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A93564	A brief history of the pious and glorious life and actions of the most illustrious princess, Mary Queen of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, &c. Containing the most memorable things, and matters, relating to her royal self, &c. from her birth till the most deplorable time of her ever to be lamented death, on the 28th. of December, 1694. Faithfully done by J.S.	J. S.; Drapentier, Jan, fl. 1674-1713, engraver.	1695 (1695)	Wing S46; ESTC R230766	40,022	154

had made it his Request to have her in Marriage both of the King and the Duke who had not refused but condescended to his request and proposals and therefore thought it requisite to give their Lordships an account of it expecting in Return their speedy Approbation that he might the sooner return to them c. THEY had no sooner received this Advice with the Highest satisfaction imaginable but they immediately assembled to consult about and consider the weighty reasons that obliged the Prince to make so agreeable a choice to make them happy in placing his affections on the most Virtuous and Celebrated Princess in Europe approving it with Congratulation and joy and made the high satisfaction they conceived known by a publick Edict declaring their good opinion and esteem of so great an Alliance promising not only to respect but to observe it to the utmost And further to testify their consent they sent their Approbation on the Fourth of November to the Prince THINGS being Happily brought to this pass and all things being prepared for the Celebration of the Marriage it was performed the Day the States Approbation Arived being the Prince's Birth-Day The Bishop of London Tying this Happy Knot of Wedlock according to the apointed Ceremonies of the Church of England the King presenting the Royal Bride THE News of this Vnion was sounded aloud through the Three Kingdoms by Ringing of Bells and Joyful Acclamations of the People with Bonfires and other Illuminations The Gentry and Nobility giving very plentifully to the Poor And the Royal Pair received the Congratulations of the most eminent persons of the Nation having been before entertained in the City at the Annual Investure of the Lord-Mayor on his being Sworn before the Barrons of the Exchequer at Westminster Divers Congratulatory Poems were made by the best hands Illustrating upon a Subject that was before very Glorious in the Eyes of the Nation AFTER some few Days spent at Court in Feasting and Royal Treatments of Balls and Musick and Songs of Triumph having farther received the Complements of the Nobility and Chief Ministers of State the Royal Pair on the 29th intending for Holland took their leave attended with a Train of Noblemen and Ladies Embarqued in the Yatches and waited on by divers Men of War order'd to that purpose Sailed with a Prosperous Gail and Landed at Ter-Hyde passing from thence to Hounslery-Dyke where they continued for some time and received private visits till things could be prepared for a Reception suitable to their Characters at the Hague THINGS being prepared in the most Splendid manner upon their approach they were met by Divers Nobles and found the Bridge Crowned with Garlands and Twelve Companys of Burghers drawn up in Arms ranged in order to receive them The People every where expressing the highest Satisfaction imaginable in their Geeneral Acclamations and Shouts of Joy and upon the passage of the Bridge they were met by Twenty Four Virgins Singing Songs of Joy suitable to the occasion who going before the Cavelcade strowed the way with Fragrant Herbs Flowers on their Approaching to the Town-House they found a Triumphal Arch fixed very Magnificent with Land-Skips and Sylvian Sceens with Two Hands on the Top Clasping each other Hierogliphically signifying Amity And over the Market-Place in the High-Street another Arch was Erected with Devices and a Motto suitable to that occasion During this Entrance the Burghers made divers Volly's of Shot and the Loud Thunderings of the Cannon spread their Approach yet wider the Congress being very Great and Numerous THERE were likewise divers Curious Fire-Works imitating Fountains and Trees of Fire Golden-Hair Stars and Ciphers of Flame At Night the Streets were Illuminated and Bonefires Blazed in all the noted Towns of the Provinces and the Entertainments were very Splendid and Magnificent The French continuing their unjust Encroachment King Charles upon this Alliance dispatch'd his Commission Impowring the Lord Hyde his Ambassador at the Hague to make and confirm a strict Alliance with the States General mutualy to assist stand by and defend each other till they should oblige the French King to reason by putting a stop and bounds to his Ambitious Designs and the Parliament of England at that time declar'd very earnest in the business offering to raise divers great Sums of Money for promoting this affair for the recovering Satisfaction for injurys done by such means as should be thought most expedient and agreenble so that the King sent the Lord Montague his Ambassador to France to press for a speedy Restitution of such places as were taken and Detained from his Confederates and Allies and upon the triflings and delays of