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OXENFOORD CASTLE

OF

GREAT BRITAIN

AND

IRELAND;

FROM THE

Diffolution of the laft Parliament of CHARLES II.
till the Capture of the French and Spanish.
Fleets at VIGO.

A NEW EDITION, IN THREE VOLUMES;
With the APPENDIXES Complete :

Confifting chiefly of

LETTERS from the FRENCH AMBASSADORS in
ENGLAND to their COURT; and from

CHARLES II. JAMES II. King WILLIAM, and Queen MARY,
And the MINISTERS and GENERALS of thofe PRINCES.

Taken from the Depôt des Affaires etrangeres at VERSAILLES, and
King WILLIAM's private Cabinet at KENSINGTON.

Interfperfed with HISTORICAL RELATIONS, neceffary to connect
the Papers together.

By Sir JOHN DALRYMPLE, Bart.

BARON OF EXCHEQUER IN SCOTLAND.

VOL. I.

LONDON:

Printed for A. STRAHAN; and T. CADELL, in the Strand;
J. BELL, W. CREECH, and E. BALFOUR, Edinburgh.

MDCCXC.

TENOX LISPAR

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HESE MEMOIRS of a Country fo dear to him while he lived, and of a Period when that Liberty was established, which it was the chief Object of his Conduct to support, are dedicated by one, whofe Senfe of his Friendship and Virtues will cease only