General having demanded the Restitution of Mastricht by virtue of a Clause mention'd in the Treaty of Alliance between Spain and Holland 1673. and not being satisfied with the Answer given by the States they answered this Day a second Memorial of that Minister and declared in express Terms that they could not restore that Place till his Highness the Prince of Orange had received Satisfaction of the Crown of Spain and was paid off all the Arrears due to him according as it had been agreed betwixt the States and his Catholick Majesty at the Treaty of Munster dit 1690 The English Fleet entred this Day into the Harbour of Cork notwithstanding the fire the Enemy made from their Batteries and our Forces landed at a Place called the Passage 4. 24. 1693 This Day was fought a bloody Battel at Marsaglia in Piemont between the Confederate Troops commanded by the Duke of Savoy and the French under the Command of Monsieur Catinat The Fight was very obstinate but at last the Allies were obliged to leave the Field of Battel and 10 or 12 Pieces of Cannon to the Enemy His Grace Charles Duke of Schomberg General of his Majesty's Forces who fought with his ordinary Bravery on foot at the Head of his Regiment received a dangerous Wound in the Thigh and was taken Prisoner but sent back immediately to Turin upon his
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
a manner that he did not think safe to venture himself at the Head of 15 Regiments of Horse 5 of Dragoons and 4 Troops of Life-Guards and 27 Regiments of Foot of the finest Troops that ever were seen against 14000 Men which was all the Prince brought over with him He was blamed for having withdrawn himself and not agreeing with the Prince's Proposals to refer all things to the Determination of a Free Parliament but Providence who had resolved to place a better Prince on the English Throne struck King James with a Pannick Fear so that he abandon'd his Crown without striking a Blow in the Defence of it This Revolution will be one of the most surprising Events that History will record to our Posterity who are like to suspect the Sincerity of the Historians when they 'll read that this great Work was compassed in less than 50 Days   Having thus brought this Account of the Revolution to King James 's withdrawing himself into France I refer the rest of the Transactions of this Month to the first Pages of this Book as in a more proper Place because of the Difference of our Stile dit 1696 Sir John Fenwick concerned in the intended Invasion of the French in April last and taken as he was going to imbark for France was some time ago arraigned at the Old Baily for High Treason and was accordingly to be tried but he found Means to have his Trial put off upon account of a great Discovery he pretended to make and in order thereto gave Informations against several Noble Persons as Betrayers of the King's Counsels His Majesty being then in Flanders the Papers were sent to him and in the mean time Sir John Fenwick's Friends corrupted one Cardell Goodman who was one of the two Evidences against him and sent him over to France His Majesty being returned and being sensible that Sir John Fenwick had given those Informations with no other Design than to get time to take away the Evidence sent those Papers to the Commons who having examined Sir John Fenwick thereupon and found that he had not been sincere with his Majesty voted his Information false malicious scandalous and groundless and tending to create Jealousies between the King and his Subjects and ordered that a Bill to attaint him of High Treason should be brought in which was done accordingly and passed few Days after and seâ—t to the Lords who after a long Debate on this Subject passed the same this Day   Note His Majesty gave the Royal Assent to that Act on Monday January 11 1696 7. 3. 24.  4. 25. 1694 The Mareschal Duke of Luxemburgh died this Morning at Paris in the 68th Year of his Age. 5. 26. This Day his Majesty was pleased to constitute the Right Honourable Henry Lord Viscount Sidney one of his principal Secretaries of State who accordingly took the usual Oath at the Council-Board 6. 27.  7. 28. 1694 This Morning about one of the Clock died at Kensington our late most Gracious Soveraign Lady Queen Mary after seven Days Sickness of the Small Pox leaving his Majesty under an inexpressible Grief and Affliction the whole Kingdom and Europe in general under the deepest and most sensible Sorrow for the Loss of a Princess of so much Piety Clemency Goodness and other great and exemplary Vertues It were too great a Presumption in me to attempt the Character of that Incomparable Princess it is a Subject above my reach I shall therefore content my self to say that her Majesty was endowed with all the Vertues of her Sex without the least Mixture of their Imperfections She was born on the 30th of May 1662. 8. 29.   30.  10. 31. 1693 This Evening his Highness Prince Lewis of Baden arrived at Gravesend being sent by the Emperor to confer with his Majesty about the Preparations for the next Campagn The next Morning Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies went thither by his Majesty's Command to compliment his Highness and to conduct him to Town In the Afternoon he came up the River in the King's Barge being saluted by the Great Guns from the Tower and from the Ships as he passed by and was conducted to the Apartment prepared for him at Whitehall and in the Evening waâ—ted upon his Majesty at Kensington He was entertained all the while he continued in England at the King's Charge and received all the Respect due to his Birth and great Merit dit 1694 The House of Lords went this Day in a Body to Kensington and presented to the King the following Address   WE your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Lords Spiritual and Temporal in Parliament assembled do with inexpressible Grief humbly assure your Majesty of the deep Sense we have of the Loss your Majesty and the whole Kingdom doth sustain by the Death of that excellent Princess our Sovereign Lady the Queen most humbly beseeching your Majesty that you would not indulge your Grief upon this sad Occasion to the Prejudice of the Health of your Royal Person in whose Preservation not only the Welfare of your own Subjects but of all Christendom is so nearly concerned We further beg leave upon this sad Occasion humbly to renew to your Majesty the hearty and sincere Assurances of our utmost Assistance against all your Enemies both at home and abroad and of all other Demonstrations of the greatest Duty and Affection that can possibly be paid by the most faithful Subjects   The King returned them this Answer   I Heartily thank you for your Kindness to me but much more for the Sense you shew of our great Loss which is above what I can express   The House of Commons went likewise in a Body to Kensington and presented to his Majesty the Address which follows   Most gracious and dread Soveraign   WE your Majesty's most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Commons in Parliament assembled being deeply sensible of the great Misfortune which has befallen your Majesty and this Kingdom by the Death of our most gracious Queen do with unspeakable Grief of Heart humbly beg leave to condole the irreparable Loss of that most excellent Princess the best of Women to enumerate whose Vertues were to aggravate our Sorrow   We cannot at the same time but bless God for the Preservation of your Majesty to us on whose Life the Welfare and Happiness of this Kingdom and the Liberties of Europe do in so great a measure depend hereby beseeching your Majesty so to moderate your Grief under this Affliction as not to prejudice or indanger your Health and that your Majesty would please to take such further Care of your Royal Person that we may all enjoy the Blessing of your Majesty's long Life and happy Reign We do also look upon it as a Duty we owe to your Majesty to our selves and to those we represent to take this Occasion of assuring your Majesty that we your faithful Commons will always to the utmost of our Power stand by support and defend your Majesty and your Government against all your Enemies both at home and abroad   His Majesty was pleased 〈◊〉 make this gracious Answer   Gentlemen   I Take very kindly your Care of Me and the Publick especially at this time when I am able to think of nothing but our great Loss FINIS