that Court to come to any result as to the Satisfaction demanded An Army was raised and the King of England recalled his Forces that were in the French Service who were partly sent home but without any payment of their Arrears which was very considerable And so early an effect had this Happy Marriage in the Alliance it made with England and that the French King was in a great Measure put to a stand how to proceed The Duke of Monmouth being sent over with about 3000 English Horse and Foot and the Prince by these and other Auxillary Troops did give a great Defeat to the Duke of Luxemburg who Commanded the French Army near Mons in Hannault had thereupon News that Pursuant to a former Treaty set on foot a Peace was concluded between the States General of the Vnited Provinces and the Crown of France upon the latter delivering several Towns that he had with great Expence of Blood and Treasure taken from the Former So the War by this means being at an end on this side he returned to the Hague where he was received by the People with the usual Joy but from his Illustrious Princess inexpressible seeing his pretious Life had been protected by Providence in so Eminent a Danger as his Royal Person was expos'd unto For in the Fight a French Captain being in full Career to Charge him at a disadvantage Monsieur Overkirk in a happy moment Shot that Enemy who was reaching at the most Pretious Life in the World for which good service as a grateful acknowledgment the States presented him with a Sword whose Hilt was Massy Gold a Golden Pair of Horse-Buckles and a Pair of Pistols Inlayed with Gold And thus we see this Happy Vnion in a great measure brought very early an unexpected Peace to the Waring Nations THE French King having made a Peace with the States General it was not long after the rest of the Confederates accorded the like So that the Prince retired from the toils of War had now again the Pincess's Company and Convesation which was so Winning and Attractive that nothing but mighty affairs where Fame and Glory call'd him forth to stop the impetuous Torrent and support a Tottering State could have made so long a Separation or Distance AS for the Joy the Court conceived at

all the Devotions that is appointed on so Solemn Occasion KING Charles soon after this desirous to prefer his Illustrious Neices to Protestant Princes for the security of our Religion and the welfare of the Kingdom seeing he had no Issue by Donna Catharina his Queen Refusing all others pitch'd upon the Illustrious Prince of Orange A Prince Descended from one of the Greatest and most Noblest Houses in Europe whose Ancestors have Signaliz'd their Conduct and Courage like Heroes and Worthys and thereby Riveted their Names to Eternity and lest a grateful Memory to all Posterity as being the Liberators of the Opressed and the often Confirmers of the Peace of Europe Setling the most thriving and prosperous States in the World and what is more Mantained it from its Infancy against Opressors But as if all their Virtues and Courage had centered in this Prince our most Gracious Soveraign the Wonders He has done comprize and in a higher measure do exceed their many Great Exploits But to come nearer to our purpose The Fair and Virtuous Princess having been seen by this Illustrious Prince when he was in England to Visit his Royal Relations Landing on the 30th of October 1670 So much Virtue and Innocent Goodness no doubt made some impressions on his Mind to consider and esteem her above all other Princesses in Europe as were not Obliterated by the spaces of time that interven'd between that and the happy joining of their Hands in the Sacred Marriage Ties that brought so great a Blessing to these Kingdoms and to show what high esteem the Nation had then of a Prince whose Virtues early Flourished and whose Fame was Loud in Courts and Camps for Prudent Councils and Martial Deeds THE Lord-Mayor and Court of Aldermen on the 10th of November after his Arival and having been Caressed by the Court and Obliged with all the Splendid Entertainment it could afford Waited upon him to Welcome him to England and on the 6th of December he did them the Honour to Dine with them at Drapers-Hall where he was highly Congratulated and splendidly Entertained and by the Shouts and Acclamations of the people the Citys Genious seem'd then to Bend to him as a Fortunate presage of the deliverance she might expect from him in her greatest distresses and after found Accomplished THE City having expressed their Joy to be Honoured in the presence of so Illustrious a Prince of the Royal Stem the Vniversity of Oxford the Seed-Plat of Learning and Virtuous Education from whence chiefly streams those Pious Pastors of the Church that by their unwearied endeavours make Religion Flourish among us was Graced by his presence For going from the Court to Windsor he took his way from thence and was received by the Heads of the Colledges in their Formalities and being highly Treated took a view of all that is Rare and Curious in that Antient City c. And was pleased as a mark of the Satisfaction he received to accept of a Degree and so returning to London on the 23d of December he there kept his Christmass in the nighest Splendor the Court was capable of