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[Footnote 535: Reresby's Memoirs; Clarke's. Life of James, ii. 231.

Orig. Mem.]

[Footnote 536: Cibber's Apology History of the Desertion; Luttrell's Diary; Second Collection of Papers, 1688.]

[Footnote 537: Whittle's Diary; History of the Desertion; Luttrell's Diary.]

[Footnote 538: Clarke's Life of James, i. 222. Orig. Mem; Barillon, Nov 21/Dec 1 1688; Sheridan MS.]

[Footnote 539: First Collection of Papers, 1688.]

[Footnote 540: Letter from Middleton to Preston dated Salisbury, Nov.

25. ”Villany upon villany,” says Middleton, ”the last still greater than the former.” Clarke's Life of James, ii. 224, 225. Orig. Mem.]

[Footnote 541: History of the Desertion; Luttrell's Diary.]

[Footnote 542: Dartmouth's note on Burnet, i. 643.]

[Footnote 543: Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 26.; Clarke's Life of James, ii.

224.; Prince George's letter to the King has often been printed.]

[Footnote 544: The letter, dated Nov. 18, will be found in Dalrymple.]

[Footnote 545: Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 25, 26. 1688; Citters, Nov 26/Dec 6; Ellis Correspondence, Dec. 19.; d.u.c.h.ess of Marlborough's Vindication; Burnet, i. 792; Compton to the Prince of Orange, Dec. 2. 1688, in Dalrymple. The Bishop's military costume is mentioned in innumerable pamphlets and lampoons.]

[Footnote 546: Dartmouth's note on Burnet, i. 792.; Citters Nov 26/Dec 6 1688; Clarke's Life of James, i. 226. Orig. Mem.; Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 26; Revolution Politics.]

[Footnote 547: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 236. Orig. Mem.; Burnet, i.

794.: Luttrell's Diary; Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 27. 1688; Citters, Nov 27/Dec 7 and Nov 30/Dec 10

Citters evidently had his intelligence from one of the Lords who were present. As the matter is important I will give two short pa.s.sages from his despatches. The King said, ”Dat het by na voor hem unmogelyck was to pardoneren persoonen wie so hoog in syn reguarde schuldig stonden, vooral seer uytvarende jegens den Lord Churchill, wien hy hadde groot gemaakt, en nogtans meynde de eenigste oorsake van alle dese desertie en van de retraite van hare Coninglycke Hoogheden te wesen.” One of the lords, probably Halifax or Nottingham, ”seer hadde geurgeert op de securiteyt van de lords die nu met syn Hoogheyt geengageert staan. Soo hoor ick,” says Citters, ”dat syn Majesteyt onder anderen soude gesegt hebben; 'Men spreekt al voor de securiteyt voor andere, en niet voor de myne.' Waar op een der Pairs resolut dan met groot respect soude geantwoordt hebben dat, soo syne Majesteyt's wapenen in staat warm om hem te connen mainteneren, dat dan sulk syne securiteyte koude wesen; soo niet, en soo de difficulteyt dan nog to surmonteren was, dat het den moeste geschieden door de meeste condescendance, en hoe meer die was, en hy genegen om aan de natie contentement te geven, dat syne securiteyt ook des to grooter soude wesen.”]

[Footnote 548: Letter of the Bishop of St. Asaph to the Prince of Orange, Dec. 17, 1688.]

[Footnote 549: London Gazette, Nov, 29. Dec. [3]. 1688; Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 29, 30.]

[Footnote 550: Barillon, December 1/11 1688.]

[Footnote 551: James to Dartmouth, Nov. 25. 1688. The letters are in Dalrymple.]

[Footnote 552: James to Dartmouth, Dec. 1. 1688.]

[Footnote 553: Luttrell's Diary.]

[Footnote 554: Second Collection of Papers, 1688; Dartmouth's Letter, dated December 3. 1688, will be found in Dalrymple; Clarke's Life of James, ii. 233. Orig. Mem. James accuses Dartmouth of having got up an address from the fleet demanding a Parliament. This is a mere calumny.

The address is one of thanks to the King for having called a Parliament, and was framed before Dartmouth had the least suspicion that His Majesty was deceiving the nation.]

[Footnote 555: Luttrell's Diary.]