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A62413	A true history of all the memorable transactions that have happen'd in England, Scotland, Ireland, Flanders, &c. relating to state affairs, sieges, battles, sea-fights, and other naval matters With a particular relation of all the plots and conspiracies against the life of King William and his government, at home and abroad: also by what means they were discovered and defeated, by signal providences: from his coming to the crown, to this present year, 1696. Especially a large account of the late horrid conspiracy, to assassine his sacred life, and bring in a French power. Likewise the confessions and executions of divers of the conspirators, and other things worthy of note.	J. S.	1696 (1696)	Wing S99A; ESTC R3293	88,755	215

many other necessary Orders were given and upon some buzzings abroad by Disaffected Persons to raise ajealousie of the Commanding Officers in the Fleet as if there was some Design to betray it to the Enemy A very Loyal Address was signed by them and sent to the Queen promising all Constant Fidelity and Loyalty which much rejoyced her so that she was pleased to say the had always this Opinion of the Commanders but was glad this was come to satisfie others And indeed they made good their Promise for our Fleet being well Mann'd and timely getting out under the Command of Admiral Russel Sir John Ashby Sir George Rook Sir Cloudsly Shovel Mr. Carter c. being joyned by the Dutch Squadron under Admiral Allemond On the 19th of May out Scouts gave the Signal for seeing the Enemy and very early in the Morning we made the French Fleet in a Line Cape Baresleur bearing South-west and by South so that about Eleven a Clock they bore down and Engaged Admiral Russel at some distance Tourville commanding as Chief on their side and the Engagement continued with great Fury till Three in the Afternoon and something more at what time the French began to bean away then it grew calm till six at what time a Fresh Gale springing up the Blew Squadron renewed the Fight and continued it till Ten at Night during the Engagement three Ships were heard to blow up concluded to be French because we wanted not one of ours then It was calm all the Night and foggy next Morning but about eight of the Clock clearing up the French were discovered about Two Leagues off very much lessened not above Thirty Six Men of War who were flying and so closely they were pursued that running on their own Coast Vice-Admiral Delaval burnt under Cape H. the Royal Sun wherein Tourville was Embarqued carrying 104 Guns being the bravest Ship that ever Sailed from France Also the Admirable his Second of 102 Guns the Conquerant of 80 Guns and 3 of lesser Rates The Prisoners declared That during the Fight four or five of their bigger Ships were destroyed In the mean while Admiral Russel came before le Hogue into which many French Men of War were gotten and sent Vice-Admiral Rook in with his Boat who burnt six of them as also the next Morning seven more with seven Transport Ships and Ammunition Vessels 6 of them being of 3 Decks and afterward many others were destroyed so that their Loss was very great viz. about 36 Capital Men of War besides many of small Note some thousands of the Enemy perishing in the Fight and Waves to avoid the Flames and this was done in the sight of the Late King and Land Forces that were to make the Invasion We lost not one Ship and not many Men of Note only Colonel Hastings who Commanded a Marine Regiment and Rear Admiral Carter who failing the Expectation of the French fell on with great Fury and having his Leg shot off dyed through the great Effusion of Blood This Glorious Victory made King James send a Melancholy Letter to his Brother Lewis the Fourteenth excusing it on his hard Fortune that his Forces fighting in his Interest had caused the Current of his Victories to turn against him desiring that himself and his might retire to any Corner of the World that upon the account of his Ill Starr'd Fortune that an always before Victorious Monarch might not have his Glory ecclips'd but the French King by a surprizing Advantage having in thirty days taken the Town and Castle of N●mure was so puffed up that he seemed to lay little stress upon this great Loss and Disappointment in his Expectations of carrying England by Invasion and therefore sent the Late King a Consolating Letter to raise his drooping Spirits However there was great Joy in England and all the Confederate Countries for this Se● Victory and the great Disappointments our Enemies lay under by it The King of England soon after their taking Namure being desirous to engage the French to Battle pressed them to it often but they used all possible means to avoid it but his Majesty being informed that the Duke of Luxemburg was upon the point of Marching to Enguien he decamped from Genappe thinking to prevent him but did not so that Luxemburg being first