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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

and Commons of the City of London in Common Council Assembled out of a Deep Sense of the Infinite Goodness of God to this Nation in the Signal Deliverance of His Sacred Majesty from those Dangers for which he hath so lately for our Sakes exposed his Royal Person even to the Admiration of his Enemys Do Heartily and Vnfeignedly in the first place return to Almighty God our most Humble Thanks and in the next in all Humility Congratulate Your Majesty upon so●●ensible a Providence as the Preservation of that Prince in whose Life not only our Laws and Religion but the Liberty of Europe is so entirely wrap'd up AND Your Majesty having been so Graciously Pleased by the Lord Keeper to signifie the Deep Sense of the great Losses at Sea which have befallen the Traders of this City and Kingdom And the Directions Your Majesty has given to the Committee of Your Majesty's Most Honour able Privy Council as well to Examine into the Causes of such Misfortunes as to take Effectual Care to prevent the like for the future by encouraging Your Majesty's Subjects to make their Application to the said Committee We do with all Chearfulness Render Our Hearty Thanks to Your Most Gracious Majesty for so great a Consideration in no wise Doubting but Your Majesty will continue to give such Good and Seasonable Directions that the Trade of this Your Kingdom in which the Prosperity of it doth so much depend may be better Supported for the future AND as we have hitherto from a Sense of our Duty Demonstrated to the World our Great Zeal for Your Majesty's Service we having now a fresh Opportunity of shewing the same by the Chearful and Vnanimous advancing of Money for the Present Emergencies of Your Majesty's affairs Humbly Beg Leave to Assure Your Majesty of our firm Resolution to continue our Hearty Endeavours upon all Occasions to support Your Majesty's Royal Authority and Government against all Persons to the utmost of our Power THIS was received by the Queen with very Gracious Expressions highly Satisfactory to those that Presented it who as a farther mark of Her Favour had the Honour of Kissing Her Hand SOON after a Proclamation was Published for Preventing the Exportation of Corn to France and Ruising the Price of it at home and for the setling Poor People on Work For indeed the French Provinces by reason of the Scarcity of Corn were in great straits and the French King used all possible means to draw it out of other Kingdoms to prevent the Encroaching Famine notwithstanding which and the disappointments he met withal a great many of his Subjects Miserably perished by Hunger whilst that King exacted by an Arbitrary way their Corn and other Provisions from them to lay up his Stores and Supply his Magazines on the Frontiers AND the King after the close of the Campaign and his having Escaped very great Dangers and Signalized his Courage to his Immortal Glory at the Battle of Landen in Flanders returning to England that God might still continue his Mercys and Favours towards us A Day of Publick Thanksgiving was set apart by Their Majestys Proclamation bearing Date the Second of November 1693. Which was very Religiously and Devoutly Observed through the Kingdom on the Appointed Days And the Lord Mayor and Court of Aldermen waited on Their Majesties to Congratulate His Majesty's Happy Return and His Wonderful Preservation in that Signal Providence that had protected him in the greatest of Dangers to which he had exposed his Royal Person for our safety and all the Nation Sympathiz'd with them in their Joy THE Winter was chiefly passed over in great Preparations by Sea Land the Parliament chearfully giving Their Majesties those Supplys that were Necessary for the carrying on a War promising Success Safety to the most Significant Kingdoms states of Europe And early in the Spring the Turkey and Streights Fleet again set forward on their Voyage but met with some disappointments in the Streights by Stress of Weather And now Admiral Russel taking a Second time his Commission which the the last Year was in the the Hands of 3 Admirals joyntly The Fleet hastned to Sea and got out so Early that the French found a main disappointment in the repeated losses they sustained A great many of their Corn Ships those with Noval Stores being taken by ours And the Kings intent upon the great Affairs abroad the 3d of May 1694 left Witehall accompany'd by the Queen who having taken her leave of him soon after embarqued for Holland and after receiving the usual Complements