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[Footnote 558: Prior to Lord and Lady Lexington, Jan. 14/24 1695. The letter is among the Lexington papers, a valuable collection, and well edited.]

[Footnote 559: Monthly Mercury for January 1695. An orator who p.r.o.nounced an eulogium on the Queen at Utrecht was so absurd as to say that she spent her last breath in prayers for the prosperity of the United Provinces:--"Valeant et Batavi;"--these are her last words--"sint incolumes; sint florentes; sint beati; stet in sternum, stet immota praeclarissima illorum civitas hospitium aliquando mihi gratissimum, optime de me meritum." See also the orations of Peter Francius of Amsterdam, and of John Ortwinius of Delft.]

[Footnote 560: Journal de Dangeau; Memoires de Saint Simon.]

[Footnote 561: Saint Simon; Dangeau; Monthly Mercury for January 1695.]

[Footnote 562: L'Hermitage, Jan. 1/11. 1695; Vernon to Lord Lexington Jan. I. 4.; Portland to Lord Lexington, Jan 15/25; William to Heinsius, Jan 22/Feb 1]

[Footnote 563: See the Commons' Journals of Feb. 11, April 12. and April 27., and the Lords' Journals of April 8. and April is. 1695.

Unfortunately there is a hiatus in the Commons' Journal of the 12th of April, so that it is now impossible to discover whether there was a division on the question to agree with the amendment made by the Lords.]

[Footnote 564: L'Hermitage, April 10/20. 1695; Burnet, ii. 149.]

[Footnote 565: An Essay upon Taxes, calculated for the present Juncture of Affairs, 1693.]

[Footnote 566: Commons' Journals, Jan. 12 Feb. 26. Mar. 6.; A Collection of the Debates and Proceedings in Parliament in 1694 and 1695 upon the Inquiry into the late Briberies and Corrupt Practices, 1695; L'Hermitage to the States General, March 8/18; Van Citters, Mar. 15/25; L'Hermitage says,

"Si par cette recherche la chambre pouvoit remedier au desordre qui regne, elle rendroit un service tres utile et tres agreable au Roy."]

[Footnote 567: Commons' Journals, Feb. 16, 1695; Collection of the Debates and Proceedings in Parliament in 1694 and 1695; Life of Wharton; Burnet, ii. 144.]

[Footnote 568: Speaker Onslow's note on Burnet ii. 583.; Commons'

Journals, Mar 6, 7. 1695. The history of the terrible end of this man will be found in the pamphlets of the South Sea year.]

[Footnote 569: Commons' Journals, March 8. 1695; Exact Collection of Debates and Proceedings in Parliament in 1694 and 1695; L'Hermitage, March 8/18]

[Footnote 570: Exact Collection of Debates.]

[Footnote 571: L'Hermitage, March 8/18. 1695. L'Hermitage's narrative is confirmed by the journals, March 7. 1694/5. It appears that just before the committee was appointed, the House resolved that letters should not be delivered out to members during a sitting.]

[Footnote 572: L'Hermitage, March 19/29 1695.]

[Footnote 573: Birch's Life of Tillotson.]

[Footnote 574: Commons' Journals, March 12 13, 14 15, 16, 1694/5; Vernon to Lexington, March 15.; L'Hermitage, March 15/25.]

[Footnote 575: On vit qu'il etoit impossible de le poursuivre en justice, chacun toutefois demeurant convaincu que c'etoit un marche fait a la main pour lui faire present de la somme de 10,000L. et qu'il avoit ete plus habile que les autres novices que n'avoient pas su faire si finement leure affaires.--L'Hermitage, March 29/April 8; Commons'

Journals, March 12.; Vernon to Lexington, April 26.; Burnet, ii. 145.]

[Footnote 576: In a poem called the Prophecy (1703), is the line

"when Seymour scorns saltpetre pence."

In another satire is the line

"Bribed Seymour bribes accuses."]

[Footnote 577: Commons' Journals from March 26. to April 8. 1695.]

[Footnote 578: L'Hermitage, April 10/20 1695.]

[Footnote 579: Exact Collection of Debates and Proceedings.]

[Footnote 580: L'Hermitage, April 30/May 10 1695; Portland to Lexington, April 23/May 3]

[Footnote 581: L'Hermitage (April 30/May 10 1695) justly remarks, that the way in which the money was sent back strengthened the case against Leeds.]

[Footnote 582: There can, I think, be no doubt, that the member who is called D in the Exact Collection was Wharton.]

[Footnote 583: As to the proceedings of this eventful day, April 27.

1695, see the Journals of the two Houses, and the Exact Collection.]

[Footnote 584: Exact Collection; Lords' Journals, May 3. 1695; Commons'

Journals, May 2, 3.; L'Hermitage, May 3/13.; London Gazette, May 13.]

[Footnote 585: L'Hermitage, May 10/20. 1695; Vernon to Shrewsbury, June 22. 1697.]

[Footnote 586: London Gazette, May 6. 1695.]

[Footnote 587: Letter from Mrs. Burnet to the d.u.c.h.ess of Marlborough, 1704, quoted by c.o.xe; Shrewsbury to Russell, January 24. 1695; Burnett, ii. 149.]

[Footnote 588: London Gazette April 8. 15. 29. 1695.]

[Footnote 589: Shrewsbury to Russell, January 24. 1695; Narcissus Luttrell's Diary,]

[Footnote 590: De Thou, liii. xcvi.]

[Footnote 591: Life of James ii. 545., Orig. Mem. Of course James does not use the word a.s.sa.s.sination. He talks of the seizing and carrying away of the Prince of Orange.]

[Footnote 592: Every thing bad that was known or rumoured about Porter came out on the State Trials of 1696.]

[Footnote 593: As to Goodman see the evidence on the trial of Peter Cook; Cleverskirke, Feb 28/March 9 1696; L'Hermitage, April 10/20 1696; and a pasquinade ent.i.tled the d.u.c.h.ess of Cleveland's Memorial.]

[Footnote 594: See the preamble to the Commission of 1695.]

[Footnote 595: The Commission will be found in the Minutes of the Parliament.]

[Footnote 596: Act. Parl. Scot., May 21. 1695; London Gazette, May 30.]

[Footnote 597: Act. Parl. Scot. May 23. 1695.]

[Footnote 598: Ibid. June 14. 18. 20. 1695; London Gazette, June 27.]

[Footnote 599: Burnet, ii. 157.; Act. Parl., June 10 1695.]

[Footnote 600: Act. Parl., June 26. 1695; London Gazette, July 4.]