there posted himself in such a manner between Enguien and S●eenkerken that his Majesty thought he might be able to attack him and on the second of August he put all things in a readiness so the Execution of the design and about one in the Afternoon our Men were fully Engaged with the Enemy so that the Duke of Wirtemberg pushed them so vigorously with his Infantry that he seized on several pieces of Cannon in the mean time some of our fresh Foot coming up there began a terrible Fight for some hours so that many were slain on both sides and many brave Commanders fell especially in the marrow way where the Enemy flanked our Men through the Hedges and behind cast up Banks so we lost Lieutenant General Macay who had before Reduced the Rebels in Scotland the English and Scotch Colonels Douglass and the Lord Angus Colonel Gees who commanded the Regiment of Nassaw and others of note the Enemy doing the like on their side The King in this brave undertaking exposed his Penson amidst the Firing from the beginning to the end riding continually in the hottest of the fight to give every where the necessary Orders and having led on himself several Battalions against the Enemy he was also the first at the head of the Troops and the last in the Rear upon the retreat so that his preservation was looked on as a Miracle and had not the disadvantage of the Ground hindered the French had been certainly beat out of their Camp however we took several Colours and Prisoners of note Yet against this brave and generous Prince who has so often outbraved their Swords and Fire in the head of his Army a place where Lewis the Fourteenth never appeared in Fight they had again bent their Treachery to take away his Life by base and Cowardly ways which in the Field they Trembled to Assault The Scene of Villany was laid at the French Court and divers Desperados bribed and maintained to take an opportunity of Assassinating his Majesty when he should ride out of his Camp or otherwise as they found it convenient The chief under Agent in the wicked Conspiracy was a French Knight of desperate Fortune viz. the Sieur Grandval But the managers of greater Rank as the Marquiss of Barbesieux the French Kings Secretary of State who no doubt moved by his Masters directions this Wretch upon the design being discovered by one of his Confederates was apprehended and Examined where there being a strong Proof against him he was brought to his Trial before a Court Martial at his Majesties Camp at Limbeck where divers Noble-men and great Commanders being assembled it was charged against him that he

their Majesties Fleet and the Parliament went chearfully on in giving their Majesties Supplies for the carrying on the War and amongst other Acts his Majesty gave the Royal Assent to an Act for doubling the Excise upon Beer Ale and other Liquors during the space of one Year and afterward was pleased to make the following Speech to both Houses My Lords and Gentlemen I Take this occasion with great Willingness to assure you I am extreamly sensible of the Zeal and Chearfulness of Your Proceedings in this Session of Parliament and of the Readiness your Gentlemen of the House of Commons have shewed in Granting such large Supplies towards the pressing occasions of the Navy and Army And I do farther assure You that I shall not be wanting on my part to see them carefully Applied to the Vses for which You intend them At the same time I must observe to You that the posture of Affairs abroad does necessarily require my Presence at the Hague before the end of this Year and by Consequence I must desire you to lose no time in the dispatching and perfecting such further Supplies as are still necessary for the Navy and Army and not for them only but it is high time also to put you in mind of making some Provision for the civil Expence of the Government which has no Funds for its Support since the Excise which was designed for that Service and also other Branches of the Revenue have been applyed to other publick Vses and therefore I must earnestly recommend it to Your speedy Consideration The Parliament was not slow in fulfilling his Majesties Requests but proceeded with such indefatigable Care Zeal and Industry that they soon let our Enemies see they were resolved to go Couragiously thorough with all they had undertaken His Majesty who ever made it his Business to Honour and Recompence those that had well deserved it about this time was pleased to confer a Mark of his Royal Favour upon Collonel Cutts in creating him a Baron of the Kingdom of Ireland by the Style and Title of Baron Cuits of Gowran in that Kingdom And accordingly his Majesty dispenced his Favours to such as merited them without respect to Degree or Person Scotland at this time appeared in a very good Settlement and the Affairs of that Kingdom disposed to their Majesties Interest insomuch that it was not doubted but every thing would redound to a Peace and