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FN 613 Commons' Journals， April 24， 25， and 26； Grey's Debates；Narcissus Luttrell's Diary. Narcissus is unusually angry. He calls the bill "a perfect trick of the fanatics to turn out the Bishops and most of the Church of England Clergy." In a Whig pasquinade entitled "A speech intended to have been spoken on the Triennial Bill， on Jan. 28. 1692/3 the King is said to have "browbeaten the Abjuration Bill."FN 614 Lords' Journals， May 1. 1690. This bill is among the Archives of the House of Lords. Burnet confounds it with the bill which the Commons had rejected in the preceding week. Ralph， who saw that Burnet had committed a blunder， but did not see what the blunder was， has， in trying to correct it， added several blunders of his own； and the Oxford editor of Burnet has been misled by Ralph.

FN 615 Lords' Journals， May 2. and 3. 1690； Van Citters， May 2.；Narcissus Luttrell's Diary； Burnet， ii. 44.； and Lord Dartmouth's note. The changes made by the Committee may be seen on the bill in the Archives of the House of Lords.

FN 616 These distinctions were much discussed at the time. Van Citters， May 20/30 1690.

FN 617 Stat. 2 W.&M. sess. 1. C. 10.

FN 618 Roger North was one of the many malecontents who were never tired of harping on this string.

FN 619 Stat. 2 W.&M. sess. 1. c. 6.； Grey's Debates， April 29.， May 1. 5， 6， 7. 1690.

FN 620 Story's Impartial History； Narcissus Luttrell's Diary.

FN 621 Avaux， Jan. 15/25 1690.

FN 622 Macariae Excidium. This most curious work has been recently edited with great care and diligence by Mr. O'Callaghan.

I owe so much to his learning and industry that I most readily excuse the national partiality which sometimes， I cannot but think， perverts his judgment. When I quote the Macariae Excidium， I always quote the Latin text. The English version is， I am convinced， merely a translation from the Latin， and a very careless and imperfect translation.

FN 623 Avaux， Nov. 14/24 1689.

FN 624 Louvois writes to Avaux， Dec 26/Jan 5 1689/90. "Comme le Roy a veu par vos lettres que le Roy d'Angleterre craignoit de manquer de cuivre pour faire de la monnoye， Sa Majeste a donne ordre， que l'on mist sur le bastiment qui portera cette lettre une piece de canon du calibre de deux qui est eventee， de laquelle ceux qui travaillent a la monnoye du Roy d'Angleterre pourront se servir pour continuer a faire de la monnoye."FN 625 Louvois to Avaux， Nov. 1/11. 1689. The force sent by Lewis to Ireland appears by the lists at the French War Office to have amounted to seven thousand two hundred and ninety-one men of all ranks. At the French War Office is a letter from Marshal d'Estrees who saw the four Irish regiments soon after they had landed at Brest. He describes them as "mal chausses， mal vetus， et n'ayant point d'uniforme dans leurs habits， si ce n'est qu'ils sont tous fort mauvais." A very exact account of Macarthy's breach of parole will be found in Mr. O'Callaghan's History of the Irish Brigades. I am sorry that a writer to whom I owe so much should try to vindicate conduct which， as described by himself， was in the highest degree dishonourable.

FN 626 Lauzun to Louvois. May 28/June 7 and June 1 1690， at the French War Office.

FN 627 See the later letters of Avaux.

FN 628 Avaux to Louvois， March 14/24 1690； Lauzun to Louvois March 23/April 3FN 629 Story's Impartial History； Lauzun to Louvois， May 20/30.

1690.

FN 630 Lauzun to Louvois， May 28/June 7 1690.

FN 631 Lauzun to Louvois， April 2/12 May 10/20. 1690. La Hoguette， who held the rank of Marechal de Camp， wrote to Louvois to the same effect about the same time.

FN 632 "La Politique des Anglois a ete de tenir ces peuples cy comme des esclaves， et si bas qu'il ne leur estoit pas permis d'apprendre a lire et a écrire. Cela les a rendu si bestes qu'ils n'ont presque point d'humanite. Rien de les esmeut. Ils sont peu sensibles a l'honneur； et les menaces ne les estonnent point.

L'interest meme ne les peut engager au travail. Ce sont pourtant les gens du monde les mieux faits，"--Desgrigny to Louvois， May 27/June 6 1690.

FN 633 See Melfort's Letters to James， written in October 1689.

They are among the Nairne Papers， and were printed by Macpherson.

FN 634 Life of James， ii. 443. 450.；and Trials of Ashton and Preston.

FN 635 Avaux wrote thus to Lewis on the 5th of June 1689： "Il nous est venu des nouvelles assez considerables d'Angleterre et d'Escosse. Je me donne l'honneur d'en envoyer des memoires a vostre Majeste， tels que je les ay receus du Roy de la Grande Bretagne. Le commencement des nouvelles dattees d'Angleterre est la copie d'une lettre de M. Pen， que j'ay veue en original." The Memoire des Nouvelles d'Angleterre et d'Escosse， which was sent with this despatch， begins with the following sentences， which must have been part of Penn's letter： "Le Prince d'Orange commence d'estre fort dégoutte de l'humeur des Anglois et la face des choses change bien viste， selon la nature des insulaires et sa sante est fort mauvaise. Il y a un nuage qui commence a se former au nord des deux royaumes， ou le Roy a beaucoup d'amis， ce qui donne beaucoup d'inquietude aux principaux amis du Prince d'Orange， qui， estant riches， commencent a estre persuadez que ce sera l'espée qui decidera de leur sort， ce qu'ils ont tant tachéd'eviter. Ils apprehendent une invasion d'Irlande et de France；et en ce cas le Roy aura plus d'amis que jamais."FN 636 "Le bon effet， Sire， que ces lettres d'Escosse et d'Angleterre ont produit， est qu'elles ont enfin persuade le Roy d'Angleterre qu'il ne recouvrera ses estats que les armes a la main； et ce n'est pas peu de l'en avoir convaincu."FN 637 Van Citters to the States General， March 1/11 1689. Van Citters calls Penn "den bekenden Archquaker."FN 638 See his trial in the Collection of State Trials， and the Lords' Journals of Nov. 11， 12. and 27. 1689.