CONTENTS

OF

VOLUME THE SECOND.

TOME III. OF THE MS.

1685.

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THE Affliction which James II. experienced at the death of his Brother

Change in the public opinion respecting JAMES, which immediately took place

Speech of the King in Council on his accession

The King goes afterwards to Mass, with the Queen, in the little Chapel at St. James's, and orders the doors to be left open

Difficulty respecting the Funeral Obsequies of Charles II.
he having died a Roman Catholick

Zealous Congratulations from all parts to James II. on his
Accession

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The King gives his attention to the Navy and to Commerce,
and to paying off gradually the debts of the Crown
His attention and kindness to his Friends
The King shews some papers of Charles II. respecting that
Monarch's change of Religion, to the Archbishop of
Canterbury

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The King and Queen receive the Crown, April 23d, from
the hands of the Archbishop of Canterbury
The King, to distinguish the confidence he had in the Scotch
Nobility and Gentry, ordered the Scotch Parliament to
meet first His Letter on that occasion, March 28th
The English Parliament meets May 24th

No complaint made at the King's collecting the Customs,
before they were given him by Parliament

The King's second Speech, June 18; -" I have a true
English heart, as jealous of the Honour of the Nation as
you can be. I pleas myself with the hopes that (by God's
blessing and
your assistance) I may carry the reputation
of it yet higher in the world, than ever it has been in the
time of any of my ancestors."

The Parliament so much pleased with the Speech, that they
immediately grant an augmentation of the Revenue
The Scotch Parliament settle two hundred and sixty thou-
sand pounds a year on the King for his life
The Earl of Argyle's Invasion, May 14th

His first declaration

His second declaration

He is taken June 17th, and brought prisoner to Edinburgh
The Duke of Monmouth's Invasion June 11th, at Lime in

Is countenanced underhand by the Prince of Orange
Who at the same time offered his Services to the King
The King had been advertised by one Monpoulan of the
strict Correspondence and Friendship that existed between
the Prince of Orange and the Duke of Monmouth
Declaration of the Duke of Monmouth
He is attainted by Parliament

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The Earl of Feversham sent against him

The Duke of Monmouth's Letter to the King

His Interview with the King

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His behaviour to the Dutchess on the morning of his

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The Duke of Monmouth is beheaded, July 15th
Remarks of James the Second on that Duke's character and
conduct, who had been the dupe of Lord Shaftesbury 39
Plenty, security, and a flourishing Trade established
First foundation of discontent against the King pointed out
The King has an opportunity of shewing his gratitude to
a Nephew of his old master in the Art of War, M. de
Turenne

Lords Stamford, Delamere, and Brandon seized and carried
to the Tower-A Commission of Oyer and Terminer
granted to Lord Chief Justice Jeffreys

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His unpardonable conduct-Mrs. Lisle condemned and executed, Sept. 2.

ib.

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ib.

The King's generous conduct to Major Holmes, opposed
to the unauthorised severity of the Chief Justice
Jeffreys is made Lord Chancellor Sept. 28

Severities of Colonel Kerk

Lord Brandon Gerrard tried, Nov. 26, found guilty, and pardoned; - Mr. Hampden, who pleaded guilty, is condemned to death, and pardoned

Mr. Francis, who had assaulted and killed him, is tried and

The Parliament alarmed at the Speech

The Debate

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The Parliament meets Nov. 9th

The King's Speech

which in consequence took place

II

Address of the Commons against the employing of Papists -
The King's Reply

The House adjourns, and meets no more during the King's
Reign

Reasons for the King's conduct in keeping up so large a
standing Force" He saw a more dangerous cloud still
hanging ouer his head, than that he had lately dispers'd,
the Prince of Orange's conduct had rais'd a suspicion of an
antient date; the late King made no mistery of declaring,
That he look'd upon him as one, that waited only for a
fit opertunity to usurpe the Crown."
The King's Regulations in Ireland
Deputy thither

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Lord Clarendon sent

The King thinks "it no injury to others, that the Roman
Catholicks who had tasted so deeply of his Suffrings,
should now in his Prosperity haue a share at least of his
protection
Commission of Lieutenant General given to Colonel Richard
Talbot, an Irish gentleman of antient family, with power
to regulate the troops, and to place and displace whom
he pleased

Extract from the King's Letter to the Lords Justices
Lord Clarendon dissatisfied

Colonel Talbot on his return to England is advanced to

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the Peerage, with the title of Earl of Tyrconnel Insidious conduct of Lord Sunderland Reasons for the appointment which Lord Rochester had obtained

1686.

The first fervour began to cool in Scotland- The Scotch
Parliament meets April 29th - The King's Letter read