passed to the Campaign finding all things in a very early readiness and a posture promising Success THE Navy Royal having been out some time in the Narrow Seas no Enemy daring to appear Admiral Russel with the greater part of ours and the Dutch Squadron had Orders to Sail to the Streights and in Conjunction with the Spanish Ships of War and Gallys prevent the Designs the French had on the Coasts of Catolonia whose unexpected coming put Monsieur Tourville the French Admiral into such apprehensions of danger that instead of adventuring to Engage us or Besiege Barcelonia by Sea or intercept our Streights Turkey Fleet he ordered his Ships into the Harbour before Toulon barring up as well as he could the Haven and making Platforms on Shoar to defend it and at last Disarmed his Capital Men of War and sent a great part of the Seamen over land to Brest WHILST these Successes happened further off a Terrour and Consternation was brought on the Coast of France opposite to our Shoar for the Lord Berkly keeping the Narrow Seas with a strong Squadron Entred the Port of Diep Bomb'd that Important Town and lay'd it in Ruins and afterward had almost the like Success at Havre de Grace putting a great many Stately Buildings in Elames which brought such a terror on the people that many on the Coast left their Habitations And Dunkirk was likewise Attempted but by reason of the badness of the Harbour for Entrance and Weather we could not there have the like advantage THE Confederates during these Transactions pressed the French Armys in Savoy upon the Rhine and in Flanders The Turks were forced to a shameful Retreat in Hungary and the Tartars that came to Relieve Caminick were Routed by the Poles Huy in Flanders was taken from the French and their Boasted Resolutions appeared every where to be in the Declining Scale so that the Campaign successfully ending on the part of the Confederates by Land our Grand Fleet still keeping their station for Wintering in the Spanish Ports The King having received the Complements and Thanks of the States General c. Landing in England was met by the Queen with Unexpressible Joy and the Cities of London Westminster in the Evening as they came to Town were filled with Illuminations Bonfires were made and the Bells Tuned to the Musick of the Peoples Joyful Acclamation and through these

Guns and the Fort of Eighty Guns with two Frigates and three of lesser rank The Prisoners who were taken from the burnt Ships declared That during the time of the Battle Four or Five of their biggest Ships were destroyed Reer-Admiral Carter and Collonel Hastings after much Bravery and Resolution were both killed in the Fight Admiral Russell before Labogue the 23d of May ordered Vice-Admiral Rook with a Squadron of Ships being the smaller Men of War and Fire-Ships and all the Boats in the Fleet mann'd with Seamen with Fire-Arms to set fire to those French Ships which lay before them penn'd up by our great Men of War It pleased God to bless their enterprize so well that that Night Six of their Ships were set on Fire and utterly Destroyed and the next Morning Six more Run the same Fate with one that Overset and was Entirely lost Six of these being Capitals of Three Decks from Seventy to Ninety Guns and upwards the others from Sixty to Seventy Our Men in the Boats behaving themselves so Bravely that they Boarded them and made their own Guns Fire upon their Platforms on Shoar Beating the Enemys therefrom where they were in great Confusion beholding their Ruin in the Destuction of their Ships Thus it has Pleased God of his Infinite Mercy so to Bless the Arms of Their Sacred Majesties that those that Threatned England with an Invasion and utter Ruin may be convinc'd of their Mistake and feel the Effect themselves of which we hope this is an Happy Omen Thus have we given you an Account of the Destruction of their Principal Men of War For which we ought to Bless God that hath brought their Great Designs to Naught and Confounded their Enterprize and Preserv'd England as he hath done heretofore in 1588. in Queen Elizabeths days of famous memory THESE Blazing Fires on the Coast of France proved very unwelcome not only Affrighting those who were Spectators from the Shoar but made even Paris Tremble and Drew a Curtain of Melancholy over the Pleasures at the Court of Versalies when they contemplated how much their once unbounded hopes had been set back or frustrated this and the Preceding Year How they had altogether lost their Footing in Ireland For the King of Englands intent upon the Great Affairs in Flanders having appointed the Barron