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
sick His Highness exposed himself very much in the Attacks and obliged the French to pay to the Inhabitants what was due to them 14. 4. 1674 The Prince of Orange having refreshed his Army for some time after the Battel of Seneff sat down this Day before Oudenarde 15. 5. 1690 Our Army being retired in good Order from before Limerick his Majesty left it under the Command of Count Solmes and having appointed the Lord Viscount Sidney and Thomas Coningsby Esq to be Lords Justices of Ireland he imbarked this Afternoon at Duncannon-Fort with his Royal Highness and landed the next Day in King's Road not far from Bristol 16. 6. 1673 The Prince of Orange received a Letter from the Emperor wherein his Imperial Majesty gave him the Title of Royal Highness the Queen of Spain did also the like but tho the Prince had a better Claim to it than the Duke of Savoy being descended from an Emperor of Germany and Grandson to Henry the IVth King of France and to Charles I. King of England he never for ought I know assum'd it but contented himself with the bare Title of Highness which no body could deny him 17. 7. 1676 The Town of Philipsburgh surrendred this Day to the Allies and the French marched out to the Number of 2000 Men. dit 1689 The Duke of Schomberg having secured Carickfergus resolved to march directly towards Dublin and came this Day to Newry which the Irish quitted the Day before tho it was such a Pass that General Rozen who commanded in Ireland for the French King said that with 10000 Men he would stop there 100000. They burnt the Place which so incensed the Duke that he sent a Trumpet to the Irish to let them know that if they burnt any more Towns he would give no Quarter to those of their Army who should fall into his Power 18. 8. 1692 This Day about 2 in the Afternoon happened in this City an Earthquake which lasted about a Minute It was felt in most Parts of England and in Flanders The King being incamped at Gramen was then at Dinner in an old decayed House which shaking very much his Majesty was obliged to rise from Table and go out of the House We received no Damage by that Earthquake neither in the City nor in the Country 19. 9.  20. 10. 1688 The late King James having formed the Design to subvert the Laws of England together with the Protestant Religion and being sensible that a Protestant Army was not very fit for that Service resolved to fill it with Irish Men as devoted entirely to his Service and accordingly ordered the Duke of Berwick to put into his Regiment 30 Gentlemen of that Nation but his Lieutenant Colonel Beaumont the Captains Paston Simon Parke Thomas Orme Will. Cooke and John Post generously refused to comply with their Colonel's Desire at which the Court was so enraged that they were tried in a Court-Martial and cashiered this Day dit 1688 The Prince set out for Minden to confer with the Electors of Saxony and Brandenburgh the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel and the Princes of the House of Lunenburgh It was there that in Offensive and Defensive League between those Princes was concluded and then was laid the Foundation of that great Alliance which appeared soon after and whereby England and the Liberties of Europe have been preserved As that Affair required a great Secrecy none of the Ministers of those Princes were acquainted with it and to avoid the Disorder and Slowness that commonly attend the Confederate Armies when they are commanded by several Generals of an equal Dignity the chief Command of the Troops of those Princes was conferr'd without any Competition on his Highness the Prince of Orange and they gave Order to their respective Forces and Generals to be ready to march at his first Orders It was observed that that Day was the most stormy and rainy Day that had been seen for many Years past and some time after one of the Courtiers of the Elector of Brandenburgh complaining in his Presence of the Fatigues and of the bad Weather he met with that Day the Elector inrerrupted him and said that it was the finest Day for Europe that ever shone dit 1690 His Majesty returned this Evening to Kensington from Ireland and was received with all possible Demonstration of Joy The Streets of London were filled with Bonfires the Houses illuminated and the People omitted nothing that might testify the extraordinary Joy they had of his Majesty's safe Return dit 1691 The Mareschal de Luxemburgh having notice that the King had left the Confederate Army under the Command of Prince Waldeck and that the said Army was marching from Leuze to Cambron thought it a favourable Opportunity to attack them and accordingly parted from his Camp with 40 Squadrons of Horse and Dragoons in which were the Troops of the Houshold with a Design to charge our Rear There happen'd this Morning 〈◊〉 pretty thick Fog which was the Reason that his March was not discovered and about Noon just as our Rear was passing a little River and Defile near la Catoire the French charged them with such a Vigour that some Squadrons were put into Disorder but being supported by the Foot who in the mean time had lined the Hedges they maintained their Post till they were reinforced by some other Troops who had already pass'd the Desile and after a sharp Dispute repulsed the Enemy Prince Waldeck caused the Army to stand in Battalia till 4 in the Afternoon and then continued his March to Cambron The Action was vigorous on both Sides and about 1000 Men in all lost their Lives in that brush The French took some Prisoners and the Allies did the like and amongst them a Major of the Life-Guards We lost also 7 Standards and took 5 of theirs 2 of which did belong to the 2 Troops of Guards du Corps commanded by the Duke of Lorges and Duke of Noailles The young Prince of Anhalt and Count Benthem were killed on our side and Count Maulevrier Count Mouthrun Lieutenant Generals Count de Forghes and Count Mortagne were killed on the side of the French and a great many Persons of Note in both Armies were wounded dit 1695 His Majesty having left the Command of the Army to the Elector of Bavaria arrived this Day at Loo and the Mareschal de Boufflers having given his Parole that the Garisons of Deinse and Dixmude should be released as soon as he should come to Dinant his Majesty gave him leave to depart and accordingly he set out from Mastricht where he was Prisoner the 17th Instant N. S. 21. 11. 1673 The States sent Monsieur Fagel to compliment his Highness on the taking of Naerden dit 1674 The Prince of Conde knowing the Extremities Oudenarde was reduced to marched to relieve it and came in sight of the Allies the 20th who resolved to attack them the next Day The Prince of Orange called a Council of War wherein
brought it to the Custody of a Messenger at Arms. 25. 15. 1689 The Duke of Gourdon refusing to surrender the Castle of Edinburgh the Convention sent the Heraulds with the usual For malities to command him to deliver the same and upon his Resusal he was proclaimed Rebel and Traitor 26. 16. 1691 The French having invested Mons on the 15th Instant his Majesty King William having sent Prince Waldeck before to assemble the Confederate Army at Brussels set out from the Hague after having taken his Leave of the States General followed by the Duke of Zell General Chanvet and many other Princes dit 1689 King William and Queen Mary were proclaimed in the Island of Jersey 27. 17. 1673 The Prince of Orange gave Audience to the Ambassadors of the Emperor and the King of Spain and sent in his Name the Sieur de Odyck to the Congress it Cologne and opposes the Suspension of Arms that was demanded because an Express he had sent to the Elector of Brandenburgh was not yet returned 27. 17. 1689 The Convention of Scotland publishes a Proclamation requiring all Persons from the Age of 16 to 60 to be in a Readiness to take Arms when they shall think fit to give farther Directions   They approved what the Nobility and Gentry had done in praying King William to take upon him the Government of their Kingdom They ordered some Arms and Gun-powder to be sent with all speed into Ireland for the Assistance of the Protestants of that Kingdom 28. 18. 1696 This Day Robert Charnock Edward King and Thomas Keys condemned the 11th Instant for conspiring against his Majesty's Life were drawn from Newgate to Tyburn in a Hurdle They said nothing to the Spectators but each of them delivered a Paper to the Sheriffs wherein they own to have been concerned in the Assassination of King William which Charnock called to attack the Prince of Orange and his Guards They were hang'd and afterwards quartered according to the Sentence past upon them 29. 19. 1680 The Prince set out from the Hague to take a View of the Fortifications of Boisleduc Berggopzoom and other Frontier Places of Brabant 30. 20. 1689 His Majesty King William appoints the Lords Lieutenants of the Counties of England and fills all other Vacancies occasioned by the late Revolution 31. 21. 1696 The King sent a Message to the House of Lords to acquaint them that he had received Information upon Oath that the Earl of Ailesbury was concerned in the Conspiracy against his Government and his Lordship was committed the same Day to the Tower for High Treason dit 1689 The Forces sent by King William into Scotland arrive at Edinburgh under the Command of Major General Mackay April   1. 22. 1691 The King arrives at Vilvord and causes his Army to march cowards Hall in order to attempt to relieve the City of Mons besieged by the French 2. 23. 1675 The Prince of Orange falls sick of the small Pox which caused a general Consternation through all the Vnited Netherlands and in most Courts of Europe dit 1689 The Convention of the States of Scotland signed this Day a Letter to King William and sent it by the Lord Ross wherein they return their hearty Thanks to his Majesty for the Danger he has exposed himself to for the Deliverance of their Kingdom They desire also his Majesty to continue his Care and Protection assuring that they will shortly fall upon such Resolutions as may be acceptable to him and secure their Religion Laws and Liberty dit 1691 The King took a Review of the Confederate Forces near Brussels and marched to Hall having given fresh Orders for the Artillery to march with all speed dit 1696 This Day Sir John Friend was brought to his Trial for High-Treason The Matters charged against him were That he had received and accepted a Commission from the late King James for raising a Regiment of Horse that he had appointed several Officers of his Regiment had paid several Sums of Money for the raising and listing of Men was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Charnock and others where it was resolved to send Charnock to France to invite the late King James to invade this Kingdom with a Body of French Troops and to join the late King James upon his Landing here with 2000 Horse That the said Sir John Friend knew of the said Invation and had made Preparations to join the French upon their Landing and that he was acquainted with the Intended Assassination of his Majesty All which being fully and clearly proved against him he was found guilty of High Treason 3. 24. 1674 The States General present the Prince with two Millions of Florins in Consideration of the Liberty obtained for the Dutch by his Highness from Charles II. for the Herring Fishery dit 1696 Sir William Parkins was this Day tried at the Old Baily for High Treason and was charged to have received and accepted a Commission from the late King James for raising a Regiment of Horse that he had raised a Troop consisting of old Souldiers and had several old Officers that would go Volunteers under him was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Charnock and others where it was agreed to send Charnock to France to invite King James to invade the Kingdom c. That he did own to have seen and read a Commission written with K. James's own Hand for Raising and Levying War on the Person of King William that he was present at several Meetings and Consultations with Sir George Barclay Charnock and others for the Intended Assassination of his Majesty consented thereto and undertook to provide sive Horses for that Design and that a great quantity of Arms were found buried in his Orchard in Warwick-shire The Evidence being very full and clear against him he was found guilty of High-Treason and received Sentence of Death 4. 25. 1693 The Right Honourable Sir John Sommers Knight was made Lord Keeper of the Great Seal of England 4. 25. 1673 The Prince is obliged to take a Journey into Zealand to compose the Divisions that were in that Province which having ended to his Satisfaction his Highness returns to the Hague and takes a View in his way of Flushing L'Ecluse Bergopzoom Ardemburg Breda and Boisleduc 5. 26. 1689 The Convention of Scotland appoints a Committee of their Body composed of 8 Lords 8 Knights and 8 Burgesses to settle the Government   The Convention of Scotland ordered that the Militia of Horse and Foot of the whole Kingdom should be brought together and disposed into convenient Places to secure the Peace of the Country dit 1696 Four Conspirators against his Majesty's Person were this Day seized 6. 27. 1689 The States of Scotland gave a Commission in their Name to Major General Mackay to be Commander in chief of their Forces and to let the World know that they thought themselves the only Soveraigns of that Kingdom and that King James had
