Side lights on English history; . his Majestys per-sone, from those kind of people, andI can hardly see how he can almostgett out of the ill condition he is in. . May 29, . You know before this whatpast on Sonday was sennight in theHouse of Commons [a bill to excludehim from the throne.—Ed.] ; it wasthe Presbiterians and the Duke of Mon-mouths friends carried it, and weremost violent against me, and now it isplain that these first, I meane the Pres-biterians, designe nothing lesse than theruine of the monarky and our . His Majesty appears very reso-liit for me, and exclaims
Side lights on English history; . his Majestys per-sone, from those kind of people, andI can hardly see how he can almostgett out of the ill condition he is in. . May 29, . You know before this whatpast on Sonday was sennight in theHouse of Commons [a bill to excludehim from the throne.—Ed.] ; it wasthe Presbiterians and the Duke of Mon-mouths friends carried it, and weremost violent against me, and now it isplain that these first, I meane the Pres-biterians, designe nothing lesse than theruine of the monarky and our . His Majesty appears very reso-liit for me, and exclaims as I candesire at what has past in the Houseof Commons, and is very much unsat-isfyed with the Duke of Monmouth,and uses all his endeavors to hinderthe bills passing in the House ofCommons. I hope this vote of theirswill do there worke for them, forthey that pretend to lay aside onefor his religion, may as well lay asideanother for some fancy or other, butI hope his Majesty will take courageand at last be a king. . .. S. P^at^ 304^ J^*x, i-*f . fl/j //itfl//r/ (/(? ( //ti/- jj. Rebellion of Argyle and Monmouth 159 June I. . Unlesse something very vigor-ous be done within a very fewe days,the monarky is gone. June Sth, I know that he [Charles] is verysensible that if he parts wdth any moreof his power, that he is gone. He hasyett the fleett, the garrisons, his gards,Irland and Scotland, firme to him, sothat if he will yett stand by himself hemay yett be a king. . July 3rd. . As for the affairs in Scotland,that rebellious cm that is up in armswill, I believe, be sone dispersed, theyhaving no considerable men amongstthem, but I thinke what may followupon the Duke of Monmouths goingdowne thether may be of ill conse-quence. . July 6th. ... I am not all of your mind asto what concerns the meetting of theParliament, for I can hope for no goodfrom it, but on the contrary all the illimaginable, and not only to me, butto his Majesty and our whole family,as may apeare by the bill t
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