The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . of these tales, and affirmed that his only crime was his dislike of the foreigners who were lording it over his 1^countrymen, and that he had fallen a victim to the machinations of !Portland, whom he was known to dislike, and whom he had not very ipolitely described as a wooden fellow. The mystery, which from the . \first overhung the story of Marlboroughs disgrace, was darkened, after (the lapse of fifty years, by the shameless mendacity of his widow. The \concise narrative of James dispels that mystery, and makes it clear, not
The history of England, from the accession of James the Second . of these tales, and affirmed that his only crime was his dislike of the foreigners who were lording it over his 1^countrymen, and that he had fallen a victim to the machinations of !Portland, whom he was known to dislike, and whom he had not very ipolitely described as a wooden fellow. The mystery, which from the . \first overhung the story of Marlboroughs disgrace, was darkened, after (the lapse of fifty years, by the shameless mendacity of his widow. The \concise narrative of James dispels that mystery, and makes it clear, not Jonly why Marlborough was disgraced, but also how several of the *reports about the cause of his disgrace j * 1 Evelyns Diary, Jan. 24. ; Hop to States General, ^^ 169!; Baden to States General,Feb. U- -The words of James are these ; they were written in November 1692 :— Mes amis, Iannee passee, avoient dessein de me rappeler par le Parlement. La maniereetoit concertee; et Milord Churchill devoit proposer dans le Parlement de chasser tous les i. f jfr ./^ V^^/:- ^V rncnt/tfiu^ QUKEN MARY IIFrom a mezzotint by P. Sclienck in the Sutherland Collection, dated 1691 zi2b llIsrOKV C)l KNGLAND cuAr. xvm Thouj^li William assiy^ncd l< ilu- piihlir no reason for exercisinghis uncloubtcd i)rcri)j.;ativc In dismissing; his servant, Anne had beenRupture informed of the triilii ; and it had been left to her to judgebetween whether an oftlcer \\ ho had been guilty of a foul treason was Mary and ^ Anne a fit inmate of the palace. 1 hree weeks passed. Lady Marlborough still retained her post and her apartments at luisband still resided with her; and still the King and Queen gaveno .sigji of displeasure. At length the haughty and \indictive Countess,emboldened b\ their patience, determined to brave them face to face,and accompanied her mistress one e\ening to the drawingroom at Strangers tant des conseils et de rannee que du royaume. Si le Prince dOrange avoit con
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