before to a Committee of the House of Commons who went to Newgate to examine them They were attended by three Jacobite Parsons who were so impudent as to give a full Absolution at the Gallows to those Criminals laying their Hands over their Heads tho they died impenitent of the horrid and hellish Crime they owned themselves guilty of 13. 3. 1696 The English Fleet having been several times forced back from the French Coasts by contrary Winds returned this Day before Calais under the Command of Sir Cloudesly Shovel who ordered Captain Benbow to bombard the Town which he did throwing about 400 Shells into the Town which set it on Fire in three or four Places and burnt several Ships in the Harbour The Enemy made a great Fire upon our Men and yet we had but 3 kill'd and 8 wounded Our Admiral intended to begin afresh the next Morning but he was blown by a violent Storm into the Downs This was done almost in sight of the late King James who since the Discovery of the Conspiracy against King William's Person Febr. 22. continued at Boulogn by Order of the French King in order to make some People believe that their Intended Invasion of England was not grounded upon the Assassination of his Majesty 14. 4. 1675 The Prince of Orange being recovered of a dangerous Distemper the States of Holland send their Deputies to congratulate his Highness upon the same desire him to take a greater Care of his Person and to give them Leave to appoint a Day of Thanksgiving for his Recovery 15. 5. 1675 The Province of Guelderland desired his Highness since he would not accept the Sovereignty of their Province to take on him the Dignity of their Stadtholder and Governour which they had likewise settled upon his Male Posterity for ever which his Highness consented to 16. 6. 1666 The States General of the Seven Vnited Provinces take upon them the Guardianship of the young Prince of Orange and made choice of six Noblemen to take care of his Education This Proceeding of the States was very acceptable to the People who look upon the Princes of the Illustrious House of Orange as their Tutelar Angels 17. 7 169â— This Day a special Commission of Oyer and Terminer was opened in the King's Bench at Westminster and the Jury being sworn they found a Bill of Indictment of High Treason against Major Lowick Captain Knightley Brigadeer Rookwood and Cranburne for imagining and designing the Murder and Assassination of the King After which the Grand Jury made a Presentment to the Court that ... Collier Shadrach Cook and ... Snett Clerks did take upon them to pronounce and give Absolution to Sir Will. Parkins and Sir John Friend at the time of their Execution at Tyburn immediately before they had severally delivered a Paper to the Sheriff of Middlesex wherein they have severally endeavour'd to justify the Treasons for which they were justly condemned and executed and that they the said Collier Cook and Snett have thereby countenanced the same Treasons for which the said Sir William Parkins and Sir John Friend have been executed to the great Incouragement of other Persons to commit the like Treasons and to the Scandal of the Church of England established by Law and to the Disturbance of the Peace of the Kingdom whereupon the Court ordered an Indictment to be preferr'd against them for the same 18. 8. 1696 Sadrach Cook and William Snett Clerks were this Day committed to Newgate for Suspicion of High Treason and Treasonable Practices dit 1691 His Majesty was pleased to create the Duke of Zell Knight of the Garter being then at the Hague and as a Mark of particular Kindness he put the Garter about his Leg with his own Royal Hand the Duke of Norfolk assisting to buckle it 19. 9. 1689 This Day the King came to the House of Lords and gave his Royal Assent to an Act for establishing the Coronation Oath to another for Naturalization of the most Noble Prince George of Denmark and settling his Precedence and to another Act for Naturalizing Frederick Count of Schomberg 19. 9. 1696 His Grace the Duke of Ormond was this Day by his Majesty's Command sworn one of the Lords of the Privy Council and accordingly took his Place at the Board 20. 10. 1689 The King was pleased to create his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark and Norway Baron of Ockingham Earl of Kendall and Duke of Cumberland 21. 11. 1689 This Day their Majesties William and Mary were crowned King and Queen of England France and Ireland in Westminster-Abbey by the Lord Bishop of London which Ceremony was performed with great Solemnity The Medals of the Coronation had on the Face the Effigies of the King and Queen and on the Reverse Jupiter darting his Thunderbolt at Phaeton with this Motto Ne totus absumatur Orbis To prevent the Ruin of the World or rather of the Liberties of Europe dit 1689 The Committee of the States of Scotland for settling the Government having made their Report and the Grievances and Instrument of Government being read and Histincty considered the whole States except some few that were absent with one Voice declar'd King William and Queen Mary King and Queen of Scotland in the same manner as was done in England and immediately thereafter the States assisted by the Lord Provost and the rest of the new Magistrates and Council of the City of Edinburgh in their Formalities and attended by Lion King at Arms and the Heralds Pursuivants and Trumpets went from the Parliament-House to the Cross and there with great Solemnity Splendor Acclamations and Expressions oâ— Joy proclaimed their Majesties King and Queen of Scotland the Duke of Hamilton the Duke oâ— Queensbury the Marquiss of Athâ—â— and the Marquiss of Douglest and many other Peers being upon the Cross with the Lorâ— Provost and the Magistrates The Evening was conclude with Bonfires c. 21. 11. 1696 Seigniors Soranzo and Veniâ—â— Ambassadors Extraordinary oâ— the Republick of Venice to 〈◊〉 Majesty King William arrived 〈◊〉 London 22. 12. 1689 The House of Commons walked from Westminster to the Banqueting House where they attended their Majesties to congratulate them upon their Coronation dit 1688 The Prince goes to meet the Elector of Saxony at Loo to confer with him about his intended Expedition and the Preparations the French were making to invade Germany 23. 13. 1689 The Convention of Scotland having proclaimed and declared their Majesties William and Mary King and Queen of Scotland a Proclamation was published this Day forbidding the Subjects of that Crown to presume to own or acknowledg the late King James the Seventh for their King or obey accept or assist any Commissions that may be emitted from him or any ways to correspond with him forbidding likewise to presume upon their highest Peril by Word Writing in Sermons or any other manner of Way to impugn or disown the Royal Authority of William and Mary King and Queen of Scotland 24. 14.
1674 The Prince of Orange arrived this Day at Vtrecht to compose some Difference in the Town where he was received with all imaginable Respect the Burghers appearing on that Occasion in Arms. His Highness thought fit to remove the old Magistrates and choose new ones which was very acceptable to the Inhabitants and ended all the Troubles of that City 25. 15. 1689 Admiral Herbert with the Fleet under his Command appears before Kingsale whereupon Colonel Mackillicut Governor of the Place prepared to retire thinking that it was the French Fleet which pursuant to an Agreement between King James and the French King was coming to take Possession of that Town 26. 16. 1696 This Day being appointed for a General and Solemn Thanksgiving to Almighty God for his great Goodness and Mercy in discovering and delivering his Majesty from the late Horrid and Barbarous Conspiracy of Papists and other Traiterous Persons to Assassinate and Murder his Majesty's Sacred Person and from an Invasion intended by the French upon this Kingdom whereby not only the Destruction of his Majesty's Royal Person was plotted and intended but also the total Subversion of the Government and of the Religion Laws and Liberties of this Kingdom the same was religiously observed in the Cities of London and Westminster with great Marks of Loyalty and Affection to his Majesty and his Government and at Night there were Illuminations Bonfires and other publick Rejoicings sutable to the Occasion 27. 17. 1696 The King constituted the Right Honourable Thomas Earl of Stamford Lord Lieutenant of the County of Devon and the Earl of Radnor Lord Lieutenant of the County of Cornwal 28. 18. 1689 The Right Honourable the Earl of Shrewsbury Principal Secretary of State was this Day constituted Lord Lieutenant of the County of Worcester dit 1690 Sir Cloudesly Shovel in his Majesty's Ship the Monk the Monmouth Yacht and a Fireship came to an Anchor in Dublin-Bay and having discovered a Ship a Mile within the Bar Sir Cloudesly Shovel being on Board the Monmouth went over the Bar with the Pinnace of the Man of War and a Ketch whereupon the said Ship removed a Mile higher and ran a-ground within a Musket-shot of a French Man of War of 12 Guns and 2 or 3 English Ships that lay a-ground silled with Soldiers who sired briskly at Sir Cloudesly However the English attacked her and after some Dispute having observed that Sir Cloudesly had made a Signal for a Fireship the Enemy â—â—rsook their Ship and get away in their Boats The English got her off but in their return oâ—â— of their Boats run aground whereupon the late King James with his Guards and many People came upon the Shore but the English who stood in their Boats made so vigorous a Defence that the Irish durst not come near them The Ship that was taken was called the Pelican the biggest of two Scots Frigats the French had taken the Year before and carried 20 Guns 29. 19. 1689 The Earl of Dundee having absented himself from Edinburgh without Leave of the Convention the States sent 200 Horse after him and ordered the Country People to seize him The Duke of Gourdon persisting in his Resolution of holding Edinburgh Castle for the late King James and Major General Mackay being ordered to besiege it two Batteries of Cannon and Mortars were raised this Day against it The States appoint also the Colonels of Six new Regiments raised in their Name 30. 20. 1692 The Elector Palatine having remained two or three Days at Loo with his Majesty went away this Day for Dusseldorp assuring the King that he would give immediate Orders to his Troops to be in a Readiness to march whither and when his Majesty should command May.   ◠21. 1696 This Day Ambrose Rookwood and Charles Cranburne having been indicted for High Treason for Conspiring to Assassinate his Majesty were brought to their Trials at the King's Bench Bar Each of them had a Copy of their Indictment and two Counsel to plead for them The Evidence for the King was very clear and full and it was plainly proved that the late K. James employed several Persons to act under Sir George Barclay in the intended Assassination of his Majesty and sent them over to England for that Purpose The Prisoners had nothing material to say in their own Defence and so the Jury found them guilty of High Treason 2. 22. 1696 Robert Lowick indicted for High Treason for Conspiring to Assassinate his Majesty was this Day brought to his Trial at the King's Bench Bar and the Matters charged against him being fully proved the Jury found him guilty of High Treason and â—e Rookwood and Cranburne condemned the Day before had the Judgment pronounced against them which is usual in Cases of High Treason dit 1691 The King was pleased in Consideration of the many good and acceptable Services of Mainhardt Count of Schomberg and the late Duke of Schomberg his Father to create him Baron of Mullingar Earl of Bangor and Duke of Leinster in the Kingdom of Ireland dit 1673 The Prince of Orange set out from the Hague to view all the Towns and Fortresses of Holland 3. 23. 1695 This Day came Advice that Captain Killegrew in the Plymouth and five other English Frigats being a cruising in the Channel of Maltha met with two French Men of War viz. the Trident of 64 Guns and the Content of 54 Captain Killegrew engag'd them alone for a considerable time and being joined by another Frigat obliged the French to surrender and brought them to Messina 4. 24. 1689 This Day the States of Scotland named the Earl of Argyle Sir James Montgomery of Skelmerley and Sir John Dalrymple their Commissioners to go for England to offer the Crown of Scotland to their Majesties 5. 25. 1689 Their Majesties taking into their most serious Consideration the deplorable Condition of the French Protestants issued out this Day the following Proclamation in their Behalf   William R.   WHereas it has pleased God Almighty to deliver the Realm of England and the Subjects thereof from the Persecution lately threatning them for their Religion and from the Oppression and Destruction which the Subversion of their Laws and the Arbitrary Exercise of Power and Dominion over them had very near introduced We finding in our Subjects a true and just Sense thereof and of the Miseries and Oppressions the French Protestants lie under for their Relief and to incourage them that shall be willing to transport themselves their Families and Estates into this our Kingdom We do hereby declare that all French Protestants that shall seek their Refuge in and transport themselves into this our Kingdom shall not only have our Royal Protection for themselves Families and Estates within this our Realm but we will also do our Endeavour in all reasonable Ways and Means so to support aid and assist them in their several and respective Trades and ways of Livelihood as that their living and
