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A24049	The royal almanack containing a succinct account of the most memorable actions of K. William III : with the year and day of the month when they happened / composed by P. Vincent Coronelli, cosmographer to the most serene republick of Venice, and presented to his Majesty by himself.	Coronelli, Vincenzo, 1650-1718.	1696 (1696)	Wing A1469B; ESTC R225071	17,546	32

of several new Regiments 13 1656. He begins his Studies at Leyden where the accuteness of his Wit raises him above the rest of the Scholars as much as his eminent Quality 14. 15 1657. The very Picture of the Prince of Orange shewed to Cromwel strikes him with Fear 17. 18 1660. K. Charles II. expresses to the Deputies of the States General his great Tenderness for the Prince of Orange and the Royal Princess his Sister 18 1672. The States General allow him 4000 Men which go by the Name of Troops of his Highnesses Houshold 19 1660. K. Charles II. his Unkle having brought him to the Hague carries him to the Assembly of the States General to whom he earnestly recommends the young Prince's Interest 20 1673. He goes into Zeeland to negotiate an Offensive and Defensive League with Spain which was to last till the King of France had restor'd to the Spaniards and Dutch the Places he had taken from them 21. 22 1691. The King having taken his Leave of the Council of State and of the Dutch Commonwealth and Royally Entertained all the Princes Lords and Ladies who had waited on him at the Hague goes to Breda at the Head of his Army with a Design to relieve Mons. 23 1689. The Parliament present his Majesty with 420000 l. 24. 25 1690. The Parliament of Scotland grant him a Subsidy of 200000 l. 26 1689. The Convention of Scotland return their Thanks to the King for the Protection he had allowed them 27 1673. He gives Audience to the Imperial and Spanish Embassadors and sends M. d'Odyck as his Deputy to the Congress at Colen and opposes the Suspension of Arms that was set on Foot refusing his Consent thereto till the Return of a Courier he had sent to the Elector of Brandenbourg 28 1651. The young Prince's Guardianship is courted by some Princes several Provinces and the States General 29 1680. He goes from the Hague to visit the Cities of Boldue Berg op Zoom c. on the Frontiers of Brabant 30 1676. He recovers of a little Indisposition he had had 31 1660. He goes to Breda to congratulate K. Charles II. on his Restauration to the Throne of England c. April 1 1675. A small ebullition of his Blood occasions a Swelling in his Head which is cured by Bleeding 2 1673. The Small Pox with which he is taken sick and whereof his Father dy'd gives the People a general Fear who in this occasion shew their Kindness and extream Respect and Love they bear him and he is visited by Foreign Ministers 3 1674. The States General present the P. of Orange with 2000000 Florins in consideration of the K. of England's having quitted to his Royal Highness the Fishery of Herrings 4 1674. He goes into Zealand to appease some Disorders there which being speedily and happily ended he returns and in his Journey visits Flessingue Sluce Ardembourg Berg op Zoom Breda and Bolduc 5 1674. The Province of Vtrecht does at his Request agree to spoil the Crown of Spain and its Subjects to the value of 196985 Florins by way of Reprisal 6. 7. 8 1677. He marched to the Relief of S. Omer 9 1671. Being fallen dangerously ill in Louvestein Castle he fortunately recovers his Health to the general Satisfaction 10 1693. He permits 600 French Protestans Families who were come into Switzerland and had implor'd his Protection to go and settle in Ireland 11. 12 13 1677. With an undaunted Courage he makes himself Master of a Passage on the Rhine in spight of the French Army 14 1675. The States of Holland seeing his Highness out of Danger from a grievous Sickness he had had send some of their Body to him to desire him to take Care of his Health and to give them leave to return Publick Thanks to Almighty God for his happy Recovery 15 1675. The Lords of the Province of Gueldre seeing his R. H. would not accept of the Sovereignty they offer'd him chose him for their perpetual Governour which Dignity was also conferr'd on his Heirs Male for ever as an Acknowledgment of the great Obligations his Highness had laid upon ' em 16 1666. The States General accept with Joy the Guardianship of the young Prince and chuse 6 Lords whom they entrust with his Education to the general Satisfaction of the People who else would have rose up in Arms throughout the