Settlement the Rebells being every where routed or forced to a Complyance and those that stood out were to extream Necessities those that were supposed to be dangerous being every where seized so that any Design is rendred thereby invalid In Ireland his Majesty appointed the Lords of his Privy-Council as followeth viz. The Lord Primate of Ireland the lord Chancellor for the time being the High Treasurer for the time being the Archbishop of Dublin for the time being James Duke of Ormond Edward Earl of Meath Henry Earl of Drogheda Francis Earl of Longford Richard Earl of Ranelagh Arthur Earl of Granard Adam Viscount Lisburn The Bishop of Meath for the time being Robert Fitz Gerrard Esq the Vice-Treasurer for the time being the Chancellor of the Exchequer for the time being the Chief Justice of the King's-Bench for the time being the Chief Justice of the Common-Pleas for the time being the Chief Baron of the Exchequer for the time being the Master of the Rolls for the time being the Principal Secretary of State for the time being the Master of the Ordnance for the time being Sir Henry Fane William Hill Esquires The Judges that are appointed were these For the Kings-Bench Sir Richard Raynell Chief Justice Mr. Justice Ly●don Sir Richard Stephens one of the Justices For the Common Pleas Mr Justice Cox Mr. Justice Jeffordson For the Exchequer Lord Chief Baron Hely Mr. Baron Echlin Sir Standi● Harstrong one of the Barons and 〈◊〉 this manner the Judicature being settled by his Majesty's indefatigable Care and Prudence there little of doubt Remains but these Gentlemen supported by the Military Forces will by their Conduct put that Kingdom into good Order and divers of the Bishopricks being vacant in Ireland his Majesty was pleased to dispose of them in this manner viz. Dr. Marsh Bishop of Ferus to be Archbishop of Cashel Dr. Tenison Bishop of Killala to be Bishop of Cloglier Dr. Digby Bishop of Limerick to be Bishop 〈◊〉 Elphin Dr. William King to be Bish●● of London-Derry Dr. Vigors Dean 〈◊〉 Armagh to be Bishop of Ferus Dr. Wilson Dean of Rapho to be Bishop of Limerick Dr. Fitzgerald Dean of Cloim to be Bishop of Colnfort Dr. Lloyd Dean of Achonry to be Bishop of Killala About this time their Majesties ships Grusing in the Soundings under the Command of Sir Clousley Shovel discovered a French man of War of 18 Guns and 10 Pattereroes to which the Crown and Debtford gave Chace and the Crown being got up with her after they had exchanged some Guns laid her on Board and took her the French Captain and his Lieutenant were wounded and the Master with divers men killed and several other French ships within a short time after were brought in by the English and Dutch and the Lord Sydney and Sir John Trevor Speaker of the House of Commons were sworn to be of his Majesties Privy Council The Earl of Torrington having continued a Prisoner in the Tower and their Majesties having declared the Commissioners of the Admiralty invested with all the Power Priviledge and Authority which formerly the Admirals of England were wont to enjoy and which had been Granted them by former Parliaments he had notice of his Tryal though he had desired he might be tryed in Parliament and had been carried up to the Bar of the House of Commons where amongst other things he set forth that the French had 82 men of War and the English and Hollanders not above 56 that in several Debates in several Councils of War between the English and Dutch Officers it was concluded That the Enemy was too strong to be attacked and that it would be sufficient to attend their Motion and hinder them from Landing that the Hollanders had not above 10 Ships that were able to Fight that they were beaten because they did not keep their Line but suffered themselves to be surrounded by the Enemy that after all this they would make him bear the blame of their ill Conduct that the Secretary of State did not rightly inform him of the Condition of the Enemies Fleet that they might see by the Letter written to him by the Secretary of which he produced a Copy and by the Queens Orders which Commanded him to Fight the Enemy that he had not exposed the Honour of the Nation with a Fleet much inferiour to the Enemies but in obedience to the Orders sent him then he was asked why he did not Second the Dutch when he saw they fought so well to which not giving such a Satisfactory Answer as was expected the cause