Nimeguen was but an Artifice of the French King to break the Confederacy and then put into execution the Project he had form'd of the Universal Monarchy His Highness did Wonders in the Action and being in the midst of the Enemy a French Officer was going to shoot him with a Pistol but was prevented by Monsieur Dauverquerque who shot the French-man dead A great Officer of the French Army who was in the Engagement was so charmed with the Conduct and Courage of the Prince that he said that he esteem'd this the only Heroick Action that had been done in the whole Course or Progress of the War The English Forces behaved themselves to Admiration and the Earl of Ossery who commanded them gave extraordinary Proofs both of his Prudence and Valour The Duke of Monmouth arrived in the Camp two Hours before the Engagement and accompanied his Highness every where 5. 5. 1678 The Prince having signified to the Mareschal de Luxemburgh the Advices he had received that Morning of the Peace being concluded at Nimeguen that General desired to see the Prince which was agreed to and they met in the Field at the Head of their chief Officers where all passed with the Civilities that became the Occasion and with great Curiosity of the French to see and croud about a young Prince who had made so much Noise in the World and had the Day before given Life and Vigour to such a desperate Action as all Men esteemed this Battel of St. Denis 'T is observable that Monsieur de Luxemburgh tho a Duke Peer and Mareschal of France and General of the French Army shew'd such a Respect for his Highness that he never put on his Hat while he was with him and that seeing the Count d' Auvergne Brother to the Duke de Bouillon who claims the Title of Prince covering himself he sent him back to his Post to teach him better Manners He made a short but very fine Speech to the Prince and parted with the greatest Marks of Respect that could have been expected dit 1692 The Confederate Army commanded by the Duke of Savoy the Marquiss de Leganez Count Caprara and Duke of Schomberg having forced their Way into Dauphine taken Guillestre and several other Passes obliged the Garison of Ambrun to surrender that Place this Day and by an Article of the Capitulation it was agreed that no Officer or Souldier except the Marquiss de Larray and three more should serve during the Campaign As soon as the Place was delivered the Duke of Schomberg caused Monsieur du Bourdieu Minister of the French Church of the Savoy and then his Chaplain to preach in the Town and all the new Converts Inhabitants thereof and of the Neighbourhood assisted at the Divine Service with an incredible Joy which sheweth how little Reason the Papists have to boast of the pretended Conversion performed by their booted Missionaries 16. 6. Â 17. 7. 1695 The King pressing very hard the Castle of Namur and the French daring not attack our Lines to oblige his Majesty to raise the Siege they thought to compass their Design at an easier rate and accordingly the Mareschal de Villeroy having reinforced his Army with the Garisons of the Frontier Places marched the 13th Instant N. S. to Anderlecht near Brussels to bombard the Place expecting that the King would immediately leave Namur to relieve Brussels Prince Vaudemont who observed his Motions arrived at the same time in the Place and disposed his Army as he thought fit to hinder the French from attacking the Town otherwise than by their Bombs The Elector of Bavaria came also to the Place to give the necessary Orders to quench the Fire and prevent the Disorders that might happen on such an occasion The same Day between twelve and one of the Clock the Mareschal de Villeroy having made all the Preparations for executing his Design sent an impertinent Letter by a Trumpet to the Prince de Bergues Governour of Brussels wherein he said that his Master being full of Goodness towards his Subjects had sent him to bombard Brussels as a Means to put a stop to the bombarding of his Maritime Places by the Fleet of the Prince of Orange that it was with Reluctancy that he was necessitated to make use of Reprisals and therefore if he could be assured that his Sea-Ports should be no more bombarded he would forbear bombarding Brussels desiring to know in what part of the Town the Electoress of Bavaria was being forbid to fire there giving time for an Answer till 5 a Clock in the Evening The Governour having communicated that Message to the Elector of Bavaria he returned an Answer to this purpose That he could not give a direct Answer to the Declaration he had sent him concerning the bombarding of Brussels and the Reason alledged for it since it regarded the King of Great Britain who was before the Castle of Namur but that if he would give a longer time his Electoral Highness would procure an Answer in 24 Hours and that the Electoress was in the King's Palace As the Message of Villeroy was only to throw the Odium of that Bombardment upon his Majesty and for no other purpose since he knew very well that the Elector of Bavaria and less still the Governour of Brussels could not promise what he demanded the French begun to throw their Bombs and fire their red hot Bullets at 5 a Clock and continued till the 15th N. S. at 9 in the Morning and destroyed most of the lower Town but could not reach the Magazines and this Day their Army retired towards Enghien The Paris Gazetteer wrote a very impudent Manifesto wherein he endeavour'd to insinuate that the English were the first who put in practice that barbarous way of destroying Towns out his Lies had not the Success he expected for the bombarding of Genoa in time of Peace several Years before this War and the horrid Ravages committed by them in the Palatinate Piemont and other Parts were too fresh in the Memory of Men to be effaced by that mercenary Pen. The Electoress of Bavaria was so frighted that she miscarried of a Boy to the unspeakable Grief of the Elector Few People were killed in the Town but the French lost a pretty many 18. 8. 1690 This Day was fought a Battel between the Duke of Savoy and Monsieur Catinat at Staffarde which lasted eight Hours but the Duke of Savoy was forced to retire as orderly as he could towards Carmagnole leaving to the French the Field of Battel and 3 or 4 Pieces of Cannon His Baggage was saved and the Loss was pretty equal on both sides and much about the same time the Vaudois defeated the French and beat them out of their Vallies 19. 9. 1678 The States General taking into their Consideration the great Service Monsieur D'auverquerque had done in preserving the Person of his Highness the Prince of Orange and killing a French Officer who was ready to shoot his Highness in
Parole His Valet de Chambre who accompanied him saved his Life to the Expence of his own which Zeal and Fidelity deserveth to be admired especially in this Age. 5. 25. 1689 The Ambassadors of the States of Holland had this Day their Publick Audience of Leave of their Majesties with all the Ceremonies that are observed at the publick Audiences of Ambassadors from Crowned Heads 6. 26. 1688 The French King having invaded the Palatinate and the Empire without any Provocation or Declaration of War the Dauphin arrived this Day before Philipsburgh which had been before invested by the French dit 1696 His Majesty came to Kensington from his Campagn in Flanders having landed at Margate this Morning at 1 a Clock 7. 27. 1691 The Garison of Limerick having demanded to capitulate the Governour sent Articles to General Ginkel who rejected them and sent them 12 Articles and let them know that he would grant no others ordering immediately a new Battery to be raised dit 1696 The Neutrality for Italy was signed this Day by Count Mansfeld in the Name of the Emperor the Marquiss de Leganez for the King of Spain and the Marquiss de St. Thomas for the Duke of Savoy by which it is agreed that there shall be a Suspension of Arms in Italy till a General Peace that the Siege of Valence which was besieged ever since the 17th ultimo by the Duke of Savoy should be immediately raised and that the Allies should march out of Italy 300000 Pistols being paid them in lieu of Winter-quarters The Conduct of the Duke of Savoy can hardly be parallel'd in History for he was the greatest part of this Summer at the Head of the Allies and towards the latter end of it we have seen him Generalissimo of the French invading the Country of the Allies who had so generously defended his against the Tyranny of the French 8. 28. 1688 King James having certain Advice that the Preparations made in Holland were designed against him issued out this Day a Proclamation whereby he declared that tho he had notice some time before of the intended Invasion of the Dutch yet he had always declined any Foreign Succours relying upon the true and antient Courage Faith and Allegiance of his People with whom he had often ventured his Life for the Honour of this Nation and in whose Defence he was resolved to live and die He recalled also the Writs issued out for the Election of the Members of Parliament which was to meet in November following dit 1690 The Earl of Marlborough being reinforced by the Duke of Wirtemberg and a Detachment of the Grand Army carried on the Siege of Cork with so much Vigour that the Garison was obliged to capitulate having Reason to fear they should be put to the Sword our Men having posted themselves very near the Wall They demanded the usual Terms of Capitulations but were denied and the General sent them word that he would allow them no other Conditions than to be Prisoners of War which they submitted to and accordingly delivered the Fort to the English The Garisom was near 5000 strong The Duke of Grafton with the Lord O Brian Colonel Granville Captain Cornwal Captain Neville and several other Sea-Officers went to the Attack as Volunteers and behaved themselves with an extraordinary Bravery but the Duke received a morcal Wound of which he died some Days after justly lamented for his great Valour 9. 29. 1674 The Germans having resused to fight the French at Oudenarde and thereby disappointed the Designs of the Prince of Orange his Highness left Flanders and came this Day before Grave with 2000 Horse to press the Siege of that important Place which was carried on by General Rabenhaut dit 1690 The Irish quitted the Town of Kingsale upon the Approach of a Detachment of the English sent by the Earl of Marlborough from Cork dit 1691 This Day the Town of Carmagnole in Piemont surrendred to the Confederate Army commanded by the Elector of Bavaria and the Duke of Savoy dit 1693 The Peace of the Lower Saxony being in great Danger of being disturbed by the Death of the Duke of Saxe Lawâ—nburg because of the several Pretenders to that Succession his Majesty of Great Britain the King of Sweden the States of Holland and the Elector of Brandenburgh interposed their Mediation betwixt the King of Denmark and the House of Lunenburg and this Day a Treaty was signed at Hamburgh whereby the Danes withdrew their Army from before Ratzeburgh which they had already besieged and the Princes of Lunenburgh obliged themselves to raze the Fortifications of that Place which had given a great Umbrage to the King of Denmark 10. 30. 1688 His Highness the Prince of Orange gave this Day his Declaration at the Hague containing the Reasons inducing him to appear in Arms in England for preserving the Protestant Religion the Laws and Liberties of the Kingdoms of England Scotland and Ireland This Declaration sets forth King James's most notorious Breaches of the Original Contract between the King and the People and of his Coronation-Oath the Invitation made to his Highness by many of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons to come to their Relief and the Prince's Intention to join with the People of England and oblige the King to call a Free Parliament to redress those intolerable Grievances and inquire into the Legitimacy of the Prince of Wales which as his Highness says was suspected by the greatest part of the Nation  October  11. 1. 1690 The Earl of Marlborough sat down this Day before Kingsale 12. 2. 1688 King James being very sensible that his Arbitrary Government had alienated from him the Hearts of his Subjects thought there was no better way to disappoint the Designs of the Prince of Orange than to redress the Grievances of the Nation and in order thereto sent this Day for the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Sheriffs of London to Whitehall where he told them that out of his Concern for the Peace and Welfare of the City and as a Mark of the great Confidence he had in them at a time when the Kingdom was threatned with an Invasion he had resolved to restore to them their antient Charter and Privileges and to put them into the same Condition they were in at the Time of the Judgment pronounced against them upon the Quo warranto   The same Day a General Pardon was published in which about 17 Persons were excepted dit 1689 The Town of Bon surrendred this Day to the Confederate Army commanded by the Elector of Brandenburgh the French having lost therein about 3000 Men. dit 1690 The two Houses of Parliament met this Day at Westminster where his Majesty made a most gracious Speech on the Transactions of the last Campaign and the necessity of encreasing our Preparations for the next dit  The Old Fort of Kingsale was this Day stormed and taken by the English 13. 3. 1688 This Day the Archbishop
