Memoirs of Great Britain and Ireland

difpatches lord Ruffel intriguing with the
court of Versailles, and Algernon Sidney taking
money from it, I felt very near the fame fhock
as if I had feen a fon turn his back in the
day-of battle.

THE

CONTENTS

OF THE

FIRST VOLUM E.

REVIEW of the POLITICAL STATE of

ENGLAND, from the Commencement of the

Monarchy, until the Restoration

CHAP. I.

Page 1

From the Reftoration, until the Fall of Lord

Clarendon's Miniftry in the end of the year

1667.

alifts not united. 3d caufe, The jealousies in government.

—4th caufe, Carelessness of the King's perfonal character.

Laft caufe, Sufpicions of the popery of the royal

family. -Effects of thefe caufes at the end of the first

Dutch war

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CHAP. II.

From the Downfal of Lord Clarendon's Ministry,

until the Prince of Orange's Marriage in the

year 1677.

Ruling public paffions of Charles. His wavering conduct

about triple alliance.-Secret intrigue of the Duke of

Buckingham and Duchefs of Orleans for the deftruction of

Holland. Separate intrigue of Charles and the Duchefs

for the fame end.Intrigue of the Duke of York with

Popish Lords for the fame end, adopted by Charles.-

Secret money treaty in the year 1670, with Louis, for the

deftruction of Holland, and the King's becoming catholic,

concluded by popish counsellors.-Charles dupes his

proteftant counsellors in the year 1671, and makes them

parties to the treaty, without their knowing the article for

his popery.
The King's fhifts to avoid declaring him-

felf catholic. Firft vifit of the Prince of Orange to

England. High tone of the King and his proteftant

counfellors after he had duped them.Bold courfes of

thofe counsellors.They defert the King.-Lord

Danby's miniftry. - -Several money treaties with France.

-Double dealing and meanness of Charles in foreign

politics.-

years

-His differences with parliament for several

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APPENDIX to CHA P. II.

N° I. Letters from Charles II. to the Duchefs of Orleans; from Mon-

fieur Rouvigny and Monfieur Colbert to the French court; and

between Louis XIV. and Charles II. concerning the firft fecret

money-treaty with France, concluded in the year 1670, by the

popish minifters of King Charles, for his declaring himself a

Roman catholic, and the destruction of Holland; together with

a draught of the treaty

Page 66-112

N° II. Letters from Monfieur Colbert and the Duke of Buckingham, to

the French court, concerning the second secret money-treaty with

France, concluded in the year 1671, by the proteftant ministers

of Charles II. for the destruction of Holland; with the fecret

article of that treaty, unknown to his proteftant minifters, for

the King's popery

112-12I

III. Letters from Monfieur Colbert to his court; and other papers,
which mark the characters and conduct of the Prince of Orange,
the Duke of York, Lord Sunderland, the Cabal, and King
Charles; with fecret hiftory during the fecond Dutch war, and
the conclufion of the peace between England and Holland
121-139

IV. Letters of Rouvigny and Courtin concerning four fecret money-

treaties with France

140-155

V. The Prince of Orange's knowledge of these treaties

155-159

CHA P. III.

From the Prince of Orange's Marriage in the

year 1677, till the Fall of Lord Danby's

Miniftry in the year 1679

160

APPENDIX to CHA P. III.

N I. Letters from Barillon to the French court, concerning the differ-