from which sprouted Lawrels with this Motto viz. Darted forth in presage of Triumphs In the Third this Inscription viz. The Netherlands Tottering and he made Chief Commander by Sea and Land has re-established the Government in its first Lustre Conserved our Religion and secur●d the People and in a Table underneath a Boat with armed Men rowing it forward with this Inscription viz. There will be another Tithys And in the Fourth hollow Seat viz. His merited Triumphs surmounting Fame it self more glorious still by happy Marriage with a Princess born of Royal Ancestors and in a Table underneath a Lyon and Unicorn the latter driving away many venemous Creatures with his horn with this Motto They drive away the venome and repell the force of it and on one side of the Pedestal where the King was placedon Horseback was written The Peoples welfare the Glory of the State and within the Ceilings of the Arches were four Historical Representations different from each other and in the First viz. He reviveth the Golden Age. in the Second We are preparing for New Worlds and New Scepters In the Third viz. Your part is to overcome and forgive and in the Fourth viz. All other things are Transitory As for the Arch it self it was adorned before and behind and at the top of the Overtures the Arms of England also the Arms of Holland with Two flying Fames appearing to blow Trumpets as for the Arch of the publick Piezza it was exceeding Magnificent the Pillars were coloured like red and white Marble the Body of the work black and white and the Basis and Chapter gilded with four Pictures Two before and the other behind the foremost representing a Battel of the Romans by Sea and Land and those behind War and Peace withother curious Devices and upon this Arch the King was represented on Horseback to the bigness of the Life with this Motto To the Triumphant King And above the King on Horseback Wreaths covering and crossing his Head and above it a Royal Crown with the Scepters a Cross underneath on one side the Arch two Squares in which behind and before were transparent Pictures done upon Silk which by the Lights put into them in the Evening discovered on the one side a Cloud and a Pillar of Fire on the other the Corner being adorned with Green and at the gilded Frize of the Arch was written by Land and Sea In repressing Tyranny and restoring the Felicity of the Age. And on the Right side of the Frize viz To him that Excells all Heroes And on the Left viz. To him who is greater than any of the Antients and on each side the Pedestal where the King was represented on Horseback were two gilded Arrows two covered with Silver and two adorned with Feathers with Trophies the Arms of England and the King's Cypher and upon the Wings of the Arch were represented divers Histories of Hercules Perseus Phaeton and Andromeda's deliverance with the Escutcheons of England Scotland France and Ireland and round about and underneath this Arch were the following words viz. Honoured with Scepters Armed with Armies provided with Fleets and received with Acclamations and on each fide this Arch were two pictures One representing Europe in Distress Neptune Ravishing of her with this Motto Snatch the wretched from the Ravisher and the Motto of the other viz. Defending Right and above the Door was written The Town of the Hague erected this Arch by the Deeree of their Magistrates That erected in the Great Market-place was no less stately adorned with Pictures and some of them transparent and upon the Arch a Rain-bow with Three Crowns seeming to hang in the Air and upon that Arch a Sphere and on it flying Fame with other-like Devices and Trophies on the Backside the Imperial Coat of Arms of Nassau That of the Emperor Adolphus of the same Family with Eight Quarters on every side and round about this Arch viz. To the First of Noble Heroes the greatest of Generals William the Third a Posthumus the Gift of Heaven and above the Pictures erected on the backside viz. Erected to the Victories and Trophiesde signed for a most valiant and prudent Commande●● And on the bottom of the Arch on one fide viz. William the Third King of Four Kingdoms Governor of the united Provinces shining with Virtue and Triumphs And indeed so admirable and curious were the Devices and Motto's of this Arch redounding to the Glory of his Majesty that for brevity sake we think fit to leave you to guess at the rest by what has been laid down The Cannon loudly breathed his Wellcome and the Peoples shouts ecchoed Feasting Crowned the Day and the Fires by night made all seem but one great Light and nothing was omitted that a willing People could any ways contribute too Nevertheless the Burgesses of the Hague had prepared a long time before for his publick Entry and had been at considerable Charges to make a glorious Appearance and all the Towns adjoyning had prepared to be present at the Solemnity In a word all the Hollanders were willing to see the King in publick and to assure themselves with their own Eye that a Prince whom they loved so infinitely and of whom the common Enemy had spread so many false Reports was still alive and returned into their Provinces which obliged the States to intreat his Majesty to make a publick Entry which he refused a long time that such Ceremonies were but the loss of that time which he had resolved to spend altogether in Action At length all that they could obtain from him was that he would Dine about a quarter of a League from the Hague at