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Excerpt from Calendar of the Stuart Papers Belonging to His Majesty the King, Preserved at Windsor Castle, Vol. 2
Of a confidential agent who had come over from the English Jacobites (p. This is probably the memorial from England than which Bolingbroke declared that nothing could be more virulent or false and even contradictory (p. On the other hand, a letter Of 14-25 March from Fr. R. To Sir T. Higgons names Queen Mary as the principal cause Of his dismissal (p. One is tempted to attribute this letter to the Bishop Of Rochester, but it is certainly not in his handwriting. Mar, however, stated positively that the Queen had no hand in it (p. And that James had acted as he did in consequence Of his knowledge Of the sentiments Of the Bishop Of Rochester and other friends in England about Bolingbroke (p. Bolingbroke was also charged with negligence in not sending arms and powder and other assistance to Scotland (pp. 2, He declared in a letter to Mar that I have said little in answer even to all the vile and groundless calumnies which have been thrown about concerning me. I have lived long enough and acted' well enough in the world not to pass either for a knave or a driveller, and have therefore as little regarded the calumny as I deserved the treatment which encouraged it (p. He, however, defended himself in four letters published under the name Of his secretary, Brinsden, which were widely circulated in England (pp. 77, These letters are printed in Tindal's History of England, Vol. II., p. 477-486 note. The English J acobites feared that he might betray them to Lord Stair (pp. 62, 7 It was reported at Avignon in July that he intended to make a journey somewhere privately, it was believed to meet some Of King George's people. That his movements might be known, James wished that somebody might be got to dog him (p. 286, Though Bolingbroke had declared he would never have any thing more to do with James (p. There were reports in September that he was anxious to be reconciled and to be taken again into his service as his private agent with the Regent. Queen Mary injudiciously sent him a message desiring him to cease injuring James by what he said or wrote. Young Floyd, who carried the message, also inquired whether he could ever be in James' service again, to which he replied he was willing to give his advice when it was asked. When James knew of this, he at once forbade any further dealing with him, and the incidentwas regretted by Mar as tending to put James in a false position (pp. 446. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