Provinces 17 1675. Two Envoys one from the K. of England and the other from the Duke of York come to the Hague to enquire into the state of his Health 18 1691. His Majesty presents the Duke of Zel with the most Noble Order of the Garter at the Hague 19 1676. The Parliament express their Love to him in that they grant K. Charles a Duty for 9 Years on Law Proceedings the better to enable him to pay his R. H. the Sums he ow'd him 20 1691. Having provided for the Safety of the City of Brussels and some other Places he goes for England 21 1689. Their Majesties went to Westminster-Abby where they were Crowned by the Bishop of London with the usual Solemnity 22 1688. He goes to meet the Elector of Saxony who came to see him at Loo being attended by his own Regiment of Guards his Regiment of Dragoons and a great number of Coaches 23 1689. The House of Commons humbly request his Majesty That he would declare War against the French King and promise to stand by him and to assist him in the carrying on the War to the utmost of their Power 24 1691. Having visited the Fleet where he was received with loud Acclamations he returns to London to provide for the Safety of his Subjects and there he receives Advice of the great Victory the Earl of Athlone had obtained over the French in Ireland 25 1668. He goes from the Hague for the Camp at Adersburg 26 1689. The Convention of Scotland send the E. of Argyle Sir Thomas Mongomery and Sir John Dalrimple to offer the Crown of Scotland to his Majesty and take the Oaths of Allegiance c. as their Representatives 27 1690. The House of Lords make a Bill whereby they assert their Majesty's Right to the Crown of England 28 1666. The States General allow the young Prince a Court. 29 1689. 600 Medals of Gold worth 3 l. a piece are distributed each Member of the House of Commons being presented with one they had the King and Queen's Effigies on one Side and on the other a Phaeton struck with Thunder by Jupiter with this Inscription Ne totus absumatur Orbis lest the whole World be consumed 30 1690. The Parliament vest in his Majesty all the Customs which had been granted to James I. and the Duties which King Charles and King James II. had enjoy'd and moreover allow him to dispose of all the Subsidies as himself should seem sitting for the space of 4 Years May. 1 1673. The States General give the Command of their Armies to Prince Maurice for Friezland the Mareschal de Wertz

THE Royal Almanack Containing a Succinct ACCOUNT OF THE Most Memorable Actions OF K. WILLIAM III. With the Year and Day of the Month when they happened Composed by P. VINCENT CORONELLI Cosmographer to the most Serene Republick of Venice and presented to his Majesty by himself LONDON Printed for E. Whitlock near Stationer's Hall 1696. TO THE READER HAving met with this little Book I thought it not unfit to publish it in our Tongue were it for no other Reason than that no Body may be ignorant how great an Esteem our Glorious Monarch's matchless Virtues have gained him in the remotest Parts of Europe The Reader is desired to take notice That being composed in Italian the New Roman Style is made use of And if there be any Events misdated it is expected so small an Error may in a Stranger be pardonable especially in one whose other celebrated Works have made large amends to the letter'd part of the World In short if the Reader is deceived in his Expectation which were hard we hope the Exhorbitancy of the Price will not much impair his Pocket nor that of the Volume be too great an Exercise for his Patience THE Royal Almanack c. Ianuary 1. 1679. A Treaty being on Foot between the Spanish and Dutch Ministers to the effect that Maestricht might be given up to his Catholick Majesty the Prince of Orange opposed it being not fully satisfied as to his own Pretensions 2 1689. The late King James being a second Time imbarked for France the Administration of the Kingdom of England was placed in the Prince of Orange till such time as a Convention might be assembled 3 1661. The Provinces of Overissel and Zeeland being resolved to chuse him their Captain General their Pensioners gave him notice thereof but having that very Day heard of the Princess his Mother's Sickness himself fell sick thereupon 4 1689. His Majesty began his Government by an Act of Grace in restoring the Earls of Feversham and Sunderland to their Liberty 5 1671. He returned from Oxford and Windsor where he had been royally entertained by his Majesty of Great Britain having been a Mediator for the States General in which Negotiation he gave convincing Proofs of his admirable Parts and his Kindness for the said States 6. 