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Flanders; and proceeded to the court of France, with a defign of ferving that monarch as a volunteer, in an expedition then intended by his moft chriftian majefty, in perfon, towards Alface: but the king having altered his refolutions, he returned, by the way of Holland, into England: and, in April, 1671, the prince of Orange fent him a prefent to London, being a bafon and ewer of maffy gold.

In June, 1671, the earl went for Flanders, defigning to go to the fiege of Brunswick; but understanding there that all differences were accommodated, he returned by the Hague into England.

In January, 1671-2, he had a commiffion to command the Refolution, a third rate man of war; and another, in April, 1672, to command the Victory, a fecond rate. After the Solebay fight, on the third of June, he fent Mr. Mullys to vifit the fick and wounded feamen in St. Thomas's hofpital, Southwark ; and to relieve them according as he found their neceffities. Purfuant to his orders, Mr. Mullys gave to them he found most maimed forty fhillings; to fuch as had lefs hurt, twenty fhillings; and to thofe who had the flightest wounds, ten fhillings a-piece,

In September, that year, he was elected knight of the garter, and installed at Windfor on the twenty-third of the next month." In November following, he was fent envoyextraordinary

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extraordinary to the court of France, with compliments of condoleance to that king upon the death of Louis Francis, of France, duke of Anjou. He was highly careffed in that court, and treated, in fome respects, as a prince of the blood. The king preffed him to take a command in his army, and bid him ask what appointments he pleased; adding, “ & j' en féray au dela. I will do even more. I know," faid he, “you are born to a great eftate; yet, while your father lives, you are in the condition of a cadet." His lordship excufing himself, the king sent Monfieur de Louvois the next day to his lodgings; who told him the king was pleased to bestow a command upon him ; and defired him to ask what command he would have; and, that, in afking, he might be as bold as a lion. His lordship returned him a compliment in answer: upon which he said, “Come, my lord, I see you are modeft, let me speak for you; will twenty thousand piftoles for an equipage, and ten thoufand piftoles a year do? If not, say what you will have, and chuse what command you please." The earl ftill declined the offer, faying he was already engaged in the feafervice of his own prince in the war against the Dutch. At his parting from the court of France he was presented with a jewel of two housand pounds value.

In May, 1673, the king gave him the command of the St. Michael, a first-rate

Thip, and made him rear-admiral of the blue fquadron, for that great fea-fight against the Dutch which happened fhortly after. Sir Edward Spragge commanded in chief that fquadron in the engagement, being on board the Prince; but that ship being difabled in the fight, with Van Trump, and Spragge himself flain, as he was going in his boat on board another fhip, his lordship lay to defend the Prince from being fired, or taken, by the enemy; and, towards night, brought her off in tow, and joined prince Rupert's fquadron.

He was then made rear-admiral of the red fquadron, and, towards the close of that fummer's expedition, in September, he was fent to the Buoy in the Nore to command the fleet there lying, in chief; and to wear the flag of union on his main-top-mast-head. This was attended with a penfion of two hundred and fifty pounds fettled upon him, as having had that command and privilege, it being a ufual establishment, given of course, or by the king's courtesy, to all who have had the honour of the flag.

It was at the latter end of the fame year, that he formed a defign upon Helvoetfluys, where, when he was last in Holland, he had feen, with indignation, the Royal Charles, taken by the Dutch at Chatham, lain up, with all the Maes fquadron, as in a fecure harbour,

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Thefe confiderations were, however, fufficient to prevail on him not to quit the kingdom till it was abfolutely impoffible for him to contribute any thing to the keeping it in obedience to his majefty, notwithstanding the groundless and incredible afperfions caft on him by the clergy, who at length rejected the king's authority, and infifted on his lieutenant's quitting the kingdom; nay, to fuch a height of prefumption did they arrive, that they fent him a meffage, defiring him to leave Ireland. without delay; to which his loyalty prevailed on him to return a mild answer, though he had vainly appointed them to meet and confer with him; and they had replied, by a declaration against continuing of his majesty's authority in the lord-lieutenant; excommunicating all that should adhere to, affift, fupport, give him intelligence, or obey his commands: their defign being to throw off the English government, and to fubject Ireland to fome foreign Roman catholic power.

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His laft effort for the king's fervice was the calling a general affembly at Loghreah, in which he acquainted them with his defign, of departing, requiring them to confider on the most probable means of preferving the kingdom from utter ruin.

Having the king's permiffion, and being again requested by the clergy, he put to fea on the eleventh of December, and, in about three weeks, after a tempeftuous voyage,

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Janded at Perofe, in Baffe-Bretagne, leaving the marquis of Clanricard deputy of the kingdom; of the affairs of which it is foreign to our defign to take any farther notice than as they coincide with what relates to the marquis, who having landed in France in the beginning of January, 1651, after a few days ftay with his family at Caen, went, on the twenty-first, to pay his duty to the queen at Paris, and ac quaint her majefty with the state of affairs in Ireland; which having done, he returned to his family, where he continued till the latter end of June.

He made a fecond journey to Paris to wait on the duke of York. He there remained a month, the duke requiring his affistance in fettling and proportioning the expence of his family to his fmall penfion of four thousand piftoles a year allowed him by the court of France.

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This being done, he again vifited and ftayed with his family till his majesty escaped from the battle of Worcester, and from the purfuit and narrow fearch made for him returned to Paris. The marquis was reduced at this time to great ftreights, being obliged to board himself at a pistole a week; to walk on foot, which is not very reputable at Paris, and his family not able longer to fubfift in Caen; for the penfion granted to his majefty not exceeding fix thousand piftoles, barely fufficed for his own table, confequently there was nothing to be expected for his fervants.

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