King found himself in a favourable Juncture to compass that barbarous Design The late K. James a Bigot to the Romish Church was then upon the English Throne and could not but be charmed with the Destruction of the Protestants The Emperor who perhaps would have espoused their Party by a Principle of Politicks was imbroiled in a War with the Turks The Lutheran Princes look'd upon that bloody Tragedy with Indifferency and the States General the Switzers the Elector of Brandenburgh and the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel who alone durst express some publick Marks of their pitying the Misfortunes of their Brethren were not able to cope alone with so powerful an Enemy as the French King but they opened their Arms to receive those who fled away whom they relieved with an extraordinary Charity The Prince of Orange seemed more concerned than all the rest at the Ruine of those Churches but being not able to prevent it he desired the States to settle a Fund for the Ministers and Officers who should retire into their Country which was accordingly done He was no sooner come to the English Throne but he invited as many of that Nation as would come and has been a constant Father to them and recommended them very often to his Parliament I must do also the Refugees Justice and own that they have served him very faithfully I must not forget neither to take notice of the Extraordinary Kindness the French Protestants received from the English tho in a Popish Reign and one may boldly say that never so great a Sum of Money was raised upon account of Charity as was then I had forgot almost to give an Instance of the French King's Sincerity in the Preamble of the Edict for annulling that of Nantz wherein he tells us that his Grandfather Henry IV. had given only that Edict with a Design to reconcile the Protestants to the Romish Church and that it had been his Design ever since his coming to the Throne from whence it follows that when he swore the Observation of it he made a false Oath tho it would be very well for him if he had not used himself to it sitâ—â—e 'T is observable that the Papists could not find a Pretence to use the Protestants as they did and gave no other Reason for it but their Zeal for their Religion One thing I 'll observe more that tho above 500000 Witnesses attested the bloody Persecutions that had been committed in France the Bishop of Meaux and some other brazen Faces have had the Impudence to deny it 19. 9. 1677 His Highness the Prince of Orange attended by 4 English and several Dutch Men of War having sailed the Day before from Helvoetsluce landed this Day at Harwich with a great Retinue where he was received and complimented by the Duke of Albemarle and Sir Charles Cotterel Master of the Ceremonies from whence he went immediately to New-Market to meet the King and the Duke of York there by whom he was received with extraordinary Marks of Respect and Kindness 20. 10. 1695 His Majesty having settled the State of the War in Holland for the Year 1696. and conferred with the Elector of Brandenburgh and some other Princes landed this Day at Margate being attended in his Passage by a Squadron of Men of War under the Command of Sir Cloudesly Shovel 21. 11. 1692 His Majesty returned this Evening from Flanders to the Hague where he was gone back upon Advice that the French were marching to Charleroy but the Mareschal de Boufflers having notice thereof did not think fit to sit down before that Place and contented himself to throw some few Bombs into it which did very little Damage dit 1695 His Majesty arrived here this Evening from Holland being received with the usual Acclamations of his People   The same Night a Council was called at Kensington wherein he was pleased to order a Proclamation to be issued for dissolving the Parliament and calling another to be held at Westminster on Friday the 22d of November next   The same Day Sir George Rook with a Squadron of Men of War and a great Fleet of Merchant Ships sailed from St. Helens for the Straits to take upon him the Command of the Confederate Fleet Admiral Russel having desired to be recalled 22. 12. 1672 The Prince of Orange having several Days followed the Duke de Duras made a Feint to besiege Tongeren to draw him to a Battel and accordingly sat down this Day before that Place 23. 13. 1677 The Prince of Orange arrived here this Day from New-market with the King and the Duke of York and was welcom'd with the loud Acclamations of the People 24. 14. 1688 His Highness the Prince of Orange having Advice that upon the Noise of his Preparations King James had begun to retract some of his Arbitrary Proceedings and made void some of his unjust Decrees by a due Sense of his own Guilt and Distrust of his own Forces and that the Subverters of the Laws of England had given out that his Highness came to conquer and enslave the Nation his Highness thought fit to put out an Additional Declaration to confute those Insinuations of his Enemies and shew how little King James's Word was to be credited 25. 15. 1688 The pretended Prince of Wales was baptized this Day in the Chappel of St. James's and named James Francis Edward the Nuncio standing his Godfather for the Pope and the Queen Dowager his Godmother 26. 16. 1674 The strong Town of Grave surrendred this Day to his Highness the Prince of Orange in which were found 450 Pieces of Cannon and an incredible Quantity of Ammunition The Garison marched out the next Day to the â—umber of 4000 Men besides a great many wounded dit 1688 King James having declared on the 12th Instant his Resolution to preserve the Church of England in all its Rights and Immunities and signified his Pleasure to the Bishop of Winchester as Visitor of St. Mary Magdalen College in Oxford to settle that Society regularly his Lordship went down accordingly and was received with great Joy by the University and caused a Citation to be fixed on the College-Gates recalling the former Fellows But as this Affection of King James to the Church of England proceeded only from the Fears he had of the Prince of Orange he countermanded the Bishop upon the false News that was spread in Town that the Fleet of the Prince had been so disabled in a Storm that they would never be able to put to Sea till the next Spring 27. 17. 1688 King James put out a Proclamation this Day for restoring Corporations to their antient Charters Liberties Rights and Franchises dit 1690 The New Fort of Kingsale having capitulated the 15th the Garison marched out this Day to the number of 1100 Men and were conducted to Limerick Thus in less than a Month's time we took two important Places and which the Enemy had the greater Interest to defend because of their
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
not a mind to serve such Masters then stand not by and see your Country-men perish when they are endeavouring to defend you   I promise this on my Word of Honour to every Tenant that goes along with me that if he fall I will make his Lease as good to his Family as it was when he went from home The thing then which I desire and your Country does expect from you is this that every Man that has a tolerable Horse or can procure one will meet me on Boden-Downs to Morrow where I rendezvouze but if any of you is rendred unable by reason of Age or any other just Excuse then that he would mount a fitter Person and put five Pounds in his Pocket Those that have not nor cannot procure a Horse let them stay at home and assist with their Purses and send it to me with a Particular of every Man's Contribution I impose on no Man but let him lay his Hand on his Heart and consider what he is willing to give to recover his Religion and Liberty and to such I promise and to all that go along with me that if we prevail I will be as industrious to have him recompensed for his Charge and Hazard as I will be to seek it for my self This Advice I give to all that stay behind that when you hear the Papists have committed any Outrage or any Rising that you will get together for it is better to meet the Danger than expect it I have no more to say but that I am willing to lose my Life in the Cause if God see it good for I never was unwilling to die for my Religion and Country   This excellent Speech I mention because of the Effect it had on the People for a great Number of Men repaired the next Day to my Lord Delamere on Boden-Downs and followed his Lordship 27. 17. 1688 The Archbishop of Canterbury with 12 Temporal and 6 other Spiritual Lords waited this Day upon King James with an humble Petition beseeching his Majesty to call a Free Parliament with all speed for redressing the Grievances of the Nation and in the mean time to use all possible Means to prevent the Effusion of Christian Blood The King answered them that what they asked of him he did most passionately desire and promised them upon the Faith of a King that he would call such a Parliament as soon as the Prince had quitted England pretending that otherwise it was impossible that a Parliament should be free in all its Circumstances This Answer was not satisfactory to the People who discovered thereby an invincible Aversion in King James to a Free Parliament and as to his Promise he had broke his Word too often to be trusted and therefore every one concluded that there was no other way left but to join with the Prince to obtain what Justice ought to have obliged King James to do dit 1688 The same Day in the Afternoon the King left the City and with his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark went to Windsor and the next day towards Salisbury where his Army was arrived under the Command of the Earl of Feversham He appointed the Privy Council to meet in his Absence for the Dispatch of all Affairs as Occasion should require 28. 18.  29. 19. 1688 King James arrived at Salisbury being met about a Mile from the Town by the Earl of Feversham General of his Forces the Duke of Berwick Sir John Fenwick and other Officers 30. 20. 1688 This Day happen'd a Rencounter at Wincannon between a Party of the Prince's Army consisting of about 30 Men of Mackay's Regiment commanded by Lieutenant Cambell and a Party of 50 Dragoons and Granadeers and 70 Horse of King James's commanded by Colonel Sarsfield where notwithstanding the Inequality of the Numbers the former fought with that desperate Bravery that it struck a Terror into the Minds of King James's Army Sarsfield retired in great Precipitation hearing from a Miller's Man that the Dutch were near him I would not have mentioned this trifling thing were it not the first Action between the two Armies December   1. 21. 1688 The English Fleet commanded by the Lord Dartmouth which was sailed to the Westward to observe the Dutch Fleet was this Day forced back to Spithead by very tempestuous Weather 2. 22. 1688 This Day King James put out a Proclamation of Pardon for such of his Subjects who had taken up Arms against him and joined with the Prince of Orange in a most unnatural Invasion but this Pardon was regarded by no body and slighted by such whom he had a mind to recal The Reader may observe here that unnatural Invasion was the constant Expression they made use of to signify his Highness's Design dit  The same Day the Nobility Gentry and Commonalty of the Northern Counties of England being assembled in Arms at Nottingham made a Declaration to inform their Protestant Fellow Subjects of the Grounds of their Undertaking wherein they declare that the very Fundamentals of our Religion Liberties and Properties are about to be routed by the King 's Jesuitical Privy Council as was too apparent 1. By the King's dispensing with all the established Laws at his Pleasure 2. By displacing all Officers out of all Offices of Trust and Advantage and placing others in their room that are known Papists deservedly made incapable by the established Laws of the Land 3. By destroying the Charters of most Corporations 4. By discouraging all Persons that are not Papists and preferring such as turn to Popery 5. By displacing all honest and conscientious Judges unless they would contrary to their Conscience declare that to be Law which was merely Arbitrary 6. By branding all Men with the Name of Rebels that offered but to justify the Laws in a legal Course against the Arbitrary Proceedings of the King or any of his corrupt Ministers 7. By burdening the Nation with an Army to maintain the Violation of the Rights of the Subjects and by discountenancing the established Religion 8. By forbidding the Subjects the Benefit of petitioning and construing them Libellers so rendring the Laws a Nose of Wax to serve their Arbitrary Ends. They conclude afterwards that not being willing to deliver their Posterity over to such a Condition of Popery and Slavery as the aforesaid Oppressions do inevitably threaten they will to the utmost of their Power oppose the same by joining with the Prince of Orange whom God Almighty had sent to rescue the Nation from the aforesaid Oppressions And to prevent their being branded with the Name of Rebels they declare they own it Rebellion to resist a King that governs by Law but that he was always accounted a Tyrant that made his Will the Law and to resist such an one they justly esteem no Rebellion but a necessary Defence dit 1688 The Prince of Orange having sufficiently refreshed his Army at Exeter decamped this Day and marched towards Salisbury where K.