performing And on the 13th of February took his leave of the King Duke and Princesses in order to his Return to Holland where he happily Ariv'd with a Fair Wind in a few days HE was Congratulated upon his Return by the States General and thief Nobility and Gentry of His Nation AS we have before hinted after this happy interview King Charles bending his mind to bring about a Match which proved grateful to the greatest part of Christendom he sent Divers English Noblemen to Invite him over a second time who found him in Arms amidst his Victories repelling the Armys of the Invader and Disturber of his Countrey AND having delivered their Welcome Message finding without great disadvantage he could not oblige the French to a Battle he drew near with his Army to Brussels and leaving the charge of it aster necessary Orders were given ' to Count Waldeck went to the Hague and having received the thanks of the States for his Prudent Conduct of their Army he Embarqued for England with those Nobles that had attended him by the Kings Order and divers of his own Nation in the Yatches that were sent to attend him with Three Men of War and a Squadron of Dutch Ships Ordered him by the States commanded by Admiral Evertson SETTING out with a Prosperous Gale they Arived at Harwich on the 19 of October 1677. Where the Duke of Albermarle sent by the King to that intent waited upon him to Congratulate his Arival as did livers of the Kings Coaches And so he proceeded to Ipswich where the King and Duke attended with ● Splendid Train of Nobility received him and Congratulated not only his Arival but Glorious Successes abroad And so in the most Magnificent Manner they proceeded to London and was received at Whitehall with unexpres●able demonstrations of Joy and ●ad the pleasure again to see the Fairest Flower in Englands Garden which now appeared more Beautiful and Lovely no doubt not only by reason of her more Matur● Years but because Heaven ha● Destin'd her to be his Royal Consort to make him a partner in 〈◊〉 Faithful and Transcendant Love that exceeded what before or sine has been known or exampled o● Earth NO sooner was this intende● match spread abroad by Fame bu● the Nations joy swelled to an unexpressible height and over-flowe● the Bounds of Moderation Th● willing and wishing People though● that time moved too flow till th● happy day of its appointed Consumation Dawn'd to Bless th● Land with its Welcome Light THE King on the First of N●vember having declared his intentions to the Council the Lords we●● extreamly pleased and satisfied wit● them as well in the Merrits of 〈◊〉 Worthy and Just a Prince as in th● security they expected from so agreeable a Marriage of the Protestant Religion And to testify how well they resented it delayed not to go in a Body and Congratulate the Princess upon the happy occasion of her being about to enter into a State of Matrimony with so Illustrious a Husband As by their Example did most of the Nobility of England and Ministers of State Declaring the high satisfaction they conceived in it and expected from it who had very Gratious and Obliging returns of thanks for their kindness and good opinion of it ALL things being agreed on in order to this Blessed Vnion the Prince by Express sent the States General of the Vnited Provinces an account of his Proceedings the Substance of it being to this purpose Viz. THAT in Consideration it had been their earnest desires and request to him to see him Marryed when he had well weighed the reasons that induced him to it in a Conformity t● their Wishes and Desires and th● Tranquility of their State he had conceived he could not do better than 〈◊〉 Address himself to the Princes● MARY Eldest Daughter to th● Duke of York That he

well begun Their Majesties Proclamation was Issued forth for the Religious Observing of a Fast on the 12th of March and every third Wednesday in the Month till his Majesty who now purposed to go for Ireland Return'd And the first Parliament being Desolved another met on the 20th of March 1690. And the King signifying to them that intending to pass the Seas where his Prescence was necessary for the Reducing of Ireland he thought it Necessary to leave the Government during his absence in the Queens Hands Then an Act was passed to Impower Her to Mannage the Affairs of Government till his Return And on the 14th of June 1690. the King Landed with a Royal Army at Carickfergus in Ireland which brought such a terror upon the Enemy that they began to Retire in all parts of the Frontiers but were closely followed and pressed to an Engagement which they declined as much as possible THE Queen Mannaging Affairs at home with all that Conduct which became a Wise and Virtuous Princess The Navy Royal being at Sea under the Command of the Earl of Torringion Admiral the French King hoping some great Advantage from the Kings Absence or to Encourage the Irish Army whose little Courage began to droop set forth a very considerable Fleet the greatest we may say that has been seen of that Nation on the Seas But the English Sea-men disdaining to Fear being on the contrary full of Courage On the 30th of June the two Navys drew up in Lines off of Beachy and about Nine in the Morning the Dutch having the Van-Guard gained the