Volume II Part 36 (1/2)

[Footnote 580: North's Life of Guildford, 220.; Jeffreys' Elegy; Luttrell's Diary; Oldmixon, 762. Oldmixon was in the crowd, and was, I doubt not, one of the most furious there. He tells the story well. Ellis Correspondence; Barnet, i. 797. and Onslow's note.]

[Footnote 581: Adda, Dec. 9/19; Citters, Dec. 18/28]

[Footnote 582: Citters, Dec. 14/24. 1688; Luttrell's Diary; Ellis Correspondence; Oldmixon, 761.; Speke's Secret History of the Revolution; Clarke's Life of James, ii. 257.; Eachard's History of the Revolution; History of the Desertion.]

[Footnote 583: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 258.]

[Footnote 584: Secret History of the Revolution.]

[Footnote 585: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 13. 1688; Citters, Dec 14/24; Eachard's History of the Revolution.]

[Footnote 586: Citters, Dec. 14/24 688; Luttrell's Diary.]

[Footnote 587: Clarke's Life of James ii. 251. Orig. Mem.; Letter printed in Tindal's Continuation of Rapin. This curious letter is in the Harl. MSS. 6852.]

[Footnote 588: Reresby was told, by a lady whom he does not name, that the King had no intention of withdrawing till he received a letter from Halifax, who was then at Hungerford. The letter, she said, informed His Majesty that, if he staid, his life would be in danger. This is certainly a mere romance. The King, before the Commissioners left London, had told Barillon that their emba.s.sy was a mere feint, and had expressed a full resolution to leave the country. It is clear from Reresby's own narrative that Halifax thought himself shamefully used.]

[Footnote 589: Harl. MS. 255.]

[Footnote 590: Halifax MS.; Citters, Dec. 18/28. 1688.]

[Footnote 591: Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution.]

[Footnote 592: See his proclamation, dated from St. Germains, April 20.

1692.]

[Footnote 593: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 261. Orig. Mem.]

[Footnote 594: Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 16. 1688; Barnet, i. 800.]

[Footnote 595: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 262. Orig. Mem.; Barnet, i. 799 In the History of the Desertion (1689), it is affirmed that the shouts on this occasion were uttered merely by some idle boys, and that the great body of the people looked on in silence. Oldmixon, who was in the crowd, says the same; and Ralph, whose prejudices were very different from Oldmixon's, tells us that the information which he had received from a respectable eye witness was to the same effect. The truth probably is that the signs of joy were in themselves slight, but seemed extraordinary because a violent explosion of public indignation had been expected. Barillon mentions that there had been acclamations and some bonfires, but adds, ”Le people dans le fond est pour le Prince d'Orange.” Dec. 17/27 1688.]

[Footnote 596: London Gazette, Dec. 16. 1688; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; History of the Desertion; Burnet, i. 799.; Evelyn's Diary, Dec. 13. 17. 1688.]

[Footnote 597: Clarke's History of James, ii. 262. Orig. Mem.]

[Footnote 598: Barillon, Dec. 17/27 1681; Clarke's Life of James, ii.

271.]

[Footnote 599: Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 16. 1688.]

[Footnote 600: Burnet i. 800.; Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 17 1688; Citters, Dec. 18/28. 1688.]

[Footnote 601: Burnet, i. 800.; Conduct of the d.u.c.h.ess of Marlborough; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution. Clarendon says nothing of this under the proper date; but see his Diary, August 19. 1689.]

[Footnote 602: Harte's Life of Gustavus Adolphus.]

[Footnote 603: Clarke's Life of James ii. 264. mostly from Orig. Mem.; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Rapin de Thoyras. It must be remembered that in these events Rapin was himself an actor.]

[Footnote 604: Clarke's Life of James, ii. 265. Orig. Mem.; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Burnet, i, 801.; Citters, Dec. 18/28. 1688.]

[Footnote 605: Citters, Dec. 18/28. 1688; Evelyn's Diary, same date; Clarke's Life of James, ii. 266, 267. Orig. Mem.]