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
Members of Parliament in K. Charles's Reign met at Westminster by the Prince's Advice and presented him an Address of Thanks for rescuing the Nation desiring him to take upon him the Government till January 22. and in the mean time to issue out Letters for the Meeting of a Convention and take into his Care the Condition of Ireland 7. 1689 28. 1688 He issues out his Letters for electing Members for the Convention 8. 29.  9. 1689 30. 1688 The Prince puts out his Proclamation authorizing Sheriffs Justices of Peace c. to act 10. 1678 31. 1677 This Day a Treaty between England and Holland was concluded at the Hague in order to reestablish Peace in Christendom and oblige the French King to grant reasonable Terms to the Crown of Spain c.  January  11. 1.  12. 2. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes a Declaration for the better collecting the Revenue 13. 3. 1689 The Lord Dartmouth brings back the English Fleet into the Downs 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Prince of Orange publishes an Order for the regular Election of Convention Men. dit 1691 King William prorogues the English Parliament 16. 6. 1691 His Majesty sets out for Holland to confer with several Confederate Princes but the Wind turning contrary he is forced to come back 17. 7. 1672 The States General appoint John de Wit Mynheer Beverning and Mynheer Fagel to draw up the Commission of Captain General 18. 8. 1651 The States General meet to dispose of the Places vacant by the Prince of Orange's Death dit 1689 The Prince puts out a Proclamation at London for quartering of Souldiers 19. 9. 1672 The Prince is proclaimed Captain General of Holland and Westfrizeland 20. 10. 1672 The Prince sets out from the Hague to view the Fortresses of the States and order the Magistrates of the several Provinces dit 1689 The Scots Lords present an Address to the Prince to take the Government of their Kingdom upon him till March next and to issue out his Letters for calling the States of Scotland to meet the 14th of the said Month. 21. 11.  22. 12. 1674 The States of Holland encrease the Houshold of his Royal Highness and the Number of his Guards 23. 13. 1673 The Prince presents the States with his tenth Part of all Prizes to be applied to the Defence of the Country 24. 14. 1689 The Prince of Orange being waited upon by the Scots Lords tells them that he has given all necessary Orders for the Security of their Kingdom 25. 15. 1679 He returns to the Hague having visited the Fortifications of Naerden and other Places in the Provinces of Vtrecht and Holland 26. 16. 1691 The King goes on board a second time for Holland attended by the Dukes of Norfolk and Ormond the Earls of Portland Dorset and Devonshire the Bishop of London and other Lords 27. 17.  28. 18.  29. 19. 1675 The States of Vtrecht sent their Deputies to advise the Prince to accept of the Soveraignty of Guelderland and Zutphen 30. 20. 1691 His Majesty comes in sight of the Dutch Coasts with 12 Men of War and 7 Yatchs but the Ships being unable to come nigh the Shore by reason of the Ice he takes a small Shalop to go on shore wherein he continued for 18 Hours together in a dark Night without view of Land or his Fleet exposed at once to die for Hunger to perish with Cold to be drowned at every Stroke his small Pinnace made against the Ice and to be taken Prisoner by every Pirate The Danger his Majesty was exposed to wholly dispirited his Attendants and seeing one of the Seamen who seemed to succumb under the Pressures of Cold Weariness and Fear he rouzed him up with this Expression What! dost thou fear to die in my Company An Expression very like to that used by Cesar in the Sicilian Strait Quid times Caesarem vehis Fortunam Caesaris and which had the same Effect for the Seamen being thereby encouraged surmounted all Difficulties and set his Majesty on Shore 31. 21. 1691 He arrives at the Hague incognito where nevertheless he is received with extraordinary Demonstrations of Joy It was the first time he came thither since crowned King of England and the States designed him the most magnificent Reception these last Ages have seen but his Majesty declined it dit 1697 This Day his Majesty was pleased to create the Honourable Arnold Joost Van Keppel an Earl Viscount and Baron of this Kingdom by the Title and Stile of Earl of Albemarle Viscount Bury and Baron of Ashford   The same Day his Majesty was pleased to appoint the Lord Viscount Gallway one of the Lords Justices of Ireland February   1. 22. 1689 The Convention of the States of England met at Westminster the Marquiss of Hallifax was chosen Speaker by the Lords and Henry Powle Esq by the Commons Both Houses desired the Prince to take on him the Administration of the Government for a farther time and ordered a Thanksgiving day to be kept Jan. 31. Old Stile in London and Feb. 14. throughout England for the Deliverance of the Nation The Prince sent a Letter to the House of Lords about setling the Government 2. 23. 1674 The States of Holland and West-Frizeland declare the Place of Governour Captain General and Admiral of their Provinces possessed by his Highness hereditary in his Male-Posterity   The same Day the States of Zealand did the like and also made the Dignity of first Nobleman bestowed upon his Highness hereditary He was a few Days after complimented thereupon by K. Charles II's Envoy 3. 24.  4. 25. 1677 At the Request of the States General he goes to Groâ—ingen attended by some of their Deputies to compose the Divisions that were in that Town 5. 26. 1679 This Day the Treaty of Peace between the Empire and France was signed at Nimeguen dit 1691 His Majesty was obliged at the States Desires and the Peoples Importunities to make a publick Entry inâ—â—â—he Hague which was performed with all the Solemnity imaginable 6. 27. 1691 He gives Audieâ—ce to several Princes and Deputies of the Cities of Holland 7. 28. 1689 The House of Commons resolves that K. James H. having endeavoured to subvert the Constitution of the Kingdom by breaking the Original Contract between King and People and by the Advice oâ— Jesuits and other wicked Persons having violated the Fundamental Laws and withdrawn himself out of the Kingdom has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is thereby become vacant dit 1691 His Majesty assists at the Assembly of the States of Holland and Westfrizeland of the States General and at the Council of State where he receives extraordinary Marks of Respect dit 1697 Sir John Fenwick Baronet attainted of High Treason for conspiring against the King and betraying his Country to the French was beheaded this Day on Tower-Hill 8. 29. 1689 The House of Lords being in a great Debate on
the State of the Nation the following Question was proposed Whether a Regency with the Administration of Regal Power under the Name and Stile of King James the Second during the Life of the said K. James be the best and safest way to preserve the Protestant Religion and the Laws of the Kingdom Upon which the House divided Contents 48 Non Contents 51.   February 11. 1. 1661 Charles II. demands from the States some Papers which the Princess of Orange his Sister had committed to his Care by her Will till the young Prince should come to Age but the States refused it as being themselves Guardians to the Prince This was the beginning or Pretence of a Breach between them 12. 2. 1651 The States General the Provinces of Holland and Zealand and the Cities of Amsterdam Delst and Harlem are desired to stand Godfathers to the Prince of Orange dit 1689 The Convention forbids the keeping of the 6th of February a Thanksgiving-Day as it was before it being the Day that K. James was proclaimed   The same Day a prodigious number of People go to Westminster to desire the Convention to crown the Prince and Princess of Orange 13. 3. 1689 The Prince sends 12 Men of War for Holland to bring the Princess into England 14. 4.  15. 5. 1689 The Commons desire a Free Conference with the Lords concerning the Abdication of King James II. and the Vacancy of the Throne which was long debated between the two Houses 16. 6. 1691 The Electors of Bavaria and Brandenburgh the Duke of Zell the Landgrave of Hesse Cassel the Marquiss de Gasbanaga Governour of the Spanish Netherlands and several other Great Lords come to the Hague to wait on his Majesty and confer together about the Affairs of the Alliance Never was a more illustrious Assembly there being about 50 Princes or Generals of Armies 14 English Lords above 30 Ambassadors and a great number of Princesses and other great Ladies 17. 7. 1689 The Lords agree with the Commons that King James has abdicated the Government and that the Throne is vacant dit 1676 The Elector of Brandenburgh proposes to the Prince a Match between his Highness and the Princess of Radzevill nearly related to the Elector who had a vast Fortune 18. 8.  19. 9. 1674 This Day was concluded a Treaty of Peace at Westminster between K. Charles II. and the States General of the United Netherlands The Marquiss del Frezno Ambassador of the King of Spain was Plenipotentiary for the Dutch 20. 10. 1675 The Prince being arrived at Arnhem where the Nobility and States of Guelderland were assembled he went to their Assembly and returned to them his Thanks for the Offers they had made unto him of the Sovereignty of those Provinces with the Title of Duke of Guelderland and Count of Zutphen for fear as he was pleased to express himself of occasioning Mistrust and lest his Enemies should accuse him of acting only for his own private Interest dit 1675 The States of the said Province elected his Highness their hereditary Governour which he accepted 21. 11. 1671 The Dutchess of York being brought to bed of a Girl the Prince of Orange is desired to stand her Godfather 22. 12. 1689 The Princess of Orange lands at Whitehall being received by several Lords and Ladies with the Acclamations of the People and all Demonstrations of Joy 23. 13. 1689 The Lords and Commons attend the Prince and Princess of Orange at the Banqueting-House at Whitehall and offer them the Imperial Crown of England and Ireland and all other Dominions thereunto belonging which being accepted they were the same day proclaimed in the Cities of London and Westminster with the usual Ceremonies by the Name of William and Mary 24. 14. 1689 King William makes choice of his Privy Council dit 1671 The Prince sets out from London for Holland attended by the Earl of Ossery dit 1672 He accepts the Dignity of Captain General of the Vnited Provinces dit 1689 King William puts out a Proclamation for the collecting of the Publick Revenue 25. 15. 1672 He took the Oath before the States General as Captain General dit 1696 A Company of Villains sent from France resolve to assassinate his Majesty in a narrow Lane near Turnham-Green as he should come from Hunting but by the good Providence of God his Majesty did not go out this Day as he used to do 26. 16.  27. 17. 1674 The Prince having considerably encreased his Army obliges the French to abandon Nimeguen Zutphea Arnhem Till and the Fort Schenck 28. 18. 1689 King William made a Speech to the Lords and Commons at Westminster it being the first time that he appeared as King in the House of Lords March   29. 19.  1. 20.  2. 21. He sent back part of the Dutch Forces for Holland 3. 22. 1689 King William issues out a Proclamation ordering the Irish Rebels to lay down their Arms by April next following dit 1696 The King having notice of the Design of the Conspirators against his Sacred Person forbears to go a Hunting They had resolved to murder his Majesty in a narrow Lane at Turnham-Green and were commanded by Sir George Barclay sent over by King James and the French King for that Villanous Design 4. 23. 1689 The King gives his Royal Assent to the Bill to declare the Convention a Parliament and for the Sitting of the same 4. 23. 1696 Several Warrants are issued out for apprehending a great many Villains who had conspired to assassinate the King the 15th Instant and afterwards the 22d About eleven of them were seized in the Morning and brought to the Horse Guard dit  An Express arrived from the Duke of Wirtemberg and brought Advice that the French had a great number of Transport Ships at Calais with 14000 Men ready to go on Board and that King James was arrived at Calais on the 2d of March New Stile or the 21st Febr. Old Stile and that they expected there a great Blow in England His Highness acquainted his Majesty that he had caused thereupon several Battalions to draw near Ostend to be ready to go on Board upon any Occasion and that the French gave out that He was very ill some others dead and others that he had been kill'd a-hunting A great Council was held at Kensington where it was resolved that Admiral Russel should immediately go on Board the Fleet the Earl of Rummey to Dover and raise the Militia and the Earl of Dorset in Sussex 5. 24. 1696 An Express arrives from the Elector of Bavaria with the Confirmation of the great Preparations the French were making at Calais and that King James was there dit  The King goes to the House of Lords and the Commons being sent for up his Majesty acquainted his Parliament with the Danger his Person had been nearly exposed to as well as the Kingdom that there was a Design of Assassinating his Person and at
