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 passages 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."FN 548 Letter of the Bishop of St. Asaph to the Prince of Orange, Dec. 17, 1688.
FN 549 London Gazette, Nov, 29. Dec.3. 1688; Clarendon's Diary, Nov. 29, 30.
FN 550 Barillon, December 1/11 1688.
FN 551 James to Dartmouth, Nov. 25. 1688. The letters are in Dalrymple.
FN 552 James to Dartmouth, Dec. 1. 1688.
FN 553 Luttrell's Diary.
FN 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.
FN 555 Luttrell's Diary.
FN 556 Adda, Dec. 17. 1688.
FN 557 The Nuncio says, "Se lo avesse fatto prima di ora, per il Re ne sarebbe stato meglio."FN 558 See the Secret History of the Revolution, by Hugh Speke, 1715. In the London Library is a copy of this rare work with a manuscript note which seems to be in Speke's own hand.
FN 559 Brand's History of Newcastle; Tickell's History of Hull.
FN 560 An account of what passed at Norwich may still be seen in several collections on the original broadside. See also the Fourth Collection of Papers, 1688.
FN 561 Clarke's Life of James, ii. 233.; MS. Memoir of the Harley family in the Mackintosh Collection.
FN 562 Citters, Dec. 9/19 1688. Letter of the Bishop of Bristol to the Prince of Orange, Dec 5. 1688, in Dalrymple.
FN 563 Citters, Nov 27/Dec 7 1688; Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 11.;Song on Lord Lovelace's entry into Oxford, 1688; Burnet, i. 793.
FN 564 Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 2, 3, 4, 5. 1688.
FN 565 Whittles Exact Diary; Eachard's History of the Revelation.
FN 566 Citters, Nov. 20/30 Dec. 9/19 1688.
FN 567 Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 6, 7. 1688.
FN 568 Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 7. 1688.
FN 569 History of the Desertion; Citters, Dec. 9/19 1688; Exact Diary; Oldmixon, 760.
FN 570 See a very interesting note on the fifth canto of Sir Walter Scott's Rokeby.
FN 571 My account of what passed at Hungerford is taken from Clarendon's Diary, Dec. 8, 9. 1688; Burnet, i. 794; the Paper delivered to the Prince by the Commissioners, and the Prince's Answer; Sir Patrick Hume's Diary; Citters Dec. 9/19FN 572 Clarke's Life of James, ii. 237. Burnet, strange to say, had not heard, or had forgotten, that the prince was brought back to London, i. 796.
FN 573 Clarke's Life of James, ii. 246.; Pere d'Orleans, Revolutions d'Angleterre, xi.; Madame de Sevigne, Dec. 14/24.
1688; Dangeau, Memoires, Dec. 13/23. As to Lauzun, see the Memoirs of Mademoiselle and of the Duke of St. Simon, and the Characters of Labruyere.
FN 574 History of the Desertion; Clarke's Life Of James. ii. 251.
Orig. Mem.; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Burnet, i. 795FN 575 History of the Desertion; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Fachard's History of the Revolution.
FN 576 London Gazette, Dec. 13. 1688.
FN 577 Clarke's Life of James, ii. 259.; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Legge Papers in the Mackintosh Collection.
FN 578 London Gazette, Dec. 13 1688; Barillon, Dec. 14/24.;Citters, same date; Luttrell's Diary; Clarke's Life of James, ii.
256. Orig. Mem; Ellis Correspondence, Dec. 13.; Consultation of the Spanish Council of State, Jan. 19/29, 1689. It appears that Ronquillo complained bitterly to his government of his losses;"Sirviendole solo de consuelo el haber tenido prevencion de poder consumir El Santisimo."FN 579 London Gazette, Dec. 13 1688; Luttrell's Diary; Mulgrave's Account of the Revolution; Consultation of the Spanish Council of State, Jan. 19/29 1689. Something was said about reprisals: but the Spanish council treated the suggestion with contempt.
"Habiendo sido este hecho por un furor de pueblo, sin consentimiento del gobierno y antes contra su voluntad, como lo ha mostrado la satisfaccion que le han dado y le han prometido, parece que no hay juicio humano que puede aconsejar que se pase a semejante remedio."FN 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.
FN 581 Adda, Dec. 9/19; Citters, Dec. 18/28.
FN 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.
FN 583 Clarke's Life of James, ii. 258.
FN 584 Secret History of the Revolution.