a House of the Earl of Portland's and return in his Coach through the midst of the Burgesses rang'd in Files from the Court to the end of the City which was done the first of February about four of the Clock in the Afternoon ●o the unexpressible Satisfaction of the People all the Inhabitants of the Towns round about being got together and perhaps there never was seen at the Hague such a vast Concourse of People The King receiving many Complements and Congratulations had still his mind upon weightier Affairs so that at his first appearing in the Assembly of the States-General he took his Place at the upper end of the Table and did with many obliging Expressions declare his Affection and Royal Inclination to the States-General and the Provinces telling them to this Effect as we find it translated from an Extract of the Register of the Resolutions of the States-General of the United Provinces viz. That when he was last in the Assembly of the States-General he then signified his Intention to goe over for England and thanked them for the Assistance they had given him towards the relieving England from great Grievances under which it groaned being well nigh brought to the brink of Ruine that God Almighty had been pleased to prosper his Enterprize as thereupon to Crown it with

had with one Leefdale and others wickedly Conspired the death and final Destruction of his most Serene Majesty of great Britain which appeared by Informations Intercepted Letters and other Authentick pieces that some of the chief Ministers in the French Court had laid a design to Assassinate his Majesty of great Britain and among others had chosen him as an undertaker to manage and comp●ss the wicked Enterprise by finding out fit Persons to Assassinate him that he had made choice of one Bartholomew Linier and understanding that one Anthony du Mont had been formerly Engaged in the design by the Marquiss Lovois Father to Barbesieux he found him out and proposed it to him in the Campaigne before but being then disappointed by Providence they nevertheless went on with their design and soon after he discovered it to one Leefda●e at Paris who seeming willing to comply with him but Secretly gave notice of it A Friend in Holiand hinting that he should take care and Inform his Majesty of it the like Dumont had done to the Duke of Zell so careful is Providence of the Life of Kings that the Conspirators for the most part seem compelled by a divine Power to be Instruments by their discoveries in preserving them The Duke no sooner had this notice but he Acquainted the King with it and Grandval not knowing it was discovered went from Paris with Du Mont and Leefdale to Vden in Ravestein and in his way to Brussels Imparted his design to one John D' Amours but coming to Einhoven he was Apprehended and with his Companions carried to Bois le Duc. Upon these Heads the Witnesses were Examined and first Leefdale who confirmed what has been mentioned before moreover that the Prisoner sent Du Mont 200 Pistols the last Winter and ten Ducates from Brussels by a Bill of Exchange to keep him fixed to the design he being then very necessitous The next Witness was John D' Amours who said Grandval had told him that he had a great business to do and being demanded what it Imported and whether he had any thing to say to the King of England he replie● to break his Neck and that being admonished of the difficulties of the attempt he replied he had given his word to the Marquiss of Barbesieux and would do it And further he proceeded to a Transcendent piece of Wickedness viz. he went to the Jesuits College to say a Pater-noster c. and desire God to bless his undertaking a true bigotted Son of Rome and therefore a fit Instrument for French Cruelty and Revenge For where in the World should we have found even among Infidels any that durst implore the Assistance of a just and Righteouss God to be contributing towards the perpetrating so horrid an Impiety but no doubt those that set him a work had imployed Priests to Case-harden his Conscience and Blind the Eyes of his Reason But to proceed The next Witness viz. Du Mont owned the Matter of Fact in all the Circumstances saying Madam Maintenon the French King's Mistress was acquainted with the Design and consequently she concealed it not from her Lover or rather he from her from whom it is no great difficulty to believe she had the Knowledge of He added likewise that he acquainted Monsieur Bedal the French King's Minister at Hanover with it who like a Bloody Villain told him it would be a good Business if it could be done and lent him fifty Crowns for his further Encouragement This Evidence being over but more at large yet to the same purpose Grandval was brought up nearer to the Court who having heard the Examinations of the former and finding the Intreague and Mystery of Iniquity was plainly discovered he thought if any safety remained for him it must proceed from an open