Almighty God for the great Victory obtain'd over the French it was observed very religiously through the whole Fleet and all the Cannon discharged on that Occasion Never was a Victory more compleat than this nor so cheap an one since the English and Dutch lost no Men of War only 3 Fireships that were spent   The French had blown up and burnt about 22 Men of War several whereof were Ships of three Decks amongst which were the Royal Sun Admiral of their Fleet carrying 104 Guns the Admirable 102 Guns the Conquerant 80 Guns and the Admiral of the Blue carrying 90 Guns besides many smaller Vessels and Transport Ships   Our Commanders were the Right Honourable Edward Russel Admiral of the Fleet Sir John Ashby Admiral of the Blue Sir Ralph De La Val Vice Admiral of the Red George Rook Esq Vice Admiral of the Blue Sir Cloudesly Shovel Rear Admiral of the Red and .... Carter Esq Rear Admiral of the Blue who behaved themselves with in extraordinary Bravery and Prudence Rear Admiral Carter who had been suspected of Intelligence with the French vindicated his Honour by his Blood The Dutch were commanded by Admiral Allemonde 7. 28. 1691 The Mareschal de Bouslers having made a fruitless Attempt upon Liege retired this Day with great Precipitation upon the Approach of a Detachment of the King's Army which was sent to relieve the Town The French lost a great many Men and their Bombs did but little Damage 8. 29. 1695 The King left Breda this Morning and came to his Camp at Aersele at 11 at Night The Governour of Ghent met his Majesty half a Mile without the City where at his Entrance his Majesty was received by the Burghers in Arms and all the Magistrates walk'd before him with lighted Flambeaus The great Guns were several times discharged round the Fortifications and the like Ceremonies and Respects paid which are customary at the Reception of the King of Spain 9. 30. 1689 The Heer 's Van Engellenburg Van Witsen Odyck Citters and Dickvelt Ambassadors Extraordinary of the States General of the United Netherlands had their publick Audience of their Majesties in the Banqueting-house with all the Ceremonies that are observed at the publick Audience of Ambassadors from Crown'd Heads dit 1692 The Castle of Namur being vigorously attack'd by the French the King advanced with his Army to relieve it and came upon the Mehaign having beat the French from several Posts which they had possessed to hinder his Passage Bridges were immediately made in order to pass the River and attack the French Army which lay encamped on the other side of the River but there was such a Storm of Rain in the Night that this Morning the River overflowed its Banks spoiled the Bridges and rendred the Passage impracticable 10. 31. 1689 Major General Kirke with the Forces under his Command set sail this Day from High-lake to relieve London-derry which was closely besieged by the Irish Rebels the late King James commanding the Siege dit 1691 The most Reverend Father in God Dr. John Tillotson Lord Archbishop of Canterbury was consecrated this Day at St. Mary le Bow in London  June  11. 1. 1689 His Majesty was pleased to create Arthur Herbert Esq Admiral of their Majesties Fleet Earl of Torrington and Baron Herbert of Torbay in the County of Devon 12. 2.  13. 3.  14. 4. 1689 John Ashburnham Esq was this Day created Baron Ashburnham of Ashburnham in the County of Sussex dit 1690 His Majesty accompanied by his Royal Highness the Prince of Denmark set out this Morning from Kensington on his Royal Voyage for Ireland to command his Army in Person and deliver that Kingdom from the Oppression of the French 15. 5. 1689 The Estates of Scotland met this Day and the Duke of Hamilton acquainted them that His Majesty had been pleas'd to appoint him his Commissioner in the ensuing Parliament and that he had received Instructions from his Majesty to give his Consent to an Act for turning the Estates into a Parliament to such Laws as may redress the particular Articles of Grievances and also to any other Acts which they should advise for the securing the Religion Peace and Happiness of that Kingdom An Act was then passed declaring that the three Estates now met together on this 5th Day of June 1689. consisting of the Noblemen Knights and Burgesses are a Lawful and Free Parliament to all Intents and Purposes whatsoever And that it shall be High Treason for any Person to disown quarrel or impugn the Dignity and Authority of the Parliament upon any Pretence whatever dit 1694 This Day were installed in St. George's Chappel at Windsor his Electoral Highness Frederick the 3d Marquiss of Brandenburgh Prince Elector and Great Chamberlain of the sacred Roman Empire his serene Highness George William Duke of Brunswick and Lunenburgh Prince of the said Empire and his Grace Charles Duke of Shrewsbury Knights of the most noble Order of the Garter the two former by their Proxies and his Grace in Person 16. 6.  17. 7. 1691 The Army commanded by General Ginkel in Ireland having disposed all things for opening the Campagn set down this Day before Ballymore and beat the Irish within their Fort. dit 1692 The Rain and bad Weather hindering his Majesty from passing the Mehaign to relieve Namur the King marched this Day to Ramiliers to endeavour to pass the River there but the French who had notice thereof decamped at the same time and took Possession of the Defiles through which his Majesty designed to march dit 1695 The King having formed the Design of besieging Namur and seeing it was difficult to compass it unless he drew away the French from the Meuse resolved to attack Fort Knock to perswade them that he really designed to force their Lines and accordingly sent this day the Duke of Wirtemberg with eight Battalions from his Camp at Becelaer to join the Flying Camp under Major General Ellenberg at Dixmude and attack Fort Knock before which he set down the same day 18. 8. 1690 His Majesty arrived this day at Chester to embark for Ireland and was received with extraordinary Demonstrations of Joy dit 1691 The Fortress of Ballymore surrendred this Day to General Ginkel and the Garison which consisted of 780 Men besides 4 Field-Officers 16 Captains 14 Lieutenants 12 Ensigns and Cornets and 259 Rapparees well armed were all made Prisoners of War The English lost only 8 Men and the Irish had above 150 kill'd dit 1692 The French made an Assault this Day upon Fort William at Namur and were repulsed with a great Loss which so much incouraged the Besieged that the same Night they made a Salley with 900 Men who beat the French from their Posts fill'd their Trenches and kill'd 800 of them dit 1695 Sir Edward Ward his Majesty's late Attorney General was sworn this Day Lord Chief Baron of the Exchequer 19. 9. 1670 The Prince of
Orange went this Day from the Hague to see the Siege of Brunswick besieged by the Princes of the House of Lunenburgh dit 1695 The Duke of Wirtemberg who set down before Fort Knock the 7th Instant thinking fit to beat the French from an Intrenchment which hinder'd our Approach commanded Colonels Tiffany and Maitland for that Service which they performed with a great deal of Bravery tho the French had the Advantage of their Intrenchments and were protected by the Cannon of the Fort. dit 1694 The English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley being come to an Anchor in Camaret-Bay on the 7th Instant a Council of War was held the next Day where it was resolved that the Land Forces should land to beat the French out of their Intrenchments and that the Marquiss of Caermarthen should in the mean time batter a Fort and two Batteries of the Enemy with seven Men of War to cover our Landing The next Day the Ships stood in accordingly and General Talmash with the Land-Forces went in the Well-Boats towards the Shore where he landed in Person notwithstanding the great Fire of the French but having observed the Intrenchments of the Enemy and that it was impossible to force them there being an Army more numerous than his to oppose him he ordered his Men to return on board their several Ships We lost about 500 Men in that warm Action which tho unsuccessful is yet a noble Proof of the Courage of our Forces who notwithstanding the Certainty of the Danger landed with an unparallel'd Intrepidity The General was shot in the Thigh Several Souldiers and some Officers remained in the Owze and were made Prisoners The French made a great Fire from their Batteries on our Men of War both from their Cannon and Mortars but we lost not one Ship except a Dutch Frigat of 30 Guns which was sunk by a Bomb. dit 1696 The King decamped this Day from Basse Wavre and marched to Corbais whereupon Monsieur de Bouflers who had been three Weeks incamped at Pieton and Gosseliers where he had intrench'd himself as if he had designed to venture a Fight broke up from the Place in great Confusion and passed the Sambre at Montigny not thinking himself safe behind his Intrenchments notwithstanding the natural Strength of the Camp 20. 10. 1691 His Majesty with the Confederate Army under his Command encamped this Day at Bethlem where he was waited upon by Father Stapleton an Irish Man Rector of the University of Louvain with several Members of that University who in a Latin Speech complimented his Majesty upon his Coming into those Parts and undertaking his Expedition for the Good of Christendom The Magistrates of Louvain made the same Compliment to his Majesty which they accompanied with a handsom Present of Wine dit 1694 This Day a Holland-Mail brought an Edict given by the Duke of Savoy whereby his Royal Highness revokes his Edicts made in 1686 against the Protestants of the Valleys of Piedmont takes off all the Forfeitures and Confiscations and restores them to the free Exercise of their Religion and the Enjoyment of their antient Rights and Privileges This Edict is dated May 23 1694. and in the Preamble the Recommendation of his Majesty of Great Britain and the States General are mentioned besides the Justice of the thing in it self as a great Inducement to the Duke of Savoy for giving such an Edict in spight of the Opposition of the Monks and Priests who muster'd all their Forces to hinder it 21. 11. 1690 This Day the King embarked at Highlake for Ireland being attended by 6 Men of War commanded by Sir Cloudesly Shovel 6 Yachts and near 300 Transport Ships dit 1696 Sir John Fenwick one of the Conspirators was taken in Romney Marsh when he was ready to embark for France There was a Proclamation out against him with the Reward of 500 l. 22. 12. 1694 Lieutenant General Talmash whose Wound was not thought dangerous was brought to Plymouth where he died this Evening justly lamented for his great Worth Courage and Zeal for their Majesties Service and Government He had gained a great Reputation in Ireland having behav'd himself with an extraordinary Prudence and Bravery at Athlone Aghrim and Lymerick he commanded the English Foot at the Battel of Landen and having maintained his Ground as long as possible he made a very honourable Retreat having kept by his good Order a considerable Body of Men together 23. 13. 1689 The Duke of Gourdon who had hitherto defended the Castle of Edinburgh for K. James seeing the Besiegers had advanced their Trenches to the Ditch beat a Parley and surrendred the Castle this Day to Sir John Lanier commanding their Majesties Forces making some Terms for the Garison but rendring himself entirely to his Majesty's Discretion 24. 14. 1690 His Majesty landed this Day about 3 a Clock at Carickfergus and from thence went by Land to Belfast being met on the way by the Duke of Schomberg Prince of Wirtemberg and other General Officers The same Evening landed also Prince George the Duke of Ormond the Earl of Oxford my Lord Scarborough and other Lords and Gentlemen dit 1692 The King marched again from Sombreff to Melle to endeavour to relieve the Castle of Namur or oblige the French to fight but they intrench'd themselves in such a manner that it was not thought fit to attack them Fort William surrendred this Day to the French and made a particular Capitulation which is very extraordinary that Fort being but an Out-work of the Castle Colonel Cohorn who had so long and so bravely defended it was then indisposed and refused to sign the Capitulation 25. 15. 1690 His Majesty took this Day a Review of his Forces incamp'd near Lisburn which he found in a very good Condition and declared his Intention to march against the Enemy in a few Days after He received very graciously an Address of the Protestant Clergy of the Province of Vlster congratulating his safe Arrival and assuring his Majesty of their Zeal Affection and Fidelity 26. 16. 1691 General Ginkel sent this Day 〈◊〉 strong Detachment of Horse 〈◊〉 Dragoons to take a View of Athlone which Place he design'd to besiege dit  The King came this Day with his Army to Gemblours whereupon the Mareschal de Luxemburg decamped with great Precipitation from Braine le Comte and encamped at Estires between Mons and Binch behind a Branch of the River Maine for his greater Security 27. 17. 1695 The King seeing that the French had drawn all their Forces towards their Lines thinking that he designed to force them by the Attack of Fort Knock sent Orders to the Earl of Athlone who was in Brabant to march over the Sambre to invest Namur and ordered the Duke of Wirtembergh to withdraw from before Fort Knock which accordingly he did this Day 'T is certain that this Attack was but a Feint to facilitate the Siege of Namur which Design was kept so
to her Majesty that the Regiments of the Militia of the City making 9000 Men were compleat that they had raised 6 Auxiliary Regiments and had resolved by a voluntary Contribution to raise a Regiment of Horse and 1000 Dragooâ—s desiring her Majesty to appoint Officers to command them The Queen gave them Thanks for their Zeal but the French Fleet which was then upon the Coast of Kent having sailed towards their own the same Day the Horse and Dragoons were not raised 22. 12. 1691 This Day at 4 a Clock in the Afternoon was fought the bloody Battel of Aghrim between the English Forces commanded by General Ginkel and the Irish Rebels commanded by Monsieur de St. Ruth The Irish had the Advantage of Numbers and were so strongly intrenched that it seem'd impossible to force their Camp which took up a Hill the Approach whereof was defended by two great Bogs and the Castle of Aghrim from which the Enemy fired upon our Army However those Difficulties did not deter our Men but they attacked the Irish with so much Vigour that they ran away leaving 5000 Men upon the spot their Arms Cannon Colours Tents and Baggage and 500 Prisoners besides 100 Officers Their General St. Ruth was killed in the Engagement and we must do him this Justice to say that he alone found the Art to make the Irish fight for they made a very noble Defence We had near 2000 Men killed and wounded in that vigorous Action 'T is impossible to express the Bravery of the Troops that made up his Majesty's Army either English French Danes Dutch c. or the Courage and Prudence of the General Officers who then gained an immortal Honour Our Army was commanded in chief by General Ginkel who had under him the Duke of Wirtemberg and Scravenmoore Lieutenant Generals Mackay Tetteau La Forest Ruvigny Talmash Count Nassau and Holstaple Major Generals and Villers Bellasis La Meloâ—iere Eppinger Levison Stewart Prince of Hesse d'Aâ—mstat and Schack Brigadeers The Irish were commanded in chief by Monsieur de St. Ruth and under him by D' Vsson Thesse and Sarsfield Lieutenant Generals Hamilton and Dorrington c. Major Generals These two last were taken Prisoners 'T is agreed on all hands that had not the Night stopp'd our Victory few of the Irish would have escaped tho they were 28000 strong the English Army contisted only of 17000 Men. dit 1694 The English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley came this day before Diepe which they bombarded and said entirely in Ashes 23. 13. 1672 His Highness the Prince of Orange advises the States General to recal the Ambassadors they had sent to treat with the French King and King Charles and the said States having seriously considered of that Matter recalled them accordingly 24. 14. 1690 The Queen issued out this Day a Proclamation for apprehending the Earl of Litcisiâ—ld Arlesbury Castlemaine and the Lords Montgomery Preston and Bellasis with several other disaffected Persons for aberting and adhering to their Majesties Enemies 25. 15. 1690 The late King James returned this Day to St. Germains to give the French King an Account of his Defeat in Ireland and of the Loss of his Interest in that Kingdom The Return of that Prince convinced the French Mob that the Prince of Orange was not dead as they thought for it is observable that either the Wound he received the Day before he passed the Boyne or the Promises some desperate Villains had made to murder his Majesty in the Battel gave occasion to a Report in France that he was dead upon which the Magistrates of most Towns of the Kingdom ordered to the eternal Shame of the French Nation Bonfires to be made 26. 