Weather-Gage of the Enemy and falling on Fought very bravely for three Hours which made those they Engaged with hear away with all the Tack they could make But about One a Clam happening prevented the Dutch from pursuing the Advantage they had gained and the French hindred by that Calm were constrained to begin the Fight again which with Extraordinary Fury continued till Five in the Afternoon But for what Reason the English Admiral not coming up to Second them as they expected we determin not for but a few English Ships who were carryed on by the Courage of their Captains Engaging the Main Body of the French falling into the Rear of the Dutch they were so Batter'd that they sound themselves constrained to make their way thorough the French Fleet and stand for the Coast of England between Beversire and Farly loosing divers Officers of Note and several of their Ships Burnt by the Enemy and altho ' the French Fleet consisted of 82 Men of War besides Fireships and Tenders and ours was Inferiour to them in Number has we had a Drake to our Admiral they had no doubt run the same Risque as the Spanish Armado did in 1588 but what was done could not then be recalled yet was soon after repayed with such a stroak as made all France tremble at the unwelcome Bonfires that were made on their Coasts by the Renowned Admiral Russel as will appear in the Sequel For this Defect Admiral Torrington was sent to the Tower and afterward Tryed on Board the Kent in the River Medway but had the Fortune to be Acquitted and the French upon the retiring of our Fleet having Burnt a few Fishers Cottages at Tinmouth and there hearing the Militia of the counties of England were for the most part in Arms they durst Adventure no further but returned to their Ships and after a little Hovering about the Coast and Stealing a few Sheep out of the Marshes went home making a mighty boast of a Victory that they had not Gained THIS however little availed their Confederates in Ireland for the King though as he was viewing the Enemies Camp having received a Wound on the Shoulder with a great Shot passing the River Boyne fell upon their Army with such Bravery that Notwithstanding they far out numbred him he put them to the Rout in all parts in less than three Hours whole Regiments running away without being charged as appeared by their Arms found on the Ground in Regimental Order whereupon the Late King James within a Day or two took Shipping and Sailed for France upon this Dublin Opened her Gates and most of the considerable Towns in those parts soon after Surrendred and the Countys that had been long Hazarded were setled and found Ease and Peace THIS News caused rejoycings in England whilst the Queen with great Conduct and Prudence managed in the Kings Absence the weighty affairs of the Kingdom carrying her self with such a Courage and Constancy as Daunted the boldest repiner at her Virtues The Militia was raised the Coast Guarded and a strict Eye had over those suspected to be dissaffected to the Government and care every where taken by Her Majestys Order for the Security of the Peace and Quiet of the Kingdom so that the people were not only free from all consternations and apprehensions of Danger but on the contrary full of Courage and Smiled with Disdain on the weak attempts and bravado's of our Enemys The Trained Bands of London with much Gallantry Chearfulness and Resolution March'd into Hide Par and Drew up in a Splendid Appearance to the number of 10000 Effectual Men compleatly Armed and Appointed and there Her Majesty was pleased to be present taking a view of them whilst they exercised approving of their readyness and Loyalty at such a juncture and by her presence gave them the highest satisfaction Imaginable which they expressed in their Resolves To Live and Dye in her Defence against all Invaders or Clandestine Enemies but there being to further occasion at that time they returned home in the same Excellent Order they had Marched thither and all things remained still and quiet and both ours and the Dutch Fleet were Recruited Gallantly in a little time SOON after this Her Majesty received News that the English had Beaten the French in America Landed on St. Christophers and Siezed the greatest part of the Booty in the Island and Divers French Merchant Ships of considerable Burthen and Richly Laden were taken by our Privateers and Men of War for the Fleet was again at Sea and soon after to repair what had before happened set Sail for Ireland and was mainly assisting in the taking of Cork and Kingsail and the Kings Returning after His Glorious Success created great Joy and thanks for the wonderful Mercy and Providence in preserving his Pretious Life from the Dangers that Threatned it and restoring to us him in health and safety Upon His Majestys Happy Arival after his Glorious Enterprise having by his wonted Courage and Conduct in a great Measure Secured a Kingdom that was at the Point of being over-run by an Enemy who made their chief boast in resolves to Root out the Protestant Religion so long setled and Flourishing there The Joy was not only great in the Queen and Court but all over England as appeared by the many Addresses to Congratulate his Safety and Happy Return Encomiums made on the Welcome