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Article SEA-FIGHT OFF CAPE LA HOGUE, A. D. 1692. ← Page 6 of 6 Article THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE. Page 1 of 8 →
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Sea-Fight Off Cape La Hogue, A. D. 1692.
calamity was increased by a letter which he received the same day from the Princess Anne , full of tenderness and contrition . She as ^ sured him , that she would fly to him so soon as he landed ' and concluded with saying , " She could ask for his forgiveness , because , " being his daughter , she could hope for it ; but how could she ask " him to present her duty to the queen ! " The letter was dated so
far back as the ioth of December ; but Lloyd , who brought it , had been prevented by accidents from delivering it sooner . The original severity of James ' s mind had been softened into tenderness by his misfortunes . Sir Charles Littleton having some- time before said to him , he was ashamed that his son was with the Prince of Orange , James interrupted him with these words , " Alas ! Sir Charles , why
" ashamed ? are not my daughters with him ? " Russel ordered solemn prayers , and a thanksgiving , through all his fleet , for the victory . In England , a present of thirty thousand pounds was given by the queen to the seamen , and public funerals were bestowed on those officers whose bodies were brought on shore . But , in France , James slowly and sadly returned to bury the remembrance of his
greatness in the convent of La Trappe . All his attempts , and those of his family afterwards , to recover the throne of their ancestors , were either disappointed by the insincerity of French friendship , or were the mere efforts of despair .
The Battle Of The Boyne.
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE .
From LELAND s HISTORY OF IRELAND
SEVERAL new regiments , English , Dutch , and Brandenburghers , having arrived in the northern province of Ireland , the whole army impatiently expected the arrival of the king , who , on the fourteenth day of June 16 90 , landed at Carricfergus , and was received by the soldiers and inhabitants in a transport of joy . He came attended by Prince George of Denmarkthe young Duke of Ormond
, , the Earls of Oxford , Scarborough , and Manchester , and other persons of distinction ; was met by Duke Schomberg , the Prince of Wirtemberg , Kirk , and other officers ; received an address from the northern clergy , presented by Walker , and published his proclamations for the suppression of rapine , violence , and injustice . Plis military genius prompted him , and the present distracted state of England , together
with the formidable preparations of France , obliged him to a vigorous prosecution of the war . From Belfast he advanced to Lisburne and Hillsborough . His forces were ordered to take the field ; and when some cautious councils were suggested by his officers , he rejected them with indie-Vox ,. IV . $ ' : ¦
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sea-Fight Off Cape La Hogue, A. D. 1692.
calamity was increased by a letter which he received the same day from the Princess Anne , full of tenderness and contrition . She as ^ sured him , that she would fly to him so soon as he landed ' and concluded with saying , " She could ask for his forgiveness , because , " being his daughter , she could hope for it ; but how could she ask " him to present her duty to the queen ! " The letter was dated so
far back as the ioth of December ; but Lloyd , who brought it , had been prevented by accidents from delivering it sooner . The original severity of James ' s mind had been softened into tenderness by his misfortunes . Sir Charles Littleton having some- time before said to him , he was ashamed that his son was with the Prince of Orange , James interrupted him with these words , " Alas ! Sir Charles , why
" ashamed ? are not my daughters with him ? " Russel ordered solemn prayers , and a thanksgiving , through all his fleet , for the victory . In England , a present of thirty thousand pounds was given by the queen to the seamen , and public funerals were bestowed on those officers whose bodies were brought on shore . But , in France , James slowly and sadly returned to bury the remembrance of his
greatness in the convent of La Trappe . All his attempts , and those of his family afterwards , to recover the throne of their ancestors , were either disappointed by the insincerity of French friendship , or were the mere efforts of despair .
The Battle Of The Boyne.
THE BATTLE OF THE BOYNE .
From LELAND s HISTORY OF IRELAND
SEVERAL new regiments , English , Dutch , and Brandenburghers , having arrived in the northern province of Ireland , the whole army impatiently expected the arrival of the king , who , on the fourteenth day of June 16 90 , landed at Carricfergus , and was received by the soldiers and inhabitants in a transport of joy . He came attended by Prince George of Denmarkthe young Duke of Ormond
, , the Earls of Oxford , Scarborough , and Manchester , and other persons of distinction ; was met by Duke Schomberg , the Prince of Wirtemberg , Kirk , and other officers ; received an address from the northern clergy , presented by Walker , and published his proclamations for the suppression of rapine , violence , and injustice . Plis military genius prompted him , and the present distracted state of England , together
with the formidable preparations of France , obliged him to a vigorous prosecution of the war . From Belfast he advanced to Lisburne and Hillsborough . His forces were ordered to take the field ; and when some cautious councils were suggested by his officers , he rejected them with indie-Vox ,. IV . $ ' : ¦