16. 1694 This Day the English and Dutch Fleet commanded by the Lord Berkley bombarded Havre de Grace 27. 17. Â 28. 18. 1695 Major General Ellenberg Governour of Dixmuyde surrendred this Day that Place to the French by a shameful Capitulation the Garison which contisted of near 5000 Men being made Prisoners of War tho there was no Breach made in that Place The Governour was tried afterwards for the same and received Sentence of Death which was put in execution 29. 19. 1695 This Day the French Army consisting of about 80000 Mea under the Command of Mareschal de Luxemburgh attack'd the Confederate Army incamped near Landen which was only 45000 strong because of the great Detachments that had been made therefrom to cover Liege and Mastricht exposed to the Attempts of the Enemy and for the Expedition of the Duke of Wirtemberg against the French Lines The King was advised to retire the Day before but his Army tho inferiour being made up of the finest Troops that ever were seen his Majesty did not think fit to hearken to that Advice and ordered some Intrenchments to be cast up in the Night The French attacked the Allies at 9 a Clock in the Morning with an extraordinary Bravery but were as bravely repulsed and it was 4 in the Afternoon before they had gained an Inch of Ground but our Ammunition being spent by so long a Fight and some of the Horse of Hanover giving ground the French possessed themselves of our Intrenchments where there was a most bloody Fight for some time between our Horse and the French the King charging himself at the Head of the Squadrons but at last being over-power'd by the great Number of the Enemy they were obliged to retire which they did in Confusion and Disorder because of a River that was behind our Army in which many were drowned The Enemy was so tired that they were glad to part with us All the Confederate Troops except some Squadrons I have spoken of behaved themselves to Admiration and especially the English but the Regiment of Horse of Windham and the French Regiment of Gallway distinguished themselves in a particular manner who broke three times the French Life-Guard and other Troops of the Houshold which are esteemed the best in the World The Relation printed at Paris says that his Majesty fought at the Head of the Regiment of Gallway and own that our Troops made an extraordinary Defence His Majesty received no other Harm than a small Contusion in his Side by a Musket-shot The Elector of Bavaria was also in the hottest of the Action as the meanest Souldier This was as bloody a Battel as any that has been fought these 50 Years for the French in the Relation they printed at Lisle own to have lost above 16000 Men but since it appears that they lost very near 20000. As our Army was not so numerous as the French by half we lost not above 9000 Men but a great many were taken Prisoners We lost no Baggage nor heavy Cannon but only some Field-Pieces We took 55 Standards and Colours and 400 Prisoners amongst whom was the Duke of Berwick and 30 Officers Count de Solmes General of the Dutch Foot died of his Wounds and the Duke of Ormond and Monsieur
Scravenmoore were taken Prisoners with Monsieur Zuilesteyn Count Broway and several others The French had 900 Officers kill'd and wounded the Duke D'Vses Monsieur Montchevreuil Prince Paul of Lorraine and Sarsfield Lieutenant Generals were killed and Prince de Conti the Mareschal de Joyeuse and the Duke of Rocheguyon wounded This Victory cost the French so dear that they owned that a second one like this would have entirely ruin'd them 30. 20. 1689 The Duke of Schomberg General of their Majesties Forces arrived this Day at Chester in order to go over into Ireland with an Army to relieve that Kingdom against the Tyranny and Invasion of the French His Grace was received by the Mayor and Aldermen in their Scarlets and the 24 Companies in their Gowns with ringing of Bells and all other Demonstrations of Respect dit 1695 Brigadeer Offarel surrendred the Town of Deinse to a Detachment of the French Army commanded by Monsieur De Feuquieres The Garison was made Prisoners of War The said Offarel was afterwards tried for that base Action and broke with Infamy 31. 21. 1691 The strong Town of Gallway in Ireland surrendred this Day to the English Army commanded by General Ginkel There was a good Garison in the Place and the French Lieutenant General D'Vsson with many other Officers of that Nation were retired into the Town but did not think fit to defend it August   1. 22. 1689 The Act for abolishing Episcopacy in Scotland was this Day touched with the Scepter by the Duke of Hamilton their Majesties High Commissioner 2. 23. 1689 Don Pedro-de-Ronquillo Ambassador Extraordinary from the King of Spain made this Day his Entry in the usual manner and had in the Afternoon his publick Audience of their Majesties in the Banqueting-house to whom he presented a Letter from his Master congratulating their happy Accession to the Crown 3. 24. 1689 Her Royal Highness Princess Ann of Denmark was brought to bed at 4 a Clock in the Morning of a Son in the Palace of Hampton-Court dit 1690 The Town of Waterford in Ireland surrendred this Day to his Majesty dit 1692 This Day his Majesty attacked the French Army incamped at Enghien and Steenkirk under the Command of Monsieur Luxemburgh The Attack was begun by the Duke of Wirtemberg who fell upon the Enemy with so much Vigour that he beat them from Hedg to Hedg and drove them beyond one of their Batteries of 7 Pieces of Cannon of which we remained in possession for above half an Hour but the French being relieved with fresh Men our Troops were forced to retire and the French remained in the Possession of their Camp The Troops that ingaged behaved themselves with an extraordinary Bravery and the French do own that if they had been relieved and supported as they ought to have been and as it was ordered they had been forâ—â—d to â—eave their Camp in Confusion and Disorder but this was the Fault of some body or other one of the Generals of the Foot was violently suspected because he ordered the Forces to halt and this was the Occasion of the Loss of the Day I don't presume to determine it but sure I am that by the Treachery or Ignorance of some body the best contrived as well as the most glorious Design was spoiled We had near six thousand Men killed and wounded Lieutenant General Mackay Sir John Lanier also Lieutenant General Sir Robert Douglass the Earl of Angus Colonel Hodges and my Lord Mountjoy were killed upon the spot or died of their Wounds The French Officers of Note that were slain in that Action were the Prince de Turenne the Marquiss of Bellesonds and the Marquiss de Tilladet Lieutenant Generals the Chevalier d' Estrades Colonel Paulier a Switzer the Marquiss de Fimarcon and several others with a great many wounded The Honourable Mr. Keppell Master of the Robes and Adjutant General to his Majesty distinguished himself in that occasion and received a Cut in his Check and Shoulder but killed with his own Hand the Frenchman who had wounded him 4. 25. 1695 The Town of Namur surrendred this Day to his Majesty and the Garison retired into the Castle according to the Capitulation which was signed by Count Guiscard and the Elector of Bavaria dit 1696 An Express from my Lord Berkley brought Advice that he had detached a Squadron of his Majesty's Ships with the Bombing Vessels under the Command of Captain Mâ—es to bombard St. Martin in the Isle of Rhe and Les Sables D'olonne which they had performed some Days ago having laid those two Towns in a heap of Rubbish 5. 26. 1690 The French Fleet consisting of 82 Men of War and several Gallies came this Day into Torbay and having landed about 1000 Men they burnt the little Town of Tingmouth and two or three Fishing-boats in the Harbour after which they retired in great Precipitation upon the Approach of the Lord Lansdown with the Militia of the County This is the only Advantage they made of their so much boasted Victory for they sailed the same Evening towards their own Coasts They had expected that many would have declared for the late King James but they were much mistaken for the People expressed every where an extraordinary Affection for their Majesties The Courage the Queen expressed in that nice Juncture cannot be enough admired nor sufficiently prais'd dit 1690 The strong Fort of Duncannon that commands the River of Waterford surrendred this Day to his Majesty 6. 27. 1690 His Highness the Duke of Glocester was christened this Day it Hampton-Court by the Lord Bishop of London and named William the King and the Earl of Dorset being Godfathers and the Marchioness of Hallifax Godmother 7. 28. 1690 There was a bloody Rencounter this Day between Major General Mackay commanding in chief his Majesty's Forces in Scotland and the Scots Rebels commanded by the Lord Dundee and Colonel Cannon The Fight was very furious for some time but some of the King's Forces giving ground the rest were forced to retire which they did in good Order Dundee himself charged the Regiment of the Earl of Leven who tho newly rais'd maintained their Ground with an extraordinary Bravery The Lord Dundee was killed in the Action 8. 29. 1694 The French having taken Gironne Roses and several other Places in Catalonia and making Preparation to besiege Barcelona both by Sea and Land the King of Spain applied himself to his Majesty and let him know that he was unable to protect that Town or the rest of his Kingdom unless his Majesty was pleased to send his Fleet to his Assistance The Demand was not acceptable to many because it was very well known that the Spaniards were not able to supply our Fleet with Necessaries but such was the Generosity of his Majesty that he made choice of Admiral Russel to command his Fleet in the Straits He sailed accordingly and the News of his Departure being brought into Catalonia the French Fleet were so
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
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
of Canterbury and the Bishops of London Winchester S. Asaph Ely Chichester Rochester Bath and Wells and Peterborough all in a body waited upon the King where they humbly advised him to put the Management of the Government in the several Counties into the Hands of such Persons as were qualified for it to annul the High Commission for Ecclesiastical Affairs to restore the President and Fellows of Magdalen College in Oxford and that no Person unqualified by Law be preferr'd to any Place in Church or State to set aside all Licences or Faculties already granted whereby the Papists pretended to be enabled to teach publick Schools to desist from the Exercise of the Dispensing Power to inhibit the four foreign Bishops who stiled themselves Vicars Apostolical from further invading the Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction vested in the Bishops of the Church of England to fill the vacant Bishopricks both in England and Ireland and especially the Archiepiscopal Chair of York with Men of Learning and Piety to supersede all further Prosecutions of Quo Warranto's against Corporations and to restore to those Corporations their Charters and Privileges as he had done to the City of London to call a Free Parliament to secure the Church of England the Liberties and Properties of all his Subjects and procure a due Liberty of Conscience and Lastly that his Majesty would suffer his Bishops to offer him such Motives and Arguments as may perswade him to return to the Communion of the Church of England in which he was baptized The Papists were inraged at these good Advices and the King was not pleased with such a Representation which set too freely before him his illegal and arbitrary Proceedings dit 1689 The Right Reverend Edward Stillingfleet Bishop of Worcester Simon Patrick Bishop of Chichester and Gilbert Ironside Bishop of Bristol were this Day consecrated in the Chappel of Fulham by the Bishops of London St. Asaph and Rochester dit 1691 The strong Town of Limerick surrendred this Day to his Majesty's Forces and at the same time the Irish made a General Capitulation for their whole Nation that was still in Arms whereby they were promised all the Liberty as was consistent with the Laws of Ireland and such as were not willing to stay were allowed to go to France Thus ended the Wars of Ireland and the famous Campaign of 1691. the most glorious that was ever performed by a little Army which in about four Months time took three strong Places for besides many Forts Castles and small Towns we gained a great Victory without reckoning the frequent Rencounters that hapned in which they always got the Advantage tho in small Numbers 14. 4. 1678 The French having restored to the Dutch the Town of Mastricht the States General desired the Prince of Orange to name for Magistrates such Persons as he should think fit 15. 5. 1688 The Foreign Advices having convinced King James that the Preparations of the Prince of Orange were designed against him declared this Day in Council that he had thought fit to dissolve the Commission for Causes Ecclesiastical c. and gave Directions to the Lord Chancellor of England to cause the same to be forthwith done This did not however satisfy the People for the said Commission was not declared illegal nor any Promise made that it should never be renewed and every one took this Proceeding of the Court not as an Effect of the King's Justice but of the fear he was in of the Prince of Orange dit 1690 The House of Lords presented an Address to the King to congratulate his Majesty's Victories in Ireland and desire him not to expose his Person so much The Commons did the like and both Houses presented another Address to the Queen to thank her Majesty for her prudent Administration during the King's Absence and in so nice a Juncture as her Majesty had found her self in whilst a powerful Enemy lorded it upon our Coasts and threatned the Kingdom with an Invasion dit 1692 This Day we received the surprizing Advice that the â—â—ke of Savoy had quitted the 16th ultimo the Town of Ambrun having blown up the Fortifications and returned with his Forces towards his own Country France was never in such an Alarm as they were then the Confederate Army being in their Country and they having no Strength to oppose them the Inhabitants of Lyons and Grenoble were removing their Effects and no body doubted but the Allies would improve that fair Opportunity however they contented themselves with the taking of Ambrun and Gap and raising some Contributions and then retired 'T is true the Duke of Savoy fell so sick of the Small Pox at Gap that his Life was thought in danger and some have believed that his Distemper disappointed all the Designs of that Army but others who have more narrowly inquired into that Affair do think that the Corruption and Treachery of the Duke's Council was the true Remora that stopp'd our Forces and that the Small Pox came very seasonably to him as a Varnish over the Infidelity of that Court. 16. 6. 1688 This Day King James was pleased to restore actually to the City of London all their antient Franchises and Privileges as fully as they enjoyed them before the late Judgment upon the Quo Warranto The Lord Chancellor did them the Honour to bring down the Instrument of Restitution and Confirmation under the Great Seal of England and Sir John Chapman was thereby constituted Lord Mayor till the usual time of the Election 17. 7. 1692 This Day the Electoral College at Ratisbonne resolved by Plurality of Voices to declare the Duke of Hanover one of the Princes Electors of the Empire notwithstanding the Opposition of the College of the Princes of Germany The Emperor had invested him first with the Dignity for the great Service of the House of Lunenburgh both to the Empire and to the common Cause against the French 18. 8. 1685 This Day pass'd the Great Seal the French King's Edict for annulling the famous Edict of Nantz the Observation of which had been so solemnly sworn by the French King himself This was the last Blow given to the French Protestant Churches which a barbarous Persecution of 25 Years had not been able to overcome All the remaining Churches were razed to the Ground the Ministers banished upon pain of the Gallies and the rest without any regard to Sex Age Quality or Services were with an unparallel'd piece of Inhumanity delivered up to the Mercy of Priests and Souldiers who burnt some alive stuck others with Pins all over their Bodies hang'd others in Smoak and in short used such Barbarities that Posterity will hardly believe so much Cruelty could ever have been harboured in the Hearts of Men. Many were forced to succumb by those violent Shocks and turn Papists and others fled away and are now dispersed all over the Face of the Earth in a most lamentable Condition worthy of the Commiseration of all Christian and Generous Souls The French