and ingenuous Confession especially when he saw his own Letters produced against him he did proceed to confess the whole Matter in all its detestable yet amazing Circumstances laying down from time to time who had employed him what Money he had received and how when he pushed on to enterprise the Attempt his heart failed him or some unexpected and surprizing Providence stepped between to prevent him so that after the Judges had met several times to consult about this weighty Affair they gave the definitive Sentence viz. That whereas Bartholomew D' Liniere Knight Sieur d' Grandval a Native of Picardy had before the Court Marshal confessed and without any Constraint and it farther appearing that the Marquess Louvis late Secretary to the French King had contracted with Dumont about the Murder of King William upon which the said Dumont presented the Marquess with a Plat of the Design how to bring it to pass That upon the Death of Louvis the Marquess of Barbesieux his Son also Secretary of State revived the Conspiracy with Dumont giving him the thirty Pistoles which his Father had order'd That Grandval came acquainted with Dumont at Monsieur Rebenacks house and there one Papperil saying That Dumont would be a fit Person to seize the King Dumont replyed He would carry the King off alive or dead as he had promised Louvois That Dumont having delivered the same o● another Project to Barbesieux The Prisoner to promote the Design had several Conferences with him and Papperil and being informed the King wore a Coat of Mail he informed Dumont of it He said it was no matter he would kill him for all that That the said Grandval was engaged with Colonel Parker in the Design who told him he had before laid the like Design before the Marquess Louvois That the Prisoner Barbesieux Papperil and Dumont did agree upon the manner of Executing it viz. That he and Parker should meet at the Grand Guard of Luxemburg who was to furnish ' em with 1500 Horse That Dumons was to scout and watch when the King went to view the Main Guard and there shoot him and then the Prisoner and Parker were to rush in with their 1500 Horse and bring him off and that for this purpose Barbesieux gave the Prisoner an Order to the Duke to supply them with that Detachment of Horse or as many as he should think requisit for the Design That the Prisoner by the Marquesses Order received 80 Louidors and according to Direction gave 50 to Dumont That he was promised an Annual Revenue of 20000 Livers and to be made Knight of the Order of St. Lazarus if the Design took Effect That he took some Measures in order to effect it with Chamlays Quarter-Master General to the French King and then Leefdale came acquainted with him by the means of one Sterck and discovered his Design to him towards the latter end of March 1692. T●at the prisoner and Parker went to St. Germain on the 16th and there made know the Design finding Encouragement to proceed in it from those of great Rank That Dumont's Wife delivered several Letters to the Marquess which were sent by her Husband from Hannover where the Prisoner continued his

the Streights to favour the Duke D' Nouailes Warring in Catalonia the English Admiral joyned by divers Dutch Men of War followed and blocked Tourville up in Toulo●n altogether disappointing him of his Design In the mean while the Lord Barky with a Squadron and some Land Forces on Board Commanded by Lieut. General Talmash made a Descent at Cameret Bay under the favour of 7 Men of War battering the Fort but the French being strongly entrenched with Horse and Foot they were constrained to Retreat the Lieut. General being wounded in the Thigh which gangreening he dyed of that Wound soon after at Plymouth yet our Canon ruined the Enemies Batteries and killed them a great many men But about the middle of July Diep a considerable Sea-Port in Normandy was bombed by the English and Dutch almost all consumed by Fire the great Magazine being blown up and some Ships in the Harbour were burnt On the 17th of July they came before Hacerdegrace an other eminent Sea-Port Town and found the Shoars strongly guarded and although the Enemy fired furiously from their Batteries the Bomb Boats stood in and burnt with their Bombs a great part and the rest had followed the same fate had not the Sea grown high by reason of a strong Wind. The next day the Lord Berkley sailed towards La Hogue alarming all the French-Coast Towns in his way and soon after he made an Attempt upon Dunkirk with a great Machine filled with Bombs and Carcasses which being fired rent and shattered their Out-works in a dreadful manner and afterward bombed Callis not any of the French Men of War daring to stir out of the Harbour Whilst things passed thus at Sea the King took Huy in Flanders and Prince Lewis of Balen Commanding the Imperial Army on the Rhine together with the Saxon Troops entered the French Countries forced their Army to a Retreat cutting off