Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest; . the duke of York announces theirsafe return, October 18th, in his letter of thanks to hisson, the prince of Orange, for his hospitality. The prin-cess of Orange saw much of her father and family in thesucceeding year, which was the time of his banishment onaccount of his religion. When he came to the Hague , 1679, he met with a most affectionate welcome fromhis daughter, and with great hospitality from his nephew,her husband. The princess melted into tears when shesaw her father, and was foil of the tenderest condolenceson the
Lives of the queens of England, from the Norman conquest; . the duke of York announces theirsafe return, October 18th, in his letter of thanks to hisson, the prince of Orange, for his hospitality. The prin-cess of Orange saw much of her father and family in thesucceeding year, which was the time of his banishment onaccount of his religion. When he came to the Hague , 1679, he met with a most affectionate welcome fromhis daughter, and with great hospitality from his nephew,her husband. The princess melted into tears when shesaw her father, and was foil of the tenderest condolenceson the mournful occasion of his visit. She was still suffer-ing from the intermittent fever, which hung on her thewhole of that year. Her father, the duke of York, wrote thus to her uncle, 1 Life of Mary II.: 1695. Birch MS., and sir Henry Elliss Historical Letters, first Series, vol. All other particulars of this visit have been detailed in the eleventhvolume pp. 81-83; Life of Mary Beatrice of Modena. tDilliom in From the Painting by Sir Godfrey Kneller. MARY n. 65 Lawrence Hyde, from the Hague, in the April of the sameyear. In the midst of his anxiety regarding the proceed-ings in England, he made the ill-health of his daughterMary the subject of several letters:— My daughters ague-fit continues still; her eleventh fit is now upon her,but, as the cold fit is not so long as usual, I hare hopes it is a-going off. I amcalled away to supper, so that I can say no more but that you shall always findme as much your Iriend as ever. In a letter to the prince of Orange, he says:— I am exceedingly glad that my daughter has missed her ague; I hope shewill have no more now the warm weather has come. In another, he rejoicesthat her journey to Dieren has cured her. In June her father again laments the continuance of herague. Dieren was a hunting-palace belonging to the princeof Orange, where Henry Sidney, soon after, found theprincess, the prince, and their court. He was sent envoyfrom
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