James lay with all his Forces dit 1688 This Day was published at Paris the Declaration of War of the French King against the Dutch wherein the French King alledges no other Reason but that the Dutch opposed Cardinal Furstemberg's Election to the Archbishoprick of Cologn whom he was resolved to maintain dit 1694 This Day died at his Palace at Lambeth the most Reverend Father in God Dr. John Tillotson Lord Archbishop of Canterbury in the 65th Year of his Age He was promoted to that Metropolitan See in May 1691. and as his Learning Piety and other eminent Qualities gained him a general Esteem so they made his Death very much and justly lamented 3. 23. 1695 The Parliament having met the Day before according to his Majesty's Writs of Summons and his Majesty being come to the House of Peers with the usual Ceremonies and the Commons being sent for up the Lord Keeper signified to them his Majesty's Pleasure that they should forthwith proceed to the Choice of a Speaker after which the Commons being returned to their House they made choice of Paul Foley Esq Speaker in the last Parliament whom they presented this Day to his Majesty in the House of Lords He made a short Speech to the King and told his Majesty that the Commons had made choice of him tho there were many Persons amongst them fitter for that important Place and then my Lord Keeper told him by the King's Command that the repeated Choice of the Commons was a sufficient Argument of his Ability Capacity and Fidelity and that therefore his Majesty approved their Choice After which his Majesty made a gracious Speech to both Houses wherein he took a particular notice of the Affection of his People by their Behaviour during his Absence and at his Return commended the Zeal and Affection of the last Parliament the Bravery of the English Troops at Namur and recommended to them to provide a Supply for carrying on the War for supplying the Deficiencies of Parliamentary Funds for the Civil List and to relieve the French Protestants who suffer for their Religion concluding by recommending unto them to remedy the ill State of the 〈◊〉 and to form some good 〈◊〉 for the Incouragement and Increase of Sea-men 4. 24. 1688 This Day his Royal Highness Prince George of Denmark went away from Salisbury to join the Prince of Orange He left a Letter behind him containing the Reasons of his going away but that chiefly insisted upon was the Danger the Protestant Religion was exposed to The Lord Churchill went also with the Prince which surprized all the World for every body thought that noble Lord intirely devoted to King James's Interest he left also a Letter behind him which deserveth to be carefully considered and especially these Lines Heaven knows with what Partiality my dutiful Opinion of your Majesty has hitherto represented those unhappy Designs which inconsiderate and self-interested Men have framed against your Majesty's true Interest and the Protestant Religion but as I can no longer join with such to give a Pretence by Conquest to bring them to effect so I will always with the Hazard of my Life preserve your Person I could wish for the sake of the Reader I was able to explain that Expression which doubtless contains a Mystery known to very few except to such who were deeply ingaged in the Cabal of those times   The Dukes of Graston and Ormond went also to the Prince much about the same time but they thought the Case was so plain that there was no need of leaving any Papers behind them to justify their Conduct 5. 25. 1688 The going off of the Prince of Denmark having struck King James with Terror and Affliction and his Army being in great Disorder he became so full of Fear and Suspicion that upon a false Alarm being made by Design or Accident of the Approach of the Prince of Orange his Majesty and the whole Army left Salisbury this Day the Army retiring towards Reading and the King â—aking his way towards London The King came to the Market-place at Salisbury and the Mayor and Citizens being sent for he told them that he would spend his Blood for his Subjects and was resolved to maintain the Protestant Religion but he had no sooner ended his Speech but he fell to bleeding at his Nostrils and so violently that his Blood could not be stopp'd any manner of way This Accident tho natural enough especially in the Juncture that Prince found himself at that time was look'd upon as a bad Omen and improved to his Disadvantage dit  The News of Prince George's having left the King being come to Whitehall caused a great Consternation there and the Princess being suspected to have the same Design some Yeomen of the Guards were set in her Apartments but her Highness deceived their Vigilancy and that Night made her Escape in Disguise with the Ladies Churchill and Berkley being attended by the Bishop of London and the Earl of Dorset Her Highness went into the North where the associated Lords had made a considerable Progress The Absence of the Princess caused a great Complaint and they were forced to print the Letter she had left for the Queen containing the Reason of her retiring for fear of being cut to pieces by the King 's own Guards upon a Surmise that the Papists had made away that beloved Princess dit 1691 His Majesty was pleased to nominate this Day Dr. Thomas Tenison to the Bishoprick of Lincoln 6. 26. 1688 King James returned this Evening to Whitehall from Salisbury 7. 27. 1â—8â— Sir Edward Hales whom King James had appointed Lieutenant of the Tower having during the King's Absence planted several Mertar-pieces on the Walls towards the City to keep the Citizens in awe they were so inraged against him that the King did not think himself safe at Whitehall as long as Sir Edward Hales had the Command of the Tower and therefore to appease the City he turned out Sir Edward and put in his room Colonel Bevil Skelton a Protestant 8. 28. 1675 The Prince having brought back his Army from the Country of Cologn after the taking of Boâ—n and possessed himself â—n his way of several strong Castles and little Towns left his Army on the Meuse and returned this Day to the Hague where he was received with all possible Marks of Respect and Demonstrations of Joy The States complimented his Highness on his successful Expedition whereby their Country was delivered from the French who had been forced to abandon in less than a Month's time all their Conquests in the United Provinces except Grave and Mastricht Several Medals were then coined to perpetuate the Memory of that great and glorious Expedition dit 1688 King James seeing the general Defection of his Subjects and that the associated Lords had taken York Plymouth and a great many other considerable Towns and that the Nation as well as the Prince declared every where for a Free Parliament which
he could not now refuse because of his Army refusing to sight to establish Popery he ordered this Day in the Privy Council the Lord Chancellor to issue out Writs for the sitting of a Parliament on the 15th of January following but it was then too late for the Nation having observed that the Court had refused that just Demand as long as ever they could was now in such a Ferment that what the Court did or said was very little regarded 9. 29. 1688 The Prince of Orange being advanced to Sherborn-Castle was joined there this Day by the Prince of Denmark and the other Lords with him dit 1677 His Highness the Prince of Orange knowing how necessary his Presence was at the Hague took his leave of the King and the Duke of York and imbarked at Margate with her Royal Highness his Wife on the 7th Instant and this Day landed in Holland at Ter Heyde from whence they went to Honslâ—erdick 10. 30. 1688 This Day came out King James's Proclamation for the speedy calling of a Parliament as the best and most proper Means as he says to establish a lasting Peace in the Kingdom This Parliament was to sit upon the 15th of January next and the King declared by this Proclamation that all his Subjects should have free Liberty to elect and that all the Peers and such who should be chosen Members of the House of Commons should have full Liberty and Freedom to serve and sit in Parliament notwithstanding they had taken up Arms or committed any Act of Hostility having for that purpose directed a General Pardon to pass the Great Seal The King concludes with these remarkable Words And for the reconciling all publick Breaches and obliterating the very Memory of all past Miscarriages we do hereby exhort and kindly admonish our Subjects to dispose themselves to elect such Persons for their Representatives in Parliament as may not be biassed by Prejudice or Passion but qualified with Parts Experience and Prudence proper for this Conjuncture  December  11. 1. 1688 This Day the Duke of Norfolk came to Norwich attended with a great Number of Gentlemen where they delared for a Free Parliament and the Protection of the Protestant Religion dit  The same Day the Account of King James's Resolution to call a Parliament being gone to the Fleet my Lord Dartmouth called the Captains of the Fleet-together on board the Resolution wherein they resolved upon an Address of Thanks to his Majesty concluding with these Words Beseeching Almighty God to give your Majesty all imaginable Happiness and Prosperity and to grant that such Counsels and Resolutions may be promoted as conduce to your Majesty's Honour and Safety and tend to the Peace and Settlement of this Realm both in Church and State according to the established Laws of the Kingdom This Address was signed by the Lord Dartmouth the Lord Berkley Sir Roger Strickland and 38 other Commanders King James was very much surprized at this Address and perceived but too late how mistaken he had been to have believed that his Fleet would fight for the Establishment of Popery and the Destruction of the Protestant Religion and the Laws of their Country 12. 2. 1676 The Prince comes back from Zealand to the Hague having been in great Danger because of the Ice 13. 3.  14. 4. 1677 This Day the Prince and Princess of Orange made a magnificent Entry into the Hague the Burghers being in Arms the Guns discharged several times and the Evening was concluded with Fireworks Bonfires c. The Bridg was adorned with green Festoons under which was the following Inscription   Vxori Batavis vivat Nassovius Hector Auriaco Patriae vivat Britannica Princeps   Before the Town-house there was a Triumphal Arch with this Inscription   A VrIaCi hIs ThaLaMIs BataVIs Dos RegIa PaX   And in the Hoogstra there was another with these Words   Ingredere Auspiciis Batavis felicibus Aulam 15. 5. 1673 His Highness returned this Day to his Army in Brabant to intercept the Mareschal de Luxemburgh who was returning to France with the Spoils of the Cities they had conquered in Holland The Prince did his utmost to draw the French to a Battel but they declined it and intrench'd themselves under the Cannon of Mastricht where they remained till his Highness was obliged by the hard Weather to send his Troops into their Winter-quarters to refresh themselves of the Fatigues they had suffer'd in their Expedition in Germary and the taking of Bonn. 16. 6. 1689 Colonel John Cutts was this Day created a Baron of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Title of Baron Cutts of Gowraâ— in consideration of his faithful Services and zealous Affection to their Majesties and Government dit 1688 The Popish Party grew so contemptible in London that an Hue and Cry after Father Peters was this Day publickly cried and sold in the Streets of London and Westminster tho King James was still at Whitehall dit 1693 His Majesty having been pleased upon the Death of the Duke of Schomberg to appoint the Lord Viscount Gallway to command his Forces in Piemont in quality of Lieutenant General and to give him likewise the Character of his Envoy Extraordinary to the Duke of Savoy his Lordship set out this Day for Holland in order to continue his Journey to Turin by Land 17. 7. 1677 The Prince went this Day to the Assembly of the States General to return them his Thanks for their Approbation and Consent to his Marriage and to acquaint them with what he had negotiated in England in relation to the Peace with France   The same Day his Highness went to the Council of State and approved the State of the War for the next Campagn dit 1688 This Day a supposed Declaration of the Prince of Orange was publickly cried and sold in the Streets which put the Papists under an unexpressible Consternation for therein was contained this threatning Expression We do declare that all Papists who shall be found in open Arms or with Arms in their Houses or about their Persons or in any Office or Employment Civil or Military upon any Pretence whatsoever contrary to the known Laws of the Land shall be treated by Us and our Forces not as Souldiers and Gentlemen but as Robbers Free-booters and Banditti and shall therefore be entirely delivered up to the Discretion of our Souldiers The Magistrates were likewise commanded to disarm the Papists and put the Laws in execution against them This Declaration was dated Sâ—erborn-Castle November 28. Signed Will. Henry Prince of Orange c.   This was the boldest Attempt that ever was made by a private Person and if I had been able to learn his Name I would have inserted it here because of the great Service this Declaration did to the Nation for the Papists not knowing that it was forged were so terrified that many laid down their Commissions and threw