The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . eyewitness said, went away from the Royal Exchange, aspale as if they had received sentence of death. A deputation from the 1 Burchetts Memoirs of Transactions at Sea; Burnet, ii. 114. 115, 116. ; London Gazette,July 17. 1693 ; Monthly Mercury of July ; Letter from Cadiz, dated July 4. I i693 WILLIAM AND MARY 2367 mercliants who had been sufferers by this great disaster went up tothe Queen with an address representing their grievances. They wereadmitted to the Council Chamber, where she was seated at the head ofthe Board. She dir
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . eyewitness said, went away from the Royal Exchange, aspale as if they had received sentence of death. A deputation from the 1 Burchetts Memoirs of Transactions at Sea; Burnet, ii. 114. 115, 116. ; London Gazette,July 17. 1693 ; Monthly Mercury of July ; Letter from Cadiz, dated July 4. I i693 WILLIAM AND MARY 2367 mercliants who had been sufferers by this great disaster went up tothe Queen with an address representing their grievances. They wereadmitted to the Council Chamber, where she was seated at the head ofthe Board. She directed Somers to reply to them in her name ; andhe addressed to them a speech well calculated to sooth their Majesty, he said, felt for them from her heart ; and she had alreadyappointed a Committee of the Privy Council to enquire into the causeof the late misfortune, and to consider of the best means of preventingsimilar misfortunes in time to come.^ This answer gave so much satis-faction that the Lord Mayor soon came to the palace to thank the. N^
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