Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690Bagwell, Richard
History
Ireland under the Stuarts and During the Interregnum, Vol. 3 (of 3), 1660-1690
Bagwell, Richard
Ireland -- History -- 17th century
[185] Pointis reported to Louis himself in Seignelay's presence.
[186] Tyrconnel to James II. January 29,/February 8, 1689, in
Campana-Cavelli, doc. 771. Abbé Melani to Grand Duke of Tuscany January
17/27 and February 18/28--'buonissimo, ma non di quella elevatura che
da principio aveva publicata la fama'--'tranquilla et cosî insensibile'
that he would have stayed in France hunting and praying but for the
'stimoli' applied by Tyrone and the French Court, _ib._ docs. 728,
769. Dangeau's Journal and Madame de Sévigné's letters for January and
February. On February 2/12 the latter writes: 'La Reine d'Angleterre a
toute la mine, si Dieu le voulait, d'aimer mieux régner dans le beau
royaume d'Angleterre, où la cour est grande et belle, que d'être à
S^t Germain, quoique accablé des bontés héroïques du Roi. Pour le roi
d'Angleterre il y paroit content, et c'est pour cela qu'il est là.'
Vauban's letter of February 15/25 is in Rousset's _Louvois_, iv. 187.
[187] In his letter to Cardinal d'Este, his Queen's uncle, at Rome,
James says: 'J'espère que Sa Sainteté croira que l'occasion qui se
présente _de détruire l'érésie avec une armée Catholique_ n'est pas
de celles qu'on doit perdre, et qu'il n'épargnera pas les trésors de
l'Église où j'expose si franchement ma propre vie,' February 14/24,
1689. Campana-Cavelli, doc. 759. Writing to the Cardinal four days
later Mary of Modena hopes the Pope's acts will correspond with his
words: 'quali sole in questa congiuntura non ci bastano,' _ib._ doc.
760. In the scarce _Hist. de la Révolution d'Irlande arrivée sous
Guillaume III._, Amsterdam, 1691, attributed to Jean De la Brune is the
following passage: 'Malheureusement pour ce prince nous sommes dans un
siècle où l'on comprend que deux et deux font quatre, et que ceux qui
renversent et foulent aux pieds les droits et les libertés d'un état
n'en sont point les protecteurs et les défenseurs.' Leopold's letter,
March 30/April 9, is in _Somers Tracts_, x. 18, and Clarke's _Life of
James II._ Louis's policy at this time is discussed by Lavisse, viii.
16. Rousset's _Louvois_, iv. 152. For the Pope's relations to James see
Charles Gérin's paper in _Revue des questions historiques_, 1876. Both
Porter and Melfort were paid by Louis. Melfort took his orders from
Croissy and corresponded with him weekly.
[188] Proclamations of February 2 and 25, March 1 and 7, 1688-9.
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