[55] Thurloe, II. 327. III. 683. IV. 697. [56] Domestic State Papers, Jermyn to Rupert, Aug. 30 1657. [57] Ibid. Nicholas to Rupert, May 16, 1658. [58] Ibid. Bampfylde, June 24, 1657. [59] Clar. State Papers. Rupert to Charles, Nov. 21, 1657. [60] Dom. State Papers. Common. 179 fol. 13, 20 Jan. 1658. [61] Thurloe, I. 694, 6 Feb. 1656. [62] Bromley Letters, p. 201. De Choqueux to Rupert, June 23, 1655. [63] Ibid. p. 294, Elizabeth of Bohemia to Rupert. {283} CHAPTER XVI RESTORATION OF CHARLES LOUIS TO THE PALATINATE. FLIGHT OF THE PRINCESS LOUISE FROM THE HAGUE. RUPERT'S DEMAND FOR AN APPANAGE. QUARREL WITH THE ELECTOR The Peace of Munster, concluded October 24th, 1648, between Austria, France and Sweden, had terminated the long exile of the Palatines. By it Charles Louis was recognised as Elector Palatine, ranking henceforth as last among the Electors, instead of first, as his ancestors had done; and he was also restored to the Lower Palatinate, though still excluded from the upper. He immediately took up his residence at Heidelberg, and his mother expected, not unreasonably, that his restoration would, at least, ameliorate her sufferings. But Charles Louis entered upon a country exhausted by war, and grievously in need of cherishing care. He had, of course, no money to spare, and he was far too selfish to forego any of his schemes, or to sacrifice himself for the sake of his unhappy mother. He went so far as to invite his two sisters, Elizabeth and Sophie, to Heidelberg, thereby relieving his mother of the burden of their support, but the coming of the Queen herself he carefully discouraged. Worse still, he refused to send her even a portion of her jointure. "The next week I shall have no food to eat, having no money nor credit for any; and this week, if there be none found, I shall neither have meat, nor bread, nor candles," she complained to Lord Craven.[1] That faithful friend was quite unable to assist her, having been himself ruined by his services rendered {284} to the Stuarts; and how the hapless Queen existed it is hard to say, until, in 1657, the States generously granted her a pension of 10,000 livres per month.