D' Ginkle his Lievtenant General in the before mentioned Kingdom Ballymore with little resistance Surrendred Athlone was taken by Storm and a Formidable Army Composed of French and Irish utterly Routed and Dispersed at Agbrim St. Ruth the French General being Kill'd in the beginning of the Battle Galloway soon after was gained and lastly Lymerick when it had endured a Considerable Siege Vigorously carry'd on Capitulated upon Articles and upon the Surrender of it all the Irish according to that Capitulation returned to their Obedience except such as were Decoy'd to France And as a Trophey of this Success restoring a Kingdom to its Trade and Flourishing State the Banners and Ensigns taken at Aghrim were placed for some time in St. James's Park by Whitehall to show Heavens Providence in the Justness of Their Majesties Arms and the Swiftness of the Victorys obtained for which and the Great Defeat at Sea England expressed her Joy in all suitable demonstrations AND that we might make due Returns to Almighty God whose Hand had so Signally appeared in all our Proceedings Prayers and Praises were put up for his wonderful Mercys and Deliverances THE Campaign for this Year concluding in Flanders His Majestys Return was Congratulated with all the Demonstrations a Loyal Nation was capable of expressing in Gratitude to a Prince who had Hazzarded so much for their Safety and Preservation And Affairs being setled and in an Almost unexpected quiet throughout the Three Kingdoms by Their Majesties Prudence and Conduct the Alliance abroad being firmly fixed The King departed again from Whitehall and with a Prosperous Gail passed over to Holland where he was Received with the usual Expressions of Joy and all the Tender Respect of a Willing and Grateful People whose Safety his Ancestors and his own Heroick Virtues Courage and Conduct had ●●●served and Confirmed in the Settlement of their Government Trade and Liberties c. BUT long he Stayed not after he had Received the Complements and Congratulations of Holland before he passed to the Camp in Flanders to give what Orders were Necessary for Opposing the Designs of the Common Enemy During these Transactions the Affairs in England were in a Prosperous Condition the Queens Prudence in all her management of Affairs scarcely admitting of a President in her Sex The Fleet was Equiped and all things Ordered in the most Excellent manner The Courage of the Seamen was as great as ever and our Land Forces being Drawn out of Ireland and that Kingdom being entirely Reduced as has been already mentioned were the better at Leisure to give the French King a Diversion nearer Home who had sent his Troops so far to Disturb a Countrey to which he had not the least Pretension or Claim and accordingly the Confederate Army appeared so Formidable that Lewis the 14th tho' we had some News told us he design'd it upon more Mature Advisement Ventured not into the Field concluding the Chamber-Musick to be more Pleasant and Secure than the Noise of Drums and Trumpets or Wedging into the Grim Ridges of such a War in Person by which we perceive the difference in Princes and ought to know how to esteem a Blessing directed by the Hand of Heaven as a Sheltring Shield to Protect us with so much Undaunted Bravery and Resolution The Merchants so encouraged set out a great many Gallant Ships to Trade in divers parts of the Trading World and amongst others the Turkey Fleet with a considerable Convoy of Men of War under the Command of Sir George Rook Sailed our Main Fleet standing with them about Fifty Leagues W. S. W. off of Vshant were they parted with Sir George on the 6th of June not having seen or heard of the Enemys Fleet yet in the Streights they unexpectedly fell in with them not having before any certain Advice where they were However such was the Courage and Prudence of ours and the Dutch Commanders as well Merchantmen as Men of War that the Enemy lost their expected advantage very few of the Ships falling into their hands though their whole Naval Force had in a manner encompassed them most of the Merchants Ships getting into safe and friendly Ports and the Men of War after they had given them that opportunity making a Brave Retreat with divers of the rest AND now the City of London to express the true sense they had of the Queens Prudent Conduct in the management of weighty affairs and kindness to them made their Address to her by the Hands of the Lord Mayor Aldermen and Common Council in the following Words Viz. To the QVEENS Most Excellent Majesty WE Your Majesty's Most Dutiful and Loyal Subjects the Mayor Aldermen