many in the Rear and brought away a great Booty having put the Country for many miles under Contribution and to strengthen the Alliance the Elector of Bavaria Marryed the King of Poland's Daughter After this happened many Skirmishes by Parties during the Campaign in which the Enemy for the most part were put to the worst ●nd many of the French deserted and came over with Horse and Arms declaring the great Scarcity that was in the French Camp The French this year set upon the Island of Jamaica but were beaten off again by the Inhabitants after they had surprisingly committed some Outrages hoping at this time for success upon the Account of the ill condition they supposed the Island to be in by the shocks of a violent Earthquake that had ruined Port-Royal and destroyed many People and the Vaudois in the Valley of Lucern and other places falling on the French that came to surprize them killed many and took more Prisoners The Turks and Tartars that came with a great Convoy to the Relief of Càmenic were overthrown by the Poles losing 5000 Men and 5000 Wagons laden with Oyl Rice and other Provisions Our Fleet in the Streigh●s pressed hard on the French blocking them up in their Harbours so that they could not get out to sail for Brest the great Ships were disarmed and the Seamen compelled to travel over Land leaving only a few to Man some Cruizers And thus as to Material Action this Summer ended and the King returning by way of Holland having received the Thanks of the States General returned for England and was met by the Queen with unexprerssible Joy But as all things on Earth are Transitory so this h●ppened But in the mean while the Parliament sitting the King told them among other things that a stop had been this Year put to the Torrent of the French proceedings which had altogether put them to a stand and was a happy Omen of Future Success and that nothing might be wanting on his part to oblige his loving Subjects an Act passed for the frequent meeting of Parliaments to the high satisfaction of the Kingdom But now a sad and Melancholy Cloud of Sorrow Over-spread the Nation for on the 22 of December the Queen was taken with a Vomiting and Pain in her Back and Head which soon after turned to the Small-Pox of the worst sort upon which she was Prayed for in the Churches and Chapples But the prevaling Disease to Rob three Nations of so Vertuous and Pious a Princess deri●ing Art she much lamented Died on the 28 of the same Month and was laid in State at White-Hall her Corps being brought thither from Kinsington and a considerable time after was with all Funeral Pomp conveyed to King Henry the Seventh's Chappel and Intrered among her Royal Ancestors a stately Mausoleum being raised for her Remembrance in the Abby of Westminster where it was observed that a Bird called a Robin-Red-Breast perched daily on it and at certain Hours Sung Melodiously to the Numerous Spectators and to shew their Affection to the Deceased Queen not only ours and most People of note in the Nation went into Mourning but all the Courts of the Confederates In the beginning of the Year 1695. the Parliament having given the King Liberal supplies greater Preparations than the last were made and the Confederates were in a considerable Posture so that the King early in the Spring went by the way of Holland to Flanders attended with divers Nobles and put the Army in such a Posture as not to fear the Attacks of the Enemy but rather to seek them and dare them to Battel Indeed the Duke of Luxenburg was dead however the French King Nominated the Duke de Villeroy in his stead as General of his Army in Flanders though wanting his Experience in Martial Affairs Therefore the French Court doubting the success of their Arms in the open Field underhand Treatchery at the beginning of the Campagne was used Dixm●yde and Demse was thereupon surrendered to them contrary to the Minds of his Garrison Officers and Soldiers in General for which Monsieur D' Ellenburg was afterward Beheaded and others concerned in so base an Action suffered disgrace However the French for a time retaind the Garrison Soldiers and compelled most of them to Enter into their Service against their minds This much dissatisfied the King of England and thereupon after many Skirmishes that happened between Parties he laid Seige to Namure a City that Commanded a large Province where the French had geathered great Riches and accordingly on the third of July it was Invested and the Siege carried on with all imaginable Vigor by the Duke of Bavaria and other Princes so that the City was taken but then the Marsschal de Boufflers who had thrown himself into it retired to the Castle on the other side the River upon Articles signed the fourth of August by the Elector of Bavaria and Count Guiscard Governour of the place a Second Siege in a manner was laid to the Castle being very strongly Fortified and in it a numerous Garison yet such was the Courage