7 1689. He is present at Council and sends Circular Letters to call a Convention 8. 9 1677. He receives 200000 Ducats from his Princess in part of the Satisfaction he demanded 10 1691. The King makes himself Master of Lansbrough in Ireland 11. 12 1672. He positively refuses the Dignity of Captain General unless it be conferred upon him for Life 13. 14. 15 1691. His Majesty prorogues the Parliament of England 16 1692. His Majesty leaves London with a Design to go over into Holland to confer with several Confederate Princes but is put back by contrary Winds 17 1672. The States General name Min Heer 's John de Wit de Reverning and Fagel to ingross the necessary Instructions which the Captain General was to act by 18 1651. A general Assembly of the States is held to dispose of the Offices enjoy'd by the late Prince of Orange 19 1672. The Prince of Orange proclaim'd Captain General of the Provinces of Holland and West Friezland 20. 1675. He goes from the Hague to visit the Fortresses and give his Orders to the Magistrates of that Country 21 1674. He went into Mourning for the Prince Palatine de Simmeren his Unkle 22 1674. The States of Holland allow his Royal Highness a more numerous Train and increase the Number of his Guards 23 1673. As a Token of his Generosity and of his Tenderness for the States he quits his Claim to a Tenth Part of all the Prizes made at Sea 24. 25 1679. He returns to the Hague after having visited the Fortifications of Narden and other Places in the Provinces of Holland and Vtrecht 26 1692. The King imbarks a second Time for Holland attended by the Dukes of Norfolk and Ormond the Earls of Portland Devonshire and Dorset the Bishop of London and several other English Noblemen 27. 28 1675. He generously refuses the Proposals made him by the Nobility and Magistracy of the Dutchy of Geldreland and County of Zutphen who proffer'd to elect him for their Soveraign with the Titles of Duke of Gueldreland and Earl of Zurphen 29 1978. Through his Mediation a Treaty for an Offensive and Defensive League between England and Holland is concluded 30 1691. His Majesty arrives in sight of the Dutch Coasts with his Convoy which consisted of 12 Men of War 7 Yachts and some other Vessels and the Landing being difficult gets into a Boat and is soon out of Sight of his Fleet is benighted and in that manner exposed to the Injuries of the Air and ready to be cast away to the unexpressible Sorrow of those who attended him whom himself comforted and especially the Pilot to whom he might say That he carried Cesar but with that Difference That Cesar was by his Fear forced back but his Majesty through great Labours and no small Hazards lands at the Goree 31 1691. He arrives unexpected at the Hague Which was the first time since his happy Accession to the Crown of England that he came there to honour the States with his Royal Presence and tho' he came as incognito yet he is received with the Noise of all the Cannon ringing of Bells c. February 1 1689. Both Houses of the Convention assembled at Westminster desire the Prince of Orange to protect them and to take upon him the Administration of the Government 2. 1674. The States general declare the Prince of Orange Hereditary Governour of Holland and desire his Highness to marry the Duke of York's Daughter 3 1674. His Royal Highness presented the King of England with a Lyon and a Tyger which had been lately sent him out of the Indies 4 1677. He does at the Request of the States General go to Groninguen attended by some of the Deputies to compose some Differences which had happen'd in that City 5 1691. His Majesty to comply with the People's Desires of expressing the Joy they had at his safe arrival is oblig'd to make his Publick Entry into the Hague through a great number of Triumphal Arches while a general Satisfaction was expressed by Acclamations Feasts Bonfires c. 6 1691. His Majesty took the Management of Affairs with an extraordinary Application bore his Part in the Joy the Confederates had conceived at their good Successes and gave Audience to several Princes 7 1691. He assists in Person at the holding of the States of Holland and West Friesland and then at that of the States General of the Vnited Provinces and is afterwards present at the Council of State being received in those Assemblies with all possible Tokens of Esteem Veneration and Respect 8 1691. He reassumes at the Hague the Function of Governour and Captain General in the same manner as before he was King 9 1674. The States of